WIN DAD FREE FOOD FOR FATHER’S DAY
Father’s Day is an occasion to celebrate the contribution that our fathers have made on our lives. Many people send or give cards or gifts to their fathers. Common Father’s Day gifts include sports items or clothing, electronic gadgets, outdoor cooking supplies and tools for household maintenance.
Father’s Day is a relatively modern holiday so different families have a range of traditions. These can range from a simple phone call or greetings card to large parties honoring all of the ‘father’ figures in a particular extended family. Father figures can include fathers, step-fathers, fathers-in-law, grandfathers and great-grandfathers and even other male relatives.
We want you to treat Dad to something different (and delicious) this year by winning a FREE catered meal from Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes for 10 people. Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes offer catering at select locations and we want to bring the party to you and your family.
Winners will receive Caesar Salad Asiago, Chicken Wonton Salad, a soup of your choice, 2 pasta salads, baked potatoes & all the toppings, assorted muffins and Chocolate Chip Cookies for 10. Dad would be so HAPPY!
Enter by doing any of the following:
- Reply to this post by telling us your favorite memory with a father figure at Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes
- Reply to this post by telling us where you would celebrate with your FREE Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party for 10.
Contest ends 06/17 at midnight. Two winners will be randomly selected. Winners will be announced Monday, June 18 on our blog. Only one entry per person.
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Two random twitter followers will win 6 free meal passes. Winner announced June 18, 2012
For more information on catering visit www.souplantationcatering.com or www.sweeettomatoescatering.com.
Would have my entire family over to my home for the feast. All 5 kids and spouses of three married children.
I have never really had my father around but my baby’s dad and I always take our little princess to eat at Souplantation. We go every Sunday which is his day off and during all those Sundays we get to enjoy our little family which makes me realize how good of a father he is because he actually cares and loves us. Souplantation is like our second home because it is our tradition to go every Sunday. A Sunday would not be a Sunday without Souplantation. A lot of the staff know us already.
I would like to celebrate at home because there is no place like home.
Father passed away 7 years ago, but remember taking him to ST and it was so much fun watching him picking the veggies he use to grow in our garden and devouring them like he was 40 years younger. So much fun just to watch the pleased look on his face with each bite. Thank you !
WE LOVE SOUPLANTATION AND WILL BE PERFECT, IF WE WIN. WE ARE SIX IN THE FAMILY.
you have the best salds and help that i have seen in a long time my husband and i come as often as we can we ar3e on a fixed income retired but if we do go out its to sweet tomotoes we will go next week as my grand kid is visiting from ohio and loves salads and no sweet tomotoes in ohio looking foward to another great meal
the best in florida my grand kid will be visiting from ohio cant wait to take her to sweet tomotoes salads are her favorite food
I would like to say thankyou and hope to win ,I am traveling be back on July any question please contact my husband.305-409-8736
My best memory at sweet tomatoes with daddy??
Everytime my husband comes back from his job trips, that’s how me and my little daughter celebrate daddy: we go to sweet tomatoes……our favourite way to celebrate our reunion…
But we also celebrate our beautiful family going to sweet tomatoes when we go on vacation,or simply because it’s weekend!!!
Where we’d celebrate??home there’s no better place…
Do I enter the fathers day contest here? I don’t see how I can reply to the above post from this page.
Please inform me at the above email address.
Thanks, Kevin Crum
I would celebrate my free Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party at my niece’s house, and I already know the 10 people I would select to be there. Of the 10 people, three have June birthdays, one graduated college this month (June), and one couple has a June anniversary, so we could celebrate five occasions all at the same time, eating some awesomely delicious food.
Additionally… three of the 10 are fathers, so, of course, we’d be honoring them.
My fave memory is my dad going up to the salad bar and trying new veggie and encouraging us to do the same, he set a great example!
Many wonderful family meals at Ssouplantation and Sweet Tomatoes. We moved to Southenr California in 1994. Around the Corner from our Apartment was a Soup Plantation. We have wonderful recollections of many family meals. Not only a great value, healthy nutritious food, and a comfortable place to take young children, preschoolers, Elementary school , High School Students, and College Students. I would like to honor my husband Howie who is a wonderful husband and father. He didn;t like that the children would jump up and down many times through a meal. However it was a comfortable fun place to gather as a family, bring out of town guests and always get positive complements from our two children. It would be a nice surprise to have a family gathering in his honor, the next time our children are home. Looking forward to a Celebration, Elsie Schwartz
My favorite memory with my father would have to be a string of moments when i was about six years old. He would often take my brother and i to the local park and we’d all play together in the playground. He would play-pretend to be a monster and chase us around the playground in a very silly, bizarre manner. It was so funny to see him make twisted facial expressions and cry out gibberish; but at the same time it was absolutely horrifying because it almost looked as if some monster’s soul had actually possessed him. My father definitely sparked my imagination while i was young and i’ll never forget such moments with him.
I remember the first time I took my (very reluctant) father to Souplantation– he’s more of a meat-and-potatoes (or rice, since we’re Asian) kind of dad, and he seemed certain that he wouldn’t find much to eat at this cornucopia of salads. Much to my delight (and his!) he thoroughly enjoyed not only every single soup (he’s now a devoted fan of the clam chowder), the baked potato bar, the pastas, and the fresh focccacia, but yes, also the salads. My father had fallen under the thrall of the signature Chinese Wonton Salad. The only way he could have enjoyed himself more is if he’d been able to take a short nap and then resume eating. If I were to win this contest, I could help make him the happiest dad on Father’s Day with the gift of a catered Souplantation feast in his own home, whereby he could then take a nap between Souplantation meals.
When my 5 year old was asked by his teacher what his favorite activity was with his dad he responded by saying ‘going to Sweet Tomatoes’. Anytime he is at Sweet Tomatoes with dad is special, since it is my son’s favorite restaurant 🙂
Watching my daughter bond with her future step father during our six years of being together & dining at Souplantation. From calling it “cuculand” with her to learning the word Souplantation, each visit is memorable in itself. Watching him talk to her about the many delicious healthy food options while in line is the cutest thing to see! If I were to win the free catered meals, I’d have to give it to my fiancé and his male co-workers at Temple City High School. They work hard to provide for their family & to make sure the students are safe as security & janitors. Not having my own father in my life, I can see how great of a father figure my fiancé is.
My dad is almost 89 and loves to eat at Sweet Tomatoes, with my mom and friends. His very favorite items are the chocolate muffins and make your own chocolate yogurt sundaes! He is a chocoholic for sure!
I would use my free catering party for 10, at work. I would love to treat the lovely ladies of St. Anthony’s Growing Up Wild summer pre-school program to a wonderful lunch. A definite change from our usual! Thank you.
We have a newborn at home less than a week old so we would invite the family over to see her and celebrate dad and the grandfathers here at home!
I have a awesome memory every week (we go every sunday) one of my favorite ones is one sunday that our extended family came from miami and i got to sit with all my cousins and got to at endless chicken soup!
Brittney Runager
I would love for you guys to come over my house in the north side…. by Jax airport.
One of my most favorite memories with my father was when I came home with a middle school assignment to make an octopus for a Jacques Cousteau unit. Pop enthusiastically and came up with an idea to use paper mache and we both happily went to work forming the body and eight legs of our creature. We spent hours sculpting, painting, and finishing the details of our octo’s ocean home. When I hauled my project into the classroom, my fellow classmates ooed and ahhed, but the best reaction came from my teacher….she gave me not one A, but exclaimed, “This masterpiece deserves two A’s!” I proudly admitted that my dad helped me and she jokingly responded, “Please give him the other A for Awesome Dad!”
If I win this catering party, we would honor my father at the beautiful clubhouse where two of us (my youngest brother and I) have celebrated our weddings.
Thank you for this opportunity to honor my father with delicious food from our favorite place to eat….Sweet Tomatoes.
I am proud and blessed to say I have three fathers. A biological father, a father I’ve met in the working environment and a father i met socially. The past year has been a tumultuous roller coaster ride for me and without my three fathers, I don’t know what I would have done to endure through this past year. Interestingly, all three of them individually dragged me to souplantation to eat and talk and through the process, I fell in love with souplantation and the caring workers. Souplantation will always be a place of healing for me because that’s where i spent a lot time coping with the struggles I went through with the help of my amazing fathers. I would love to invite all three of my fathers and some of their friends to my house and celebrate father’s day by eating the catered food from souplantation. Not only would we enjoy the delicious food, but it would be a very meaningful meal and an opportunity for all three of them to meet each other for the first time. It would also give me the chance to thank them for always watching out for me. Thank you, SOUPLANTATION!
-Christine
We would have a picnic lunch with the sweet tomatoes treat at the park in cb smith pool area, we love to spend time there with friends and family.
Favorite memory is when we were at sweet tomatoes dad did a very funny thing with his ice cream and shared it with everyone by spilling it on the floor!!
I would celebrate with my FREE Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party for 10 at my dad’s apartment! It’s been more than 10 years since our family had a gathering!
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Daddy’s turning 60 in days!!!! So we’d love to win an a Sweet tomatoes Home catered dinner to celebrate the big six-o, with my (great) three sons and stepson and beautiful new grandaughter (alas a girl in the family) and her mom. We catered the dinner from you before and it was a fab super bowl event…so please count us as daddy’s bdy winners!
The best times I have had at Sweet Tomatoes are with my parents. Since we live an hour away, we usually take them once a month. My favorite memory is the first time we tried the Cauliflower and Cheese soup with my dad. I’ve never seen him eat so much soup. We even took some home. We make extra trips when its in the bar. Another surprise favorite that night that we didn’t even know was on the bar are the PB cookies bars. Yum Yum!
My Father is a die hard, old school carnivore so when my parents came to visit me and I suggested Sweet Tomatoes for dinner; i was met with mixed responses. Soup and Salad – Mom was all for it!! Pops repeatedly inquired about the “meat”. In his mind, those were the appetizers, he wanted to know where we were going for dinner???
This wasn’t going to end well! Much to our collective surprise, Pops ended up loving the meal and really began to think of “salad” in a completely different way. Sweet Tomatoes made him realize that salads can be more than a throw away piece of a larger meal. We had a great time that night at ST, we talked about family, health, meals and more. That experience truly made a difference.
We can’t pick only one! Our family has so many good memories of spending special “daddy” time at Sweet Tomatoes. We like to go to Sweet Tomatoes to enjoy the food and the fun, comfortable atmoshere that really helps my husband & I enjoy dining out with 4 kids! We celebrated “daddy’s” birthday at Sweet Tomatoes a few months ago and even sang Happy Birthday to him with a delicious sundae made by the kids from the ice cream bar!
I would celbrate it at my house.
We’d celebrate at the beach!
We would celebrate our free Fathers Day Sweet Tomatoes Catering in our home where we celebrtate eachother every day.
The story that always makes me smile is when I would be singing in the church choir and
my Dad would make funny faces causing me to laugh or smile widely when I was suppose to be serious. Dad had a touch of the devil in him at times.
My favorite father/son memories were those when I was younger. My father was a very heavy set man, and when my mother, my brother and myself proclaimed we wanted to go to Sweet Tomatoes, he’d say, “But they have no meat…” My dad went through a health scare and decided to turn things around. Now we happily go to Sweet Tomatoes every other weekend, and my dad no longer questions a lack of meat, but acknowledges the beauty of eating tasty, healthy food.
My father-in-law passed away seven years ago, but we still remember him every time we go to Sweet Tomatoes. It was his favorite place to dine. Thanks for such great food.
We would eat our meal by the pool!
I eat at Sweet Tomatoes five times a week. I would love to share my good new eating habits with family and neighbors at a block party. Thanks
Rich-father of three great daughters and three grandchildren.
If I won this Sweet Tomatoes catering for 10 we would all go to Point Richmond to enjoy our meal outdoors. Ageing relatives such as my parents often want to go out but sitting for long periods is too painful for them, so instead of going anywhere we bring dishes to them. But a picnic in the park would really brighten their day! His favorite soup is your clam chowder!
I would celebrate by having a picnic at the park my family and friends 🙂
I would like to celebrate at home to honor my dad. He is the best until the end…I LOVE YOU, PAPA!
If I were to win this magnificent gift for my father I would celebrate it at home because this is where my father and I have had the best memories!
best salad bar-so good and fresh
university road in manatee coounty, florida is the best place to go
My favorite memory with my dad, who died 22 years ago, was of the many fishing trips we took when I was his only child and played the part of his “son”. When my brother finally came along, 7 years my junior, the three of us went fishing sometimes but it was a special time in my life when I was 6 to 8 years old. It was a quieter, gentler world then and he made me feel very grown up.
