If you`ve swung by these parts to enter our contest and don`t have the patience to go through all the details below, here`s the nitty gritty: We`re giving away prizes to randomly to people helping us compete in a competition to get the word out on Sustainable Seafood. Enter the contest by liking our video on Facebook, Tweeting links to the same video and asking people to like it or sharing it on Facebook (tag us in those posts so we know you`ve shared it). One entry per action and multiple tweets or shares are allowed.
Happy Monday!
Remember this?
That was our video entry for the Ocean Wise Seafoodie contest. We were selected as one of twelve finalists from Toronto to be possibly named the Ocean Wise Seafoodie. We were awarded a dinner for two (Dana and I went last week) of sustainable Seafood at Starfish Restaurant in Toronto (a separate review of the restaurant and experience will follow this week).
Following dinner we were to embrace a final challenge – create a 60-second video which shared a message about sustainability that we thought was important, share something we learned from the chef, mention a bit about the meal we ate, introduce ourselves and… well, you get the idea – we had to pack one-minute with a lot of info. We submitted our video last night (we’ll explain how to view it below). Here’s a teaser from the video (yay to Dana who created some killer titles this time around):
The objective behind the contest is to raise awareness for Ocean Wise and sustainable seafood. We are encouraged to use our social networks to share the video and to ask you to “LIKE” it on Facebook. The video with the most likes at the end of the contest will be named the winner. Since we’ll be on vacation for much of the voting round, we’re at a disadvantage to promote our video – so we’re hoping the combination of running our own contest and the awesomeness of you all who read this will help us get the message out.
Our main objective is to get the word out about something we feel passionate about (I am, after all, writing this message at 2:00am the first night of my vacation). And because there`s some pretty cool prizes in for us if we win (a set of pots, a cooking lesson and another dinner) and because we were already treated to an amazing experience, we`re going to share the wealth and run a contest of our own – and help you get in on the action!
Well Preserved’s Sustainable Seafood Contest
The concept is simple – help us get the message out. You will be entered in our contest as follows:
- Press Like our original video on Facebook (you can only do this once per person – Facebook won’t allow you to do otherwise). The direct link to our video is here (there are others you can check out to – we were encouraged to link direct to our own video for self-interest :)).
- Every time you tweet or retweet the link to the video and ask people to like it (make sure to mention us by adding “@wellpreserved” so we know you’ve mentioned it out there. Do this as many times as you’d like
- For every share on facebook (again add ‘@wellpreserved‘ or write on our wall that you’ve done so and we’ll see your link).
The contest runs between now and April 25th!
Here are the prizes we’re offering to our followers (with special thanks to our friends who have contributed):
- Bottomfeeder book by Tara Grescoe courtesy of Hooked (Hooked is Toronto’s only completely sustainable seafood store and there is very little, if anything, like it in the world – the link above goes to their thriving Facebook community – this one will take you to our review of what they do). Dan (who owns Hooked with his wife, Chef Kristen), encouraged me to read this book to learn more about sustainable fish and the state of our oceans. This book inspired me to shoot the first video for this contest in a hotel room in Glasgow.
- One of Shucker Paddy’s Pistol Grip Oyster Shuckers. Shucker Paddy was one of our hosts and can be seen in the background of our movie. He has created the most unique Oyster Knife in the world – after all, it is moulded in the likeness of his own hand. This is a deluxe Oyster knife designed by a champion shucker (his world championship belts litter the restaurants basement like a prize fighter’s trophy room). Here’s a review from The Globe and Mail and details from the man himself.
- Awesome seeds from Cubits. Laura and her awesome organic seeds have come to the table – she’ll ship a care package of awesome seeds for herbs that go with fish: dill, cilantro, flat parsley, moss curled parsley and basil. You’ll find Cubit’s all over the web – like on Facebook, Twitter, Etsy and their own blog. But you should check them out because they’re lovely people trying to make a difference and offering fabulous organic seeds for your garden (we’ve got some plans involving our packages and whole bunch of dirt coming up this year!0
- WellPreserved gift pack #1. Consists of a TShirt, buttons and fridge magnets. We`ll make sure you`re all decked out for summer!
- WellPreserved Gift Pack #2. A signed, numbered Printers Proof of the Periodic Table of Waterbath Preserving. This will be one of very few (and possibly THE only) printers proof that we will approve our mass run of posters for. Given that the initial run is 500, this lucky winner will have something that`s a rare collectible. The exact number of proofs will be determined by the process – you will essentially win the print that we use to approve the mass run of posters. As the main run won`t be limited, this is truly something different.
- As a bonus: if we win the contest (the grand prize is a complete set of cookware, a cooking lesson and dinner at C5), we will donate $250 to Ocean Wise in the name of one of our entrants.
If that wasn`t enough – Ocean Wise is running it`s own draw for people who `like`a video so you`ll also have a chance to win a prize from them!
Help us get the word out – and good luck to all of us!
Well Preserved 