PAC Spring 12 - Main Thread

[Contest & Event Host]

Are you ready to play Pick A Chef?





We hope so as we have loads of fun in store! As always we need your help to make sure our members find a home. The rush for babies begins March 17. Mark your calendar & set the alarm for the Baby Rush. Pick A Chef hours for Opening Weekend are 9am-12:30pm and 3pm-6:30pm.

If you are new to the event you may be wondering what all of the fuss is about. Pick A Chef is an exciting way to discover new chefs, new recipes, and an opportunity to get to know other members in our friendly community. And it’s truly a fun event. By adopting a chef, you are agreeing to make & review at least three of his/her recipes before the event deadline. You make the recipes & submit your reviews any time before the April 21 deadline. There are a few rules on how the selections work, but PAC is very easy to play. Please feel free to ask any questions you may have here or zmail any PAC host. We will be more than happy to help you!

Pick A Chef Dates:
Pick A Chef is open March 17 to April 21

Your helpful PAC Hosts are:
Susie D
NorthwestGal
Sydney Mike
flower7
Lalaloula
~Nimz~
Annacia
Baby Kato

[Contest & Event Host]

How to Play Pick A Chef:



1) Look at your About Me Page & the criteria below.
Decide which of the following categories you fall into. (If you need help just ask. )

Spring PAC Player Definitions:
We look at three things to sort players. 1) The date the member joined, 2) the number of recipes they have posted, and/ or 3) the number of ratings on those recipes.
Preemie: Has 4 or fewer posted recipes. They must have 25 or fewer ratings on those posted recipes. The date they joined does not matter.
Signed Up & selected Preemie chefs will be part of our Preemie Care Center which will open on March 24.
Newbie: Joined during 2011. The chef has a minimum of 5 recipes posted. Number of ratings does not matter.
Undiscovered Chefs: Joined in 2010 or before and has a minimum of 5 recipes posted with 25 or fewer ratings on those posted recipes.
Newbies and undiscovered chefs are automatically added to the list on opening day.
Seasoned Chefs: Joined in 2010 or before . Has a minimum of 5 recipes posted and has 26 or more ratings on their posted recipes. Seasoned chefs are added after they adopt a newbie or undiscovered chef.

2) Please post your info as follows:
chef #(no space)131126 (space) #131126 /PAC category
^ note that this should be the word "chef", not your chef name typed out
My post would look like this:
Susie D #131126 seasoned chef
(You will using your member number often so keep it nearby.)

3) The Adoption Center is designed to make it easier to see the status of chefs and a list of available babies. Post your selection of the chef(s) you would like to adopt just as you did yours.
chef #(no space)131126 (space) #131126 /PAC category
(To help speed things along there is a limit of three requests per post.)

An adoption request should look like this:
YOUR chef #number (space) #number /PAC category
BABY A chef #number (space) #number /PAC category
Baby B chef #number (space) #number /PAC category
Baby C chef #number (space) #number /PAC category

3) Once your adoption request has been approved by a host, select three recipes per chef & post them in this thread. The post should look like this:
YOUR chef #number (space) #number
recipe #number (space) #number
recipe #number (space) #number
recipe #number (space) #number
Changes in selections are more than ok. We all understand menu changes.
Report your completions anytime before the event deadline of April 21st. Photos are welcome as well. We love hearing about (& seeing) the recipes you tried.

4) There are several threads to watch during Pick A Chef. Each has a purpose, but the action is here in the MAIN thread. Pick A Chef has grown & grown thanks to all of you so it no longer fits into a single spot. There's simply too much traffic & information for one thread to handle.

The Spring 2012 PAC Adoption Center ~ read only~ is designed to make it easy to see the status of chefs during PAC. It has the lists of choices for chefs (the Pick Me Lists) and the list of all chefs already adopted. It is also the home of the Preemie Care Center (PCC) where we adopt Preemies on pg 2. There is no posting in the Adoption Center thread.