In memory of my Dad we would go to the beach to honor him and enjoy a delicious meal from Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes. Dad always took us to the beach on our summer vacations and we always had picnics. We would have some delicious food if I was lucky enough to win this great contest!
home is where the heart is!
That’s where our Sweet Tomatoes celebration would be!
All ten (10) of us!
Mr. Parker
I would celebrate the FREE Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party for 10 at the Hillsboro or Beaverton Oregon site.
I would have the “event” at our clubhouse with my friend who will be 80.
I would celebrate this catering party at my father and mother’s house becuase my father is a double amputee and has many medical conditions which limit his ability to go out with us many times…so it would be great to be able to bring it to him instead.
Sarasota, FL
My sister lives next to me in her house.
My parents USED to live right behind the BOTH of us.
They called us hover daughters, so they sold their home and moved to The Villages in Florida. They are in their mid-80’s so of course we doted on them.
Now they have many new friends and they all LOVE going to Sweet Tomatoes. Dad LOVES the soups and baked potatoes. Mom LOVES the salads and the soft serve ice cream and brownies. When they go to Sweet Tomatoes, it is their only meal of the day because they want to be hungry when they go and are full when they leave.
In 10 days we will be visiting them for a week, and would LOVE to take Dad and Mom and their new friends to Sweet Tomatoes.
Thank You.
I am pround of what my grandad Veteran Hero has on me and the School Students youth of our country and Palm Beach County with his being awarded the Courage Award for education from the American Red Cross and being the fiounder of the Veterans Speakers Forum who go to schools and educate students Honor Those Who Served in the military , keeping us safe and free with Veterans Program . The Speakers Forum has Educated over 5,0000 students of all ages and has been accepted by the Palm Beach County School Board . He will be given an hornorary Award on June 20th , 2012 at the School Baord office in Palm Beach Florida for his accomplishemnts .If thats not happening with a great dad , dont know what is
my choice of location is your Sweet Tomatoes in West Boca Raton
I have to say I have alot of great memories of my dad and I. One of my favorites was a golf tournament we played in several years ago where we actually won the tournament. That was the last tournament we ever played in together, but it always brings smiles to our faces when we reflect back on it.
My dad is a huge fan of Sweet Tomatoes and eats there regularly (at least twice per month). If he had his way, he would eat there every day. If selected the winner, we would choose to eat at the Sweet Tomatoes restaraunt located in Cary,NC.
I would celebrate if I won the Sweet Tomatoes catering by inviting friends and neighbors over and create more Sweet Tomato converts! Every guest I have visit from Canada is always taken to your location in Naperville Illinois and they always leave amazed at the variety and quality and price! Sadly, there are no locations in the area they live which might just be why they visit me so often. 😉
Everytime I drive by or eat at swettomatoes Im reminded of the 2nd opportunity God gave me to enjoy and cherish some great times with my daddy. My dad was diagnosed with cirrhosis and was told that he only had 6 months before his liver gave out on him. He was hospitalized for 1 month I remember after his discharge my dad was starving after eating hospital food x 1 month we decided to take him somewhere healthy ( due to strict diet) we couldn’t think of any better place than sweet tomatoes. That day we laughed, cried and talked like we hadn’t un so many years. 10 yrs later we still have my daddy with us and enjoying life to its fullest. Thankful for a great father who never gave up. 🙂
One of our family’s fondest memories is gathering at “Our” SweetTomatoes in Crestwood Missouri. Our eight grandchildren ranged from 6 months to 5 years old. We had “our” table and when the grandchildren would see their Nana and Pop walk in the restaurant the smiles on their faces were contagious!. Of course, their most favorite part of the meal was allllll the desserts, but how easy it was to feed them something healthy from the huge salad bar before they dug in to the sweets. Oh yes! Bring on the homemade choclate cookies!! Now that’s what their talking about!!
Fond Memories,
The Castro Clan
My dad and I meet every Sunday for lunch and at least 2 of those each month are at Sweet Tomatoes!!
we wpuld celebrate at the memorial for my mother who passed away this year she loved sweet tomatos they were married 53 years
Where would I celebrate with a Sweet Tomatoes-catered party? Home! My husband loves to be home more than any other place. When he gets off work he doesn’t go “out with the boys” or dally on his way home, he wants to get to home to see his family. He really loves us and we really love him.
My absolute favorite Sweet Tomatoes memory IS discovering Sweet Tomatoes with my dad. When my two boys were little, we purchased a condo in Sarasota, FL. One week my dad, the boys and I went down to get away from Michigan weather and that’s when we first discovered this delicious restaurant. The funny part is…we went there three times that week (I couldn’t get enough Chicken Won Ton Salad). After that, we always looked for Sweet Tomatoes while on vacation because there were none in Michigan. As luck would have it, my family and I relocated to Texas. Now we have our choice…Irving, Addison or Kellar. The food is still amazing and every time we visit my husband at work, the kids want to take their dad to Sweet Tomatoes (I think for them it is the amazing brownies and ice cream). This restaurant has a unique and awesome concept that has not been replicated by knock offs, keeping it on the top of our list for about 13 years. We love it!
I would celebrate with your FREE Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party for 10 at a local park. Then the family could spend time walking the trails, watching the wildlife, or swimming. We love Sweet Tomatoes.
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–We would celebrate with a family gathering in the backyard!
Can’t think of a better way to say we love and appreciate you by treating you to your favorite place you visit EVERY Sunday and every time you always say how delicious and fresh everything is, and as an added bonus you won’t even have to cook for your own special day as we celebrate with a party of 10 at our home or if the weather is nice we could have a picnic at the neighborhood pool.
please email me.
We will celebrate the party with dad at his home in Irving,Texas!
My favorite memory of a father figure is my husband. 19 years ago we had 2 sons, ages 2 & 5. Their father, my husband, had a traveling job that took him to various states and out of the country on 6 week intervals. Our oldest son once told his dad that he is gone so long that he forgets what he looks like. While my husband was making a lot of money, after that comment made by our son, he decided that he would trade off the money for time to participate in raising his children. He quit his job, we relocated and started all over from scratch!!! My husband sacrified making lots of money to know his children. Today it’s a beautiful thing to see the Love Connection because of the exchange from money to being a full time participant in the lives of his family. We had two more children too afterwards.
We would celebrate at our home in Marietta, GA.
Where to celebrste a Sweet Tomatoes Catered Party ~ that’s easy. With a blended family of 8 children, 28 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren, the logical place to celebrate anytime is at home surrounded by those we love.
Thank you for this opportunity!
I belong to a support group of U.S. military veterans at the Loma Linda, California VA Medical Center for those of us who have been able to quit our cigarette smoking addictions. There are about a dozen or so who attend the meetings. This VA Medical Center is located very close to the San Bernarndino Souplantation which is where I eat lunch every time I visit my CA Medical Center. In fact, I’m headed there today!
I would celebrate at the Souplantation in San Bernardino, CA located off of Hospitality Lane. My family and I get a chance to go there for “lunch” and we are always very content afterwards. I especially love the “pasta” salads and my husband loves the “new england” clam chowder soup. Winning for 10 would allow me to share with some of my co-workers.
The best memory of my father is my mother she was both mother and father. So I celbrater her twice a year. She worked twice as hard to make up for the fact that we did not have a father.
Sabroso
I would share my meal with my significant other and all his firehouse family at the firehouse in Northbrook, IL. The guys he works with are like family and while they have their own family and many of them are father’s, they will be spending this father’s day at the firehouse, making sure that anyone needing their assitance is helped by a great professional group of guys.
My husband loves to have meals at home, where he can relax. So, that is what would make him happy is to have our meal catered at home and invite our neighbors over.
We would celebrate on at the Sweet Tomatoes on College Blvd. in Overland Park, KS.
My dad took me fishing once as a kid. We went out on the river in a boat & he was trying to “teach” me how to fish. Neither of us caught much fish that day, but before the day was out, he had managed to hook the underside of the boat, the top of someones private dock, and even my hair! I still tease him to this day (20-25 yrs later).
We love Sweet Tomatoes.
I would want to celebrate a Souplantation catering party outdoors! Summer is the perfect time to share delicious food with loved ones out in the open. A couple of ideal spots are my backyard or the park.
Home.
It was are fathers 90th birthday. After waiting on line at another restaurant for an hour and a half we decided to go to our favorite buffet. There were 8 of us but it took no time for the waiters to set up a table and treat us like visiting royalty. Needless to say dinner was delicious as always and it saved the day for our VIP father.
The closest Souplantation my family and friends frequent when we have friends come over for a visit is the Souplantation in Lake Ave, Pasadena. We have a family of 4 who will be coming on June 17th. They are the Filipino church planting family who will be migrating here for the first time in the USA. I thought that we could invite them to celebrate their new home here with us in Pasadena. I want them to experience the freshest salad bar and the best freshest bread (made from scratch) in town. This will be a tremendous way to welcome them. I know they would be delighted. And maybe, they will also make it their family tradition to go to Souplantaion when they finallysettled in.
Thank you, Carmelita R. Dizon
crdizon@yahoo.com
IOur Family would celebrate with Dad (Rick Martini) at the Souplantation in Lake Buena Vista, Florida on S.Apopka-Vineland Road., after visiting Disney World. He just loves all the different soups particularly the Chicken soups.
My dad has never been to Sweet Tomatoes; he lives in St. Augustine, and I live in Jacksonville, about 30 minutes away. He is a retired Navy veteran, and is pre-diabetic; he has to be really careful now about what he eats. Sweet Tomatoes would be an IDEAL place for him to go out, get a yummy nutritious meal that is far from boring, and spend some quality time with me, his youngest daughter!
My is the best dad ever! He loves seeing his girls eat healthy and even though it’s a 50 minute drive for us, if we are going out with the girls…..Sweet Tomatoes is our pick. We even had a think alike moment about Sweet Tomatoes this week. I’m taking the girls to South Florida for a weekend soon. I plan to return one evening around supper to the Orlando area because I have to pick up 2 exchange students at the airport at 11pm. I asked my husband to meet me in Orlando so he could get our girls and take them home. I said “Maybe we could meet at Sweet Tomatoes!?”, his immediate response was “I was thinking the same thing!”
My dad passed away over 2 years ago, so any memory of him is special. Often, when he and my mom would come visit my family, we’d go to the Sweet Tomatoes in our neighborhood. Since my daughter is known to be a picky eater, my dad would usually comment on how well she’d eat at Sweet Tomatoes, because she always loves the chicken noodle soup and the mac n cheese!
The father of my children left us on valentines day, due to the calling of his Lord. His sons would be honored to be together for a meal in his honor on this first Fathers day that he is not with us.
The best meal I had at Soup Plantation and Tomatoes with my dad is when I took him there for the first time. He was on vacation from Pittsburgh to San Diego and it just so happened that my daughter was in a soccer tournament right next door to a Soup Plantation in La Mesa. After my daughters team won the first place medal at that tournament we decided to celebrate with a nice healthy meal at Soup Plantation, the whole team, including dad from Pittsburgh. He loved the company but even better yet he loved the meal. Back home he doesn’t have anything even remotely close to this establishment, so now every time he come to visit one of the stops on his list for a good meal is Soup Plantation and Tomatoes! Thank you for helping to make that day one of the more memorable ones with the whole family!
I would celebrate my free Souplantation catering party at our home on a hill over looking our Indian Reservation in Temecula, Ca. with our family and friends! Hope I win!!!
If I won, I would have everything delivered to work, and I would share with my co-workers and volunteers. Well, I’d share everything except for the Joan’s Broccoli Madness, which I would eat all by myself!
If I won I would celebrate with my free Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering at my house and invite my dad, mom, and brother.
Thank you
My Father was murdered when I was 18 years old so Father’s Day is a little bittersweet for me. 30 years later I have quite a large family now and I am blessed with 5 children & 4 Grandchildren!!!! My Sweet Tomatoes Celebration would be with my family at a state or local park pavilion. Family … Food … Fun… it doesn’t get better than this!!! 😉
I would celebrate with a family party at my uncle and aunt’s house, so my home-bound aunt and uncle could enjoy spending time with us too!
I would celebrate at my father-in-law’s house! He’s always grilling out for us, even on Father’s Day! It would be awesome to treat HIM for once … especially with the restaurant that is his grandchildren’s favorit!
It was going to be a surprise 60th birthday party for my wonderful husband, Doug. The secretive plans invited family and friends to meet at the Soup Plantation in Rancho Bernardo. As his big day drew near, I asked Doug if I could take him out for his birthday since he had been feeling in low spirits with a recent diagnoses of incurable Lymphoma. I told him it could be just the two of us at his favorite restaurant and then the following day we could get together with family and friends if he felt up to it.
