STEEMIT CULINARY CHALLENGE #23 - WINNERS & NEW THEME Announcement - All Welcome for SBD PRIZES!

Many thanks to last week's guest judge @surfermarly and her inspiring theme "Mediterranean Night".  The entries were all so beautifully prepared and looked super tasty, and I'll tell you I didn't envy @surfermarly's task of choosing winners!  We both agreed we'd award first place to each one if we could, but alas that's not possible.  Congratulations to all the winners - we very much enjoyed looking at and drooling over your recipes!  Those of you who didn't win this time - I whole-heartedly invite you to join in for the next theme and all the themes after that!  No doubt you have fun with the  challenge, prize or not, and we love to see your creations, so keep them coming please!  

I'm posting this a little early this week as I have other commitments tomorrow, so hopefully an extra day = more participants...? :-)  The deadline remains Wed 12:00 Noon UTC as usual.

4th Prize “Mediterranean  Hors d'Oeuvres"  by @rebeccaryan 50 STEEM Sponsored by @sirwinchester

3rd Prize "Tapas Night For Five with Passion Fruit Mojitos" by @amy-goodrich 10 SBD Sponsored by @smooth

2nd Prize "Mediterranean Stuffed Mushrooms and Eggplant Canape" by @shady 15 SBD Sponsored by @smooth

1st Prize "Healthy Mediterranean food for the fingers" by @homeartpictures 25 SBD Sponsored by @smooth

Prizes will be transferred directly to your wallets by the respective sponsors.  
 

I'd also like to share my sincere THANKS to all the  sponsors, the Steemians who submitted entries, and to everyone who upvoted and supported the entries.  I'm well aware there would be no  challenge without you all!!! 
 

For those of you who have never entered this challenge  before - it's very easy, just see below for this week's theme and criteria which entries are judged by.  Every week we have a different guest judge and a different theme, so if you fancy some excitement in your kitchen (oi oi!) then look no  further!  You don't have to be a master chef - all we ask is you try to be creative with your recipes and take beautiful photos of the finished  dish, as unfortunately we can't taste the entries so you must help us do this with our imaginations!  Original recipes are encouraged, but you may use someone else's recipe as long as you credit the original source. 

This week's guest judge for the Steemit Culinary Challenge #23 is @boxcarblue, an English teacher working in Japan, and whose blog I have followed and enjoyed ever since joining the Steemit community last summer.  His regular posts invite us to 'explore everyday life in Japan', which I feel is a fantastic way to get to know the Japanese culture.  I learn new things about this country all the time thanks to his blog!  So, no surprises @boxcarblue has chosen a Japanese inspired theme for us this week, which I hope will not only excite your culinary creativity, but also give you a glimpse into an important aspect of Japanese culture.  

@boxcarblue has also taken the time to write a complimentary post to this theme for his blog, which is wonderfully informative and will no doubt motivate you to create something delicious and impressive for him!  You can read it HERE.  I'm sure he'd appreciate a re-steem too, as believe me he really put a lot of thought into designing this theme for us:

Those of you who didn't get chance to join last week's round I hope will be pleased to see it's another 'fingerfood' theme, though sufficiently different to keep things challenging.  There's endless scope for creating some amazing otsumami, and if you need a few ideas to help then just click on all the blued words.  The choice of ingredients and cooking methods is entirely up to you, as @boxcarblue isn't requiring the otsumami to be related to Japanese cuisine, unless this is what you choose!  Most of all, have fun and present to us your finest creations!

1.  Title your entry this way: “STEEMIT CULINARY CHALLENGE # 23: Title of your Dish”

2.  Tag your “Otsumami” post with ALL FOUR of the following:

# food  

# food-trail  

# steemitculinarychallenge 

# recipes
 

3.  TAKE PHOTOS OF THE STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS in preparing your dish.

4.  POST A LINK OF YOUR ENTRY below on the comment  thread.  If you have signed up to Steemit.chat please also post it on  the steemitculinarychallenge channel.  To sign up you can click here.
 

5.  The DEADLINE for submission is NO LATER than Wednesday at 12:00 Noon UTC.
 

6.  You may submit TWO ENTRIES if you wish.
 

7.  So we can verify your entry is indeed yours and not plagiarised or copy-pasted from the internet, you MUST  do ONE of the FOLLOWING: 

Here is an example of one of my own step-by-step recipes.   Any questions, please ask.

WINNERS together with the NEW THEME will be announced every Friday.    
 

Prizes will be transferred directly to your wallets by the respective sponsors – please allow them time to do this!
 

Don't forget to THANK and FOLLOW our sponsors for supporting the Steemit Culinary Challenge.  Please also consider including @smooth.witness in your voted witness list. 

Here you can find the PREVIOUS WINNERS of the Steemit Culinary Challenge:

#22 - Mediterranean Night
#21 – Coffee a la Barista's
#20 – Pancake Paradise
# 19 – Sweet and Savory Crepes
# 18 – Tasty, Wholesome Meals for Weight Loss
# 17 – Shepherd's Pie
# 16 – Tacos for a Tech Savvy
# 15 – Roast It
# 14 – DIVINE LEMONed DESSERT
# 13 – The Finest Fish Dish
# 12 – Purely Paleo
# 11 – Cheeseless Burger
# 10 – Anglo–Sino Chicken
# 9 – New Year on a Platter
# 8 – La Pasta Perfetta
# 7 – Battle of Noodles
# 6 – HOT Off the Grill
# 5 – Unorthodox Chillied Dish
# 4 – Super Salads
# 3 – Smoothie Showdown
# 2 – Out of the Box Sandwiches  
# 1 – Sniffle Remedy Soup
 

If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact me, either by  posting your queries on the comment thread below, or you can find me on  Steemit.chat under the same name.  I will respond as soon as I can. 

For the announcement of winners and new themes, follow me :-)