Hi guys!

Having always been a bit backward about putting myself forward, I agonized for a long time about entering the Cheffactor competition - I knew with commitments and 2 little kiddies I would be unlikely to set the voting lines on fire, added to which my family and friends are not very 'facebookish'. Even though I get well over 7 thousand hits a month to my web page http://warmsnugfat.blogspot.com/, even that only generated a handful of extra votes. But still, I was glad that I did enter.

Emboldened by my new found bravery, I also put myself and my little blog forward for a chance to represent Ireland at France’s famous Salon du Blog with Bord Bia, a weekend in France doing cooking demos for an audience of French food bloggers using Irish food - and guess what? I won! So I am busy putting the finishing touches to my recipes for my first ever cooking demonstration next weekend - It's very excited to be following in the footsteps of Donal Skehan and showcasing for Bord Bia.

I have attached a pic of Three Irish Cheese Tarts, one of the recipes that I have been working on for the event and I would like to thank the Cully and Sully team for the timely reminder that 'If you are not in, you can't win'! I will continue to try to get any votes I can and would like to wish all the other hopefuls the best of luck as well!

Anne Marie Carroll of http://www.cheffactor.ie/content/competition-entries/potted-duck-picalilli