My mate, Andrew Booth, the insane Scottish entrepreneur, has complained that I have to give him a plug as well as Katie.
Unlike Katie, he has asked for votes in not one, but two awards. Why stop there? You can go for a triple whammy and nominate him for a place on the Sex Offender's Register if you like.
Anyway. Here is his desperate plea in full.
Dear customer and friend,
The Store really needs your help to win 2 major awards, and the deadlines are looming...
1.
In 2007 your vote helped us to come 2nd in the Scottish region, pipped at the post by worthy winner Arbroath Smokies!
In 2008 we really need your vote to win. The deadline is 14th July, so if you have a spare 3 minutes when you get this e-mail,
please register and vote. Even better, read our comments and write a review yourself.
Vote for The store Edinburgh or The Store Aberdeen at
http://uktv.co.uk/food/localfoodhero/search
2.
Vote for The Store Edinburgh in the category of Best Local Food Retailer, or The Store Aberdeen as Best Food Producer, or Andrew Booth for Best Farmer in these widely publicised awards at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/foodawards2008.shtml
Deadline for votes: August 10th 2008
Thanks so much for taking the time to do this, we really appreciate your help.
The Store team
Sara Cunningham
sara@TheStoreCompany.co.uk
I also nominated Ian Pigott, the founder of open farm Sunday, for an award in the BBC Food and Farming Awards. You can back me up there if you like - he's a top bloke.
I promise that this is the end of the matter
Isn't this tantamount to vote rigging? I hope it's not going to land you with some kind of Blue Peter-esque fine.