I have some things on the cooker lately, and today’s post is one of them! It’s my son’s 4th birthday, so in his honor – it’s time for a GIVEAWAY!
I was contacted by Crooked Brook about hosting a giveaway of their chef jackets. Normally, I am not so into giveaways – only because I am not so well versed in them. How does one do it? This has been a learning experience for me!
I clicked on the picture links they furnished me – and I knew that I had to have a giveaway.(The photo at the top of this post is of Sarah, and well – she’s the one who sold me on it! I love the attitude. The Fuck-You-My-Bearnaise-is-Perfect-and-I’ll-cut-your-balls-off-if-you-touch-it kind of attitude. That’s what will get her in the door.)
I am a sucker for a good chef jacket. Anyone who has worked in a kitchen knows that 95% of cred a restaurant can have is by what the cook have to wear. Believe me, I have been in places where I knew that I was destined to leave just by what they gave me to wear.
Hey – a cook can spend upwards of 18 to 20 hours in a kitchen, so she better be comfortable, or believe me, shit will fly!
So, if it with great pleasure that I announce the first of my giveaways:
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We would like to announce the first of our weekly chef coat and apron giveaways sponsored by Well Done Chef! and Crooked Brook. This week, we will give away one women’s chef coat , style BSW100, Size-10, White, 100% Certified Organic Cotton Twill, Left shoulder sleeve tailored welt pocket, Abalone buttons ($145.00 value, including shipping).
Don’t feel left out guys, your chance to win a free chef jacket will be next week.
The winner will be chosen randomly, from those who post a comment with the answer to this question;
What does the tag-line “Real Food For Your Life” mean to you?
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Contest ends midnight 06/21/11
Prize will be shipped to winner within 30 days of contest end.
You must be 18 years or older to win.
US and Canada residents only,
US recipients must be a resident of one of the 48 contiguous states.
Canada recipients will be responsible for all duties, tariffs and taxes.
If you have any questions regarding size, please refer to their size chart or contact Crooked Brook at 315-733-1992
Since 1989 Crooked Brook has designed and manufactured men’s and women’s chef coats for the world’s most recognized chefs. Each one of their chef coats and aprons is made to order in the USA, and can personalized with your choice of fabric, pockets, buttons, piping and embroidery.
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Well, it wouldn’t fit but I suppose it could give me something to work towards. LOL
“Real Food For Your Life” means just that – real food. No prepackaged, industrial crap. Just good meats, vegetables, fruits, nuts and healthy fats with some dairy if you can tolerate it. Learn to cook so you can prepare these good, whole foods and not be bored – it doesn’t have to be elaborate or hard, but it will improve the quality of your life and heath to no end.
BTW, I’m going to answer your question from my post on Wednesday tomorrow for Fight Back Friday because I think it’s important. I hope you don’t mind.
Love the jacket, but I love Sarah’s attitude even more
To me real food is simply taking cues from nature…shaping a diet and a lifestyle around natural, healthy foods that haven’t been processed to where you can’t even identify (or god forbid pronounce) the ingredients.
“Real Food For Your Life” means food that I am pleased to cook and eat every day. It means food I want my children to eat so they grow strong and healthy. It means things I can serve to my friends that they will enjoy so much they forget it is healthy, things that make us feel good when we make them a regular feature on my table.
@Jan – Awesome! I don’t mind at all! Glad to have been of help!
@Glo – I Love it! Exactly what I think of for this site!
@Bevie – Great! Another great example of what its all Bout!
We’ve been celebrating real food for the past two years since my husband’s high blood pressure diagnosis. We have since, shunned as many processed foods as possible in an attempt to limit our sodium intake and to just plain eat better food. I no longer buy soups or salad dressings, two things we now have homemade instead.
@Cathy – Right on Cathy! A definite step in the right direction!
Real food is food eaten in the way nature intended. It is not processed or re-shaped to make it into something else; it is usually eaten without anything added, although certainly real foods can be combined. Real food is not the result of a scientist’s “improvement” in a lab somewhere. Real food is probably not the target of many ad campaigns either.
Real food for life to me…is literally LIVING FOOD. I’m a raw food chef/advocate and love putting wholesome, living food into my body!!! I love creating easy to follow recipes for my readers to follow and discover that it’s really not difficult at all to create REAL FOOD…….wish you had this in a larger size……but i could not resist. Blessings.
@BJ – Some very good points there. I agree that REAL food is not exactly profitable.
@Barbara – I like it. When you are talking RAW food, I can see that it is a huge trend these days. I also like my meat raw on some occasions. Carpaccio is a great example!
“Make your food your medicine, make your medicine your food”
I don’t need the chef coat, I just wanted to share my comment.
Mary
@Mary Wolf – Great quote!
I just read your anxiety article and it really touched home. I’ve been working towards Real Food for Life for a few years now. I am constantly making small changes to eat healthier and prepare healthy foods for me and my family. I read somewhere recently that we need to teach our kids that food is for feeding and nourishing our bodies, not just for momentary pleasure. I also hope that I’m teaching my kids about what real food is so that they will want it and will learn how to prepare it themselves. They already love to help me in the kitchen!
Real Food For Your Life
Seems this is ever changing in my world. Years ago, I never gave a second thought to what I ate. (Youth was very forgiving to my figure then) As I matured and had a husband & children, gourmet & exotic home cooking appealed to me most as I wanted to expose my family to a great variety and good nutrition. After my youngest was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis, I changed my cooking and my thinking to match the dietary needs of my family. I cooked her a calorie dense, high salt, high fat, high protein meal, a low fat meal for myself and my eldest daughter and somewhere in between a meal fit for 4 kings (my 3 boys and the Hubby). That was a LOT of work, but so worth it to me. Then came the Divorce. Big D depleted my bank account and becoming a single Mom to 5 left me with enough to make only 1 meal per meal time to go around. We ate junky fast foods with single ingredient fruits and veggies to satisfy my youngest’s insatiable caloric health requirement. Then I learned about curing ails with food. Food for medicine. Apple Cider Vinegar, coconut oil, turmeric, garlic, honey, ginger, kombucha… the list goes on, food then became our building block foundation, one by one. Now, we are beginning to explore the world of Gluten Free, by need not by choice, and trying to keep up this balancing act of health vs. cost + prep.
In short, real food for your life = healthy, informed choices that are easy on the budget and heavily laden with the labor of Love.
Sorry for the novel <3
Almost Granola Momma.
@Holly – What a ride it had been. I am always amazed about how much food is in out daily life. It is true that one must eat to live, but I think you are on that path – real food for life!
@Lori – right on! I am reminded of a saying way back – you are what you eat. If you eat garbage, your body will end up like garbage.
Your awesome chef photo sold me as you being a cook! Like I said, you’d get the foot in the door to prove your worth anyway!
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