Doug liked the idea, so off we went on his special day. We were in line, filling our plate with all the yummy salad fixings, and causally sharing things that had happened in our day. Doug wondered if we would see anyone we knew in the crowd of people frequenting the popular restaurant. About that time, he noticed some friends of ours in the line across the way. He said, “Oh look… there is the Park family. Maybe we could sit with them if we can get their attention.” The timing was perfect because many other families came up behind us and started rolling their video cameras while shouting birthday wishes to the truly surprised birthday boy. He barely ate anything that night, because he was enjoying going from table to table and talking to friends and family gathered in his honor. He said on the way home that he couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate his life.
I would celebrate at my home with my family and some of my favorite friends/dads
It was going to be a surprise 60th birthday party for my wonderful husband, Doug. The secretive plans invited family and friends to meet at the Soup Plantation in Rancho Bernardo. As his big day drew near, I asked Doug if I could take him out for his birthday since he had been feeling in low spirits with a recent diagnoses of incurable Lymphoma. I told him it could be just the two of us at his favorite restaurant and then the following day we could get together with family and friends if he felt up to it.
Doug liked the idea, so off we went on his special day. We were in line, filling our plate with all the yummy salad fixings, and causally sharing things that had happened in our day. Doug wondered if we would see anyone we knew in the crowd of people frequenting the popular restaurant. About that time, he noticed some friends of ours in the line across the way. He said, “Oh look… there is the Park family. Maybe we could sit with them if we can get their attention.” The timing was perfect because at that exact time, many other families came up behind us and started rolling their video cameras while shouting birthday wishes to the truly surprised birthday boy. He barely ate anything that night, because he was enjoying going from table to table and talking to friends and family gathered in his honor. He said on the way home that he couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate his life.
I would celebrate Dads day with friends and family, no doubt!
I would enter for my fiancee the father of my children and we would love to celebrate at a park. Love your food!!
I am entering this contest on behalf of my daughters, Raquel, Candace and Desiree….Their father, Don, and my wonderful husband refused to go to Sweet Tomatoes, he was adamant he did not want to go to a “salad joint”….this is not a man’s meal….Then one day it happened, after much begging and pleading he agreed to take us to Sweet Tomatoes, where he probably wouldn’t eat, but would get a cup of coffee….
Well…When we walked in the first thing he saw was the Ceasar Salad, and Chicken Wonton Salad, (he took one plate at first on his tray, but needless to say 1/2 way thru, he added another plate to tray)…..and as he paid for the family…he stated…well at least its priced well….After we got to our table and his daughters showed him the soup (chili – his favorite) and muffins, breads and pastas….and and by the time he hit dessert…he almost had to open his pants…..After we left he stated….Why didn’t you tell me how great this place is!!!!!(lol)….Thats a man for you!
I would love to celebrate at my house by having a pool party for all the Dads I know. Including my husband. We would have a great day enjoying the Florida sunshine and Sweet Tomatoes!
A few years ago I had a nice meal with my Father and my Son at your Pleasanton Sweet Tomatoes. Now that my son is in Arizona in school and my Father is no longer in the area I look back and remember the smiles and good eats we all enjoyed spending time together.
Tim Dorr
My favorite memory was going to the Sweet Tomatoes for my husband’s graduation, with my father-in-law, husband,his best friend,our son, and the rest of our family and friends for a delicious meal. We filled an entire section of the restaurant with laughter, love, and good food! The best part was that I did not have to cook or clean up when we finished.
If I win the catering party for 10, I would go to the store on Rt.59. I live closer to another store but, We always have a wonderful experience with the staff and management at the Naperville store.
I would plan to celebrate at my parents house. My mom just recently returned home from having surgery and my dad has been cooking, cleaning and doing laundry while taking care of her so I know he needs to catch a break for a bit.
We will celebrate at our home here in Cartersville with our Mexican Train partners!
My unforgetable memory, when my fiancee took my son for the first time at Sweet Tomatoes (Hollywood, Fl) which happened to be my son’s favorite restaurant. Then, He suprised him by telling that he will have a baby sister in 7 months. I was happy and crying because I know I will have a beautiful family.
I usually take my family and co-workers to the Sweet Tomoatoes closest to zip 33304. Cannot remember the street name. I believe it’s on 62nd St.
I love watching my husband with our daughter at Sweet Tomatoes. She loves to eat her veggies sitting next to daddy. And, then she loves sharing ice cream with him.
I would celebrate at a park!
My husband and I used to go to Sweet Tomatoes every Friday evening with my in-laws. My father-in-law is diabetic and Sweet Tomatoes is his absolute favorite restaurant. Often, we would invite various friends of many generations along. We would sit, eat, and talk until they started closing the restaurant down. Good times!
We would definitely celebrate our catered meal with my in-laws and family. Our house or theirs.
WE HAD MADE A FAMILY DECISION TO START EATING HEALTHY AND MY HUSBAND HAD BEEN DIETING AND EXERCISING, WE ALL DECIDE TO GO TO SWEET TOMATOES,A RESTAURANT FOR EVERYBODY.
I would celebrate at our house! This would be the perfect opportunity to celebrate dad. We are moving from Nevada to New York in a couple of weeks so this would be lovely.. We love Sweet Tomatoes!
I took my dad and mom to Sweet Tomatoes in Hollywood, FL when I found out I was pregnant with my son.
Now that I’m pregnant again, I’d love to celebrate our growing family by having a catered party at the Kissimmee Sweet Tomatoes.
I would celebrate Father’s Day at the Beach with my children and grandchildren!
I would love to celebrate with my whole family at my parents house! My family and my nice and nephew and grandmother would all be there
My Father has long been rewarded to his eternal life. However, I miss him daily. He would love Sweet Tomatoes in Brandon. The food is healthy, fresh and just great. The people and atmosphere are too. My Father loved good food and good fellowship. We would celebrate Fathers day at my house in Brandon.
I’d love taking my son to Sweet Tomatoes. I eat a little of everything (and a lot of my favorite things), and love watching him feast on waffles and fruit loops.
If we won, we would bring the food up to my grandparents in Michigan to see them. They are 92 and 94 years old and mean the world to us.
We would celebrate at home with Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party for 10.
My dad has the greatest sense of humor. He always brings a smile to my face.
Well most recent my dad has been coming up to visit me and my kids and we have only been going to Sweet Tomatoes for lunch. It’s a great value and the service at the Boynton Beach store is great, there is never a dirty dish left on the table! 🙂
The kids enjoy being with their grandpa and I love being with my dad and the dessert is great too 🙂
We would have our celebration dinner cateered at my house for all the men in my life, dad, husband, son, (and daughter), brother in laws. 🙂
I enjoy with my father your dish of salad because it is so easy to diet to my father.
of cucumber, onion and brocli.
We would love to celebrate Father’s Day at a local park.
The most memorable moment would be when my father-in-law came into town right after my husband came out of the hospital. My husband has been very sick and on disability since Dec. 2011. We knew we had to take “Pop” to Soup Plantation. My husband suffering from anxiety found it tough at times to even leave the house but we decided to venture out to one of our favorite places, Soup Plantation, to have a nice meal. Pop, Nanny, my husband, son and I all went to your Brentwood, Los Angeles location and had a fun time. We not only had a great meal but we laughed and talked and reminisced about old times of my husband and his four brothers growing up together. Pop was and is a kid himself and we laughed about that too. He is a wonderful father and a good man and I truly believe our evening out was a big help to my husband who has been very ill with health issues, depression and anxiety. This was a big step for him and having his dad there, right by his side in the funnest and healthiest restaurant made all the difference.
My son’s Birthday is on Monday, May 18 and our plan is to take him and his friends there for lunch.
We would celebrate with a party with our family at home, where we love to be!
Dancing with my Daddy on Saturday nights to the Lawrence Welk Show. Tells my age, but my dad has passed away , and I will always remember the fun we had doing this.
and cokkies.
Our favorite memory is getting the whole family together at Sweet Tomatoes. We had my Grandfather, Father, Husband and my son. All of them Fathers. A Wonderful time for everyone. Kids and Adults.
If we win, we will have the celebration for everyone in our home in Villa Park, IL
The men in my life LOVE Sweet Tomatoes! (and so do I)
We often stop on the way to or from taking my Dad to the airport. Dad loves the variety of foods . . . and especially the desserts!
My husband always wants to stop by on our way from Pirate/Marauder baseball games in Bradenton, Florida, where one of our sons works. He was so excited to see the new location on University Avenue in Sarasota. This is where we’d like to enjoy our catered meal.
Thanks for great food and always a great time.
Sincerely,
Marti Koch
I would have the event at home so all of my family could bet together for a nice meal.
Our favorite memory is getting the whole family together at Sweet Tomatoes for Father’s Day. We had Grandfather, father, husband and my son. All of them fathers. A Wonderful time for everyone. Adults and kids. Since last year, my grandfather has passed and my dad had open heart surgery. We will still be celebrating this year.
If we win, we will be celebrating at our home in Villa Park, IL
Unfortunately, I’ve lost all of the male role models in my family. For some reason, these men – who have the biggest, most giving of hearts – are taken away by heart attack and stroke. This Father’s Day, I plan to take time to remember those whom I have lost and celebrate the men (that have no blood relation) who have done their best to fill a tremendous void in my family.
I remember being at the Souplantation in Boca Raton, my dad’s favorite, and the server had been clearing dishes from a table with rude, arrogant, bad-tempered patrons, you know the sort, we’ve all encountered them, and she was trying not to cry and my dad made a joke to her about how they came from the planet of Rudeness, from the state of Nastiness, not to take it personally. And she laughed and felt so much better. My dad would never be rude to a server or waitperson, and got really mad when someone wouldn’t leave them a tip after cleaning up all those heavy dishes, bringing refills, cleaning messes. A true Gentleman, my Father.
I would celebrate a free catering party from Sweet Tomatoes by inviting some friends to join my family at a park by a lake where we can enjoy a beautiful sunny summer afternoon.
My favorite memory is when our son was a newborn. My husband, father of our son, swaddled our baby in his blanket as if he was the most precious gift in the world. He learned that in a class we took before our son was born. It was so amazing to watch that I knew from that moment how special our son was to him and that he would protect and love him always.
We would celebrate at Souplantation in Simi Valley, CA.
We go to Sweet Tomatoes all the time with my Dad. Our family loves it! If we won the free Sweet Tomatoes catered party we would have a family get together at my house and invite my whole family to come over and celebrate. I would love to make it a surprise! 🙂
My comment above should have said Sweet Tomatoes in Boca Raton. (I used to live in Los Angeles and went to Souplantation out there.) Feel free to amend it, I know you said only one entry per person so I dont want to redo it. thank you, Stacey W. Greene
My husband has been in a “Father’s group” for the last 30 years which started during pre-natal classes. The guys meet monthly to discuss life and celebrate life events and milestones. I would use this opportunity to help them celebrate 30 years of fatherhood and fellowship.
I’ll invite my friends to gather at a park and enjoy the goodies with some good music!
Either in Balboa Park near a fountain or at Seaport Village near the kite flying area.
You go DAD!!!
My dad loved his 2 children. He did so much for us and was a family man. Being raised in an orphanage lead him to be all he could be and to teach us the same. A kind man with values, determination, true to his word and commitments makes him our hero. He liked to have fun and loved to joke around. My fondest memory with my dad was when I was a little girl. The Raleigh Christmas Parade was my favorite thing to see. On the morning of the parade my dad got up real early to park the pickup truck at the corner of Glenwood and Hillsborough. Litterallly on the corner. Later my mom would take me and my brother to Raleigh and meet up with dad. We would walk to the truck and get in the back to see the parade. He would sit me on the roof top with his arms around me, didn’t want me to fall, so I could see the whole parade and not miss a thing. My dad was such a wonderful person and never meet a stranger. This will be our 2nd Father’s Day without him. He is missed so much. I would like to celebrate him with my family and your great food. Thank you.
We would love to win this for our dads! We would celebrate our catering at our house and invite both my and my husbands parents. 🙂
I agree with Dorothy (Wizard of Oz0 – “There’s no place like home.” I’d have my Soup Plantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering at my home – filled with children and grandchildren.
