This year is promising to be a wonderful year. It started off with the Instagram photo competition that I ran in January. What a fantastic response and a wonderful winner was chosen by my mother. Lisa from Perth posted the winning photo and she should be receiving a Guy Grossi cookbook in the mail today or tomorrow. The second amazing thing that happened was the Italy Magazine Bloggers awards 2013. This was the first year they had been run and any blog could be nominated in various categories (eg, food, living in Italy, design etc). My blog was nominated in the “best food blog” category and later in January I found out that it had been short listed. The winner was to be chosen by a combination of public voting as well as a judging committee.
On Monday night I found out that I had won in my category. Yes – Italy Magazine’s Best food blog 2013! I am so excited. I have had well over a thousand hits on my blog today (an all time high) and am writing to congratulate and thank Italy Magazine for running the awards, all the other winners and all the runners up – so many amazing and inspiring blogs. I also want to thank YOU the wonderful readers of Italy on my mind who voted for me and who continue to support me by reading and commenting on my posts.
There will be other giveaways in the months to come, more posts with recipes of italian food and a few travel inspired posts from my trip last year. 2014 will be a great year! The photo below is from my last European trip in September 2013 – I can’t wait to get back there and make more memories to share with you!
Crazy for olives all types and kinds!! mouth watering 🙂
so happy for you Paola.
CONGRATULATIONS.
so great!
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thanks Ruth, I am really quite chuffed about it xx
Congratulations Paola! x
thanks Sally, exciting times!
Congratulations on having won “best food blog” ..I certainly enjoy reading your blog and appreciate and share your enthusiasm for all “sapori italiani”! Let’s try not to forget these beautiful things.
thanks so much Elena, “sapori italiani” are certainly on my mind!
Congrats! 🙂
thank you ! it was a real surprise, the competition was very tough
Congratulations. Well deserved!
thank you for your kind words – I am so happy about it
Complimenti Paola.
grazie Albert, a bit of a surprise for me to have achieved this
Well done Paola. You also win the award of my favourite blog.
thanks as always Stephen. Impetus to get back to running cooking classes maybe….
Congratulations!!! That is wonderful news, brava!!
grazie!! Very happy about it
Congrats, Paola! You really deserved it! Love reading your blog and look forward to more Italian recipes and posts 🙂
thanks Jess, 2014 will be a great year and this award has inspired me even more
Congratulations!
thanks Dianne! I am very happy about it
Auguri!!
grazie, sono molto contenta!!
Brava. Your mother must be so excited for you.
I have not told her yet!! I will show her when I take the iPad over on the weekend :))
That’s a fantastic achievement, brava!
thanks I am very excited about it
Congratulations on the win! In fact, that’s how I found your blog and I’m looking forward to reading your posts! Glad to meet you 🙂
Oh how wonderful thank you very much for visiting and I hope you enjoy reading!
Congrats! What an amazing honor! Looking forward to seeing what new and exciting Italian recipes you have to share.
thank you Lisa, I am still pinching myself that it happened!
How exciting…congratulations on receiving such a wonderful award. Your blog is lovely.