Give Away # 37 : Heinz [Seriously] Good Sauce New Collection Presentation Box

We all have a little food vice, nice! mine is shop bought mayo. Sure, I will advocate making your own and whenever you can. I do but, we don't always have the time, do we? and similarly for other sauces.

This is where trusty Heinz steps in and with summer around the corner Heinz has launched four brand new varieties of their [Seriously] Good Sauce.

Moreover, the company gifted a presentation box to a Pebble Soup lucky reader

And the winner is ....number 288 Andrea Upton

Besides four ramekins the box contains

Heinz [Seriously] Good Pepper Sauce

A creamy and warming pepper sauce is perfect for a cheeky mid-week steak treat. For those who would prefer to avoid red meat, it is also delicious with chicken.

Heinz [Seriously] Good Béarnaise Sauce

This mouth-watering French classic is made with chopped shallots and tarragon. Rich and buttery, it will perk up a BBQ of steak, chicken or fish.

Heinz [Seriously] Good Chive Sauce

Upgrade your summer potato salad by adding a spoonful of this deliciously zingy and creamy sauce with chives and crème fraiche. Ready to eat, it can also be used as a dip or add that extra something to summer classics such as salmon fillets or fish cakes.

Heinz [Seriously] Good Tomato and Garlic Sauce

This rich and lively tomato and garlic sauce is perfect for chicken and grilled meat dishes. A real crowd pleaser, it’s a must-have store cupboard ingredient for summer, offering a fresh and delicious twist to BBQs and al fresco dishes. 

And the winner is ....number 288 Andrea Upton

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Give-Away #36 :One OXO GOOD GRIPs Non-Stick Pro Sponge/Sandwich Tin worth £19.00

I am considering making a Choux-Fleur Cake but not the savoury kind rather the sweet kind and this baking adventure will require professional baking equipment. Thank goodness, the good people at OXO GOOD GRIPs have offered to lent me a hand by sending me their Sandwich Tin.

I like the idea of a solid straight wall and micro-textured pattern which ensures even baking because let's face it, I need all the help I can get when it comes to baking cakes. 

Even more exciting, you get a chance to win the same sandwich tin worth £19.00, just use the comment box and the Rafflecopter to tell us what you'll cook with it. Competition ends on the 28/2/17 at midday  Good luck

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Give-Away #35 : 4 copies of Le Creuset, One Pot Cuisine RRP £20.00 each

December, all about sharing, goodwill and... presents. So on the 1st day of the month, Pebble Soup has teamed up with Octopus Publishing to bring you a give way you'd love.

Four hard copies of Le Creuset, One Pot Cuisine, a newly published book. Four lucky winners.
Le Creuset is a household name and even if you don't own one of any of their pots or pans, you might want to get inspirations from their One Pot Recipe Book, or you know somebody who would love it for Christmas.

This book is bursting with 100 mouth-watering recipes for delicious casseroles, tagines and simple one-pot suppers. Each beautifully illustrated recipe comes
with simple, easy-to-follow instructions. From Trout with Bacon and Fennel to SeaBass in a Salty Crust, Shrimp and ChermoulaTagine to Aubergine Stuffed with Rice, Herbs and Pine Nuts, these delicious and fragrant dishes are sure to delight everyone.

So tell me which is your favourite one-pot recipe in the comments box, use the rafflecopter to enter and don't forget to look at the T&C. Giveaway will end on the 6th December at midday Good luck

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Give Away #34 : Win a Fairtrade Hamper

Saturday 22 October marks National Nut Day and farmer-owned Fair Trade nut company, Liberation Foods will be celebrating the many virtues of nuts as tasty, nutritious snacks, a versatile cooking ingredient, an environmentally-friendly source of protein – and, in the case of Fairtrade nuts, the positive impact they have on producer communities. 

Liberation Food was created when small-scale nut producers from Bolivia to India to Nicaragua got together to create their own company so that smallholder farmers can enjoy secure and sustainable livelihoods and plan for the future.

