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Wow! The Menu of Hope fundraising for the United Nations World Food Programme hust bust the US$38,000 barrier, over double the $17,000 raised last year.
We still need your money. Simply visit First Giving and donate, entering the prize code in the message box. Go now!
There is still a chance to buy tickets ad the odds of winning the prizes are pretty good. Check out the full Asia Pacific listing at Grab Your Fork and the worldwide listing at Chez Pim.
You too could be eating these rather cheeky Chinese doughnuts with raspberry chilli jam.
Prize code: AP45
Prize detail: A $150 voucher donated by Teage Ezard’s new hip Melbourne restaurant Gingerboy (27-29 Crossley Street Melbourne 3000 +61 3 9662 4200).
Ignore the stinging review in The Age (and my earlier one). The restaurant is much better than that. The food has all the sweet, sour and chilli bite expected in Asian food and just the right amount of kick. The chilli might sting your aunty but it won’t ruin your date. Gingerboy has a great cocktail list and really bustles – even on a Tuesday lunchtime. It is quite pricy though which is why you should buy a raffle ticket.
Prize code: AP39
Prize detail: $120 footbath and facial in a biscuit tin RRP $120
A voucher for a midweek Retreat Facial at Bodyfreedom is South Melbourne. It comprises 75 minutes of pampering and is worth $120 in what is a very cool South Melbourne, um, retreat. And it comes in a biscuit tin. It begins with a cleansing foot bath to wash away the day. Then melt into a back & neck massage while you are deep cleansed, double exfoliated, skin type specific mask, and lymphatic drainage face massage. Then your body will gently be awoken and revived with ritualistic Balinese body palming as well as a scalp & feet massage.
Prize code: AP37
Prize detail: James Halliday’s Wine Atlas of Australia RRP $79.95
It is the first book to ever comprehensively map all the wine regions – and there are over seventy – in Australia. It is the definitive work on Australian wine by on of the country’s top wine writers. He studies the types of grapes grown, the soil, the climate, the winegrowing history, and also introduces the most famous and respected wineries, winemakers and their signature wines.
James Halliday’s Wine Atlas of Australia. Donated by Hardie Grant Books.
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Prize code: AP38
Prize detail: Sunday Lunch by Gordon Ramsay RRP $45
What surprised me about “Gordon Ramsay’s Sunday Lunch and other recipes from the F Word” is that is is a really practical down to earth cookbook. Lots of the books from top rated chefs border on the pretentious and suffer from requiring too many difficult to search out ingredients. Not this one. It’s brilliant. Go and buy a fucking ticket now – code AP38.
Gordon Ramsay’s Sunday Lunch and other recipes from the F Word. Donated by Hardie Grant Books.
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I just entered and forgot to tick the “share my email address” box.
Damnit!
So I put my address in my “name” field instead.
The resulting spam will be worth it if I win the Gingerboy voucher which I bought 4 tickets for …
-Nay.
Naomi, good luck. i thought we’d have no takers after the recent reviews but there has been a last minute rush. Cheers.