ATFT turns 2 & someone is going to be a happy goose!
Let’s toast!
Last night, while I was in the Bistro CBD’s kitchen, manically pan frying 20 pork bellies in 4 skillets at the same time, with oil spluttering everywhere, trying to feed 69 hungry mouths at the Food Bloggers’ Dinner Event, A Table For Two has quietly turned 2 years old.
I would never have dreamed about cooking in a professional kitchen two years ago, and the opportunity would never have came without this humble blog, and this humble blog would never have been so active for the last two years without my loyal readers. And that’s you!
I want to keep it short but sweet and from the bottom of my heart, I would like to thank you all for your support with your witty comments and emails, and to those I’ve met through the blog, thank you for your friendship and become one big fat happy family.
I strongly believe in “giving back”. So to celebrate ATFT’s 2 year old birthday, I would like to reward and give one of my readers anywhere around the world, a brand new KitchenAid Artisan Mixer. You can choose the colour of course. If you think your old mixer in the kitchen is on the way out, or you always dreamt about making those pretty macarons without having to whisk egg white by hand, here’s what you have to do:
[Competition is now closed. Winner is announced here!]
THE PRIZE
1 x KitchenAid Artisan Mixer (colour of your choice)
Total value : RRP $632.00AUD
Note: Entrants are opened to all international readers!
HOW TO ENTER
- Leave a comment in this post, be creative!
- Follow ATFT on twitter – http://twitter.com/atablefortwo
- Send out a tweet EXACTLY as it appears below (wrong tweet will not be detected by the system and may resulted not entering into the draw. RT @atablefortwo at the front will not be detected as well
SEND THIS TWEET:
Win a new KitchenAid Artisan Mixer to celebrate @atablefortwo 2 years old birthday! Pls RT. Details at: http://bit.ly/d2NRYn
Terms & conditions:
- You must be over 18 years old or older to enter.
- Entry will be judged on creativity and honesty.
- Entries are opened to all readers around the world.
- We will ship anywhere around the world, but you are responsible for any taxes, custom duties in your country.
- You HAVE to follow @atablefortwo, tweet the line and comment on this post as stated, failure to do so will not be detected by our system and will not be entered into the draw.
- The decision of the judges are final.
- The winner will be drawn and announced on Friday, 22 October 2010, 10.00AM AEST.
- Winner will be notified by email, and the item will be send out once we have your mailing address. If no one claims the prize within 7 days, another winner will be drawn.
- We do not hold any responsibility if the good is damaged or missing during delivery.
- Please use contact form in you have any questions.
- Do no participate if you are not comfortable with the rules and conditions.
Good luck and thank you!
[Chefs, Restaurateurs and PRs who would like to sponsor prizes/giveaways for this special occasion, please contact me directly.]
What is ATFT’s Titbits?
On a lighter note, something is brewing behind ATFT’s factory. I won’t give away too much details for now, but there will be lots of never-before-seen “titbits” to share with you all. Launch date to be confirmed, but sign up now and be the one to have the first bite.
A Table For Two (ATFT) is Billy Law's food blog that features best eats in Sydney and around the world with drool-worthy food photography to salivate your appetite. I also throw in a smidgen of my food and travel photography for good measure. Billy Law also happened to be a contestant on MasterChef Australia 2011. 
Oh, Billy, how nice of you! Rarely ever do people give back to their readers — expressing only a “thanks” that no longer means anything after a while. It’s great to know you actually care about us, so let’s keep being a big fat happy family shall we? Cheers to many more years to come!
Hi Billy
Congrats on the 2nd birthday for Table for Two… I have been following and saving your posts for much of that time. Particular thanks for the Malaysian posts that have been the inspiration for a trip for my husband and I early next year!
Paula
Congratulations on your two year anniversary!
(Following and tweeted: http://twitter.com/rusthawk/status/20287208838)
Such an exciting competition and a fabulous blog, and one I am more than happy to retweet to others.
The fact that you can take your hobby and turn it into something that you’re able to make a living out of, and also share with others is something that many people would be very envious of.
Keep up the great work, and good luck with the competition.
P.S. The only way to go with the sexiest kitchen whitegood one can get is Fire Engine Red!
