NYE Contest Winner

"As we were leaving Brandview at 4:30 a.m. New Year's Eve, rather New Year's Day by that time, I noticed a sign up book with a raffle drawing promising an iPad 2 ad the prize. Tired as I was, I entered my email without ever thinking my name would be selected. "Seriously who ever wins this stuff?" I thought!! So you can imagine my total surprise when I saw the email from Anoush Banquets & Catering that I had won the iPad 2. I was in total disbelief as I had never won anything before. Perhaps now, I should buy a lottery ticket too. Thank you Anoush Banquets and Catering, it seems like this year shows exceptional promise already." At Anoush, the joy of giving doesn't just end with the holiday season. We took our celebrations to all corners of the world with menus inspired by Russian, Arabic, Persian and Armenian traditions and Anoush's pursuit of culinary perfection. This year we celebrated New Year's Eve events with fantastic entertainment by Shavo and Ara Martirosyan, an intimate and regal dinner dance, singing sensation Martik and a Cabaret Night in the snow and over 1,000 of our closest friends at all of our locations.  We're still sifting through the glitter but we couldn't wait any longer to announce  the winner of our first ever e-mail raffle giveaway. But before we do why not learn about what you may have missed on New Year's Eve and also just how we selected the winner of a shiny, brand new iPad 2. At Anoush even the gifts are top notch... At our Le Foyer Ballroom we rung in 2012 with a full Russian winter wonderland, cabaret dancers, a figure skater in our very own private ice skating rink, giants on stilts that served champagne and a special New Year's Eve menu that only Anoush Catering could provide. Dancing under our signature crystal disco ball and enjoying the Le Foyer ballroom in all of its glory all were treated to a night to remember by  bringing in the new 2012 year with the greatest introduction  they had ever seen. Glenoaks Ballroom wasn't left behind and Shavo and Ara Maritorysan made sure to make the evening electric. A glamorous and beautifully chic atmosphere with a full course Anoush special New Year's Eve menu meant that all involved were filled with only the finest in Mediterranean cuisine and top notch premium alcohol. For those looking for a more relaxed and refined atmosphere we treated guests at our Galleria Ballroom to an evening of fine dining and dancing all the way into 2012 and made sure that all glided along our dance floor the entire night through. Superstar Martik was featured at Brandview Ballroom and gave Anoush the grandest introduction to the newest member of our family and made sure that 2012 will be filled with even more fantastic memories that only Anoush at Brandview can bring. From russian red caviar to our signature flaming lamb crown we  dined fantastically. And the cherry on top of these decadent sundaes? A chance to win the iPad 2 in our email raffle giveaway. Each guest entered their email for a chance to win and with over hundreds of entrants in total the demand couldn't have been higher. With help from our friends at Random.org and their cloud hosting service that generates purely random contest winners we set about giving back and extending the holiday cheer to a new year. Originally designed for  lottery services Random.org has selected random winners from everyone from The Planetary Society to television stations. So who's purely random for Anoush? Our first annual New Year's Eve e-mail contest winner is Yvette Baroian and below is her story: "As we were leaving Brandview at 4:30 a.m. New Year's Eve, rather New Year's Day by that time, I noticed a sign up book with a raffle drawing promising an iPad 2 ad the prize. Tired as I was, I entered my email without ever thinking my name would be selected.  "Seriously who ever wins this stuff?" I thought!! So you can imagine my total surprise when I saw the email from Anoush Banquets & Catering that I had won the iPad 2. I was in total disbelief as I had never won anything before. Perhaps now, I should buy a lottery ticket too. Thank you Anoush Banquets and Catering, it seems like this year shows exceptional promise already." Congratulations, Yvette, on your brand new iPad 2! At Anoush Catering we use iPads all the time and they're our second favorite item behind our wonderful cuisine. If only they would come with a side of hummus and grape leaves disguised as a protective case....