My favorite memory which was recent was when my twin sister got really sick and had to be hospitalized for weeks , and my dad never left her side but always made sure he gave me time and attention also , the tramatic experience brought us close . I also think at that moment when he figured out how sudden death can be , he started to be an even better father , this time was improtant to me because not only did my twin sister have to go threw something so bad , he still made the best of it and stayed out of work for weeks and sacrificed his job just to be with his girls:) The thing I love the most is our Saturday dates , he calls it father daughter time , which I love:)
P.S ( he just got promoted yesterday )
I would celebrate Father’s Day at home. Father’s Day is a time to cater to a wonderful Father and Husband. I don’t have a father to celebrate with but my children love their father and I would like to help make it a wonderful day for my husband.
It was actually with my whole family. We went to Sweet Tomatoes as a family and went through the line and everything was very normal. My husband, daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter filling our plates with all of the delicious food. We paid, sat down and began to eat. Of course, my granddaughter, Lilly spied the deserts on the way to the table. We finished our meal and then went to get up to get desert. Lilly could hardly wait. We went to get our yummy treats and when we got what we all had decided on, we proceeded back to the table. Lilly looked at all of us with an inquisitive look. I asked her, “what is wrong?” She said well Mimi, “we didn’t pay for our ice cream. Isn’t that stealing?” We all had a good laugh and explained how it worked at Sweet Tomatoes.
My Dad loves Sweet Tomatoes. We always went together when we were kids. My favorite thing to eat there was the home made corn bread. And Dad would usually make at least 2 trips to the ice cream bar, so I would too. 😉
my dad is my hero. through thick & thin he is always there for me & for my siblings. very thoughtful, loving & God fearing man he is our IDOL! this day will be extra special since this is going to be his first Fathers day celebration with us together after 7 years of being away in San Jose CA for work. He comes & visit once a month but its never on a fathers day. so love to have souplantion party @ my house as a surprise. we love Souplantion!
I remember the first time I took my dad to Sweet Tomatoes.We were debating where to go for dinner and I recommended all different places. But everything we both came up with was too greasy or fatting. So then I said Sweet Tomatoes. He never heard of it, didn’t know what it was. I promised him that he would love it. When we got there he was in awww of all the choices he had. His eyes became huge looking at all the veggies. All during the line he kept sayingthis was great. How come he never heard of this place so on and so on. So you could imagine his face when we turned the corner to all the soups and pasta. OMG!!!! I never saw someone so happy for healthy food. Well needless to say that after our visit to Sweet Tomatoes we continue to go at least 3 times a month. Thanks Sweet Tomatoes for making this my dad’s and mine favorite place to eat!
Favorite memory of a father figure at Sweet Tomatoes… my son likes to make our desserts for us and surprise us… once, he came back with a particularly interesting creation, proudly set it before his dad, my husband, and his dad ate it with a smile. 🙂
Where would we celebrate with our catering party for 10? At a park during a softball tournament, because that is where my husband loves to be… coaching his sweet daughter’s team.
My favorite memory of my father is when I was about 8 and he was singing “tiny bubbles” while drinking a beer on the front porch. People spent a lot of time on front porches 50 years ago, you know before cell phones, ipads, etc. when people actually talked face to face with one another. He died shortly there after, so I don’t have a lot of memories of him, but I do know how much he loved me.
I would like to hold our party at my house, around the pool, with my closest friends.
we would celebrate by taking the meal to Rio Vista park to watch the sunset over the catalina mountains
I would take my catered Sweet Tomatoes / Souplantation meal to the beach with my family.
The opportunity to win this could not come at a better time. My dad is unemployed and at the age of 57, having a hard time finding work and he is feeling quite depressed. He lives in a house that has space for a party of ten, but I live in an apartment with a pool. We would love to have Dad over for this awesome catered meal, to be on the patio area of that pool. There are three of us children (with spouse) and three grandchildren. We would all have a very nice time celebrating with our father. This would help his spirit, enjoying a nice meal with his family. Thank you.
Marsha
Duluth, GA
The first time I met my father in law was at the Altamonte Springs Sweet Tomatoes he has always been my husband’s father figure & been there for him through thick & thin
I would love to celebrate the FREE Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party for 10 at our home with my husband ,son’s and their family for a very special treat.
My husband’s birthday is in the last week of June, so we celebrate Dad’s Day and his birthday in one huge splash on a convenient weekend. This time we plan to celebrate it on Saturday, June 23rd.
I love the Chicken Wonton Salad. It is the best
I would want to go to the Brandon Florida location as it is closest for my folks.
My dad would love if I won him some @souplantation meals!– Free Meal #giveaway. Random winner gets 6 FREE meal passes. RT to win!
I would celebrate with the pastors & men’s Bible study group who stepped in to mentor my son when his father left us. My son is a wonderful young man because these men took him under their wings and taught him integrity, responsibility, accountability, how to shoot, and many other things!
I remember one year my dad spent Father’s Day assembling a huge junglegym (swingset) in our backyard and I got to “help him”. I loved that swingset!!…and I love my dad for taking the time to build it. One of many favorite memories!
My father loved home made pizza. I was about 6 years old and remember the stove was in the living room/dining room area because the kitchen was being updated. The stove was an old old electric stove but still worked. Dad loved making Chef Boyardee boxed pizza kits for the 4 of us kids and this particular day was very memorable. This was the first time we got to help make the pizzas and actually got to watch them come out of the oven since it was in plain view while out of the tiny kitchen. We put sliced tomatoes, onion and all the stuff we could add to this boxed pizza kit. We were in heaven. Finally we got to be part of the monthly pizza creation!!! We were 6, 5, 3 and 1 years old. It was love and excitement and doctored-packaged Chef Boyardee pizza for the whole family to remember and enjoy. I don’t think pizza has ever tasted as good as it did that day. Thank you Dad for the memories and the love.
My dad and I have been going to Sweet Tomatoes in Schaumburg since it opened. We would go after every soccer game I had and it was something we did just him and me. Since he moved we haven’t been able to go back so being able to surprise him with a catered lunch from Sweet Tomatoes would be awesome!
My favorite memory at Sweet Tomatoes involves my husband and 4 kids. We were having a wonderful time eating at our favorite restaurant, Sweet Tomatoes in Brandon, FL, when we saw 2 of our favorite MythBusters- Jamie and Adam! My kids and husband love the show and to be at our favorite restaurant and see them was unforgettable! Yey!
I would celebrate this wonderful occasion at the new Sweet Tomatoes in Lady Lake, Florida with my grandfather and other members from my family such as my mom, my wife, and my only child, Gianna. We go here all the time and the atmosphere is just so fantastic and relaxed and the staff is so helpful and willing to go out of their way to do just about anything to make the dining experience that much more pleasant. We usually eat at the one on International Drive in Orlando, Florida, but that one is such a drive and now that they opened this one, it’s only about 10 min away from us! How fantastic! What I particularly like, and it may seem weird, is that this is one of the only buffet restaurants to offer iceberg lettuce on their buffet without all the other “stuff” in it. I would definitely take my grandfather there because he has done so much for me through the years and he is 89 this year and is very close to my daughter, his great grand daughter and it would be so perfect to celebrate this wonderful day at this wonderful establishment!
I visited Sweet Tomatoes first time with my father. I liked eating pizza, pasta and desserts, my dad liked eating salad and soup (and they had a lot of variety). It was difficult choosing a place to eat outside until we found Sweet Tomatoes
I will celebrate with my FREE Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party for 10 at Sweet Tomatoes, Beaverton OR.
We would celebrate would celebrate the catering party at the Overland Park, KS Sweet Tomatoes.
Best food ever
Also tweeted about the giveaway.
We just love the food they offer. Best Ever
I can’t wait to eat the best food in town.
My parents live out of the country, we have made it a tradition to get all of us that live here in Georgia, when they are visiting, to go and have dinner at the Sweet Tomatoes in perimeter. Every time I go there to eat I member the good laughs and family time we had over the years. It is always a sweet treat to my spirit <3
I would like to celebrate father’s day at our new home, is always been my dream to invite all my family to celebrate father’s day at my place when I have a home by my own! Here we are…see all family get together bring back my childhood , a lot of foods, story and laugh!
Happy father’s day!
Aswin Pranata
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Relaxing by the pool
I’d have a backyard picnic sprawled out on the lawn with family and close to friends to celebrate the greatest man I know!
We’d celebrate with a FREE Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party for 10 hanging out by the pool at my parent’s house. Happy Father’s Day dad!
My father is no longer living, but my brothers and I meet weekly at Sweet Tomatoes, and we often talk about our father and reminisce. It’s good.
We’d cater it to my house, just a few miles from the Sweet Tomatoes on I-10 in Houston, Texas.
My Poppie would LOVE to win this! Whenever I come to visit, we all eat at Sweet Tomatoes!
We would celebrate this catering party at the park so Dad & the kids could play ball and run around.
go to Boynton Beach, FL location. And my husband is a great father to our kids. I love watching him with them at sweet tomatoes. Reminds me of my dad
my favorite memory is watching my husband share red velvet cake with our little girl for the first time!
Our dad took my sisters, mom, and brother to celebrate our first business craft show for our new business, http://www.parakidz.net, at our favorite place to eat, Sweet Tomatoes.
I would like to nominate my mom’s boyfreind, he has been like a father to me. I go sick 17 years ago and can not live on my own. After I got sick my dad left and really does not have any contact with me. My mom has always been there for me and also Vic has been there for the last 13 years. Any time I need him he is there. This past week I had a grandmal seizure and he was right there for me at home and at the hospital. I now have found out that I might has liver and kidney problems and I know he will be there as he always is. He always makes me laugh even in the best of times and the worst of times. He is a really great guy and for not being married to my mom he is just like a dad to me always. Thank you for your time. Jerod
We would celebrate at home because that is where we enjoy being most.
My favorite memory would be the last time I ate at souplantation with my son, brother, dad and grandpa along with my daughter, mom and grandma. So many generations spending time together is a special memory.
I remember when Sweet Tomatoes opened the location on Abilene in Aurora. My husband and I have been going there for years now and what a great surprise it would be if I won this for him. He’s such a wonderful husband, father and grandfather and deserves so much more for the selfless things he does everyday.
My favorite memory with my Dad was at the Souplantation in the San Diego, CA area. We were there on vacation. My dad loved fresh salad. It was his first trip to Souplantation and his eyes were bigger than his stomach. He piled his salad so high, it looked like a little mountain. Being old school, he didn’t want to waste any of it so he finished it. He was so full and we teased him all the way back to the hotel about stopping for dessert. He just groaned and we all laughed hysterically.
Souplantation is the best, we celebrate every family birthday and special occasion at Souplantation because there is always something to please everyone in the family, even the littlest ones!!.
I would have a Sweet Tomatoes catered party at my father in laws house with my husband, two sons and two brother in laws and their families. We would hang out by the pool and EAT! All of the Harvey men are awesome dads and devoted husbands, and all are deserving of a special Father’s Day celebration!
My husband is an awesome father he loves going to the beach and spending time with the kids, there is nothing that makes him more happy than seeing our boys smile. He is so proud that he taught our kids to eat healthy. Every Sunday after church Sweet Tomatoes is our family spot. We have great times at Sweets, it is his favorite restaurant.
WE would probably do a party since he loves parties near our house in Kissimmee FLorida.
We have many wonderful memories with dad at Sweet Tomatoes. One of the best was when Grandpa and Grandma took us out to eat at Sweet Tomatoes. They even had a fun guy making balloon animals and things!
My favorite memory with my Dad is going to Sweet Tomatoes after he got out of the hospital. My Dad and I have always bonded over food. But when the doctor said that his heart disease was mostly attributed to the his eating habits over the years, we had to all try and do better for his sake. We went as a family and enjoyed each others’ company over the delicious, healthy, food. It was almost like he was given a fresh start at life after surgery, and we celebrated with the always fresh ingredients at Sweet Tomatoes! It cant get any better than that!
We would celebrate the catering party for 10 in a local park to allow for 10 people. My father-in-law and the my husband’s other male family members have been more like fathers to me than my own dad. Unfortunately, my husband’s grandfather has had some major health problems lately, so this would be a great opportunity to get the whole family together to celebrate father’s day and family in a healthy way.
I would celebrate at the 7th Street location in Fort Worth. It would be such a blessing for our family and I recently went to your restaurant for the first time last week, am going again today, and would love to let my family see how wonderful it is.
My favorite memories are of my sweet dad are of holding his hand in church when I was a little girl. It was a pleasure to be a daddy’s girl because I have such a great one.
We would host the party in our home if possible or at our favorite Sweet Tomatos which is on Dale Mabry in Tampa.
Thanks,
Becky Cowdery
I would celebrate at the cary NC place …. they have really good food 🙂
I have so many favorite memories with my dad. I think the best thing overall is that he is always there for me no matter what. Whether it has been flying to North Carolina with me last minute to help me pack all of our household stuff to put into storage when my husband deployed at the last minute. Being the stand in dad for my three little boys when my husband was deployed. Helping me do projects around the house. The list is endless. He is an awesome dad and he is always there to help or be a listening ear when I need it.