To be honest, I have not heard of this blog before but happy birthday anyway. But it’s nice to know that you’re a Malaysian Chinese because I am too.
Happy Birthday, little blog. Feed more and grow strong.
A table for two has turned two too
Congratulations for the second year of your lovely blog, this is a really nice way to thank you who read! Greetings from an Italian reader!
ricettebarbare at gmail dot com
Congratulations on your birthday and thanks for the giveaway opportunity! Our mixer is about 15 years old and not very powerful to begin with, so I’m a bit interested in this!
Congratulations on your birthday! I have just started adding basic recipes to my blog as I love cooking and one day would like to turn it into a cook book and maybe open a simple ‘food mum used to make’ restaurant.
I currently have my Mum’s old Kenwood Chef from the 70s – the heavy metal ones with the glass bowl. WHile it still works, the motor is getting slower and it no longer locks down meaning I have to hold it in place when using so this prize would be very useful.
artywah´s last [type] ..Potato and leek soup
Everyone says it’s a natural thing your going through,
But i don’t know what I’m going to do!
These terrible two’s are going to be the end of me!
i guess I’ll just hope it gets better when you turn three!
Happy Birthday!
Congratulations on two years of interesting and worthwhile posts
Elle´s last [type] ..Unsatisfactory blogger
Woot, Happy Birthday to you.. I would love to make you a big gooey cake to celebrate with but i seem to be lacking the equipment to make one!! Geez a KitchenAid Artisan Mixer would come in handy!!
http://twitter.com/oozzle has tweeted!!
If you can stay up & running as long as your mixer then you will outlast me
I love ‘Mixing with the Best’!
ATFT cant actually say i have heard of you before but you look mighty fine there in red and silver lol i tweeted bout you today hope that was ok I even liked you on my FB page woohoo
This website has given me great inspiration and I would like to thank-you for that…
Before your help… I didn’t even know how to cook pork bellies ha ha ha
Some advice on your birthday…Avoid fruits and nuts. You are what you eat!
Looking forward to celebrating many more.
didn’t know one end of a macoron from the other til last weekend – now very keen to make my own with this shiny new toy!
Happy 2nd Birthday from us at 65 Degrees Cafe / Gridlock coffee
From one Billy to another Billy:
Congratulations on turning two! I wish I had had the presence of mind to celebrate my half-birthday!
I tried making macarons once. They were a bit of an abysmal FAIL. I reckon I need some Kitchen Aid to make Round Two a success!
Billy´s last [type] ..Izakaya Chuji
You make me hungry!!! I made your pork and chive dumplings once… they didn’t look as pretty as yours but they sure were tasty. I ate so many I almost turned into a dumpling!
Congrats on turning 2, where’s the birthday cake?
http://www.twitter.com/loko_bec
The KitchenAid Artisan Mixer is a goddess in the world of kitchen mixers.
You are so gracious for giving one away.
xoxo
Jillian´s last [type] ..jillianjtl- Win a new KitchenAid Artisan Mixer to celebrate @atablefortwo 2 years old birthday! Pls RT Details at- http-bitly-d2NRYn
Well done Billy. No gimme gimme gimme…
Oh, and next time I am up your way, I expect Beeramisu!
Photography and food intertwined,
Are quite simply totally divine!
As this Mum has not yet mastered the two,
I am grateful for ATFT, and wish a Happy Birthday to you!
Food is life . . .KitchenAid is cool.
Two years, amazing, many blogs fail, but yours has survived. One thing . . .
more tshirts with food on them pls.
Cole´s last [type] ..cobakk1812- Win a new KitchenAid Artisan Mixer to celebrate @atablefortwo 2 years old birthday! Pls RT Details at- http-bitly-d2NRYn
ATFT has turned two,
I’d like to wish a happy birthday to you!
With reviews and recipes galore,
From a website, who could want more?
yeaaahhhhh !!! I love food, i love mixing !!!
Then i’m not a revolutionary woman but i fight to be honest, i want an alternative to the boring kitchen…
Congrats for your blog and happy BDay
See u
Julie´s last [type] ..Carmen – sensuel macaron par Fauchon
I think I need to see a Polaroid of the KitchenAid
Congratulations on two years Billy. ATFT is great.
Kitchen Aid, I want.
Cake, I shall make.
