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.

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. Yodamom Texas Gulf Coast joined 4/11 & has 3 comments

    I would love to win this ! I have been making the emergency KImchi from you site for a while and need some new inspiration.

  2. Rosa Austin, TX joined 6/11 & has 1 comment

    Thank you for all your helpful videos and tips on making all of my childhood favorites, which now I’m making for my own child. :-)

  3. kimmiyo Koog aan de Zaan joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    What a perfect Christmas gift this would be! A Korean meal on Chrismas eve, mjmmmummy!

  4. fadsterSAMEER Austin, TX joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    As a poor college student, I use your amazing recipes all the time, and it tastes better than when I spend money to eat out at fancy restaurants! Having this set of ingredients would be absolutely amazing!

  5. Simi-ka Germany joined 9/11 & has 5 comments

    I’d would love to win this basket. I wanted to try so many of your recipes, but here in Germany they don’t sell many of those ingredients so I’d be very happy. By the way, your dishes look very delicious *-*

  6. saraur2cute Los Angeles, CA joined 2/11 & has 3 comments

    Onnie, I would love this set…I have not cooked any yummy Hanshik lately because I ran out of ingredients so this would be perfect…I hope I win…yey!!!

  7. xoxloveDY USA joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    Ahh! My birthday is Dec. 15! I’m turning 23. I hope this will be extra good luck! It would be amazing if I were to be chosen!

  8. Howardy Canada joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    This would be an amazing gift set to help me start my up passion in Korean cooking. Thanks a lot of Maangchi.

  9. JiiHershey Norway joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    Your recipes are great! Hope to win this basket :D

  10. Anjel Pittsburgh joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    I want to say Thank you Maangchi and CJ Foods. I have been watching Korean dramas and have always wanted to try Korean Food especially Kimchi. Even if I don’t win I want to say thanks again and it’s a really great prize.

  11. LaoSiFu Norwalk, CA. joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    Wow I have been following up with her video and this prize can help me to prepare all the dishes in her video vs the few due to restriction of items I can’t find.

    ~Robert

  12. esroh Singapore joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    I sure hope i can win this startup kit! Just been to Korea and loving the food there…hope I can cook my own Korean dishes with these awesome ingredients!

  13. lemontree Calexico, California, USA joined 7/11 & has 1 comment

    The kit looks wonderful! I wanted you to visit my town, maybe next time (jajaja).

  14. kvang925 joined 9/10 & has 1 comment

    This package is amazing. I just love your recipes.

  15. tomatetom Amsterdam joined 10/11 & has 1 comment

    Yaay, Maangchi! Hope this winds up at my house in Holland.

  16. arale1402 United Kingdom joined 9/10 & has 14 comments

    Wow, great stuff. Hmmm, I count myself already very lucky to have been able to cook with Maangchi and meet new people/ Korean food lovers! What a fab time we had! But who knows, may I get lucky again and if I do, I will throw another big food party, Korean food of course! And share some of the goodies with others :) omm nomm nomm

  17. Yhangb Philippines joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    omg been watching you on youtube ever since coz i have a friend who is a korean and ive been wanting to learn how to cook korean dishes!!! :) more videos to upload and god bless you! :) good luck everyone!

  18. KatieKat132 New Jersey joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    I have been looking for these ingredients so I can start making some Korean food!

  19. dufferin Heatherton,Nova Scotia,Canada joined 2/10 & has 3 comments

    This is a fantastic idea and I hope to win!!! When I came back from Korea in 2004 it was so hard to find food and even recipes so Maangchi has been a great resource and I hope that you continue the good work…much appreciated!!!

  20. SKhan Sweden joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    Would be greatful with such a win, I’d be able to impress my Korean boyfriend and his family with some authentic Korean food. :) And please on your next Gapshida, do come to Stockholm. It would be a delight to have you here :)

  21. spellbunny Canada joined 11/11 & has 2 comments

    This is an amazing contest!! The basket full of goodies looks beautiful; I would be so excited to win :)

  22. dc599 United States joined 9/11 & has 1 comment

    Can’t wait for your Gapshida videos Maangchi!

  23. NatakuDragon Canada joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    wow thx so much Maangchi >_< this is an awesome gift cuz i can't find a lot of korean supplies so thank-you so much

  24. tasha17lynn joined 11/10 & has 1 comment

    I love cooking with my mom and your website has really helped me reconnect with her through food… love ya!

  25. KrizzTH Iceland joined 7/11 & has 1 comment

    omg this is so exciting!!
    hope i will get picked ;P <3

  26. Iren Norway joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    I love cooking, and I’m having such a fun time discovering Korean cuisine. Good luck everyone!

  27. Amly2711 palestine joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    Ohhhhh god I want to win so bad I love Korean food so much but we don’t have ingredients plz let me win I really want to try bibmpab but I don’t have hot papper paste

  28. siberianuk liverpool joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    OMG such a great contest and prize, i tried one of your recipes last night and it was delicious, hope i win so i can explore more korean cooking, thank you

  29. Supermodel Arkansas, USA joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    OMG i would love to win this….This will be awesome in helping me cooking some Korean foods for my husband…..Yay

  30. TCS Poland joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    Thanks for cucumber kimchi recipe, never knew how to properly “make pockets” until seeing your video. Hope to win this amazing basket.

  31. Shimako Romania joined 1/11 & has 3 comments

    I would really love ti win this because as far as I know there it no korean shop in my country and I’ve never tasted korean food but I would love to!I love all your recipes and I would love to try many of them but unfortunately I can’t find here most of the ingredients so this kit would really come in handy! ^^

  32. Vanessahr1 Mexico joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    Thanks for this awesome contest, is difficult here in Mexico to find the good(real)Korean ingredients, I hope I win.

  33. asnwords Bali joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    please, please, pick me!
    imported things is so expensive here –‘

  34. alza0207 Australia joined 11/11 & has 1 comment

    I wanna win this sooooo bad!!

  35. prijessie Malaysia joined 7/11 & has 1 comment

    I hope i can get the ingredient to cook Korean food:D
    Cause in Malaysia Kota Tinggi hard to buy Korean food ingredient.
    If i get the ingredient my mother will cook for me!
    If i got change go Korea i will buy a lot of food come back to Malaysia!
    I must win this kit!
    Thanks for Maangchi and CJ Foods :D

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