DMBLGIT #5 2006 Winners!!

Posted on May 30 in Uncategorizedby nikaPrint

First I want to thank everyone who submitted their delicious and delightful pictures to this edition of DMBLGT. We had 41 submissions! I am so glad to have emails from each of you. It was great to meet so many nice people.

I would also like to thank, profusely, our three judges for this month’s contest. They are:

Brenda at The Culinary Fool
Bea at La Tartine Gourmande
and Kathya at .let me think I left a spot on your lovely sun.

You all did a beautiful job, thanks so much!

Judging Metrics:
Each judge (4 total) rated each pic on a scale of 1-99 with three categories. 33 for Eatability, 33 for Originality, and 33 for Aesthetics. I am going to present the top three overall winners and then the top three in each category. I will also provide a few comments as provided by the judges in the overall category and in the other categories where not repetitive. I will note the averaged score for each winning entry.

Overall winners (top three):

Food Beam (87.75 out of 99) (GRAND WINNER)

Charlotte aux framboises et au fromage blanc [Fromage blanc and raspberry Charlotte]
Savoiardi + a raspberry/fromage blanc (thick creamy yogurt) mousse

- Love the pinks: “Alice in Wonderland Award”
- Great idea. Original and very good looking
- Very pretty and appealing.

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Oishii Ringo (86 out of 99)

Rum-Orange Broiled Shrimp with Asparagus Couscous

- This is very nice and would have scored even higher if the focus was a little more precise
- Nice looking dish but wished the picture had had more light
- Lovely dish.

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Lucullian Delights (74 out of 99)

Favabeans with sundried tomatoes, white wine and thyme

- I love all the green and wanted to rate this higher. However, my eye was drawn to the out of focus background instead of to the in focus bean. I had to force myself to look at the bean. I think a slightly different crop (through the bean in the bowl, maybe) would help this
- Great eye-catching colour,
- Would have preferred a photo of the finished dish!!

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Eatability (top three):

Mekuno Cooking (31.25 out of 33)

Eccles cakes, a spicy raisin-filled puff pastry

- Just give me a cup of tea and I’ll be ready!
- Lovely looking food
- Simply love everything about this!

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Oishii Ringo (30.5 out of 33)

Rum-Orange Broiled Shrimp with Asparagus Couscous

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Ripe London (30 out of 33)

Tart au Citron

- I would have liked to score this higher but the photo is too dark
- Nice looking pie but too dark
- Photo a bit too dark, wasn’t crazy about the raspberries on top.. but lovely otherwise!

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Originality (top three):

Food Beam (30.25 out of 33)

Charlotte aux framboises et au fromage blanc [Fromage blanc and raspberry Charlotte]
Savoiardi + a raspberry/fromage blanc (thick creamy yogurt) mousse

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Lucullian Delights (30 out of 33)

Favabeans with sundried tomatoes, white wine and thyme

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Cookbook 411 (29.50 out of 33)

Portobella Mushrooms

- Beautiful focus and detail! Love the feathery affect.
- Great idea and composition. Lovely details and focus
- Sounds interesting, would have loved to have seen the finished dish.

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Aesthetics (top three):

Chez Pim (30.25 out of 33)

Noodle with crab meat and green garlic

- Looks comforting and I like how the chopsticks help frame the noodles
- Great composition of food. Nicely styled and very nice looking
- Love the use of fresh, local, seasonal ingredients. For me, the black background takes away from an otherwise lovely photograph.

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Food Beam (30 out of 33)

Charlotte aux framboises et au fromage blanc [Fromage blanc and raspberry Charlotte]
Savoiardi + a raspberry/fromage blanc (thick creamy yogurt) mousse

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Lucullian Delights (29.75 out of 33)

Favabeans with sundried tomatoes, white wine and thyme

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Once again, thanks to all and congrats to the winners!

Nika

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9 Comments

• Faith says:

  May 30, 2006 at 7:37 pm

  Thanks for hosting, Nika – you did a splendid job. All the photos are so beautiful, and I found some recipes I want to try!

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• nika says:

  May 30, 2006 at 8:47 pm

  It was all my pleasure!

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• ilva says:

  May 31, 2006 at 1:29 am

  Thanks Nika for hosting and judging the event! I can hardly complain can I?? I’m really happy!!

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• nika says:

  May 31, 2006 at 7:58 am

  Ilva: Congrats! I was so worried it would not come off (the contest) without pain but it happened and wasnt painful at all!

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• Jess says:

  May 31, 2006 at 11:56 am

  Wow, thanks! I honestly wasn’t expecting it as it was my first time at one of these events. The overall winners are truly lovely.

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• Fanny says:

  May 31, 2006 at 12:51 pm

  Thank you so much for hosting this DMBLGIT. I discovered lots of good foodblogs (im already addicted to Lucillian delights — great photography).
  Thanx again!

  xoxo
  Fanny

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• Sayaka says:

  May 31, 2006 at 11:23 pm

  Thanks for hosting and judging! This was my first time entering a food blog event so I was pleasantly surprised to see that I was among the top three. I will work on focus and lighting in the future. Thanks again!!

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• nika says:

  June 1, 2006 at 6:14 am

  Sayaka and others: it was hard to judge all these lovely pics! I say congrats to all, not just the winners!

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• Bettie says:

  November 9, 2009 at 3:22 pm

  Cool website, I’ll bookmark it

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