The PAC Spring 2012 Facts & Figures is our place for record keeping. All adoptions, recipe selections, and completed committments are listed here for easy viewing. Please do give our PAC hosts a chance though as there is lots to do to keep this page current. Recipe selections & completions should be posted in the Main thread as
YOUR chef #number (space) #number
recipe #number (space) #number

Check the Spring 2012 PAC Baby Race thread for approval/ rejection of your adoption requests on Opening Weekend. The list will be broken by pg #'s, so if you posted on pg 3 your request will be in that group. This thread will only be in use *opening weekend.* There should be no posts except by hosts.

On opening weekend please plan to be patient!
It is crazy busy & your hosts work as fast as we can. As many hands as we have working it still takes a while for everything to be sorted and in place. We hope you jump in & play, but there are always chefs to adopt so playing the first day is not required.

If you are new to Pick A Chef you might prefer to watch a bit on opening morning before jumping in. Your hosts have lists of 100's of names so there will always be babies to consider. We've never, ever run out.

Let's get ready to play Pick A Chef!

[Contest & Event Host]

Pick A Chef will be limited to the hours hosts are on duty on Opening Weekend.
We will be open 9am-12:30pm and 3pm-6:30pm on March 17 and 18.

Beginning March 19 hosts are normally on duty 9am-9pm, however posts are allowed 24 hours a day.

All times are eastern.

[LifeIsGood]

LifeIsGood #482376 (SC) would like to adopt brunettebaker #719577 (UC) from the AC Pick Me List
LifeIsGood #482376 (SC) would like to adopt Chef Emstar #347124 (UC) from the AC Pick Me List
LifeIsGood #482376 (SC) would like to adopt Lazarus #371096 (UC) from the AC Pick Me List

Thanks!

[Debbwl]

[AZPARZYCH]

AZPARZYCH 560491 / Seasoned Chef, tagging:
RSL 232480 / Undiscovered
brunettebaker 719577 / Undiscovered
alvinakatz 1745502 / Undiscovered

[LainieBug]

LainieBug #135566 / Seasoned
loves2bakeSB #464735 / Undiscovered
Amberley #391467 / Undiscovered

[stormylee]

stormylee #57222 / seasoned chef would like to adopt
Liszard #428060 / undiscovered chef and
Britgal #186825 / undiscovered chef

[Debbwl]

Debbwl 542159 (seasoned) would like to adopt

Chef Emstar 347124 (undiscovered)
Douglas Poe 2140614 (undiscovered)
cookin mimi 278639 (undiscovered)

[LifeIsGood]

LifeIsGood #482376 (SC) would like to adopt brunettebaker #719577 (UC) from the AC Pick Me List
LifeIsGood #482376 (SC) would like to adopt Chef Emstar #347124 (UC) from the AC Pick Me List
LifeIsGood #482376 (SC) would like to adopt Lazarus #371096 (UC) from the AC Pick Me List

Thanks!

[gailanng]

gailanng #1072593 seasoned chef tagging:

lolablitz #937636 undiscovered (not on the Pick Me list)
Olive Owl #973916 undiscovered (not on the Pick Me list)
MadCity Dale #695000 undiscovered (not on the Pick Me list)

[loof]

loof #498271 / seasoned
Would like to adopt, please….
RachelB-KY #1331434 / newbie_udiscovered
rasully #1108707 / newbie_udiscovered
Mommy2two #486648 / newbie_udiscovered
(from the pickme list)

[Starrynews]

Good morning!

Starrynews #174096 Seasoned would love to adopt
Phammy #101489 Undiscovered
Elisabetta47 #963934 Undiscovered

Thanks!

[AZPARZYCH]

AZPARZYCH 560491 / Seasoned Chef, tagging:
quirkycook 614471 / Undiscovered -found myself
lawmama 853435 / Undiscovered -found myself
GibbyLou 1436160 / Undiscovered

[AZPARZYCH]

AZPARZYCH 560491 / Seasoned Chef, tagging: **ALL found myself**
PickleLover 292812 / Undiscovered
Strawberry Bookworm 301108 / Undiscovered
HSingARMYmom 891449 / Undiscovered