I would love to celebrate Fathers Day with myself and my lovely Family at The Souplantaion in Point Loma (San Diego, CA) – thanks!
I loved sharing bowls of tomato soup and grilled cheese foccocia with my dad. It brought back memories of when i was little and would play in the snow with my dad and then we would go inside to warm up with tomato soup and griiled cheese.
If we won, we’d celebrate here at home with all our neighbors. We live in military housing so there are plenty of dads that we’d love to share this with. We’re all so close and there’s no better way to share this day than with all our men.
I love to watch my husband and daughter interact when we have dinner at Sweet Tomatoes. She wants to be “just like daddy” and insists on making a salad at the salad bar like him, following him to get mac and cheese, soup and of course, ice cream. It is a great place for our family to eat and enjoy some healthy food.
When my husband & I took my father to Souplantation, it was his first time. He tried every soup offered & enjoyed each one.
If I won the Father’s Day for 10 people, I would have it at a park in Coronado, at the park on Orange Avenue. We had a Thanksgiving celebration there years ago and were able to invite all the lonely sailors in the park, who had nowhere to go to celebrate Thanksgiving, Coronado is still a Navy town, and I am sure that there would be fathers at the park, who, because they are serving in the military, cannot celebrate father’s day with their kids or parents.
Hi,
I would celebrate at a park near our home that the kids love to go to with their dad to play basketball. It would be a fun way to celebrate their dad 🙂
My favorite memory with a father figure at Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes is when my husband and I went with our two sons regularly to eat when they were young. We enjoyed it every time. Now we only go on occasion because our sons are older and don’t live close by but it sure brings back fond memories. We would celebrate our free Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party right there just like we did years ago!
If I were chosen to win the catering party for 10, I would invite my coworkers to have lunch at the park across the street from where we work. It would be very nice to get out of the office, sit in the sun, relax together and share a meal.
My best memory is my first visit to sweet tomatoes with my dad when he built this gooey delicious sundae for me..a brownie,some hot chocolate lava cake ,topped off with vanilla and chocolate yogurt swirl ,dripping caramel syrup and sprinkles……..mmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!! unforgettable.
I would celebrate at our new home! We’ve finally got it (fairly) put together, it would be great to invite the whole family over for a great Sweet Tomatoes feast!
I would celebrate at home. I am the one who holds all the holidays at my house. I have a husband, father, neighbors and friends that I would invite. I always have between 10 and 25 people during the holidays and this father’s day will be no different. I am already holding brunch for 15 in the morning. My house is the place to be for great food and wonderful company. Sweet tomatoes would make my job just a little easy…… and very tasty!!!
Thanks,
Jacqui Markowitz
Sweet Tomatoes Kansas City ~ My husband is 42 yrs old and was over 366 lbs in April and Drs said he had to lose the weight OR ELSE! Results could be anywhere from the onset of diabetes, knee replacement, since he’s already had 2 surgeries on each knee or even death! My husband is 8 months from his 43rd bday. My husbands father passed away at the age of 43 due to health issues, my husband was only 3 months old so he NEVER knew his father, but from old pictures he’s the splitting image of his father over 300 lbs. Our son is 4 yrs old and my husband wants to be there to throw baseballs, catch footballs and do all the things Dad’s do with their sons. Something he never got to experience growing up with his father. Sweet Tomatoes has enabled my husband eat out and to lose over 33 lbs in the past 3 months! Our son asked his father just a few days ago at Sweet Tomatoes “DAD BROCOLLI MAKE YOU SKINNY? I LIKE BROCOLLI!” After our salads & soup my son handed my husband a cookie “Here dad here your cookie but you can only have one though.” My husband never even knew about Sweet Tomatoes until recently, as for me its my favorite lunch spot. So now when you ask my 4 yr old “where you wanna go to dinner?” Instead of the burger restaurant with the red bird he says “SWEET BA-NATOS!” (Tomatoes)
My father passed away a really long time ago, also my father in law, but my husband and I go to Sweet Tomatoes every week.
They would have both LOVED the place as much as we do. We would celebrate the catering at our home, outside in the sunshine and in memory of our dads, who we both miss greatly. It’s hard when you lose your dad but the memories and tributes can be so sweet !!!
I will celebrate at Sweet Tomatoes in Coleman, San Jose, Ca. It will be really fun!!!
I love you store in Main Place in Irvine. Our whole family loves eating and having a good time to bond every week in that branch of Soup Plantation.
YOUR RESTAURANT IS AWSOME!
I would celebrate with my dad and the guests with the yummiest free sweet tomatoes food at the zoo!!!!! its my most favourite place in the whole world
Just ” Luv” this place ,salad bar “Awesome” each “Station” filled with the freshest of fresh food.
The fruit medley muffins are one-of-a-kind!
We would celebrate at our new house to honor our families that have now come together. We recently go married and both of our fathers made our wedding the best it cold possibly be. My grandmother, my father’s mother, passed away just a few days prior to the big day. Everyone came together to celebrate the way my grandmother would have wanted and because of our fathers, we had an amazing time.
My family and I have been loyal Souplantation patrons since my parents moved to California. I remember bringing my grandfather to Souplantation every year when he visited us because it was his favorite restaurant ever. He even dreamed of opening a branch near him in Michigan. Now when I eat there, I remember how much he enjoyed it, and it makes my meal even more delicious.
My dad has a heart condition and bypass is not an option at this time. We’ve been trying to help improve his quality of life by eating more vegetables. Of course, being the grumpy old man that he is, Dad is not too happy about this. But he never passes up an opportunity to go ‘out’ and eat, especially if it is with a crowd. Soup Plantation has such a wide variety of salads that he can usually find some new type of ‘rabbit food’ to eat. Of course, his favorite is the soft serve ice cream! I am not sure which Soup Plantation would be a good place to have a catered outing for 10 – all the ‘fathers’ in the family are spread out all over southern California! Good thing there’s lots of Soup Plantation locations.
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Something that I learned from my dad is “eat soups” I didn’t like it before but now i really enjoy eat my chicken soup” I love my dad !! He’s the best dad in the planet!!
I would celebrate winning the free Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party at my house. I would invite my sweet 89 year old grandfather who has always been a great father figure in my life, I would invite my dad that has been an exceptional dad to me and grandfather to my son. I would also invite my brother, who is now divorced and working so hard to be an excellent father to his son, I would invite my father in law who is an excellent grandfather to my son and most importantly I would invite my husband, who is the most amazing and supportive husband but most importantly has been the dream dad I always prayed for for my children. All five men in my life deserve this and more!
I would love to celebrate with my dad and the guests and awesome sweet tomatoes food at the Tropicana field at a baseball game cheering on the Tampa Bay Rays….I would love to invite Longo,Jennings,Carlos Pena,Matt Joyce and Sean Rodriguez to share it with me….
What i would do if i win the FREE Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party for 10,
I will celebrate for having bought my first house by inviting family and friend.
If I win a FREE Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party for 10, I would celebrate at my sister’s house. She has a big house perfect for entertaining. We lost our dad one year ago so this could be a special time of remembrance of him. And, of course we want to celebrate our husbands, the father of our children. A big shout out to my husband Tim, wonderful father to Scott and Mike.
Hi, the father figure I’d like to present is my husband he has always put our family first and treated my children as if they were his very own. I remember discovering this restaraunt with my co-workers and I could not wait to take my husband(location Ft.Wth West 7th St.). I encourage him to eat heathy all the time (but it’s hard) once he saw all the salad and soup choices he was like a kid in a candy store. I was so happy to see him enjoying a good healthy meal this was no special occassion but he now loves this place after only one visit. I would love to take him back again and include my mother and immediate family members.
At least 26 years ago in the City of Industry, we went to our first Souplantation. We brought along my Dad. This man was 6’2″ and weighed around 220. He had reservations about a place that served “just salad”. Well, once he saw all the variety and started to really enjoy all the different items he could eat, he was sold! He went back for Corn Bread Muffins TWICE!
We now live in Moreno Valley, California, and would love to have family come to our home for a meal catered by Souplantation.
We would celebrate Dad at my house here in San Diego. And invite everyone here.
We would celebrate our party at our home. With so many busy schedules it is hard to find a time when we all can eat together anymore. Getting together for a meal from my husband’s favorite restaurant, in the comfort of our own home, would be an ideal reason to juggle our schedules.
where you would celebrate with your FREE Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party for 10:
Colonel Mustard, in the library, with…wait, that’s not right. Um…okay, My husband and kids, in the sun-room-slash-dining-room, with a fork. And possibly bagpipes.
The best time was when my wife and two daughters took me ocean fishing. We all had a great time and I caught a nice size halibut.
My favorite memories with my dad at Sweet Tomatoes were all the times we went to the restaurant just for blue Jell-o and so I could eat croutons from the salad bar! I loved that stuff, and it makes for one of my best childhood memories with my dad.
My favorite memory with my Father consisted of taking him to Sweet Tomatoes following his Aortic Aneurysm procedure which consisited of a week long stay in the hospital. His appetite was hearty and Sweet Tomatoes offers the best buck for buck on any healthy restaurant in our community of Ft. Myers, FL.
Thanks for serving healthy food at wonderful price!
R. Goetz
My favorite memory at Sweet Tomatoes is my husband laughing at our infant son discovering jello.
He had a great time. I felt sorry for the bait sowhen no one was lloking I let a few go.
My mother is currently visiting Florida (she has a house here but moved back to New York therefore it’s empty and needs work!) and is getting her house ready to move back into within a year or so. If I won, I would cater a painting party for my mother, just invite over some of her good friends and mine and we’d get the house cleaned up and repainted etc! My mom has been both a mom and dad to my sister and i, we may not have much money but we try and take care of each other the best we can…
My husband is always the one taking the kids up to get their favorite potato and toppings. He’s so patient and kind and knows how much the kids love “fixing their own food”!
I would celebrate at HOME, because we could include my 100-year-old grandmother in our meal and celebration (she loves Sweet Tomato soup when we bring it home, but can’t travel out with us to get it).
I would love to have my catered meal at my house. We have just remodeled our kitchen and it would be a great way to celebrate both Father’s Day AND my new, beautiful kitchen!!
Thanks for coming to Lady Lake Florida.. We love having you here..Hope I win the catering party..
My husband and father of our 2 children loves Sweet tomatoes/Souplantation so much that he finds their location before we visit a city. When we visit our daughter and her family near Seattle, we go to Soup Plantation. When our daughter & famiy visits us in Florida – we go to Sweet tomatoes! Being a vegetarian all of his life – he think ST/Souplantation were built just for him!!
Here in Orlando, he/we eats at ST every week!
I love coming to sweet tomatoes. The food is delicious and the Salads ever so fresh. Once when i came to Sweet Tomatoes, I was short of money and this elderly person who was standing behind me immidiately offered me cash for lunch. felt as if my father was beside me.
I would like to celbrate at my house . will give u the address if I win my phone number is 469 471 4069
Hi,
I am so excited to try your restaurant! We are going to Disney (Orlando) on June 19. We will celebrate Father’s Day for my Dad and my Husband AND we will celebrate my Dad’s Birthday which is June 18 (so we are celebrating a little late), AND my parents anniversay, and our anniversary. Out of all the restaurants we have looked at my daughter picked Sweet Tomatoes! She thinks it will be great for everyone and we all agree!!! There are 5 of us and some are picky eaters. Your restaurant seems to be the best for healthy, great choices at a price we can afford. Thank-you so much. We are counting the days to visit you!!!
Cheryl, Dwight and Alana (and Nana and Papa too)
We always enjoy eating at Sweet Tomatoes
Our only challenge is to eat in moderation as it is all so good we keep being tempted to have just one more
My family loves Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes, so our celebration would be at home, sweet home with all twelve of us (that includes two infants) together showing Dad just how much he’s appreciated–and with his FAVORITE food, nonetheless!
We would sit at the family table, tell stories, laugh with each other -and AT each other while enjoying this family feast and being so grateful for the opportunity to be together and that Dad is healthy and happy! And when the gifts are opened, the day is over, and everyone is stuffed and ready for their naps….we’ll all plan our next visit to the Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes at our home away from home!
Plus my daughter is dancing at Disney so we have lots of friends joining us. Maybe her teacher!