Very much, thank you.
A table for Two is a blessing from you…
from Malaysia to South Australia
and possibly Timbuktoo!
We can view with pleasure
your latest treasure ..
Thank you Billy
for your offerings of digest-ure!
Great, informative articles with glamorous photos of food and fun. What a wonderful paradise to escape to when the day is almost done
(or when enjoying a desk lunch).
We look forward to your latest food adventures
and congratulate you
for all your endeavours.
Thank you Billy for A Table For Two (or Three, or Four or More)
Oh dear, oh dear, I’m making a stew!
There’s nothing in the fridge and I havent a clue.
But thank god it’s here, I’ve found it, its true,
So thankyou to Billy @atablefortwo
Doc-G´s last [type] ..Celsius Restaurant & Bar – Gouger St- Adelaide
Congrats on the blogiversary and thanks for hosting this awesome giveaway! I could certainly use this shiny, new beauty of a mixer – the only mixer I have is an old hand mixer than I received as a wedding gift (19 years ago). I think it’s time for an upgrade:o)
Kari´s last [type] ..Celebrity Secret For A Smooth Silhouette From Us Weekly
Thanks so much for having this contest – you have the birthday and we get the present!!!
I am turning 40 next month, and I am still a disastrous baker. I baked a cake for my boyfriend when I was in school, with icing, because it was his birthday. The icing was bitter because I used too much colouring, and grainy because I used castor sugar (I didn’t know about icing sugar). That poor boy ate it all.
The next time I baked a butter cake – how hard can putting together one pound of butter, one pound of sugar and one pound of flour be – it turned out hard and tasteless. But for some perverse reason, and because I was craving butter cake, I ate it up all by myself in one weekend. When I saw the scene when the parents ate and ate, and turned into pigs in Miyazaki’s Spirited Away, I thought of me eating that horrible butter cake.
Anyway, I want to bake and take gorgeous photographs, and I guess I’d need a proper mixer. I’ve bought a digital weight measure, and I’m going to measure precisely and not open the oven doors. Maybe there is a baker in me…and I am craving a good ol fashioned rich butter cake; a plain one with no icing or chocolate marbled effect, or orange lashings.
Congratulations on turning two. I loved your peanut biscuit slide show; it inspired me to learn how to put one together.
I’ve always wanted this mixer!
happy happy birthday!
Yay! Another foodie blog! I’m new here and I’ll be staying. I’ve learned so much about cooking and have gathered awesome recipes since I discovered food/cooking blogs. Yours looks wonderful and I’m anxious to look around. Congratulations on turning two!
Some Lucky Dog´s last [type] ..Win a Karmin G3 Pro Flat Iron at Leslie Loves Veggies
You rock! The first thing I would make with my Kitchenaid is a huge chocolate mousse cake to share with my fabulous family. Pick me, pick me!
wow! how kind of you,
(sorry about previous comment, pressed wrong button :S) anyway . . ! that is such a generous thing to do! My 15 year old daughter is franticly trying to save up for one of these (she wants to become a pastry chef) so I would love to be able to get one for her! thanks so much,
Lisa
I can’t believe you are only 2. You blog is so professional and inspiring. If only our blog was half as good.
Congratulations on so many awesome achievements. I loved your hour by hour run through of your cooking experience at Merivale.
I’d love to win this Kitchen Aid. Just signed up for twitter so I can win it.
Anita´s last [type] ..BiBimBap- SoHo
Well, I wonder why I only just came across you. I’ve travelled here and there but not everywhere on the information super-highway we call the Internet and now I have surfed into your web site. Frankly I can’t understand why I didn’t find you sooner as it was my destiny to find you and now I have. I’ll be back every now and then or even sooner than that, Happy Second Birthday
Two years old and I have only just found you, now I’m annoyed with myself for not finding you sooner. Why didn’t I come across you sooner on my journeys around the Internet? Well anyway, there’s no sense crying over spilled milk for now I have found you and I’ll pop in from time to time. Happy Second Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you,
Hear you are turning two.
Recipes to wet my appetite,
Thanks – the Blog is a delight.
Oh and the Chocolate cake..
Thanks for sharing..
Two years already, where did that go? Two years and already running and talking and blogging, that’s awesome. Also you’re twittering, that’s fantastic. Happy Second Birthday.