To mark National Nut Day, Pebble Soup has teamed up with Liberation Foods to offer one lucky reader the chance to win a Fairtrade hamper featuring a selection of Liberation’s deliciously crunchy and tasty nuts including 

Oven Baked Chilli 

Lime Cashews with Peanuts 

Roasted Corn, 

Oven Baked Salted Cashews 

Peanuts PLUS 

a jar of crunchy peanut butter! 

For more information about the sponsor, their recipes and news, please head to Liberation Foods website

To win, use the Rafflecopter to answer a simple two-parts question. To get extra entries follow the gizmo. Here are the # for the campaign #liberateyournuts #NND16 The competition will end on the 24/10/2016

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GiveAway #33 : Cirio Goody bag

It may not have escaped the assiduous Pebble Soup readers that I celebrated the 160th Birthday of Cirio tomatoes in the presence of Doctore Antonio Carluccio who told us "with Cirio tomatoes you can do a hundred things... No! a thousand things, my mother used to cook with Cirio tomatoes". Now it's your turn

The lovely Cirio tomatoes people are offering one lucky Pebble Soup reader a Celebration Goody Bag containing........

Give Away #32 : Hotel Chocolat - Advent Calendar For two - worth £26.00

Together is better we all know that. As I was ready to write a tribute to the beauty and warmth of togetherness, it occurred to me that indeed there were rather to many exceptions to the rule. If together has its place, similarly, sharing can be very inconvenient.

 

It's never been truer than when faced with an advent calendar. From Childhood we are told to share what is behind the small window, opened each morning with anticipation, but to be honest, it has never felt quite right to hand out the long awaited surprise to somebody else. 

 

But things are looking up. Not long ago, advent calendars where kids stuff only. As an adult, it looked a  little odd when you announced that you "wanted one" too. Then, marketing caught up on the idea and appeared a number of advent calendars containing adult treats. 

 

Great but how does one share each little goody?

 

Hotel Chocolat came up with the perfect solution. An Advert Calendar for Two.

And now, I am sharing it with you. Not my own calendar, you'll understand. That would be silly. No, you can have your own.

Good luck

 

 

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Give-Away #31 A SuperFast Thermapen® 4 Cooks Thermometer- worth £60.00

When I first saw the Thermopen used on the GBBO, I was curious to what it was so I did a bit of digging and here is what I found:

• It has a range of  -49.9 to 299.9 °C.
• It's super fast. The true temperature of a product can be tested in just three seconds. and doesn't lock-in, so if your cake gets hotter it will show
• it's 360° self-rotating display automatically turns so the user can read the thermometer in any position — in either hand, left or right.
• It knows when it's dark and turns on the backlight for you, making it easy to read in poorly lit kitchen areas or for night-time barbecues.
• The motion-sensing sleep mode automatically turns the Thermapen 4 on or off when the user picks it up or puts it down, maximising battery life.
• It's waterproof  
• Available in ten vibrant colours

A very clever gizmo indeed. Thermapen is offering one Pebble Soup's reader the opportunity to win a thermometer. The winner will be able to choose a colour among a selection, how good is that?
Closes on the 24th September

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Give Away #30 : Lakeland's Picnic Party Cool Bag

Time to think picnic. At Pebble Soup HQ, we love picnics, for many years we organised a yearly friends and family event where by we tried to get as many people as we could to join us on One Tree Hill in Greenwich park. We stopped doing so 5 years ago but the event is due for a revival.


To make your picnic more enjoyable, the lovely Lakeland team is teaming up with Pebble Soup to offer a lucky reader this bright, family-sized cool bag which has a showerproof outer, terrific insulation and reflective, wipe-clean lining to keep contents cool. Worth £24.99
29.5 x 24.5 x 28cm. 15 litre. 