MY HUSBAND AND FATHER WOULD LOVE IT IF I WON FREE MEAL AT SOUPLANTATION. MY HUSBAND EATING THERE. SO IF I WON THEY WILL VERY VERY HAPPY TO EAT THERE
A few summers ago, my dad and I went to Hong Kong, the country of his birth. We spent one rainy, humid day riding the cross city bus while he pointed out the different places of his childhood and young adult years.
If I won the catering party, I would hold it for my friends who are trying very hard to incorporate more greens into their diets
Sweet Tomatoes is the one restaurant our whole family enjoys. My memory is just of good times where we are all together, we are relaxed at Sweet Tomatoes and we seem to laugh more together over silly things. If we won a catered party, we would take it to my father’s house (since he has difficulty getting out and about) and we would include my sister’s family, including 4 generations! Yay! Thinking about the fun gathering makes me smile. I hope we win!
I wish I would this contest. We would celebrate in Port Charlotte or North Port Florida. We frequent Sweet Tomatoes in Sarasota & Ft. Myers. My husband & Son love Sweet Tomatoes. My grandsons always say “Sweet Tomatoes” when we ask where they want to go for lunch or dinner.
My favorite memory with my dad is when he used to take us fishing. Those were some of my favorite times with him. He taught me everything, including how to clean the fish later.
Eating ice cream sundaes with my daughters at your restaurant near Perimeter Mall in Atlanta.
I would go to the park.
W would celebrate at our home with a group of friends who have not met each other. One couple would be our pastor and his wife and we have wanted friends to meet them. I never dreamed the food could be so easy as to have you cater. You are exactly who we visit for meals when we celebrate special occasions and I have not thought of brining the occasion home. Donna
This is our favorite place to eat with our daddy.. He loves soup and always tries them all:) if we win we’d have our party on his tailgate at the lake..
eating your muffins with my daughters
My family just moved to Texas and have enjoyed Sweet Tomatoes several times as we did not have either restaurant back home in North or South Carolina.
We love the endless salad, soup and dessert! It would be exciting to win the contest to celebrate our move here with our 6 month old son. Our newly made friends would also enjoy coming over to our finally unpacked house to enjoy great food and fun!
This is my husband’s first Father’s Day so we plan to make it very special!
Thank you,
Hannah Wilkes
Favorite memory would be the first time I took him to a Sweet Tomatoes in Atlanta. He and my mother lived in NY then and weren’t familiar with it…and loved it. Now that they’re down in Florida, not only do they go and enjoy, but they’ve signed up for the mailing list too. So yummy.
I would celebrate with my wonderful husband at home, as we have a new baby in the house. It is not my husband’s first Father’s Day, but it is the first with our new little one. To be surrounded with love in our house is a wonderful thing.
For years my father, grandfather and I would meet at Sweet Tomatoes every Sunday for lunch. My grandpa was in his late 80’s and mealtime had become frustrating for my father to find foods that my grandpa could and would eat. Sweet Tomatoes had become a solution to that problem. With the wide variety of fresh and healthy options it was no trouble at all getting my grandpa to eat a balanced meal. I remember he always loved the big noodles in the chicken noodle soup, and always insisted on a dollop of sour cream on his sweet potato. At the end of the meal we’d always get dessert. It was so funny to see an 85 year old man’s eyes light up like a child’s when he’d see the soft serve ice cream machine! My grandpa passed away in 2010 but my father and I still continue on with the Sunday lunch tradition and hopefully always will.
My dad is a cancer survivor and has always been the best dad ever. I really would love to show him just how special buy and nice catered party.
I would celebrate with my family at our new home. We have 3 birthday’s, Father’s Day and Step-Father’s day in June and it would be great to have souplantation there to help us celebrate all of them!
We lost my mom a year ago due to complications of Type II Adult Onset Diabetes. Since that time our family has resolved to adopt a healthier lifestyle, which includes eating healthier even when we go out to eat. Sweet Tomatoes has been a great place for our large family to gather together – especially when my out-of-town siblings and their families are visiting. My favorite memory with my dad at Sweet Tomatoes was this past April when we were all last gathered together. It was wonderful to see my dad so happy – surrounded by his 11 grandchildren and helping them choose items from the salad bar. He even got 6-yr-old Brooke to eat beets!
My dad and I have the best memories at Souplantation we go every Sunday together just to hang out, eat great food and laugh!!! If we won the FREE catering party we would do it at my parents house where all of our family could come and have a great day!!
my favorite memory is having a great fathers day dinner at soup plantation with my entire family 2 years ago.
I would like to have the party catered at our house
about a mile from sweet tomotoes in mountain view ca!
where you would celebrate with your FREE Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party for 10
Answer: We would have the party in our backyard. We already spend so little time at home with our busy schedules that it would be nice to have a picnic in our backyard since my husband takes care of it for us.
If I was chosen for the catered meal from yummy souplantaion we would celebrate it at my grandmas house. My grandmas house is great because there is always a lot of people that are always soooooo hungry and souplantaion is the bomb.com ! I really hope we win
The Schamburg location is were we would love to dine at your resturant, we will be there anyways but a chance to bring more famiy/friends would be a great thing : )
My dad has been gone for many years so would bring my brother in law and a group no doubt to one in portland.
Father’s day growing up was special it was spent with all my family aunts,uncles, cousins and grandparents usually at our house or one of my aunts it was a all day celerbration.
I was the youngest and supper close to my dad he died in 85 and I miss him alot.
Reply to this post by telling us where you would celebrate with your FREE Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party for 10: would celebrate at home with Dad and family.
Was in Orlando for the weekend, and after eating at high end restaurants decided on something quick. We decided on Sweet Tomatoes which was walking distance from our hotel. It was a hot walk but boy was it worth the walk. My dad said that it was one of the best meals he had during his visit. He loved the choices, quality and most of all the price! He was very excited to go back to Canada and rave to the rest of my family about his experience.
we would all enjoy a delicious celebration together at home with 2 dear Dads.
thank you
I love that my mom (my father figure) always talked about the chicken noodle soup. I remember finally getting to eat it and LOVING IT! Now everytime we go together, we have to get the soup. And when I get it when she is not there, I always think of her.
Thank you mom for being a father figure to me!
I would surprise my mom by having the catered meal at her house and invite other friends to surprise her!
My favorite memory with my dad was for my 5th birthday I sat on his lap at my birthday party while opening my presents & I remember he gote a white shirt with different color sparkly lines on it, it was my favorite shirt that even when I grew put of it I kept
My favorite memory with my husband (my children’s father) at Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes occurred when we visited the new restaurant when it opened in the Palmdale, California area. My entire family (which included myself, my husband, and my four kids) went on opening day. My two youngest sons are twins. One of the twins is a big eater, the other is not. Our “big eater”, kept getting up to get more food. His favorite were the delicious muffins! After going back and forth several times, he came back to the table with 5 muffins on a small plate! Before we could say anything to him about this, another diner commented to my husband, “that young man must really love the muffins!” My son overheard him and immediately got soooo embarassed! My husband got up and went to the muffin bar and came back with five muffins on a plate. He looked at our son and said “I love the muffins too!” Our son flashed a big smile! We had a great time that day!!
It would be great if my husband won this. Then he would be able to spend it with both of our boys, the grandchildren and their wives.
This something that never happens. My husband is 77 years old and both of our boys families are too busy to celebrate any holiday together has a family. This would be the best gift ever.
I don’t think there has ever been a time that we had both families together.
We have celebrated Father’s day at Sweet Tomatoes once before. Our fondest memory, is watching my husband (Daddy) truly enjoying your French onion soup; he really loves it.
In reference to where we would have the party, it would be in our house/back yard gathering.
Thank you for the consideration and opportunity to win.
My favorite memory of eating at Sweet Tomatoes with my Dad was at the Coral Springs, Florida location. It was my Dad, Mom, me and my 1 year old daughter. My daughter was enjoying – really really enjoying her food… it was everywhere. At one point, she had jello and a little half and half container used for coffee. The jello was everywhere, table, floor, her clothing and all over us… the half and half container was in her mouth. All of a sudden, it exploded and shot out at us. It went everywhere. I looked at my Dad and he just had his head in his hands. Looked like he was thinking “How could this happen? Why am I here? I’m just trying to enjoy my lunch.” It made us laugh harder. I thought he might go sit at another table and pretend he doesn’t know us.
Eating dinner with my father would be wonderful but, more than anything, it would be more than a pleasure to dine with Raynel Jensen, manager of Sweet Tomatoes, Coral Springs, Fl.. He is an inspiration, a most honorable and lovable man, who is dedicated to his customers, or shall I say, friends he has made there. He is a father figure to me and all that come into his presence.
I would dine at the restaurant. Thanks
I would celebrate at home with lots of family!
I would celebrate at Green Belt Forest Preserve with my FREE Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party for 10
We would love to have soup plantation cater a party at our house. My husband is constantly traveling so just being home with his girls and some yummy food would be a blessing!!
Shelly
I’ll never forget the look on my dad’s face the first time we took him to Sweet Tomatoes. He was smacking his lips and his eyes were big as saucers! If we won, everyone in the family would enjoy seeing that reaction again. Thanks for offering your contest.
My daddy loves to go to Souplantation at least once a week!
The staff even know us already:) We all love the coupons that
we received. On his birthdays, he wants to celebrate it in
Souplantation! It will be great if we win this contest!!!!
My father cannot be with us so I would celebrate my FREE Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party for 10 with my closest relatives, cousins and aunts, right at my home on my mother’s 60th birthday on July 14. The backyard is the perfect place to dine and cheer in the eve of a hot summer, and cool off with delicious fresh food FREE from Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party for 10! 🙂
I would celebrate our catered party at the bluffs overlooking the ocean and eat our catered food picnic style. My dad lives by the beach and our family has always loved going for walks there. Recently, his health has prevented him from descending and climbing the steep slopes up from the sand, but we can still enjoy the amazing views from the picnic tables up top.
Sweet Tomatoes was a favorite place for my husband and I to eat while I was pregnant, and remains a favorite place now that our children are older. Healthy, easy, reasonable. The kids know the Chicken soup is Dad’s favorite and he even goes for another bowl after his yogurt!
I would have the catered party in our backyard and put candles everywhere to make it special and decorate with seashells I picked up at the beach.
My parents are a big fan of Sweet tomatoes as it has a wide range of healthy food & a lot of vegetarian dishes to choose from. My dad took us to a dinner one evening to Sweet tomatoes & then Treated us to the “funny faced” ice cream from the delicious dessert bar. He poured the vanilla ice cream in a bowl ,then topped it with 2 cones for ears& added the fruit for eyes & nose. That’s, my dad, making the best out of everything . Thanks Sweet tomatoes for bringing out the artist in him:-)
I would have the catered party in our backyard with my dad, nephew, and family.
We would celebrate with our FREE Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party for 10 at home with family! Fun!
My favorite memory is watching my husband teach a single parents toddler daughter how to eat your frozen yogurt ( she had never had ice cream before) it was priceless
We would have this in our backyard with our BBQ
I have so many favorite memories with my father, it’s hard to pick just one! What comes to mind first is the times we spent as a family at the farm property my parents owned when I was growing up. My dad would hook up a wagon to his tractor and pull us around the property and through the woods. He would take us fishing, and he spent more time getting fishing lures out of the trees than actually fishing. He would let us camp outside in tents, even though there was a nice house to stay in. Those were the good ole days!
My favorite memory with my father was when he would take me to my Saturday morning soccer games. I could always hear his supportive cheer over the rest of the crowd as I raced down the field in deep pursuit of the glory that only a goal could provide. Anytime I scored he was the first face I would look for as he would give a slight nod in return which meant both approval and pride in my actions. As his work schedule increased his ability to attend my games became less and less making those early days ever more precious. I will forever cherish his love and support.
Unfortunately my father passed away over 30 years ago. He never knew that I moved to CA and thus never heard of Souplantation. But, I know he would absolutely have loved the Souplantation and all of it’s delicious food. I would love to win this so that my siblings and I could celebrate his memory!
I would love to celebrate with all my family in my own home. I would love to get together with my brothers and remember our dad which we lost 4 years ago. A meal from Sweet Tomatoes to share with my siblings would be wonderful!
My fiance and I brought his parents to Sweet Tomatoes for breakfast a few weeks ago. I see eggs, I see cheese, I see tortillas – I make a breakfast burrito. I get back to the table and my fiance’s dad says… “now THAT’s the right idea!” and runs up to get tortillas to make his own breakfast burritos.
Of course he then proceeded to bicker with his wife for the next half hour abour why she missed seeing tortillas on the breakfast bar. LOL
My husband and I are now senior citizens but still love to gather our kids and grandkids to celebrate every occasion by sharing our dinner table. It is getting a little challenging at our
age, but we still love to do it. It would be wonderful to have Sweet Tomatoes cater out meal for this Father’s Day. Thank you.
favorite memory — watching dad share dessert with our two baby boys at sweet tomatoes. they love the chocolate chip cookies and vanilla ice cream. then going back for seconds… and thirds!
