CONTEST OVER: Win an AIR Passport! BOGO FOOD, YO!!! WINNER ANNOUNCED

/ March 20, 2018

I like to team-up with the local food vendors, makers, promoters, etc in Asheville to do fun contests in which the readers have a chance to win free food. Because I know how much everyone loves free food. Right? Seriously. Free food is the best thing ever! So, here’s the latest contest…

3 Food Fans Won a Free AIR Passport!

Katie Alexander
“All regions of Asia for all of the noodles, saucy spicy yummy bowls, all of the dumplings, all of the street food.”
Beverly Brignolo
“Hong Kong for Dim Sum on Sunday morning with my Chinese family.”
Lora Lanier
“I hope this can involve time travel, because I would go to my grandmother’s house in East Texas and she would make her famous chocolate roll. It was her own invention, a pastry dough rolled in Cocoa, sugar and butter and baked in milk, and we haven’t adequately reproduced it yet!”

Congrats to our three winners, who were selected via random number generator!

THIS CONTEST IS OVER.
Everything below is archival.

Enter This Contest to Win a 2018 Asheville Independent Restaurant “Passport!”
Retail Price: $65! Worth Hundreds in Buy-One-Get-One Deals at Local Indie Restaurants

Above: Got the Passport!

I have recently received three Asheville Independent Restaurants 2018 Passports with specific instructions to give them away to you guys! Hell yes! The AIR Passport has an ASSLOAD of savings inside, with coupons that entitle the holder to upwards of 40+ BOGO meals at a ton of the most well-known and much-beloved local, indie restaurants in Asheville and Buncombe County! The AIR Passport is a must-have for any and all hard-core eaters out there, especially if you have a frequent dining partner whom you love. Your mother, for example.

HERE’S HOW YOU CAN ENTER TO WIN YOUR NEW AIR PASSPORT!

To be eligible to win, you only have to do one thing: Answer this question in the comment section below…

If you could spread your arms and fly, where would you go, and what would you eat?

THAT’S IT. Just scroll down, and start typing your answer.
Posting multiple comments with multiple answers below absolutely WILL increase your chances of winning, so do it!

The Deadline to Enter is Wednesday March 28th, 2018

RULES ‘n’ STUFF

Simply answering the question makes you eligible to win!
Your can write any answer, there are no correct or incorrect answers!

NOTE: ALL COMMENTS ON THIS BLOG REQUIRE MY PERSONAL APPROVAL.
As soon as you post your answer(s) in the comment section below, I will be notified via email, and your comment will be approved (unless for some reason it is truly atrocious, hateful, or offensive!), and at that point you will be entered into the contest, and eligible to win a 2018 AIR Passport!

THREE WINNERS will be randomly selected from all those who answer the question above with a comment below.
The 3 winners will be picked via random number generator on March 29th, and notified by me at that time. The 3 winners will also be announced on this blog, on Facebook, and Twitter.

SCROLL DOWN TO POST YOUR ANSWER & ENTER TO WIN!

ABOUT THE PASSPORT

 

The AIR Passport is your buy-one-get-one (BOGO)* ticket to some of Buncombe County’s highly acclaimed independent restaurants. Visit an old favorite or try a new member of the area’s vibrant independent restaurant community. AIR Passports make great gifts, but they go fast.

You can purchase one here or at the Visitor Center in the Asheville Chamber of Commerce. 

Participating Restaurants in the 2018 AIR Passport:

Twisted Laurel • The Blackbird • Glass Onion • Vinnie’s Neighborhood Italian • Santé Wine Bar and Tap Room • Ducker Tea Room – Double Tree • Bouchon • Blue Dream Curry House • The Lobster Trap • Karen Donatelli • Oyster House Brewing • Chai Pani • Ultimate Ice Cream • Rosetta’s Kitchen • Bhramari Brewhouse • Red Stag Grill • Pack’s Tavern • The Chocolate Fetish • Roux • The Bier Garden • Corner Kitchen • Chestnut • Strada Italiano • Social Lounge • Luellas Bar-B-Que • White Duck Taco Shop • French Broad Chocolate Lounge • The Laughing Seed • Jack of the Wood • Sunny Point Café • Tupelo Honey • The Cantina • Lexington Avenue Brewery • Rustic Grape • White Labs Kitchen & Tap • Pomodoros • Grey Eagle Taqueria • Early Girl Eatery • Calypso • Farm Burger South • Mountain Madre • Crepe Bourree • Well Played

SCROLL DOWN TO COMMENT AND ENTER TO WIN A FREE 2018 AIR PASSPORT!

