Get cookin' and win a $2,000 grand prize

Do you cook in the kitchen with your kids? Show off your culinary chops! Enter the Hands On Cook-off Contest - Better Together, and you could win a $2,000 grand prize gift certificate to Overwaitea Food Group (or winners can opt for $1,500 cash). Runner-up prize of a $1,000 gift certificate to Overwaitea Foods (or $750 cash).

This contest is all about bringing together food and fun in the kitchen by having two generations demonstrate how to prepare a recipe. Breakfast, BBQ, pizza, salad, dinner, snacks... Share one of your favourite recipes and show (by submitting a video) why your recipe is made better together!

Contest is open from July 15 - Aug 31, 2011. For more entry details and rules, visit bettertogetherbc.ca/contest.

Win more...!
To help you get in the cooking spirit, UBT is offering our own contest. Enter
to win an adorable black-and-white polka dot mother-daughter apron set, by the Sugarbaby Aprons (sugarbabyaprons.com). Just visit our Facebook page at facebook.com/urbanbabyandtoddler and write this comment on our wall (by July 31), "I love UBT and cooking with my kids," and you'll be entered to win!

Best family-friendly summer block party - July 23

Look what we're sponsoring!

Afro-Brazilian Block Party July 23, 11 am - 7 pm
FREE fun for everyone. Axe Capoeira and the City of Vancouver are hosting a full day of performances including traditional dance, music and Capoeira culminating in one huge Brazilian street party. Between 12 - 1 pm, there'll be a special interactive kids' show featuring Afro-Brazilian music, history and dance. A fun time for music and dance lovers, big and small!
Location: Granville Street, between Robson and Georgia, Vancouver
Info: 604-761-4635 or www.axecapoeira.com

Contest Alert: Giving away tix for The Wiggles concert

It's true! We've scored a family pack (4) of tickets to The Wiggles BIG BIRTHDAY concert in Vancouver, BC on Aug 9, 2011 at Queen Elizabeth Theatre! Retail value is about $135 total.

How to enter? Just become a fan of our Facebook fan page and tell us what Wiggles song you love best. Enter by July 9, 2011, midnight for your chance to win. Winner will be randomly selected.

Ready, set, ENTER!