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.
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.
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!




This is a great contest. I would love to receive this kit. Good luck to everyone : )
Thank you, Maangchi, for being an ambassador for good, honest food! Keep up the wonderful work. :)
Hi Maangchi! I always wanted to cook some korean dishes but I never got the chance! I really would like the opportunity to win a pack of Korean ingredients! Thank you!
I have found wonderful useful info on your site! I just went to the Korean grocery store, Greenland, in Las Vegas per your tweet and came back to thank you for the great tip! I loved the store and will return again!
I would love to win this great price and really get to cooking authentic Korean foods! Thanks for the great contest! Oh yeah….PICK ME!
Greetings from Colorado, USA! Hope you’re having a great time in the Philippines :)
I crave Korean food constantly and it would be great to have these supplies in my house! It would be a really good early Christmas present, who knows, I might be have a Korean-inspired Christmas dinner ;D! ~Angelina
Love your style Manngchi! Im a new viewer and would ♥ experiment with these spices and blow my boyfriends mind with some straight up authentic Korean dishes following your lead of course.
i always wanted to cook Korean food but no luck in finding the recipes so this would be really helpful :D
Hi Maangchi!
I love watching your videos and I love making your recipes. Korean food is the best :) I’m not Korean but I’ve become seriously hooked on making Korean food and of course eating it. :) Keep up the great work!!
hi! I love your recipes~ i make food for my Korean friend and she critics my replications :D
Oh, wonderful! My family is so enjoying the lovely foods I’m cooking them from your blog!
i need the ingredients please please! fell in love with korean food so much, yummy yummy :)
Love your recipes and videos, Thank you !
I love your website!!
I live in the mountains of North Carolina. Korean food will keep me warm and HAPPY in the winter time.
Hi Maangchi! I really like the Korean culture and especially the food. I used to go out to eat it at least once a week but after finding out about your channel I was able to make a lot of delicious korean food. My whole family is a vegetarian so we never got to eat any kimchi, but after finding your channel, I am now able to make and eat my own kimchi! Thanks for all the wonderful recipes!!
Hi Maangchi,
I like your cooking show ,I love korean food , Plese pick me,Thank
wow! so generous! =) goodluck to all of us! ^__^
Your cooking videos really made me appreciate Korean cuisine, both the eating and the cooking :) Thank you!
I think the Dutch shoes were my favorite so far! Looking forward to the Gapshida videos!
Hi Maangchi, I hope you please pick me! I have made so many delicious foods because of you. My bookmark is full of all your recipes because I cook them all the time. Thank you for this great contest! Happy Cooking ~
I would love to have some Korean ingredient to start cooking. I love Korean food
Thanks so much for having this contest! i’m a beginner cook and i’d love to try the starter kits!!
HI Maangchi, love contests and I love Korean cooking. But most importantly, I love your website. Pick me!
You have been such a great help to me! Since I’ve bumped into you I have cooked for my Korean boyfriend (who loves the food) and have introduced the Korean culture to my family! I can’t wait to see who wins! :D
Thanks sooo much Maangchi!! I love Korean culture, drama and especially KOREAN FOOD! I have my kfood cravings every couple of days and it is hard to find a korean restaurant around here. and good thing i found your youtube channel now I can have kfood any time I want. Your channel is amazing!
Annyeonghaseyo and thanks Maangchi! :)
Thinking positive. I will win this awesome prize!
Please let me win! :)
Wow! i so loved it! I hope I win, especially now that i’m in a good mood of cooking Korean food. I so loved watching you’re videos Maangchi! When I watch them it makes me drool and wanting to head to Korean grocers, the materials I needed aren’t complete though. Goodluck to all of us!!!
What an amazing basket of ingredients! I just started cooking Korean food because of your videos. Thank you for the opportunity to win!
Maangchi!!! you are the most adorable person ever!! Thank you and CJ for this contest! I would like to win since this would be the opportunity for me to learn how to cook your recipes with your ingredients. Please pick me. thank you~ ^^
I can just imagine all the korean dishes one can make with those ingredients. I am so excited for the person who wins!
Oh I hope I win! :D
It’s hard to find these ingredients where I live.
Pick me, Maangchi! I have never cooked Korean food ever, and I can never find the right ingredients at the store! (:
PICK ME PLEASEEEEEEEEEE!