To be in with a chance to win enter via the rafflecopter below -Last entries Tuesday 19th May at midday - Good Luck

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Give-Away #29 : Abra-Ca-Debora 6 packs of Delicious Pancakes

This give-away is now closed & the winner is Sarah #13

There is something about Shrove-Tuesday which I find really appealing. It's a no pressure type of festival and this year it will be even more so with the help of Abra-Ca-Debora "a cook with the magic touch and who has lots of kitchen tricks up her sleeve".

 

Though it's not very complicated to prepare pancakes from scratch, no one will deny that it's even easier to open a packet of ready made ones, of course, only if they were to be as good as the ones you could rustle up yourself, and Abra-Ca-Debora's are....... 

All you need to do is to think about which topping you are going to use with your Abra-ca-Debora pancakes. Mine will definitely be caramelised bananas.

You could win 6 packs of delicious ready-made pancakes as follows:
2 packs of

and...2 pack of

There is more, 2 packs of these small portions lovelies for which there are lots of recipes on Abra-Ca-Debora's site

 

The deadline is 4th February 12.00 so that you'll have your prize in plenty of time for Tuesday 17th February - Happy Shrove Tuesday -

And now for the rules. Good luck.
For one entry: Leave a comment with your favourite pancake topping
For a second entry: Follow me on Twitter @solangeweb, and leave a comment on this blog to let me know. If you are already following on twitter, please, leave a comment so that your second entry is recorded.

And last but not least, the small prints:
Each entry will be verified.
This giveaway is open to UK residents over 18 only. A single winner will be chosen by a randomiser and the prize will be sent directly by Abra-Ca-Debora

Give Away #29 : Two 50ml bottles of the new Quizas Seduccion by Loewe

This Christmas, I would like to add my present under 2 lucky readers' Christmas tree. I searched for something relevant to the latest news and as from this month, I am writing The Greenwich Visitor food pages, going local seemed to be the answer.

 

For once it's not food related, Christmas Give Away is a  chance to win

 

Not one but two 50ml bottles of the new Quizas Seduccion by Loewe which is launching at The Fragrance Shop in the Lewisham Centre this Christmas to give away to two lucky readers.

The range is from Loewe, a luxury Spanish label, which is based in the cultural capital of Madrid, and who specialise in high quality perfumes, aftershaves and luggage. With unrivalled experience in luxury perfumes since 1972, The Fragrance Shop is one of the very few retailers to stock Loewe scents in the UK.

 

Quizás Loewe Seducción is a floral-fruity fragrance with aphrodisiac powers. It opens with a fruity cocktail of tempting passion fruit, sweet orange and blackberry. Its full floral heart combines elegant Sambac jasmine with strong tuberose and orange blossom. The base of the perfume features sweet notes of caramel and vanilla.

 

The Eau de Parfum comes in an elegant black bottle in 30ml (£44.50), 50ml (£62.50) and 100ml (£85). The give away is 50 ml.

 

You will need to collect the 50ml eau de parfum bottle from The Fragrance Shop, Unit 63A, Lewisham Centre, SE13 7EP. An opportunity to have a look around the vegetable and fruit market.

 

Three ways to win

 

 1 – Comment on the blog Leave a comment below, telling us what is your Christmas wish.

 

2 – Twitter Follow @solangeweb on Twitter. If you already follow, it goes without saying that you are welcome too. Then tweet the following:
I've entered @FragranceShopUK 'n @solangeweb #giveaway to win a 50ml #Quizas #Loewe eau de #parfum #PebbleSoupXmas http://www.pebblesoup.co.uk/2014/12/give-away-29-two-50ml-bottles-of-new.html

Cut and paste is safer. I'll track your entry with the Twitter handle   

3- Facebook Like Pebble Soup page   

Entries will close on Friday 19th December at midday (12.00GMT) collection in person from Lewisham Fragrance Shop

Terms and conditions:
Winner will need to collect the 50ml bottle directly from the fragrance shop in Lewisham or send a trusty friend.

One Winner will be selected via digital Randomiser shortly after closing date and announced on Twitter and on this page.

