It’s been a week of giving and receiving good news here at CookSister HQ! First came the good news that I am a finalist in the 2010 South African Blog Awards, both in the Best Food & Wine Blog and the Best Overseas Blog categories – woo hoo! Thanks to all who nominated me – if you feel so inclined, please could you vote for me by clicking here? You can vote once every 24 hours until 15 September, so as many as you can manage ;-)Thanks ever so much!
In terms of giving out good news – maestro, a drum roll please – I can now announce the winners of the August 2010 edition of Does My Blog Look Good in This, the monthly photo event started by my good friend Andrew of Spittoon. We had 42 entries (view them all in the DMBLGiT August 2010 album) and sifting through them was a difficult task, so I recruited a crack team of judges to help me. Please may I introduce the gorgeous and talented judging panel:
Meeta of What’s for Lunch Honey
Anh of A Food Lover’s Journey
Soma of E-Curry
Sari of Cook Your Dream
A huge thank you to all of you for your help – it’s a tough job judging and I could not have done it without you!
After much head-scratching and debating, the final scores were tallied and here are your worthy winners:
OVERALL WINNER
Tomatoes! from Cookie of Cook, Snap, Repeat. Camera: Canon T1i. Judges’ comments: “simple but strong composition, great textures, beautifully lit”
OVERALL SECOND PLACE
Red Currant Cakes in glass jars from Sabine of Berry Lovely. Camera: Nikon D200. Judges’ comments: “nice use of colour, texture and DoF”
OVERALL THIRD PLACE
Mixed Berry Oatmeal Porridge by Monika of Sweet Sensation. Camera: Pentax K10D. Judges’ comments: “good composition, tells a story, lovely colours throughout”
EDIBILITY WINNER
Baked vanilla custard topped with strawberry syrup and wild strawberri
ORIGINALITY WINNER
Pepper and rice for peppery rice from Prerna Singh of Indian Simmer. Camera : Canon 5D, lens 50mm f1.4. Judges’ comments: “gorgeous, dainty prop, spot-on focus”
AESTHETICS WINNER
Cherries from Lauresophi
HOST AWARD
Balsamic tomato and carrot salad fron Miriam García of The Winter Guest. Camera: Nikon D70s, Nikkor lens 35mm 1:1.8G. My comments: I just loved the colours and shapes of this picture from the first moment I saw it, and my eye kept coming back to it.
Congratulations to all the winners – I will shortly be sending you your winners’ badges – wear them with pride! And thank you also to everybody who submitted photographs – the high standard of submissions meant that our job as judges was that much harder, but that much more rewarding. Good luck for next month’s competition which will be hosted by Sunshinemom of Tum Yum Treats. Look out for her announcement soon!