A kitchen aid really for me!?!
Oh this is a great Anniversary!
For you and for me!
Normally, I get a mower or a chainsaw…
Wow ! 2 years already ?
Thats’s the same age as my precious little girl ….. just celebrated her 2nd birthday too… time does flys when you’re having fun !
Can’t wait for more fabulous food and tidbits …… Yum Yum Yum……. ( and hopefully my very own KitchenAid Artisan Mixer )
Congratulations A Table For Two! Happy 2nd birthday! And what better way to celebrate than awarding a loving husband and father of two girls with the gift to make his wife swoon! The ultimate cook’s appliance. And you’ll be benefitting me too, and my baby girls. Because a happy Mum and great food cannot be overlooked. Celebrate with us as we celebrate with you!
A big happy birthday!!! Plz Plz Plz, I am SO over whisking cake mixes , egg whites and whipped cream with a hand whisk
Aaron O
Happy 2nd birthday ATFT, hip hip HOORAY,
me receiving a KitchenAid would really make make my day.
Your site is great with tips not silly, a fantastic achievement, good on ya Billy
Received a Kenwood as a wedding present in 1968, it blew up last week, while I was teaching my 4 year old granddaughter to make a Pav. Luckily she does not scare easily. But I had to convince er to change the recipe. We made Queen Pudding instead, less beating!
Happy 2nd Birthday A Tabl for Two and many more to come
I’m following you on Twitter
hoping to win this fabolous mixer!
Julia´s last [type] ..Custom Words & Lettering
Hi Billy, congratulations on turning 2! I only just discovered your blog through Chocolatesuze. Looking forward to going through the archives!
Susan´s last [type] ..Tuesdays with Dorie- Oatmeal Breakfast Bread
What a parade for a
Kitchen Aid …
All want to win
this miraculous thing
to ensure cooking is
a quick pleasure!
Kneading the dough,
with nougat to go -
chocolate fondant,
pavlova nonchalant
and souffles oh so light
This superb Kitchen Aid
would everyone, DELIGHT!
Very witty jingle, Merryn
Thank you poppykettle
Congratulations on your 2 years blogoversary. I’m following you on Twitter and just made my tweet. Wishing you all the best and good luck with all your projects.
Ivy´s last [type] ..3 years Blog Anniversary – Banana Honey-Tahini Almond Bread
Happy birthday!! You know….I don’t even have a Kitchen Aid and we just bought our first home so the plan of saving for it is postponed….this sparkling red one would fit so well in my new kitchen
Sara´s last [type] ..Amaretti Semifreddo and my first product review
What a Mixer. I have no mixed feelings about winning this competition. I even mix the dog food with this prize.
Happy birthday to you and your great site. I need this Mixer to make you a birthday cake.
Happy Birthday!!!! I can see you didnt go through the terrible twos!!! Woooohoooo! I love this site because you have a great variety of recipes… and theyre very easy to follow and awesome photos too!
Thanks for the giveaway and keep up the excellent blog!
Happy cooking and baking!
All my best… LeeYong
Happy Birthday Billy,
It is wonderful to see someone having a birthday and giving away the gifts.
I stumbled on your blog by accident but I had to leave a comment because I have always wanted an artisan kitchen aid mixer, it is my one and only wish so why not give it a go. Anyway even if i don’t win one a very Happy 2nd Birthday to you and keep up the good work.
XXX
P.S.
I am now following you on twitter.
So my granny just left me
A box of age-old recipe
There’s macarons and choco-filled cake
But her grandaughter doesn’t know how to bake!
One day I experimented with some
And crossed my fingers they’d be “yum-yum”!
The aroma alone is mouth watering;
I’m convinced I’m a chef in the making!
So thanks for this giveaway, A Table for Two
And before I forget–
Happy Birthday to you!
Tweeted about this giveaway
http://twitter.com/bellekhris/status/21492271341
Now following you on Twitter as bellekhris. Thanks!
Well, there sure is some hot dishes and places on here hey…. I love the recipes and ideas of traveling around to find the ingredients and then having a party and experimenting with all this…its great… I loved Adelaide when I was last there as there is so much variety with food.
Fantastic Restaurants,,,,yes I want to go again.
