It’s half way through August already and I’m only just revealing the winners of July’s “Does My Blog Look Good In This” food photograpy competition. Well, there’s nothing like keeping people in suspense…
The judges, by the way, were myself, Trig, Julia and Amy. As way of thanks you should all hug them next time you see them.
Well done to all those who won (who are quite entitled to display the DMBLGIT logo, right, on their blog by way of reward) and even those who didn’t - all of you took fantastic photographs! Make sure to check out Andreea’s blog for the August edition of DMBLGIT, too.
Drum roll please!
Overall Winners (highest total scores):
First Place: Strawberry Balsamic Jam with Lemon Lavender Buttermilk Scones
Strawberry Balsamic Jam with Lemon Lavender Buttermilk Scones
Second Place: Chocolate Pasta
Chocolate Pasta
Joint Third Place: Gamberoni, crema di patate e cipolle caramellate (Shrimps, potato soup and caramelised onions)
Gamberoni, crema di patate e cipolle caramellate (Shrimps, potato soup and caramelised onions)
Joint Third Place: Sweltering Jamaican Hot Pepper Shrimp
Sweltering Jamaican Hot Pepper Shrimp
Following are winners for individual categories, the titles of which are fairly self explanatory:
“Edibility” Category Winner: Egg Yolk Spillage
Egg Yolk Spillage
“Originality” Category Winner: Psychedelic Cheesecake
Psychedelic Cheesecake
“Aesthetics” Category Winner: Chinese White Cut Chicken
Chinese White Cut Chicken
Jeanne
Y
Lil
Lydia (The Perfect Pantry)
peabody
katie
Coffee and Vanilla
We Are Never Full
leigh
Julia
August 12th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
The wait is finally over!!! Congratulations to all the winners. Definitely something to aspire to.
August 12th, 2008 at 11:22 pm
Weeeeeeee! I am on holiday in NY and just happened to check the website to see if the winners were announced. I’m thrilled to say the least. Thank you to all the judges and congratulations to Kim of My Plate, My World, Eborina of Eborina in Cucina, Gato Azul, Su-Lin of Tamarind & Thyme, Beau a la Louche and Chuck at Sunday Nite Dinner.
August 13th, 2008 at 12:07 am
Woo Hoo! What a pleasant surprise!!! Thanks for hosting and thanks to the judges!
August 13th, 2008 at 1:02 am
YAY! I feel like I’m on Mount Everest! But not to worry, I won’t ever rest ;-P! THANK YOU for hosting, THANK YOU, Dear Judges (Trig, Julia, Amy and Scott) Congratulations to all the fierce competition and to all the winners. WHOOPPPEEE! You made my day!
August 13th, 2008 at 2:22 am
Congrats to all the winners! I gotta say, being a judge wasn’t easy!! It took me a long time to do it because they all were great. It was difficult to decide which got a lower number than the other! This was a great lot of food pictures, that’s for sure.
I’m still having acid-like flashbacks of that “Psychadelic Cake”. Ha ha ha.
August 13th, 2008 at 8:28 am
Apologies to everyone who was kept waiting for this and many thanks to Scott for shouldering the pressure without naming and shaming. I must now confess that it was me who was responsible for the results being delayed, due to pressure of work, so my apologies to everyone.
Looking at the results, what really pleases me is the degree of unanimity amongst the four judges, without any collaboration. I’ve just checked the 7 winning photos and every one of them was in my top scoring band for the category concerned. Samples of the winning dishes should be sent to me at the address on my blog.
Well done to everyone!
August 13th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
Olga: Definitely. One day I might even come close to winning myself (fingers crossed)…
Syrie: You can’t win without talent - so it’s well deserved!
Chuck: Well done - and no need for thanks, it’s what I get paid for
Louise (Gato Azul): Heh - glad to see it made you happy!
We Are Never Full: Thanks again for helping out. And you’re right, that cheesecake IS pretty scary!
Trig: Agreed, well done to all. It’s even better that all the judges had roughly the same opinions - although all the photographs were great!
August 14th, 2008 at 6:08 am
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August 14th, 2008 at 6:31 am
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August 14th, 2008 at 11:15 am
Don’t worry Trig, I was late too.
They were all so good, it was hard to judge.
Scott, I’ve given you an award: http://asliceofcherrypie.blogspot.com/2008/08/sharing-love.html
August 14th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
Congrats to all winner. I love that choco pasta
August 14th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
Grand job, well done. Although you havent selected a pic for the hosts award - which obviously would be my entry seeing how its been ignored elsewhere!
August 14th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
[...] and when I remember) and then promptly forget about them but this month, I got a pingback from the Real Epicurean and found out that my photo had won in the Edibility Category! Thanks so much to the judges! [...]
August 15th, 2008 at 8:47 am
congrats to all the winners and thank you scott and judges
August 15th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
I am still picking my jaw up from the ground! Thanks to all judges and Scott for hosting. Congrats to all the winners, such great photos! I just posted about my first place win and it happens to be my 6 month blogging anniversary, what a great way to celebrate!
August 16th, 2008 at 8:55 am
I’m glad you enjoy my Psychedelic Cheesecake!
It was so funny to made it
Thanks a lot!
August 17th, 2008 at 7:53 am
I’ve just come back from my holidays… open my e-mail… and what I see???? A wonderful third place!!! Can’t wait to show off this marvellous reward on my page
Congrats for the initiative and to all the winners; thanks so much to the judges!!
August 18th, 2008 at 12:12 am
Julia: Thanks. I’ll be sure to pass it on!
Sefa Firdaus: I love it too. Definitely one to try!
Andrew: Haha, I’m sure a man of your talents is never ignored :p
sia: No thanks necessary. Only to you for entering!
Kimi: Well congratulations must be in order. Where’s the party?
lokoum: The result of smoking something you shouldn’t, I think
Still, a really interesting entry!
Erborina: Thanks to you, too. Great entry!
October 5th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
Striking photos, thank you for sharing. My favorite is the asparagus
October 6th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
@Heidi - I love the asparagus too - egg yolk with asparagus tastes just delicious!