I love going to Sweet Tomatoes on Sunday mornings with Daddy, Mommy, Uncle Jason and Grammy. Daddy and Uncle Jason like all the food!! And we eat and laugh and talk alot. Then we go to the Movies! When we pass Sweet Tomatoes I always yell “Sweet Tomatoes” then tell Daddy to call Uncle Jason so we can go EAT! And sometimes it is not even Sunday!
I have so many great memories with my dad. It is really hard to pick just one. I feel like i have the best parents in the world and would not change any single thing about them. They are not perfect, but perfect for our family. My mom and dad are pretty much mirror images of each other, and that’s a great thing! For about 2 years of my undergraduate degree my father drove me to and from work and school! My father was no longer working due to health problems and we only had 1 car. Every morning, he got up early and took me to work, and take me to school and then back to work. I was in college at the time and it was quite far from home, so he would wait a few hours for me to finish my classes and then take me back to work and then at night pick me up from work. I felt terrible that he had to drive me back and forth when he isn’t in his best health to do so, but in the situation that we were in, that was our best resolution. The reason why this time is the best memory i had with him is that he really opened up to me on these car rides. Often times we were stuck in traffic for an hour or so and he told me stories that i have never heard of. He told me stories of his childhood, stories or how my parents meet, stories to him and his war buddies, just amazing things that i felt were so important and i wondered why he never shared that with us before. I was also able to open up to him and as him advice about boys and issues i had at work. It was an amazing time. I got to know a different side of him that none of my other siblings did not get to see, but of course i would tell everyone all the wonderful stories he would share. I think i love my parents more and more by the minute. I think its important to honor them everyday, but its awesome to have a nationally recognized day just for them!
My husband’s favorite place to eat is Souplantation! He is celebrating his 60th birthday October 20th and I would cater a party in the father of 7 ‘s honor!
Nancy
Dad is great at everything he does& he brings put the artist in him at Sweet Tonatoes. He makes a delicious ice cream face with the best topping & the ingredients at the dessert bar in Sweet Tomatoea. Thanks for making each orcas soon so special& we love you daddy .
if we win, we will celebrate in our home with friends and family… nothing says “love” like a delicious meal shared around the family table!
Every trip to Sweet Tomatoes with my two small children begins with the challenge of trying to prolong the time between arrival and when my kids eat their first mini ice cream cone. My husband and I manage to tag team kids and still get to enjoy the delicious food! We would celebrate Father’s Day at my Mother-In-Law’s house with a smattering of relatives. Since my husband lost his father to cancer 10 years ago, he is the only father we gather around to celebrate on this day, so he would be thrilled to get to choose all his favorites from Sweet Tomoatoes!
My favorite/best memories of my dad, is when I was in elementary and a hurricane hit our town, the bridge that connects to our neighborhood was flooded and my little sister and I were too little to cross it, so my dad risked his life to cross the waist high water bridge, carreid us one at a time on his shoulders across the bridge to safe ground. He’s been my hero ever since!
We would be celebrating at out our lakefront home!
I would celebrate my FREE Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party with my family at our home. I’ve recently moved out and I would love more than anything to come home to my 4 siblings and parents and sit down at our big table and have a DELICIOUS meal! WE LOVE SWEET TOMATOES!
My sons 3rd birthday party will be July 21st next month, so this would be perfect for a summer party to have a catered by Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes on a perfect summer day!!! thanks for a chance!!
We would celebrate on my parent’s patio with the my dad, mom, my sister and her family, my brother, and my little family. We have exactly 10 people to feed! By winning the prize pack, not only could we beat the heat here in Fresno (106 on Sunday!) by not having to heat up the kitchen, we could spend more time with our dad, my husband and my sister’s husband who is celebrating his first Father’s day.
favorite memory would be when my dad ate 4 bowls of chili and 2 bowls of clam chowder and still wanted more!
My favorite memories with my dad were when we would go horseback riding up in the mountains behind our house. We would ride for 4 hours. Then we would find a camping site, set up camp, and then fish all day! We would cross raging river’s, see bear or one time a mountain lion. And I never felt scared because i knew my dad would protect me. My dad is kind, sweet, loving, but also stern and strict. He alwaya wanted us to respect people, love all people, and most of all, keep the Lord first in our lives!
My favorite memory is celebrating with my grandfather – he loved Souplantation breakfast on the weekend!
We’ve always wanted to have a summer bash in our backyard with all my nephews so that is where we would have the party at
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My favorite memory would definitely have to be when my Dad attended all of my softball games as a child. He went to every game and routed me on, even when I was not the best softball player. lol Those were some great times!!
Thanks for the contest!! I would have my Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party at my Mom & Dad’s house. We always gather over there for family celebrations. Everyone would LOVE the food! 🙂
We would be celebrating at the beach! My son who has many allergies, LOVES Soup Plantation, & my husband would be THRILLED to not only enjoy a FREE meal for the family, but to bless his son in the process! Thank you 😀
I would celebrate the free Sweet Tomatoes catering party at our friends home. My husband and I love to hang out at their house. They always open their home up for people to come and have a great time. We think it would be nice to bring all the food for everyone to enjoy, especially Sweet Tomatoes! This would be a great way for all the fathers to hang out and the wifes to kick back with them.
If I won a catering party, I would have all the food delivered to my parents house so we can eat on the patio together. My dad loves eating and playing bags out there and Sweet Tomatoes would add so much more!
I would celebrate with my family at the N. Dallas location. I live in Waxahachie and unfortunately we do not have a location in my city that I could take my family to so they could enjoy the benefits of great food that is actually good for you. My assistant and I have been to this location many times as it is one of the few places we can go and not go off our diets. Thank you!!
My favorite memory with my father was going to Chicago White Sox games with my Father. We lived in the Bridgeport neighborhood in Chicago and were able to walk to the park. It was the one place my Father could have fun!! Being able to have that time alone with him was Great!
Favorite memory is celebrating with my husband and our son who was a first time father last year and we took him and his wife and new baby to Souplantation and enjoyed all the yummy healthy items. Our family all the variety of salad items.
We would celebrated at grandpa and grandma’s house with all the kids, cause we love being together and eating healthy. Thank you for the oppportunity
We would celebrate a Souplantation menu and win out in the great outdoors under a nicely decorated canopy or patio set up. A small, intimate family gathering to celebrate dad, grandpa would be perfect. Our family enjoys barbecues especially with the great summer weather. Poolside would be ideal to celebrate Father’s day!
Souplantation has created fond memories for our family of 6. It suffices everyones cravings yet with healthy options. My husband and our 2 sons are big eaters, and myself and our 2 daughters are lighter eaters. But Souplantation offers a happy solution. All you can eat salads are always guilt free but delicious and fulfilling. The soups are the best and also healthy. Clam chowder and chicken noodle are the kids favorites! When we have to decide where a nice dinner should be, Souplantation is always a winning suggestions.
My parents house is always filled with love….add to that love some delicious, quality food from Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes and it’s a lovefeast!
Daughter’s home so kids won’t mess up mine!
Hooray for Sweet Tomatoes and Father’s Day! My dad is always trying to eat healthy food, and your salads (and soups and pasta and bread and desserts– shh! don’t tell dad!) make it so easy. I imagine we’d eat the food in a gorgeous Albuquerque park where we used to meet for family picnics in years gone by.
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We would hold the celebration at my Grandparents house and invite the entire family. Since I was a little kid, we have always gathered at my Grandma’s house. It would be a great privilege to be able to bring all of the food for the gathering and not have to burden any family members to bring food. It would be a great event!!!!
My family is in love with Sweet Tomatoes and everytime my parents come visit, its not even a question where we will eat dinner! My favorite memory of my dad and Sweet Tomatoes is quite funny. My dad is a choc-o-holic and he can never get enough chocolate. The first time we took him to Sweet Tomatoes he was so excited about the unlimited ice cream machine! After finishing our delicious meal, which totally “wow’d” my vegetarian parents, my dad proceeded to the ice cream machine. He came back with a huge bowl of chocolate ice cream topped with chocolate sprinkles. We waited for him to slowly savor each bite, then started standing up to go. My dad questioned what we were doing and stated he needed atleast one more bowl! Four bowls later he was ready to go. Now every time we go, he has figured out his perfect chocolate-y bowl by putting any kind of chocolate muffin or cake then topping it with ice cream and sprinkles. We get a good laugh out of his multiple trips each time!
If we were to win the catering party, we would use it for a house warming party that we have been wanting to have for a couple months now. I cant imagine anything better than Sweet Tomatoes food in my own home with good friends!
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My Favorite Memory is when my Husband and I took his sister to Sweet Tomatoes. He was so impressed with all the choices and we had such a great time visiting and eating. We were there for over 2 hours. I think this opportunity would be a fantastic way to remember the good times he and his sister had.
We would be celebrating at home in Clearwater, Fl
My Father is a vegetarian. So His face lights up just with the name of Soup Plantation. It is a big treat for him. He loves the variety of salads, soups, pasta, pizza and most of all the desserts and ice cream.He is alwyas ready to eat at Soup Plantation and says he can eat there everyday.This is his favorite restuarant. This year we will celebrate Father’s day with 4 generations. My Father, Us, My son and his wife and their son..:)
I will celebrate my day with my neighbors , each one will bring something to eat.
With the free Sweet Tomatoes catering i will the coolest person in the group.
fernando almonte
We would have our FREE Sweet Tomatoes dinner at our house with our favorite Sweet Tomatoes buddies! We are a group of families who always go to Sweet Tomatoes together. Yes, that means long lines and no booths, but the food and fun is worth it! If we had a catered dinner at our house, that would mean we could sit anywhere! We could also laugh as loud as we want without disrupting the other patrons! It would be a Father’s Day treat worth waiting for!
My father was a patient man. He helped me through tough years, always patient and had great words of wisdom to guide me. Somehow he knew exactly what to say, every time. He passed not so long ago and I wish he was here to help me guide my son, but in a way I guess he is. Through all his direction and advice for me, I see myself helping my son in the same way my father helped me, and he appreciates it. Thank you Dad, for being such a good man.
I love and miss you Dad, Ami
My dad is 73 years old, I took him, my mom and 2 of their friends to sweet tomatoes and they loved it!!!! My dad was just amazed how many soup choices there was. He loves soups and I was just happy that he enjjoyed it, not to mention the salad. I love to celebrate Father’s Day at my parents house and see my dad happy surrounded.by all the grandkids.
My husband, father of three, taught me to LOVE salads, Fresh fruits & veggies. Before we met, I was like alot of people these days who eat WAY to many processed foods. After 20 years together I love every veggie under the sun and our favorite place to go is the Kerney Mesa Souplantation. You cannot make a salad like that @ home for the price!
If we won a catered party from Souplantation, I think we would celebrate at my boyfriend’s parent’s house so there would be room enough for all! My family, his family, and my best friend’s family would all be there – we just have so many Dads to celebrate! We would probably need to buy extra Souplantation goodies though to feed the *entire* crowd!
If I were to win the catered party, I would definitely have to say that we would celebrate at my parent’s house! My mother is the matriarch and we always come together for dinners and to celebrate! It would be great because we have family coming from out of town and we always tell them about our experiences at Sweet Tomatoes so they would finally have a chance to actually taste the goodness for themselves as we celebrate and enjoy our Dad!
I have had lunches catered by Sweet Tomato’s before and they do such a beautiful job. I would love to have my father and husband experience it on their special day. My dad is all about soups. I think he would consider a good bowl of soup or chili his favorite meal and we all know great Sweet Tomato soups are. Dad is having knee replacement surgery ( at 91 yrs) and a celebration for our family before surgery would be extra special,
I have found memories of fishing with my dad at this little man made lake. He was always trying to convince me that it was safe to swim in, then laughing when I got squimish about the algae on the bottom. We spent hours trying to catch something. In the end it was more about us spending time together than catching fish.
We have family get togethers several times a month. Sadly, one of us usually ends up doing all the cooking and spending all the time in the kitchen. If I won free catering, we would finally have a family get together at my house where we could all spend time together in the backyard – playing on the trampoline, swinging on the swingset, and running through the sprinklers. Then come inside to have dinner waiting! Sounds heavenly.
