Well, that was exciting, wasn’t it?
Readership zoomed to match my best single day ever. Click-throughs to the raffle sites were numerous. I know why, too. I spent some time looking around to see what there was to get, too.
There are prizes that I would never imagined.
Meals with internationally famous chefs.
UK33: A unique historic British menu for two at the Hinds Head from Heston Blumenthal of the Fat Duck. Heston will also meet the winner and present autographed copies of all his three books.
The more public side of Heston Blumenthal is the pre-eminent chef-scientist at the Michelin three-star restaurant The Fat Duck, while the side lesser known is the passionate researcher and restorer of historic British dishes. The lucky winner of this prize (and a guest) will dine on a menu that is literally a representation of British cuisine from the 17th and 18th century. Heston promises that they will be outstanding, and some of them will never have been tested before!
Tours of some of the greatest kitchens in the world.
Tickets to food shows that existed only in my dreams.
A weekend with a foodie in France, a week with two foodies in the Chianti.
A Kitchen Aid standard mixer with ice cream maker and THE ice cream cookbook of the decade or even the century (unfortunately only for those with 110 volt electricity.)
Baskets and boxes filled with imaginative and personalized treats.
Lunch with a food scientist of international renown.
A review meal with a British restaurant reviewer.
Prizes like these tickle the imagination.
I guess the things I want are things a lot of people will want, with lots of competition and tickets sold. I’ve been really good this year, so maybe I’ve the karma to win one. I’m not telling what they are!
The one thing I don’t know is this: Is anyone buying tickets to me? Am I egocentric, or what? Still, isn’t that normal curiosity?
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