Many thanks to last week's guest judge Hive account@rouketas, who not only picked a fantastic theme of "Ice Cream" for us, but provided us with a bonus prize for the 'Most Unique Flavour'.  He is also the man behind Hive account@greek-trail, who gave us yet another bonus prize for the 'Most Blue & White Entry' to help bring attention to all the exciting things happening with the Greeks!  Hooray for Hive account@rouketas and the Hive account@greek-trail!!!  The entries this week were phenomenal... I keep thinking 'surely they can't get any better than this' and still they keep getting better and better!  Seriously - we'll end up having to open our own restaurant so that the rest of the non-Steemit world doesn't miss out on all this talent!  Hive account@rouketas will tell you it took him several hours to judge the entries, as it's no easy task... not with such high-quality submissions.  Hive account@englishtchrivy also had difficulty deciding who to award her 'Most Creative Entry' bonus prize, so you'll see she has selected two, and we give her much thanks for this!

CHANGES TO RULES - PLEASE READ!

Before we progress to admiring the winning entries, I must first point out a few changes to the RULES.  I didn't make it clear enough before, so now I'm making it really clear!  These clarifications are now in the rules section below, but I will point them here so there's no excuse for missing this important info.  Please remind yourself of the other rules by scrolling down... there are 8 altogether and they must be adhered to in order for your entry to qualify.  Entries that fail to follow the rules will be disqualified.  These rules are in place to ensure fairness to all participants, and there's no 'wriggle room' I'm afraid!

* Only new entries that have been created in response to the weekly theme will be accepted.  No old recipes from blogs elsewhere, no re-submitting archived recipes from your Steemit blog.  

* You must take step-by-step photos of the process, no matter how simple.  Not only do we need to verify that the dish was indeed made entirely by you, it's also helpful for others who wish to follow your recipe and make your dish.  

* Each photo must display a sign saying "Steemit + the date + your @steemit-account-name.  Previously the rules allowed you to simply write your name on each photo to claim them as yours, or to take a photo of you eating the finished dish.  But that still enables old recipes to be passed off as new, so neither of these are allowed from now onwards.  

For those of you who have never entered this challenge before - it's very easy, just SCROLL DOWN for this week's THEME, RULES and PRIZES.  You don't have to be a master chef - just try to be creative with your recipes and take beautiful photos, since unfortunately we can't taste the entries so you must help us do this with our imaginations!  Original recipes are encouraged, but you may use someone else's recipe as long as you credit the original source. 

Bonus Prize 'Most Unique Flavour' - "Cherry Charcoal Nice Cream" by Hive account@veganmommy 10 SBD sponsored by Hive account@rouketas

Bonus Prize 'Most Blue & White Entry' - "Summer ice cream mix" by Hive account@kenjiby 10 SBD sponsored by Hive account@greek-trail

Most Creative Entry - "Matcha Popsicles" by Hive account@lenasveganliving 5 SBD sponsored by Hive account@englishtchrivy

Most Creative Entry "Banana Matcha Ice Cream with Cacao Nibs" by Hive account@ikaputri3 5 SBD sponsored by Hive account@englishtchrivy

4th Prize "Matcha Popsicles" by Hive account@lenasveganliving 5 SBD sponsored by Hive account@sirwinchester

Hive account@rouketas comments: "Incredible, healthy and beautiful coloured popsicles!! Great presentation!!"

3rd Prize "DELICIOUS Choco-Banana-Mocha-Peanut-Butter-Cup-Icecream (that's good for you!)" by Hive account@heart-to-heart 10 SBD sponsored by Hive account@gringalicious

Hive account@rouketas comments: "Wonderful and delicious ice cream! Perfect matched flavors and lovely photography!!"

2nd Prize "The Ice Cream of my Dreams Now Exists" by Hive account@jaymorebeet 15 SBD sponsored by Hive account@gringalicious

Hive account@rouketas comments: "Divine ice cream, inspired by Greece! A perfect creation with strong flavors!!"