Only one entry per category per person, (1 comment, 1 twitter, 1 facebook) all entries will be verified.

This give-away is open to UK residents only.

There is no cash alternative. 

The prize will have to be claimed within 3 days so please make sure you check your account for notification.

 

 

 

Give-Away #28 : A beautiful Hotel Chocolat Advent Calendar

Last minute announcement: the winner is Nia Wyn Dunn

 

Some cultures are luckier than others when it comes to Christmas traditions. Growing up in France the only calendar we  looked forward to was l'Almanach des Postes. A piece of cardboard with an old-fashion picture in the center.

 

 

Children have the privilege to choose which picture will adorn the wall in the kitchen or the loo. The choice is limited, sweating donkeys with heavy loads on their back, young 19th century lady in négligée, that was my dad's choice if I happened to be at school when the postman pop in for his annual tip and the sale of the horrid calendar.

 

First time I heard about an advent calendar was through a friend from Lille. Allegedly the advent tradition was strong in the north. Almost enough to make me pack my baby rucksack and move.

 

I have since made up  for lost time and it's with glee that this year, I am sharing the advent calendar good fortune with one Pebble Soup reader.  The countdown to Christmas begins with this beautiful Hotel Chocolat advent calendar. Featuring 24 fabulous Christmas sculptures, including reindeer, snowmen, penguins and enchanted Christmas trees, to name just a few.

The winner will have the choice of one milk, dark or white chocolates.

 

Three ways to win

 

 1 – Comment on the blog Leave a comment below, sharing your favourite Christmas chocolates. Mine is definitely orange peel.

 

2 – Twitter Follow @solangeweb on Twitter. If you already follow, it goes without saying that you are welcome too. Then tweet the following:
I've entered @HotelChocolat Advent Calendars #giveaway from Pebble Soup http://goo.gl/l8CAuW #PebbleSoupAdvent

Cut and paste is safer. I'll track your entry with the Twitter handle   

3- Facebook Like Pebble Soup page   

Entries will close on Tuesday 17th November at midday (12.00GMT). Hotel Chocolat will dispatch the calendar to the winner shortly after the 21st so that it can be enjoyed on the 1st of December

Terms and conditions:

One Winner will be selected via digital Randomiser shortly after closing date and announced on Twitter and on this page.

Only one entry per category per person, (1 comment, 1 twitter, 1 facebook) all entries will be verified.

This give-away is open to UK residents only.

There is no cash alternative. 

The prize will have to be claimed within 3 days so please make sure you check your account for notification.

 

HC calendar retail at £12.50, my thanks to Hotel Chocolat for providing one complementary for the purpose of this post.

 

Give-Away #27 : A Lifelong Membership to Eat Your Books (EYB)

For my birthday, I so was spoiled that in return, I wanted to present you with one of the best give-aways Pebble Soup has ever run. 

 

Amazingly the fabulous owners of Eat Your Books have offered a lucky reader a Lifelong membership to Eat Your Books.

 

  
Not long ago, I read that as an average, we use only three recipes per cookbook. If you have more than 5 books it get very complicated to find the right recipe quickly. Not anymore.......

Eat Your Books is a website that searches for recipes in your cookbooks, food magazines and blogs. It's user friendly. All you have to do is catalogue your books, favourite website and magazine collections. Once that's done, there is a sophisticated search tools which will do the rest. Take a look here.

To win a lifetime membership, answer a quick question in the comment box via the rafflecopter, it will unlock several bonuses. Good Luck.

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Give Away #26 : Salter Heston Blumenthal Precision Professional Whisk

Yet again, there are none for a long time and two arrive together. Though I didn't start my blog to fill it  with give-aways, it's lovely to share. The second give-away in so many posts could be titled: Whisk it like Heston 

As the GBBO returns to our screens, so do the tools of the trade.

Indeed the contestants are using some pretty nifty pieces of equipment.

