Make a Plate Photo Contest 2015

The Make a Plate Photo Contest ran August 27 to September 30, 2015. 323 photos were entered and 21,192 votes were cast.

  • EntriesAug 27, 2015 to Sep 30, 2015
  • VotingAug 27, 2015 to Sep 30, 2015

This contest ended September 30, 2015. The winners are below. Read the winners announcement

323 entries 21,192 votes

Scrotous Seared Shrimp Salad

Scrotous Seared Shrimp Salad

Finished #308 of 323.

Entered by Lou Ann Collins in the September 2015 contest.

Voting closed 23 votes
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Prize Sponsors

  • Felicity Images Felicity Images
  • Vero Beach Karate Association Vero Beach Karate Association
  • Curves Curves
  • River King Cruise River King Cruise
  • Riverside Theatre Comedy Zone Riverside Theatre Comedy Zone
  • Eminence Hair Design Eminence Hair Design
  • Main Street Vero Beach Main Street Vero Beach
  • Chive Chive
  • The Hair Shop for Men The Hair Shop for Men
  • LOV Juice LOV Juice
  • Portfolio Vero Beach Portfolio Vero Beach
  • Angelo & Brenda LIVE Angelo & Brenda LIVE
  • Cobalt Restaurant Cobalt Restaurant
  • Heaton's Reef Heaton's Reef

Winners

  1. EPIC BUNLESS BURGER!!! 1st place EPIC BUNLESS BURGER!!! 373 votes

    $500 in prizes: Felicity Images: A photo session with Nellie Quiros at Felicity Images, and a custom photo app with your favorite twenty images., valued at: $350. Cobalt Restaurant: 1 Gift Certificate (Vero), valued at: $50. Heaton's Reef: 1 Gift Certificate (Vero), valued at: $50. Chive: 1 Gift Certificate (Vero), valued at: $25. LOV Juice: 1 Gift Certificate (Vero), valued at: $25. Click to view recipe and video.

  2. Homemade Pizza 2nd place Homemade Pizza 159 votes

    $169 in prizes: Riverside Theatre Comedy Zone: Four Tickets to any Comedy Show, valued at: $64. Eminence Hair Design: 1 Gift Certificate for a Mens or Womens Haircut (Sebastian), valued at: $55. The Hair Shop for Men: 1 hot towel, straight razor shave gift cards., valued at: $25. Chive: 1 Gift Certificate (Vero), valued at: $25.

  3. Fresh Figs Topped With Goat Cheese And Balsamic Vinegar With Baby Spinach 3rd place Fresh Figs Topped With Goat Cheese And Balsamic Vinegar With Baby Spinach 138 votes

    $145 in prizes: Vero Beach Karate Association: One Month of Karate Lessons, Includes Uniform, valued at: $120. Chive: 1 Gift Certificate (Vero), valued at: $25.

  4. No Bake Strawberry Pie 4th place No Bake Strawberry Pie 116 votes

    $89 in prizes: River King Cruise: Two (2) River King Cruise Tickets, valued at: $64. Chive: 1 Gift Certificate (Vero), valued at: $25.

  5. Sweet And Spicy Bacon Wrapped Breadstick Most Creative - Value: $50 Sweet And Spicy Bacon Wrapped Breadstick 61 votes

    $50 in prizes: Chive: 1 Gift Certificate (Vero), valued at: $25. The Hair Shop for Men: 1 hot towel, straight razor shave gift card., valued at: $25. View The Make a Plate Contest | Contest Sponsors | The Vero Beach Food Blog

  6. Crockpot Prep Raffle - Value: $159 Crockpot Prep 27 votes

    $159 in prizes: Curves: 1 Month Membership Certificate, valued at: $99. Main Street Vero Beach: A City Scapes Drawing, Unframed, valued at: $35. Chive: 1 Gift Certificate (Vero), valued at: $25.

Final vote count

Winners were chosen under that contest's own rules (see the original rules below), so they are not always the top vote-getters.

  1. 1EPIC BUNLESS BURGER!!!373 votes
  2. 2Homemade Pizza159 votes
  3. 3Chicken Milanese With Roasted Potatoes151 votes
  4. 4Fresh Figs Topped With Goat Cheese And Balsamic Vinegar With Baby Spinach138 votes
  5. 5Clean Chick-Fil-A Chicken Nuggets And Polynesian Sauce131 votes
  6. 6Zucchini Tortilla Grilled Cheese With Goat Cheese & Mozzarella Drizzled With Bal124 votes
  7. 7Clean Chocolate Brownies Sweetened With Dates & Coconut Sugar119 votes
  8. 8Dill & Onion Red Potato Chips With Lemon Goat Cheese Dip117 votes
  9. 9No Bake Strawberry Pie116 votes
  10. 10Zucchini Chicken Enchada Boats114 votes
Official rules

Original prize list

Prize Sponsors

All Prizes Total Value: $1,012

Felicity Images

Vero Beach Karate Association

Curves

River King Cruise

Riverside Theatre Comedy Zone

Eminence Hair Design

Main Street Vero Beach

Chive

The Hair Shop for Men

LOV Juice

Original rules

Keep it clean please. Multiple submissions allowed. Duplicates will be deleted. A plate with food must be in the photo.

All you have to do is complete your submission described above and you will be entered to win.

Only one submission required for entry. Submissions of common images found online will also be deleted. We are looking for unique original photos. Groups or organizations may submit for fun. Groups will not be awarded prizes, only individuals. Prizes must be claimed by October 24th, 2015 or will be determined forfeited.

You may choose to be in the photo and have fun with the contest. We like creativity. Most creative or fun photos will be posted to the main Vero Vine and Portfolio Facebook & Instagram pages. You are not required to be in the photo.

You must live in the Treasure Coast to receive mailed prizes. Prizes and/or prize certificates are either available for pick up or will be mailed to Okeechobee, Palm Beach, Brevard, Martin, Indian River and St. Lucie counties only.

If you have already submitted to a previous and unsubscribed from the Vero Vine Community email you will not be added to the email list again.

All entries have the opportunity to be presented in the Vero Beach Portfolio Magazine in their upcoming issue. For print quality reasons only the best images will be selected. Only those images of the largest size and/or resolution can be printed. Photo credits will be published in the magazine.

Previous submissions may be used to seed future contests where appropraite.

Disclaimer: This is a voting contest. Winner is selected by Vero Vine and Portfolio Magazine from top 10 voted submissions. Any flaming, negative commenting or foul language will be cause for immediate disqualification and banning from the Vero Vine and Portfolio Facebook pages and web site communities. This is a family and child oriented community folks lets please keep it clean. Vero Vine and Portfolio reserves the right to disqualify any submission for any reason. Your contest submission is an agreement to these terms. Vero Vine and Portfolio reserves the right to use any photos submitted for any reason including and not limited to print, web, video and television broadcast. Vero Vine and Portfolio and or the contest sponsors cannot be held liable, will not be sued for any reason. This contest is for amusement purposes only. These rules and terms of this contest are subject to change at any time.