Metropolitan Cooking & Entertaining Show Giveaway Winners

[ 3 ] October 31, 2012 | Johnna

This weekend the Walter E. Convention Center will be filled to capacity with the food industries top names, products & lovers of all things food for the 2012 Metropolitan Cooking & Entertaining Show. I had the opportunity to give away tickets to the annual foodie extravaganza and am pleased to announce the winners of the contest. Drum Roll please… Maria Lloyd and Ichoosethesun! Maria will receive tickets to attend the show on Saturday (November 3, 2012) and Ichoosethesun will receive tickets for the show on Sunday (November 4, 2012). Thank you to all who entered to win!

Products to look out for at the 2012 Metropolitan Cooking & Entertaining Show

For those that are curious about the show but have not purchased tickets to the show, I had the opportunity to get a sneak peek at what to expect.

*Headliners include Giada De Laurentiis, Jacques Pepin and daughter Claudine, Top Chef, judges Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons, The Chew’s Michael Symon and Carla Hall and Next Food Network Star winner “The Sandwich King” Jeff Mauro.

*The two-day show will feature performances by local chefs.

*A host of tastings, entertaining workshops, a wine and spirits pavilion and over 400 specialty food exhibitors showcasing products for sale.

Haven’t purchased your tickets yet? Get them here.

Kudos to our winners!! Enjoy the show.

UPDATED: The new Sunday winner is IChoosethesun!

Tags: 2012 Metropolitan Cooking & Entertaining Show, giveaways, washington dc

Category: Announcements, Food.Fun.Stuff., Washington D.C.

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Johnna French is a Harlem NY native with deep roots in Panama, Washington, DC and North Carolina. All four places have heavily influenced her life and the foods she loves today. After graduating Howard University School of Law and beginning her life as a young professional in the city she was led to start Johnna Knows Good Food in November 2007 to keep family, friends and colleagues updated on where to go and what to eat while dining in the nation’s capitol. French, who still practices law, leads a team of three writers to cover the ever expanding Washington, DC food scene. French has been featured in print and television, appearing in Washingtonian Magazine and is a regular contributor to various local TV affiliates including WUSA 9, FOX 5 DC and WJLA (ABC Affiliate) News Channel 8. During the 2016-2017 football season, Johnna aired on Comcast Sports Mid-Atlantic (CSN) show, Redskins Life, as the weekly tailgate host. Johnna is currently a regular contributor to the FOX Baltimore Weekend morning show.