In anticipation and for you to join in, from your own kitchen, Salter has joined forces with Pebble Soup to offer a lucky reader a Salter Heston Blumenthal Precision Professional Whisk

With its 7.5cm diameter balloon this whisk allows in plenty of air. Ever wondered how the contestants achieve these perfect peaks. Professional tools is your answer.

 

To win use the rafflecopter below: First comment on the blog that will unlock the bonuses. Note that one bonus is linked to Facebook as Pebble Soup has recently got its own page. 

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Give-Away #24 : Brioche Pasquier Hamper: a Selection from the Traditional and Pitch range

Breakfast in France can be a bit of a miserable affair, contrary to popular belief, croissants, pains au chocolat, brioches and the likes  are often kept for the week-end or reserved for guests and special occasions. However when the hour for goûter strikes, around 4 o'clock when children get out of school, the French will stop their activities and snack but that is not snacking as we know it, no greasy chips eaten out of carboard boxes, Non, non, non. That's when pains au chocolat, brioches etc play their role.

 

 Brioche Pasquier which uses traditional recipes and an authentic process to create its "breakfast  and gouter favourites” kindly offers one lucky Pebble Soup reader a hamper from their traditional and pitch ranges.

 

 

Give away description although it won’t necessarily be all of these, but a mix:

From the traditional range,

·         Pains au lait: Based on a traditional recipe, using the finest butter, milk and levain

·         Pains au chocolat: Made with brioche dough that is worked into a light puff pastry and filled with a dark cacao-butter chocolate

·         Croissants: Light buttery croissant made using processes authentic to the original French bakery

From the Pitch:  Perfect for a lunchbox treat or for snacking on the go, soft brioches, individually wrapped and filled with a number of flavours:

·         Chocolate: A chocolate flavour filling with a hint of hazelnut

·         Choc Chip: Light brioche filled with chocolate chips

·         Strawberry: Brioche filled with a light strawberry centre

·         Lemon: Brioche filled with a tangy lemon curd

How to Enter

• Complete the Rafflecopter form below, unlock bonus entries by answering a question in the comment box.
• Closing date: 30th March 2014.
• Read the “Terms and Conditions” link at bottom of Rafflecopter form.
• Winner will be contacting by email and announced on the Rafflecopter form.

Good luck

 

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Give-Away #23 : Personalised Apron, Perfect for Mother's Day

WIN a PERSONALISED APRON

Perfect for Mother's day

It won't be long before we're looking for ideas for Mother's Day Gifts. On a day when we want to show our mums how very special they are, a personalised present will make a great gift.

And why not ride on the baking trend? and acknowledge all the cooking and baking mums do. With this in mind, My 1st Years.com and Pebble Soup have joined forces to bring you ideas for gorgeous gifts for mum and give away a "best mum in the world" personalised apron worth £20 to one lucky reader.

All you have to do to enter is, to complete the Rafflecopter widget below to verify your entries – ONE mandatory question will appear, which you need to answer in the comment box. This simple answer will unlock 3 bonus entries.

Deadline: Sunday 16th at midday, the winner will be notified during the day which will give plenty of time for the 1styear.com to make contact and arrange for the apron to be personalised and posted to a UK address only.
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September Give-Away #22 : OXO Good Grips Rotating Utensil Holder

No matter how big kitchens are, they're never big enough. Have you notice how there is not a day spent without hunting or fishing for the peeler or the wooden spoon.  So after 6 months in Pebble Soup's new kitchen,  "things" have more or less found there places but it's time to do a bit of research in utensils management.

A flower pot had been used for a while though smart as it was, it soon became too small and was for ever tilting. That's when OXO Good Grips came to the rescue and sent a Rotating Utensil Holder.

+Being stainless steel it fits well in the new kitchen and would look good in any kitchen.

+The rotating system is useful and the whole thing feels very solid, no tilting here.

+The Utensil Holder is large enough to hold over 15 large-handled tools.

