Cook of the Year 2008

Canadian Living's Cook of the Year 2008 is now closed. Good luck to all who entered!

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Conditions of Winning:

Your mailed entry must be received by 5:00 p.m. (EST) on the contest closing date, Tuesday, April 1, 2008. To win, selected entrants must comply with the following conditions: 1) have read and complied with the contest rules; 2) sign a standard declaration and release form confirming compliance with the contest rules, acceptance of their prize as awarded and releasing Canadian Living (Transcontinental Media G.P.), KitchenAid, and their respective advertising and promotional agencies from any damage or loss that may result from entering this contest or accepting and/or utilizing a prize; 3) have traveling companion sign standard waiver of liability; and 4) confirm that they are available to travel on the dates specified for the cook-off. The winner must return the completed forms within five business days of receipt. If the completed form is not returned within the deadline, the selected entrant will be disqualified and another entrant will be selected by the judges from all eligible entries. Finalists and their traveling companions must consent to the use of their recipes, photographs, names, places of residence, likeness and voice without compensation, in print, radio, online or televised publicity or promotion relating to the contest.



Who can win:

This contest is open to residents of Canada 18 years or older except professional chefs, cooks and cooking teachers who are employed either full time, part time or who are retired or no longer working in the industry, employees of Canadian Living, KitchenAid, their parent companies and subsidiaries, their affiliates, their respective advertising and promotional agencies, members of their immediate families and persons with whom these employees are domiciled. Canadian Living (Transcontinental Media G.P.), KitchenAid and their respective affiliates, advertising and promotional agencies, accept no responsibility in any case where their inability to satisfy these contest rules arises from any situation which is outside of their control including but not limited to a situation of strike, lock-out or other labour strife in the Sponsors’ workplaces or in the workplaces of any organization or entity whose services are involved in running this contest. Canadian Living (Transcontinental Media G.P.), and KitchenAid accept no responsibility for entries lost, misdirected, illegible, incomplete, delayed or destroyed or for the failure or malfunction of any hardware, software or telecommunication component relating to online information. Canadian Living (Transcontinental Media G.P.), and KitchenAid have the right to terminate or suspend this contest of to modify the contest rules at any time without notice for any reason whatsoever.



All entries become the property of the Transcontinental G.P. and none will be returned. Transcontinental G.P. assumes no responsibility for lost, stolen, delayed, damaged or misdirected entries or for any failure of the website during the promotional period, for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail or entry to be received by Canadian Living (Transcontinental Media G.P.) on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to an entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from playing or downloading any material in the promotion. Any attempt to deliberately damage any web site or to undermine the legitimate operation of this promotion is a violation of criminal and civil laws, and should such an attempt be made, Canadian Living (Transcontinental Media G.P.), and KitchenAid, reserve the right to seek remedies and damages to the fullest extent permitted by law, including criminal prosecution. Entries are subject to verification and will be declared invalid if they are illegible, mechanically reproduced, mutilated, forged, falsified, altered or tampered with in any way. Entrants agree to abide by the Contest Rules and the decisions of the independent judging panel, which are final.