The Cook with Us team, @chefsteve, @pandamama and @offoodandart, have been looking forward to this week’s charity fundraiser for a long time. We are so happy to have partnered with @adollaraday to help them expand their reach and help even more people around the world. @pennsif the creator of @adollaraday has done such a great job at finding causes to help out. This link, details how @adollaraday have allocated over $700 USD in October 2018 alone. The work they have done is amazing and we totally support them and hope that you will too.
This week we are switching things up a bit. Instead of having everyone compete for the prize money, we are hosting a pot luck dinner where we all cook (Including the CwU team!) for each other. We are looking for people to sign up to make dishes for our pot luck dinner. Ideally, we would like to have a full meal including a cocktail, appetizer, soup, main course, side dish and dessert. For our weekly winner’s post we will post a collage of photos and videos of everyone’s dishes along with the grand total of the donations received. We are excited to announce that the real winners this week are the people supported by a @adollaraday charity that will receive our weekly prizes (18 Steem and 5 SBD). In addition to our CwU donation, the founding members of CwU will also contribute SBD or Steem and we hope too that our community will donate to this great charity.
We have already had a lot of interest in this event and the following people have committed to making the following dishes. Others have committed to making donations. We will add up the donations for the winner’s post.
@chefsteve - Thanksgiving roast turkey @pandamama - Roast Lamb with vegetables @offoodandart - Side dish @plantstoplanks - “Put me down for a side dish! 😁” @lizelle - “I'll definitely make something, will let you know” @celestialcow - “I choose dessert! great idea and cant wait :)” @edenmichelle - “I will make some soup - love this idea”
Thank you all in advance for your generosity in making donations and a lovely meal! We are honored to be able to help out such a great organization as @adollaraday!
The Cook with Us contest is now divided into three tiers.
The first tier is the General Pool. Every contestant starts in the General Pool. The 1st place winner in the General Pool advances to the next (second) tier on the next round. If a contestant has advanced to the next two tiers but misses the entire previous season, he/she will start over in the General Pool. There are 3 prizes awarded in the General Pool and they are as follows:
First place - 5 STEEM
Second place - 3 STEEM
Third place - 1 STEEM
The second tier is the Winners' Circle. The contestants that have won in the General Pool advance to this tier. A contestant who wins twice in the Winners' Circle will advance to the next (third) tier on the next round. There are 3 prizes awarded in the Winners' Circle and they are as follows:
First place - 5 STEEM
Second place - 3 STEEM
Third place - 1 STEEM
The third tier is Super Cooks. The contestants that have won twice in the Winners' Circle advance to this tier. Currently, there is only one prize for the winner of Super Cooks. The winner of the round will receive 5 SBD.
The following, if participating in Cook with Us #32, will be competing in the Winners' Circle:
deimus
blackberryskunk
alansthoughs
gladysstillwagon
carolynstahl
plantstoplanks
birdsinparadise
foodflaneur
rawadventuress
saimondonato
leelektrik
yesslife
slowcookingchef
atmemestable
gardeningchef
edenmichelle
celestialcow
creativewoman
kennyroy
The winner of CwU 31!
The following, if participating in Cook with Us #32, will be competing in Super Cooks:
loveself
foodforsoul
alansthoughs
lizelle
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Contest Entry Rules
The title of your post should look like this: Cook with Us #31 – Name of Dish. For example, Cook with Us #31 - Berry Ice.
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@cookwithus Pot Luck Dinner to Benefit 
@adollaraday Charity