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Asheville Food Tours

From left: Chef Jacob Sessoms of Table; Chef William Dissen, The Market Place; Chef Steven Goff, Standard Foods; Chef Katie Button, Curate; Chef Joe Scully, Chestnut and Corner Kitchen; Stu Helm; Chef John Fleer, Rhubarb; Chef Karen Donatelli, Donatelli Bakery; Chef Peter Pollay, Posana Cafe; and Chef Matt Dawes, Bull & Beggar./ Photo by STEWART O'SHIELDS for ASHVEGAS.COM

From left: Chef Jacob Sessoms of Table; Chef William Dissen, The Market Place; Chef Steven Goff, Standard Foods; Chef Katie Button, Curate; Chef Joe Scully, Chestnut and Corner Kitchen; Stu Helm; Chef John Fleer, Rhubarb; Chef Karen Donatelli, Donatelli Bakery; Chef Peter Pollay, Posana Cafe; and Chef Matt Dawes, Bull & Beggar./ Photo by STEWART O’SHIELDS for ASHVEGAS.COM

Stu Helm is an artist, writer, and podcaster living in Asheville, NC, and a frequent diner at local restaurants, cafes, food trucks, and the like. His tastes run from hot dogs and mac ‘n’ cheese, to haute cuisine, and his opinions are based on a lifetime of eating out. He began writing about food strictly to amuse his friends on Facebook.

 

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  6. I”d fly to downtown Asheville, and eat chocolate, chocolate, chocolate at French Broad Chocolate Co, The Chocolate Fetish and Chocolate Gems. For dessert, I’d have something chocolate from Karen Donatelli’s .

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  10. I hope this can involve time travel, because I would go to my grandmother’s house in East Texas and she would make her famous chocolate roll. It was her own invention, a pastry dough rolled in Cocoa, sugar and butter and baked in milk, and we haven’t adequately reproduced it yet!

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  11. Widnes, for Marie’s Chippy, the best fish and chips in the UK. And then to Portland for Le Pigeon and a seat at the bar with Gabriel Rucker cooking. Then London for the Fat Duck and their 18 course lunch. Then Slyman’s in Cleveland for a corned beef sandwich. Then anywhere where they might have a decent glass of port.

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  12. I would spread my wings and fly to L’Echaude in Quebec City for the nest steak tartare I have ever had (although Admiral and Bull and Beggar are close seconds).

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  20. Stu, I would go to my Granny’s house in Jupiter (near Weaverville), where she would fix inch-thick pork chops floured with s&p and fried golden crispy from her pen-raised pigs, mashed potatoes from her garden slathered in butter she churned while sitting on the front porch, greasy cutshort beans cooked with sidemeat from the same pig, cabbage cooked up with onions and bacon, sliced Mr. Stripey tomatoes from the garden, biscuits as big as your fist with more butter, and blackberry cobbler with blackberries she picked in the woods. There would be ice box pickles on the table, and sweet tea and fresh buttermilk from that same churn to drink.

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  24. I’m a carboholic, so I want to fly to some European country and stuff my face with tons and tons of pasta. Like the really, really good freshly made pasta. Also, croissants. Lots of croissants.

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  26. I’d fly to Lubec, Maine to Becky’s seaside food trailer for a lobster roll with meat from a whole lobster with just mayo, salt and pepper on a toasted New England style hot dog bun of course.

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  30. I would fly to Santa Barbara and sit outside at Brophy Brothers, watching the sunset over the harbor. I’d have a bowl of their amazing clam chowder and a huge salad that was always so delicious.

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  31. I would fly to San Francisco, and find this little sushi bar that served the most amazing sushi on little boats that floated down the little river in front of you.

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  39. I would fly to all the James Beard Award winning chef’s restaurants in the USA, and I would go to all the Michelin Star Award winning chef’s restaurants all over the world and the USA as well. If I could spread my wings and fly, I would assume that I could afford all these restaurants too. LOL

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  44. If I could spread my wings & fly, I would fly to see my family living in Zambia. We would feast upon worms & rodents & song birds. Sacrificing flavor to experience culture and a meal with family, family whom I deeply miss.

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  45. I would fly to India to learn more about and eat a ton of curry!!! I want to know how it is influenced by area, family traditions, spice mixes, and history. I want to get deep in color and flavor. I love curries from anywhere but Indian food was my first experience with curries and what seems to draw my soul in the most. I want the mild, the burn, and everything in between. Yes.

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