On the minus side,
-Finger marks quickly show but so do they on a lot of other stainless steel kitchen gadgets.

If you don't want to dig in the drawers any longer, here is your chance to win one OXO Good Grips Rotating Utensil Holder (as shown below utensils not included) RRP £20.
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Give-Away #21 : Atkins and Potts' New Range: British Provenance Foods.

Atkins and Potts has teamed up with Pebble Soup to offer one lucky reader the entire British Provenance Foods range. This give away is now closed the winner is announced on the widget below, thanks for entering

What does British Provenance means?

The idea is to source as many ingredients as possible from British farmers.  Even down to the salt which comes from Anglesey. The ingredients used in the products also include British rapeseed oil, vinegar from Suffolk, mint from Middlesex, apples from Fourayes Farm and the onions, beetroot, sugar, eggs and butter from a variety of British farmers.

Which products are in the range?

• Hollandaise Sauce
• Mayonnaise
• Garlic Mayonnaise
• Beetroot Chutney
• Caramelised Onions
• English Mint Sauce
• Bramley Apple Sauce
• Herb Dressing

7 "cheat" sauces and chutneys which are made in small batches. The new products have a nice texture and non  of "that" industrial flavour. Read a review here.

This give away is now closed and was won on second draw by Sue Harrison

Give-Away #20 : BART Products Worth £40

Get ready for BBQ and Braai season with BART's Give-Away.

The lucky winner will receive 

• 1 sea-salt with wild garlic BBQ mill
• 1 smokey paprika for a bit of a kick BBQ mill
• 3 marinade rubs : one mediterranean, one smokey chipotle, one lemon and sweet pepper
• 1 mustard BBQ sauce
• 1 Texan hot sauce

As they say at BART's, "Not all ingredients are the same" and BART certainly has different and reliable ingredients

And to keep things neat and tidy they have added

• 1 BBQ apron
• 1 Old fashion classy note-book with a pen

To enter the give-away you'll need to unlock the rafflecopter by answering the following question "What will you cook on your BBQ/Braai?" in the comment box, then you will get 6 bonus points by following the instructions.

 

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Give-Away #18: Win A Case of 24 Häagen-Dazs Secret Sensations Fondants

This Give-away was won by Lynn S. with her lucky number 140

Häagen-Dazs has added a new flavour to their Secret Sensations Collection:

Meringue and Raspberry fondant. An indulgent vanilla ice-cream with tiny, crunchy pieces of meringue and raspberry sauce center.

At Pebble Soup HQ we snuggled up in front of an open fire with this delicious treat and now it's your turn. Häagen-Dazs is giving away a case of 24 mini cups, to be delivered to your door, so get ready to lock the world out and indulge. On the other hand, if you really have to, since the party season is just around the corner, it won't be easy, but you could share. Follow the instructions below to be in with a chance to win.

Giveaway #18: Win a Case of 24 x 100ml minicups Häagen-Dazs Meringue and Raspberry Fondant RRP: £40

HOW TO ENTER

• Complete the Rafflecopter form below to confirm your entries made via blog comments, Twitter, Facebook etc.
• This giveaway is set to run until Friday 7th December 2012 however it may close close or be extended without notice.
• This prize will be delivered via courier, organised by Häagen-Dazs within 4 weeks of winning.
• Do read the rules below.
• Winners are picked by Rafflecopter, contacted by email and  will be announced on Twitter and on this page.

Good Luck

 

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Give Away # 17: Two Copies of Chocolate : Bake me I'm Yours

October sees a few celebrations and this week is Chocolate week. To celebrate Pebble Soup is giving away 2 copies of Chocolate by Tracey Mann. This lovely book will be sent to two winners courtesy of the publisher David and Charles.  Tracey Mann designs are regulary featured in Cakes & Sugarcraft and Wedding Cakes magazines.
So if you would like to win a copy, try the rafflecopter below.
Best of luck.

And the winners are : FabFood4all & Emma Walton
 

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