Thanks again to last week's guest judge @knozaki2015 for choosing the theme "Coffee a la Barista's" and having the tricky task of awarding the prizes. We had a good selection of creative coffee entries, and I for one would definitely have loved to sample them! Congratulations to all the winners - your recipes and photos were wonderful, and it makes me glad I don't have to do the judging. Those of you who didn't win - I whole-heartedly invite you to try again this week and all the weeks after that! No doubt you have fun with the challenge, prize or not, and we love to see your creations.

4th Prize “Caffe with Cola” by @patelincho 50 STEEM Sponsored by @sirwinchester

3rd Prize “How a coffee creation awakens our taste ” by @homeartpictures 10 SBD Sponsored by @smooth

2nd Prize “Sun Coffee” by @shady 15 SBD Sponsored by @smooth

1st Prize "Tumeric Golden Espresso Latte with Homemade Peanut Butter Cookie" by @amy-goodrich 25 SBD Sponsored by @smooth

Prizes will be transferred directly to your wallets by the respective sponsors.

I'd also like to share my sincere THANKS to all the sponsors, the Steemians who submitted entries, and to everyone who upvoted and supported the entries. I'm well aware there would be no challenge without you all!!!

For those of you who have never entered this challenge before - it's very easy, just see below for this week's theme and criteria for entries. Every week we have a different guest judge and different theme, so if you fancy some culinary excitement then look no further! You don't have to be a great cook - all we ask is you try to be creative with your recipes and take beautiful photos of the finished dish as 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.

This week's guest judge for the Steemit Culinary Challenge #22 is @surfermarly, living the dream on the Canary Islands, just off the coast of northwestern Africa. Sun, sea, sand and surf... awesome. Our cool surfer judge has chosen a fantastic theme for all you creative cooks to get your teeth into:

The food photos above were provided by @surfermarly too - hot pepper stuffed with cream cheese & cracker with tuna dip, and homemade Mojito... yummy. Clearly she knows a thing or two about Mediterranean cooking, so your challenge is to impress her with your very best recipes! As always creativity and presentation are important, so let's all get our artistic hats on for this one! If you're stuck for ideas here are some links to help you... Just click on the blued words. @surfermarly has also provided very specific criteria for this week, so be sure to prepare your creations as outlined below:

1. Title your entry this way: “STEEMIT CULINARY CHALLENGE # 22: Title of your Dish”

2. Tag your “Mediterranean Night” post with ALL FOUR of the following:

# food

# food-trail

# steemitculinarychallenge

# recipes

3. TAKE PHOTOS OF THE STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS you took because, unlike other recipe blog sites, on Steemit we over deliver.

4. 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. If you currently don't use Stemit.chat, we suggest that you do. To sign up you can click here.

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

6. You may submit TWO ENTRIES if you wish.

7. So we can verify your entry is indeed yours and not plagiarised or copy-pasted from the internet, you MUST do ONE of the FOLLOWING:

a)

b)

c)

Remember - @steamcleaner and @cheetah would go after you if the content is not your own! The photo above is @meesterboom enjoying one of his delicious dishes! Here is an example of one of my own step-by-step recipes. Any questions, please ask.

If anyone needs recipes translating from Spanish to English, @dresden, @juanmiguelsalas and @nelyp have kindly offered their help.

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

Prizes will be transferred directly to your wallets by the respective sponsors – please allow them time to do this!

Don't forget to THANK and FOLLOW our sponsors for supporting the Steemit Culinary Challenge. Please also consider including @smooth.witness in your voted witness list.

Here you can find the PREVIOUS WINNERS of the Steemit Culinary Challenge:

#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 :-)