Happy Birthday ATFT…..you have a talent for Taste ……for two….
Congratulations on your second birthday- you certainly are much to young to celebrate with bubbly he he he he
a table for two is two. next, to become an iron chef. I can see the shirt now
Have an awesome 2nd Birthday!
I love the red mixer because it goes faster than the other colours!
WOW! What an awesome competition Billy and congrats on your 2nd blog birthdayyyy! Thanks for all the recipes and recommendation of places to dine at! (:
Been wanting to get a KitchenAid my whole life! Can just imagine all the things I can bake with this beauty. (: Thanks again!
ps : already retweeted and have been following u for a while!
Keep the posts coming!
Lianne´s last [type] ..Braised Pork Belly with Yam
Greetings and Congratulations all the way from India.
following your site as well as tweeted too
http://twitter.com/mariakochu/status/21578085900
thank you for the giveaway and
God Bless You for giving you an opportunity to put a very BIG SMILE on one of your readers face.
hello
Congratulations on 2 years. This is an awesome way to give back! I would love to win this, it’s not even available here!
Avanika (Yumsilicious Bakes)´s last [type] ..Tricolor Halva for Independence Day
Although i’m not much of a “People” mixer ~ much preferring my own company ~ i would just LOVE this KitchenAid mixer! (in RED, of course-because red goes faster!)
Congratulations on the anniversary and what a nice way of Thanking all of your followers and also to the international followers, I appreciate it and Thank You very much. To many more years. Felicitations!!!!!
Congratulations on 2 years of a truly enjoyable-to-read (and drool over) blog.
Love the pictures, the recipes and the simple layout of your offering – and that your actually so generously giving away for nothing almost makes me feel a little guilty for wanting to win such a fab prize
Here’s to another 2 years (and hopefully more after that) of deliciousness.
Congratz and happy birthday ! When ever I see a succesful food blog I will think of the movie Julia and Julie and that is what inspired me to start my own food blog, in my life I love food but nothing else, one day I want to made the impossible become possible like how you trusted yousrelf. One day I will be the one giving away free mixer and busy reading 100 of comments =)
Happy Birthday to you
A Table for Two
Your Reviews are wonderful
and I’d love a kitchaid too!
The Red devil is sitting on my kitchen bench.
Waiting for me to embrace my recipes.
Its shining armor has an awesome appeal.
Its rotor blades all shiny and new. Waiting to whizz some dough or goo!!!
I hesitate only for a few moments. Wondering what treat to feed my new Red Devil on.
Red Devil sighs patiently.
Then suddenly from the depths of its bowl.
I hear an echo.
Red Devil says get on with it woman I need a feed.
I start beating furiously a cake fit for a devil of a friend
(SINGING…) Jingle-cakes, jingle-cakes, birthdays all the way,
Chopping, blending, great whisking. Celebrations. HEY!
Jingle-cakes, jingle-cakes, manual work passé,
Cheers for you, KitchenAid for me… Christmas every day!!!
I came from “Oh My Giveaway” blog and am now salivating over your food photos. Congrats on 2 years! *Going to look at more pictures – yum*
I follow & tweeted @ jenyasha – http://twitter.com/jenyasha/status/21804591162
a dinner for two
for me and you
While eating our roast
Let’s drink this toast
what a fantastic giveaway! Happy blogiversary! I love the buttercup mixer.
Congratulations on turning two!
And thanks for setting up this giveaway! I’m an amateur baker who loves reading food blogs and watching food shows and I’ve always dreamed of owning my own kitchenaid mixer. But they are just so darn expensive!
Out the window with normality and formality. Let’s mix it up, turn it upside down and gorge ourselves on party time!
What a beautiful piece of equipment you have here! Just makes my heart melt everytime I look at it! I’m a SAHM wishing I could cook. Someday I believe it could happen! I LOVE food! And my dream is to make people happy as I mix in some love into my cooking! I’d be ecstatic to win such a beautiful mixer!
If I win, I will promise to take baking lessons to learn how to bake something yummy for the whole family.
THIS IS SOMTHING THAT WILL TAKE MY WIFES BREATH AWAY
ah, turning two, that’s a prime drooling age.
DROOL.
Congratulations on turning two. May the terrible two tantrums pass quickly.
