The Cook with Us team, @pandamama, @offoodandart and @chefsteve, want to thank everyone that participated this week in the guilty pleasure foods challenge with mystery theme "foods from your country". There was a lot of fat, sugar and calories to go through and we enjoyed reading every word of it! Again this week there were so many great entries and you guys seem to really be raising the bar with the quality of your entries. It seems that as the competition is ramping up so is the fun! We are so happy to see new friendships formed and all the interaction and support within the community. It is also really cool to see that some of our contestants have been getting big upvotes from the whales @hendrikdegrote and @curie along with a few others. Congratulations to everyone that received support from the whales!

Before we get to this week's winners, we want to remind everyone that this week is the Cinco de Mayo/Mexican food Challenge with mystery ingredient Avocado.

OK, let's see who the winners are this week!

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And The WINNER Is...

Delicious Lemon Meringue Pie by @dianadee

Congratulations @dianadee you are the winner this week! You will receive 5 SBD for placing first and you will advance to the winner's circle. @dianadee your Lemon Meringue Pie was our favorite this week! The tangy lemon filling with the fluffy sweet meringue topping looked like the perfect bite of indulgence. Well done!

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The Second Place Winner is...

My healthy alternative to guilty pleasures by @leelektrik

@leelektrik, Congratulations for being the second place winner. You will receive 3 SBD this week. @leelektrik, Thanks for another great entry! Your pizza looked like it was loaded with big bold flavors and just a little bit of guilt! Great entry!

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And in Third Place...

Breakfast Arepa by @amandagomez

Congratulations @amandagomez! You have won third place this week and you will receive 1 SBD. @amandagomez your breakfast arepa looks like a really tasty way to start the day... or maybe end the day! We very much liked your version of this much loved Venezuelan dish. Thanks for sharing it with us.

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The Winner's Circle Champion is...

Hostess Chocolate Cupcakes by @loveself

Congratulations @loveself, You are the Winner's Circle Champion this week. You will receive 5 SBD as your prize. @loveself we loved your take on the iconic Hostess cupcake. Your vegan version was so creative. The filling you made with coconut cream sounds absolutely divine with the chocolate cake and the dark chocolate ganache. Great work this week!

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The following, if participating in Cook with Us #9, will be competing in the Winners Circle, including our latest 1st place winner @dianadee. There will be one winner from the Winners Circle and the winner will be awarded 5 SBD.

• ground2feet

• loveself

• foodforsoul

• whattheduck

• deimus

• blackberryskunk

• cooknbake

• dianadee

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Acknowledgements

There were many people that helped us to get this competition up and running. We would like to say a BIG thank you to them all and express our sincere gratitude for their contributions.
We are delighted with the caricatures made for us by @bazbiscuit and already people are asking where they can get these delightful little characters. Thank you Barry!
@jacklimberis made our banner and gif for us. Thank you Jack - we really appreciate all the hard and beautiful work!
Thank you @edenmichelle for making the youtube video for us.
Please follow @Jacklimberis and @bazbiscuit and @edenmichelle. We hope to add to this list of supporters of our competition. If you would like to be a supporter of @cookwithus, please contact us. We would love to hear from you.