Menu for Hope 2008 - feed the children of Lesotho

Prize Code UW14

Dinner for 6 at Contigo +

Sommelier Services by Vinography

Menu for Hope

I am proud that In Praise of Sardines is donating a prize for Menu for Hope for the fourth consecutive year. Menu for Hope is the name of the charitable raffle started by Chez Pim in which food bloggers offer mouthwatering prizes to encourage our readers to support those in need.

This year's recipient is the same as last year: the UN World Food Programme. Specifically, we are raising money for the school lunch program in Lesotho. Pim writes: "We chose to support the school lunch program because providing food for the children not only keeps them alive, but keeps them in school so that they learn the skills to feed themselves in the future. We chose to support the program in Lesotho because it is a model program in local procurement - buying food locally to support local farmers and the local economy."

Prize Code UW14

Like last year, I will cook a multi-course dinner for the winner. The exciting difference between this year and last is that that this year the winner will dine not at my house, but at my real live honest to goodness restaurant Contigo. As you read this, we are putting the finishing touches on Contigo and will be opening right around the time that Pim announces the winners.

Here's what the winner of UW14 will get:

1. 4 courses (plus a surprise or two) for 6 people. Contigo serves rustic Spanish and Catalan food prepared with seasonal ingredients (and a dash of love) from local farms, ranches, and our own backyard.
2. 4 different bottles of wine from the cellar of Alder Yarrow of Vinography. Alder will also serve as your personal sommelier for the evening.  
3. The coziest table for 6 in the house (note: while all of Contigo's tables are equally splendid, one table, tucked away in a nook between the kitchen and the bar, is especially suited for parties of 6).

How to Bid on UW14 - Dinner for 6 at Contigo + Sommelier Services by Vinography

1. Go to the donation site at Firstgiving to make a donation.
2. Each $10 you donate will give you one raffle entry. Please specify the prize code UW14 in the 'Personal Message' section in the donation form when confirming your donation and also specify how many tickets you wish to purchase. For example, a donation of $50 could be 5 tickets for UW14 so in that case please write 5xUW14. 
3. If your company matches your charity donation, please check the box and fill in the appropriate information. 
4. Please allow the administrators to see your email address so that they can contact you in case you win. Your email address will not be shared with anyone.

To see the full list of the other amazing prizes available worldwide, please visit Chez Pim.

For a round up of the all the prizes on the West Coast of the US, please visit Matt at Matt Bites, our local host for 2008.

I wish you all the best of luck!

Comments

[Abi]

This is what I want to win. I've been following your restaurant-building tweets!

[Garrett]

totally going to bid! even if i lose, i am so coming to eat there! not that i don't love a potluck...
;)

[Genie]

What an awesome prize -- can't wait to check out that table, even if I'm not a winner. And can't wait to check out the real, live restaurant! Bated breath...bated breath...

[Hedonia]

Maybe, just maybe, I'll finally get to eat in your restaurant!

[Sean]

Correction: I'll get to eat your food in your restaurant. :)

[EB]

You got my first MFH donations. SO excited! Like the others though... even if I don't win you'll see my mug at that table.

[World Food Program USA]

It's times like these that I wish we weren't on the East Coast... guess I'll just have to be jealous of the winner.

How did you first get involved in Menu for Hope? I'm compiling the thoughts of various Menu for Hope participants for a blog entry on the Friends of the World Food Program blog! Please email any ideas to blog[at]friendsofwfp.org.

Thanks for supporting WFP!

[Rethabile]

Thank you, on behalf of the children who will receive this gift. Merry Christmas to you, and a happy 2009.

[Thérèse-Marie]

I just have to say that this is a wonderfully generous gift...I wish I lived in SF so I could bid on it, (well in case I won...lol...)
Did bid on many other offerings as David Lebovitz's Ice Cream Machine and Ice Cream book.

Your resto looks amazing and your food is
what I adore and love to eat...will be in Berkeley with my partner in the Spring and will definitaley make a reservation at your beautiful resto.

[send food philippines]

Time's tell,but honestly speaking the Menu of Hope sounds interesting. Keep up the good work.

-vee-