1st Prize "Banana Matcha Ice Cream with Cacao Nibs" by Hive account@ikaputri3 20 SBD sponsored by Hive account@gringalicious

Hive account@rouketas comments: "Fabulous, nutritious, soft served and mouth watering ice-cream!! Absolutely amazing photos like a professional food stylist!"

This week's guest judge is Hive account@ch00fy, head chef and family man living in Perth, Australia.  Many of you are already acquainted with Hive account@ch00fy and his cooking, but if you're not I really recommend you take a wee nosey through his blog.  You'll find loads of great posts - all kinds of wonderful recipes, promoting use of quality ingredients and how to prepare them, encouraging choices for good health, increasing our awareness of certain methods used in the food industry (like this post - What The Heck is Meat Glue? - read to find out haha!)  So if you're after recipes that are creative, interesting and good for health, well, just follow Hive account@ch00fy!  Due to his family's former restaurant business he has been specialising cooking German cuisine for a long time, and has developed a passion for it.  So no surprises the theme he has chosen for us this week is...

1.  Title your entry this way: “STEEMIT CULINARY CHALLENGE #36: Title of your Dish”

2.  Tag your “Food Fit For A German” post with ALL FOUR of the following:

# food  

# food-trail  

# steemitculinarychallenge 

# recipes

3. Only NEW RECIPES that have been created in response to the weekly theme will be accepted.  Each photo must feature a sign displaying the current date.

4.  TAKE PHOTOS OF THE STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS in preparing your dish.

5.  So we can verify your entry is indeed yours and not plagiarised, and is also a new recipe, you MUST DO the FOLLOWING: 

 
6.  POST A LINK OF YOUR ENTRY below on the comment  thread.  If you have signed up to Steemit.chat please also post it on  the steemitculinarychallenge channel.  To sign up you can click here.
 

7.  The DEADLINE for submission is NO LATER than Wednesday at 12:00 Noon UTC.
 

8.  You may submit TWO ENTRIES if you wish.
 

Here is an example of one of my own step-by-step recipes.   Any questions, please ask.

WINNERS together with the NEW THEME will be announced every FRIDAY.

I'd like to share my sincere THANKS to @gringalicious, @sirwinchester and Hive account@englishtchrivy for their continuous sponsorship of this challenge, the Steemians who regularly or occasionally submit entries, and to everyone who upvotes and supports the entries.  I'm well aware there would be no challenge without you all!!! 

PREVIOUS WINNERS of the Steemit Culinary Challenge:

#36 - Food Fit For A German

#35 - Ice-Cream

#34 - A Smoothie for @smooth

#33 - Brilliant Berries

#32 - Picnic Alfresco

#31 - Vegan Main

#30 - Tempting Tarts

#29 - Take Me To Brunch... In Your Country

#28 - Cupcakes

#27 - Be A Michelin Star Chef For One Night

#26 - Sugar-Free Raw Vegan Desserts

#25 - Your Favourite Dish

#24 - Mouthgasms

#23 - Otsumami

#22 - Mediterranean Night

#21 - Coffee a la Barista's

#20 - Pancake Paradise

#19 -  Sweet and Savory Crepes

#18 - Tasty, Wholesome Meals for Weight Loss

#17 - Shepherd's Pie

#16 - Tacos for a Tech Savvy

#15 - Roast It

#14 - DIVINE LEMONed DESSERT

#13 - The Finest Fish Dish

#12 - Purely Paleo

#11 - Cheeseless Burger

#10 - Anglo–Sino Chicken

#9 - New Year on a Platter

#8 - La Pasta Perfetta

#7 - Battle of Noodles

#6 - HOT Off the Grill

#5 - Unorthodox Chillied Dish

#4 - Super Salads

#3 - Smoothie Showdown

#2 - Out of the Box Sandwiches  

#1 - Sniffle Remedy Soup

If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact me, either by posting your queries on the comment thread below, or you can find me on Steemit.chat under the same name.  I will respond as soon as I can. 

For the announcement of winners and new themes, follow me :-)