Are You a Food Ninja?

Getting all Disco Ninja with the Kendo Swords

*Voting is on now until Thurs 10/7 for Project Food Blog. If you liked my Studio 54 Disco Dinner, I’d appreciate your vote.

I am sooo excited to announce the rollout of a contest of a different sort. This is something that everyone (non-bloggers included) can get in on.  My co-conspirators and I have some serious tricks up our sleeves, so really, you don’t want to miss it!

It all started a few weeks ago when I discovered something that many of you twitter geniuses undoubtedly already know mucho about- lists.  For the unitiated (like me, very recently) twitter lists are ways that people aggregate their followers/followees. I found myself on all sorts of lists that had a recurrent theme- you guessed it- food. From “Seattle Foodies” to “food/foodies” to “fashion and food” to “foodies/gardeners” food seems to be the label I attract. I have to confess, this sort of alarmed me. I want to be known for food, but I also want to be known for fabulosity- don’t you?

I took matters into my own hands and created a list. I called it “People Who are Hot.” Whew. That’s better- that’s a list I want to be on. I put a slew of hotties on this list and had good fun with the twitter hashtag “#hotlist” for a week or so. Then, I started thinking about how awesome it would be to combine hotness and kitchen skills. This is where my co-conspirators come in. you see, people like Rachael from La Fuji Mama and Paula from Bell’Alimento embody the true spirit of heating up the kitchen with smokin’ skill. In that sense, they are truly, Food Ninjas. Et voila, a new list was born.

Sipping Wine in the Kitchen Wearing My Ninja Stilettos

Using the hashtag #foodninja, I added a few people to this esteemed list, when Rachael decided she wanted to take it a step further. She had the brilliantly ninja-like idea to host a contest so that EVERYBODY could get in on the Food Ninja Fun. So that’s what we’re going to do. Here’s how it will work- you send us pictures, blog posts, videos or recipes of you exhibiting true food ninja skill, and we will post a roundup of these entries. You DO NOT have to be a blogger to enter- you just have to be a Food Ninja!

Follow the hashtag #foodninja on twitter for breaking developments and funny news about the contest. Oh, and follow me, the Salty Ninja @saltyseattle, Rachael, the Fuji Ninja @fujimama and Paula, the Bella Ninja @bellalimento too. After two weeks of amassing awesome ninja submissions, we will open the contest for voting in the following categories: ninja recipe, ninja photo, ninja video, ninja blog post, and ninja wildcard. That’s right- YOU will get to choose the best food ninjas in all categories. It just doesn’t get any better. And with amazing prizes at stake including but not limited to a NINJA CHEF’S KNIFE(!!) and a state-of-the-art rice cooker, you are going to want to bring your NINJA A-GAME!

Lighting Food on Fire Like a Good Ninja Should

As a special bonus, everyone who submits gets to rock a super-exclusive Food Ninja badge (you’ll see it soon!) on their blog. This is a club you want to join. Get your thinking caps on- the contest will start this Thursday, October 7^th and run until October 24^th. Voting will take place between October 25^th through the 27^th, and we will announce the winners on October 28^th. In order to submit, starting Thursday, send an email with your photo, blog post, video, or recipe either linked or attached to FoodNinja@Saltyseattle.com. This is going to be so much fun Fuji Ninja, Bella Ninja and yours truly, Salty Ninja, can hardly wait!