Meet the 2011 Deep Fried Ambassador

The competition was tough in this year’s quest to find a Deep Fried Ambassador – an individual whose love for the fair rivals the size of a giant pumpkin. We had 10 amazing entries from a diverse group of food-loving, cow-milking, concert-going, pig-race-watching fair fanatics. Each post included memorable one-liners, such as Jay Goel’s “Once you go CAT, you never go back,” and beautiful prose as demonstrated by Girls With Guts, “At night you light up my eyes with your colorful fireworks display, shining down on the sea of people who travel near and far to be with you.” We…

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Show your “Love A Fair” and become the next Deep Fried Ambassador?

Do you have a passion for the N.C. State Fair that rivals all your friends? Are you the go-to person in your neighborhood or office for any and all fair-related information? Do you dream about racing pigs circling the latest deep-fried creation? If you answered yes to any of these questions, have we got a job for you. It’s time for us to pick another Deep Fried Ambassador, a blogger whose enthusiasm for the N.C. State Fair is close to our own. We’ve been impressed with the deep-fried passion of our previous winners Ashlee and Suzanne. Last year, Ashlee from…

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Meet the new Deep Fried Ambassador

Our very first Deep Fried Ambassador, Suzanne from the Pretty*Swell blog, blew away all our expectations last year and set the bar pretty high. Nevertheless, we had some amazing entries from people wanting to be the 2010 Deep Fried Ambassador. These bloggers represented Fair veterans and rookies, singles and parents, deep-fried food lovers and exhibit enthusiasts. We had so many great entries that it’s taken us an extra day to decide. Luckily, we reached a decision about an hour ago and are happy to announce that the 2010 Deep Fried Ambassador is Ashlee from the LilBlueAshes blog. She won us…

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Got a blog? Enter to be the first Deep-Fried Ambassador

Are you a blogger and think you’ve got what it takes to be an honorary member of the Deep-Fried N.C. State Fair crew? No, we’re not looking to dunk you in grease or put you on a stick. But we are looking for a local blogger who loves the Fair and wants the ultimate behind-the-scenes-scoop: the chance to attend our pre-Fair media lunch, where each year we introduce journalists to the newest and latest foods, entertainers, information and fun the N.C. State Fair has to offer. We’ll have a catered lunch, N.C. State Fair artists and entertainers, a speaker lineup…

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