Hello everybody!

Recently CJ Foods contacted me and offered to send me some Korean ingredients as a way of saying “thank you” for spreading Korean culture and cuisine. It was very kind of them to offer, but after talking to them some more, we decided it would be more fun to set up this giveaway for my readers. This is CJ’s way of encouraging you to cook Korean food, because they know that not everyone can find Korean ingredients easily.

So, leave a comment on this post, and you’ll be entered to win a Korean cooking startup kit from CJ.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZVGqgp5RZM

Please leave only one comment below, and then there will be 20 winners chosen at random by random.org. This contest is open to anyone in the world. Wherever you live, if you win then CJ will deliver this startup kit to your house.

Korean cooking startup kit

Korean cooking startup kit

The contest will close at midnight (New York time), December 15th and I’ll contact the winners through email. The winners need to answer me in 5 days, and if anyone doesn’t answer in time I’ll have to pick the next winner. So please, when you register for my website to leave a comment, make sure you use a current email! And be sure to check your email around that time!

The other cool thing about this startup kit is that a lot of the products in it are from CJ’s new Bibigo brand, which you’ll soon be able to buy outside of Korean grocery stores in the USA. I asked CJ about this, and they said Bibigo is just a new brand name for their Haechandle brand, which I have been using for decades and you may have seen in my ingredients section.

So, good luck to you! I hope you win!

Update Dec 23, 2011 – The contest is now closed, and the winners have been announced. Thank you for entering!

2,529 Comments:

  1. qhughcumber northern ireland joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    pick me pick me pick me pick me pick me pick me!

  2. Vanessa Seattle area joined 2/11 & has 4 comments

    Wow! Very exciting! It would be amazing to have those ingredients to cook with!

  3. miniako Brooklyn, NY joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    Great idea to set up this contest! Korean food is awesome :)

  4. bialillyblue Sibiu, Romania joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    I’ve been thinking about cooking Korean food for some time now because I’m really curious about the taste. There are no Korean shops or restaurants where I live, so I couldn’t get the right ingredients. Hope I win this. Thank you Maangchi!

  5. Duri joined 5/11 2 comments

    Thank you so much, Maangchi, for setting up this contest!!! I hope I can win :)

  6. iruth los angeles CA joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    wow! what a good event!
    i wanna win badly….

  7. Gopi France joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    Wow, thank you Maangchi. I do hope random.org selects my message as it is so hard to find the right ingredients here.

  8. dollheart15 london joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    wow yummy korean food looks soooooooo GOOD!!!,i love your videos on youtube…..awesome giveaway ^_^

  9. famis14 usa joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    SUPER EXCITED!!!
    I’d love to win that! <3 watching maangchi!!

  10. singlishswenglish Sweden joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    Hej, I’m so glad that this competition is applicable to readers from around the world because where I live in Sweden, there are very little korean ingredients to be found and I would be really happy to receive this package from CJ to continue experimenting on Korean food:)

  11. Outsidethebox13 Texas joined 11/11 & has 2 comments

    Please sign me up for the Korean Startup Kit!! ^__^

  12. Ricebun Canada joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    Oh god that looks amazing O:
    Good luck to everyone~<3

  13. pseudoxny joined 2/11 2 comments

    I wanna win! omg. :(
    I want all of thessssssssse <3

  14. Giedre Lithuania, Klaipeda joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    I never win too :( but i hope i win this one! omg this contest is so cool.. i dont have the words to describe it

  15. HollyR27 Calabasas, CA joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    Great recipes! Love your videos on Youtube. Hope I win!

  16. Lilttlewhitepiggie Washington joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    I never win contests T_T.. But I really want to sin this one~!! Its so cool ^^

  17. geckogrl Minnesota, USA joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    This is a great contest. I love this website and come here often to get Korean recipes. I really love trying new recipes. I hope I win this contest because it would help me make better Korean food!

  18. LeafsNationAustralia Sudbury, ON, Canada joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    I hope we win! We love Korean food…the alternative would be for us to fly over to Korea to do some grocery shopping in person! Haha!

  19. PrincesseMelodie Paris, France joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    안녕하세요~ ^^
    It would be so great to win this kit, I lived in Korea during a little bit more than 6 months and I miss Korean food so much… I know some Korean shops, here in Paris, but I never know what I should buy to make delicious Korean food. If I win I wish to make good food for my family and my friends ^^
    Thank you for your channel <3

  20. rukiafujioka United States joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    Please enter me! <3

  21. Emixiongmao Lyon, France joined 2/11 & has 4 comments

    Aawwwww I don’t have a Korean store near me (the closest one is 400km away), I’d be so glad to win :D good luck to everybody and thanks thanks Maangchi!! <3 <3

  22. janeping US joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    I really enjoy watching your shows on youtube.

  23. cindyxo United States joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    hope i winnnnn!! xoxo :)

  24. pkspzz México City joined 11/11 & has 2 comments

    Hello Maangchi!!! … im going to type in spanish

    Muchísimas gracias por darnos tan maravillosas recetas, me fascino verte cocinando en México, la receta del “kimchi de emergencia” es la que uso, ya que aquí no consigo muchas cosas, muchas gracias por venir a mi país.

    Thank you Maangchi…. I hope someday return to Mexico … <3

  25. 5661cho1 comment

    OMG! BEST CONTEST EVER! please randomator make me wiiiiiiiiiiiin!! :OOOOOOO :D

  26. omgelly United States joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    This start up kit looks amazing. I’ll probably be cooking Korean food every day if I win. :D

  27. xDaniX Louisiana joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    Agreed. Most Asian ingredients are hard to find depending on location of where you live. Especially Korean ingredients. Would be amazing to win Korean ingredients and share your cooking with my family and friends. :)

    Good luck to everyone :D

  28. 0099ddaavviidd2 comments

    I would like to win because I live in Scotland and there is no Asian supermarkets or Asian markets at all so it’s hard to find Korean ingredients.

  29. JessicaJ USA joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    This is great! Good luck to everyone! ^_^ Whoever wins is going to be so lucky.

  30. MyMJ20 SC joined 8/11 & has 1 comment

    I am excited abou tthis contest. I have discoveered Korean food about 8 months ago, and this prize pack would be a great way to start cooking at home. I love watching your videos. You make it look so easy & delicious. Thanks for introducing Korean food to us, and all your hard work in making great videos. :-)

  31. RanTiannai Canada joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    I hope I get picked! C’mooooooon cooking ingredient startup kit, come to me….

  32. Skonsa92 Kopavogur, Iceland joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    It would be so awesome for me to win this :) I live in Iceland and it’s impossible to find Korean products here and I really like Korean food and I like cooking it myself :D
    well, 그러길 바래! :P
    Good luck everyone!!

  33. sonyeonggug Canada joined 6/11 & has 3 comments

    omg!!! Manngchi I wanna it so much!! ^^ I wanna use it to cook with my mom!!! yumm!!

  34. NikiLFT joined 2/11 2 comments

    Thank you so much for this opportunity!!! I’ve always been a HUGE korean food lover!! But it’s really expensive and difficult to find the right ingredients here in England!! However, once in a while, I do treat myself to a cheeky korean restaurant meal!!!

  35. BrainwasherDetective Texas joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    I hope I win one of the Korean Start Up kits~ 행운을 빌어줘!

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