The Winner of the $150 Gift Certificate to Fabbrica is...

Grace Yeung
Congratulations Grace! I'll be in touch with you shortly via email to gather your contact information so that Polaris Public Relations can mail you your gift certificate.

The winner was selected at random using Random.org. Entries were tracked in chronological order as they arrived in my inbox and tweeted on Twitter.

A big thank you to everyone who participated (36 entries in all) in the giveaway. And thanks to the S.Pellegrino® Almost Famous Chef® Competition and Polaris Public Relations for sponsoring this giveaway.

Looks like NOMA, Alinea, and The Fat Duck were the most popular votes amongst the top three S.Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants you most wanted to dine at!

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