Congratulations on entering the terrible twos
Your flock of avid followers are a tribute to the amazing impact you’ve had on the delectable dalliances of your fellow foodies right across the globe.
My particular favourites are your blogs on Malaysia and Cambodia because they take me back to all the time I’ve spent in those countries and tickle those soft and gushy places they have in my heart.
Keep blogging! Hungry foodies everywhere are depending on it.
I love the kitchenmaid but cannot afford one. The red makes the machine go faster, the food tastes so much better and oh my goodness how cool would it look in my kitchen. if I had one I could make all of your food look good!
Congrats on the anniversary! I stumbled on your blog using the tool from Firefox and have been hooked on the recipes section. Although it is feeding my addiction to food centric blogs…..is that weird??
Congratulations on your 2nd birthday! I love reading your posts and check your blog every morning to see what’s new. My Dad was born in Penang, and has recently devoted more time to his love of cooking, so have gotten him addicted to your site too!
Happy Birthday To You! I’d sing it out loud if I could. You must be very proud – we, the readers are! A Kitchen Aid? Seriously? I would love, love, love that. There are so many recipes that I’d love to attempt but they don’t get a second look because it all just seems too hard, especially now that I have 2 children under 2. Just the presence of a Kitchen Aid will catapult my kitchen from DRAB to FAB!!!!
yay, happy birthday! what a great surprise to giveaway.
For a year I’d do dishes in your kitchen
If I could own a KitchenAid Mixer
I’d scrub and clean, crawl around on my knees
You’d have the most sparkling oven ever seen
Because its my number one desire
To own this gorgeous red appliance
Its your Birthday but you wish
To give us this special gift
As a dedicated ATFT reader
I think Im already a winner
Happy Birthday to you
best wishes for this year too.
A Kitchenaid can be my surprise
Couldn’t ask for a better prize!
Twitter ID: chocfreckle28
A table for two,top of it’s class,
Kitchenaid can not be surpassed!
For content and quality
Both the best you will see
Unbelievable following you both have amassed!
Congratulations on your blogs second birthday!
I stumbled upon your blog a while ago, I remember reading how you entered MasterChef? (I believe that was you anyway). And I didn’t save the link then, only now do I find your blog again because of your competition someone tweeted. But I’m glad I found ATFT again! It would be pretty cool to win the Kitchen Aid and it is very generous of you to give it away! So Happy Birthday and congratulations to whoever the winner may be.
Kitchen Aid Mixer
So pretty and shiny red
I must make you mine.
Deanna´s last [type] ..Hummus Crackers
Thanks A Table for Two, and happy birthday!! (Although I must admit my table is usually bursting at the seems, never limited to two!! lol)
To celebrate here’s to a large gooey, luscious, sweet delicacy to tantalise and tingle the tastebuds. All made with the use of the sensational KitchenAid Artisan Mixer of course!!
congrats on turning two i am only 14 and i love your work your photography and your style that you cook and precent things.
Belated Happy 2nd Blogday, dear friend.
If I win this mixer, I choose red. I also choose to make pavlova as light as fairies’ breath, Armenian spice cake, fresh pasta, my kids’ favourite mayonnaise, profiteroles, decadent chocolate mousse to fill the profiteroles with, angel cake, devil’s food cake, red velvet cake good enough to heal a broken heart, hoummous, my Mum’s pear and chocolate pie… all types of food to satiate and satisfy!
(How have I lived without one?!)
Kt´s last [type] ..Car & Caravan brooch
Congrats on your 2nd birthday! Does this mean you are entering the terrible two’s.Well,now, that could be fun. I would love this for hubby, as for the good of all,he does the cooking. Maybe he could make me a nice chocolate mousse! One can dream.
I just realised you, as in, your good self is giving this delicious KitchenAid Artisan Mixer away! How generous. There are some excellent comments and posts above from many who would love to win this delightful, professional Artisan mixer. Please remember, it should go to a home where it will be loved, adored and appreciated. Proudly displayed on the kitchen bench where it will blend with the preferred red hand towels already adorning the kitchen scape. Happy 2nd birthday and thank you for giving back to your enthusiastic, appreciative followers.
Congratulations! Please add me to the draw for this awesome Kitchenaid. xxx