My father figure is Eddie, an ole cowboy working his ranch at Mt. Taylor. We spent many a summers together keeping the ranch in working condition, especially the horses. Once you were at the ranch, everything from then on was on horseback. I remember at dusk when the day was over, I would tend to the horses and Eddy would make supper. He always had some deer or elk meat hanging, would throw the slab of meat on the table and ask, “How thick would you like your steak “? One day we he had to come to town for some supplies and that is when I treated him to lunch at Soup or Salad. He ate the salads, and indulged in some ice cream, thanked me and said, “I didn’t know salads could taste so good being made so many ways” next time when we have to make a trip to town it will be on me,
we will be celebrating at sweet tomatoes in hollywood! they have the most fantastic manager, nicest employees, and a constant turnover of great filled bins of fresh food. we go there often and love being greeted by your wonderful salad maker upon entering. there couldn’t be a better gift for us to win! the mancini family*
We would celebrate at a nearby park because my dad loves trees and we have amazing weather, perfect for an outdoor event. Besides, our house is a little too cozy (small) for 10 people at once!
my husband is the most AMAZING father ever! but some of our favorite times we’ve had is when we put the kiddos down for bed, get babysitters, and head to ikea and then sweet tomato for a late dinner. often times, we arrive only 1 hour before closing and have enjoyed delicious food nonetheless! also, we are very amused at the great people who also chose to eat their dinners at 9pm. always a fun time at sweet tomato!!!
Here is my favorite “dad story”:
My husband, my son and I go to your restaurant in Irvine once a week on Friday evenings. We always see this one guy every Friday there, he also goes every Friday like we do. We don’t know his name or anything so my husband and my son make up a story about him. They decided he must be British and a soccer player. So every Friday when we arrive at your restaurant my husband will make a bet with my son to see if our “British friend” has gotten to the restaurant before us. The person who gets it wrong will have to get up and get water refill and things for the winner. So they do this every Friday.
We’d have a gigantic party in the backyard!
My kids LOVE Sweet Tomatoes and my husband is great with them there. He is very patient with them and loves to have them help pick out new vegetables to try and eat. Then he always makes them a super ice cream sundae to end our meal!
love the great staff, clean and fresh bins, and amazing selection! yum…
Since Dad just finished all the repairs on his new home after buying it one year ago, we’d use the Souplantation catering party to host the housewarming party!! =)
My Husband who is 78 years young, Father of 3, grandfather of 6, great grandfather of 6 with twins on the way, meets with some of His elementary school classmates several times a year at the Sweet Tomatoes on I10 just west of loop 610 in Houston for a late lunch and much remembering of good times. It would be wonderful if he could host this group with this prize. They would all be very thankful.
My Dad has lived his whole life in Nebraska and had never been to a Souplantation before. The first time my sister and I took him, he had come out to California to visit and we told him about this great buffet place he was going to love. He definitely loved it. He was so impressed by the choices of soup that he had a bowl of each. It was quite something to see six different bowls spread out in front of him at once. He ate the entire bowl of every single one. 🙂
This will be my husband’s first Father’s Day. Our son was born a few months ago, and Sweet Tomatoes was the first sit-down restaurant we ever took him to. We were both on family leave from work, nervous to be out in public with a baby who could potentially cry at any moment, but desperate for our Sweet Tomatoes fix! Our little guy napped the entire time, and we enjoyed taking turns watching him sleep while the other went to get more food. It was a very special experience.
We would celebrate with a pool party in our back yard with our family and friends, and my husband wouldn’t have to worry about manning the grill for once!
My favorite memory of my father was when he introduced my children, (his grandchildren) to Souplantatiion.
The children had so much fun that for years now, that’s where the want to go when they visit grandpa. I am positive that I will introduce my grandchildren to Souplantation because as fussy as children are when it comes to eating, there is always something there for them to feast on and, ice cream machine, watch out.
Our Home Fellowship group is planning a pool party soon…can’t imagine a better way to add to the fun than having it catered by Souplantation. YUMMY!
I only wish that my dad was still with us! He was a sweet, kind, loving father that we all loved dearly. …. he added warmth and laughter to family gatherings and enjoyed the grandkids. If I were to win the contest…. I would have the catering done at my home. It would be nice to get friends and family together to enjoy some really terrific food and to recall fond memories and make some new ones at the same time. My husband and I try to go often and really love it. Thanks for having such a great selection of food at your Sweet Tomatoes locations!
My family loves to go to Sweet Tomatoes together! It is one of the few places my Dad likes to go with us. We would love to win the catering to have a family dinner in the back yard:)
Our Dad is the Glue that keeps the bond of our family strong. God, Family, and Home are most important to our Dad. Sharing a meal together with Family is Dad’s favorite activity. We would celebrate where me and my sisters grew up. It’s a place where even though we are now all adults and have long moved out and started our own families, it is the place where each of us sisters and our husbands and children call Home.
Souplantation is my all time favorite. We live in San Diego 1800 miles away from my dad. When he visits, it is NEVER without multiple trips to Souplantation. The fresh veggies, fantastic baked treats, and amazing soups are unmatched anywhere, but especially in the midwest. I wish I could celebrate Fathers Day with my dad, but in his absence, if I won, I would celebrate either at home or in Coronado with my beautiful wife and the 4 best kids a dad could have.
I’d love to have my family over to my place to celebrate dad and have the cooking taken care of by Sweet Tomatoes! Since my dad is in the middle of 24/7 chemo treatment for his advanced esophageal cancer and his immune system is very weak and suppressed, he isn’t supposed to be in public much, plus he lacks the energy to go out to dinner. He needs to be home, or at the home of a loved one so he can go lay down for a nap as needed. I’d set up the table in the middle of my living room, my brothers, my parents, my niece, my nephews and I would have a big family dinner celebrating our beloved dad. If he got tired, he could lay down. If not, we would watch a family movie and play board games after. Its simple. Family, food, and love makes great memories!
My dad is the BOSS when it comes to Sweet Tomatoes. We roll up, grab our salads, and have some seriously awesome chow down time. My favorite is always when you guys have the albondigas soup because it’s fun to say and dad goes nuts over it.
If I won this for him, he’d be pretty ecstatic. We’re fortunate enough to have some great parks near us, so going to one of those for a picnic would make a wonderful father’s day.
If I win I would like to have delivered at my home to celebrate father’s day as a family, however, it is not a locetion near us the closest is two and half hours away from me and 1 hour from my family but, we can travel there for an great dinner. when ever nmy husband and I travel we always eat here I always tell my family about Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes but, they have never had the opportunity to dine at one. I tell them they are missing a great opportunity to taste great food!!!!!
When I win I would celebrate at my parents house in their back yard. My dad is 78 years old and he prides himself on keeping his back yard looking nice like a little park. We have spent many many nights just enjoying eachother in the yard having parties. We are a family of 10 there are 8 adult children so even a little get together turns into a party, with all his kids. grand & great grandkids. He loves having all his family together.
My husband loved one of the chicken soups that was a special (not the big chicken soup) and ate 7 bowls. We couldn’t get him to leave and it got to be embarrassing, yet funny. This is one of our favorite places and we’re so glad there’s one close now.
Our location is Kissimmee, FL
My absolute favorite time with my dad and family was when Dad was getting icecream and the machine went too fast and he tried to catch it with his hands. Well it went everywhere he felt bad but it was still funny and I will remember that moment forever and cherish it. My dad is absolutely the most awesome man on earth. Thank you
My daughters simply Love Souplantation & Sweet Tomatoes specially when my husband gets to come and have lunch there with us. He works 12 hour shifts and commutes for about 45 min to an hour. Any day or moment my daughters and I spend there with him are special and priceless. We love the food, the environment and the memories we’ve made with our family!!
My dad teaching me to cut my food, it’s on video and sooo funny
We would celebrate in Orlando when we go on our FIRST Disney trip with my husband’s family whom we haven’t seen in over 7 years!!! My husband’s two daughters will be here ON Father’s Day for the summer! We haven’t seen them in almost 10 months! It would just be a great overall surprise! We would set up all the yummy food for a pool party @ our condo. What a better surprise than great…wait…scratch that….AMAZING food & family plus some good ole’ Florida Sunshine!!! 🙂
My favorite memory from Sweet Tomatoes is of my 2-year old daughter and husband. We had just eaten breakfast there and I wanted a picture of them. After taking the picture, I noticed on the wall behind them it said “lots to feel good about.” It is one of my favorite pics!
I would have loved for my dad to be able to enjoy souplantation with his kids and grandkids. The casual atmosphere is great for all ages.
If we win we would be celebrating at our house with our family. There will be 3 dads from the same family there. They each deserve to win in their own special way
I love love love my coworkers! 🙂 I would definitely love to surprise them with a free catered lunch right here in our conference room at work! Fun! Hope we win!
Making an original gourmet creation using the ingredients at Souplantation is something my dad really enjoys! For example, he likes to take the chili and add shredded cheese, bacon bits, sour cream, raw onions, green onions and add it to his macaroni and cheese and then he likes to tell us how great it is and that we should all try it too! If he likes the evening dessert special, he includes one with his meal tray so he can cool it down, so it is ready for his ice cream and toppings at the end of his meal (and he likes to remind us that this is the right way to do it!) My dad is always happy after eating his many prepared salad choices and especially is happy when the 3 bean salad is offered. And when dad is comfortably full after enjoying his AYCE meal, dad is happy! Souplantation is a family favorite, so many happy memories have been made here! I like Souplantation!
My dad was a chef for many years and so are my brothers. They can get very picky, and often comments on food when ever we dined out. Most comments are not the best. So, the first time I took my dad to Sweet Tomatoes, I was ready for him to make negative comments about it. He chew, ate, went up for more salad, chew, ate…nothing from him. When he was done, he leaned back and said, “I never thought eating healthy would be so good.” Wow! I can’t believe it! Ever since then, we would dine at Sweet Tomotoes once/week or every other week. He still enjoys cooking at home, but if we dine out…I know just the place to choose!
My father-in-law was deaf and had significant health problems. He was an excellent lipreader. He LOVED Souplantation very much. The word “Souplantation” was easy for him to read. (Laughing.) Whenever we decided to go eat there, all we had to do was to say the Magic Word, and he would get all excited, and get dressed in a hurry to go eat. We also felt good going there, because I knew the food was good for his health.
To this day, when I hear or see the word “Souplantation”, I think fondly of my dad-in-law.
Happy Father’s Day to all those qualified!
My favorite memory of my father was that he always took us to the seaside in Hualien Taiwan (or when in America, the Lake Michigan lakeside). We would than have a buffet afterwards for dinner.
My new memory of fathers day is when my daughter was just born recently and last year since I was still tired they went out in thr morning and got me Mcd’s! The simples things are the best!!
My Mom and Dad have been going to Sweet Tomatoes as long as I can remember. Two years ago my Dad was diagnosed with Cancer and he has had numerous surgeries. Each of us cherish each day that he is still with us.
If I won, I would gather friends and family together to celebrate Dad with fellowship and great food from Sweet T’s as I nicknamed the restuarant
My favorite memory of my dad at Souplantation would probably be the first time we tried it. The look of absolute excitement on his face when he realized the food was as delicious as it was is something I’ll never forget and jokingly remind him of each time we go back. We must have gone back at least 3 times after that within the same month. If I won, I would celebrate with my family at home. As my sisters and I have grown older and become occupied with college, we have had less time available to sit at home and share a meal as an entire family. Though going out to celebrate Father’s Day is still a suitable option, nothing beats the intimate setting of being around the table where your first meals as a family began.
If I won I would have the catering sent to my sister’s house. She and her husband have six tiny children that can eat the amount catered for 10. 🙂 They love Souplantation!
My favorite memory with my father is when he drove with me back to college for the first time, to wake up to me doing 90 mph on the highway (it was the first time I was driving it myself). Why did he wake up… because i saw a dead deer on the side of the road and screamed! My father passed away almost 3 years ago, but this is a memory I will never EVER forget. It always makes me smile
I would celebrate in his honor at the Boynton Beach or Palm Beach Gardens location in FL if chosen
I could only wish my Dad was still alive to be able to celebrate this special day, it’s been 3 years since he passed and we miss him dearly, if we won this special meal, we would make it a picnic day at the Old Mission San Luis Rey cementary where he rest eternally, it’s a beautiful place that we visit often to just relax in it’s serene surroundings. Thank you to Souplantation for the wonderful and atmosphere they have.
My father was a preacher and I recall how he would give us kids the old ‘eagle-eye stare’
if we were misbehaving in the pew. We would always expect a punishment when we got home but he never said another word to us about it. He was a sweetie and such a gentle dad. If he would have lived, today would have been his 74th wedding anniversary (Flag Day) June 14.
My Father would take us to the beach for a one week vacation every summer and we would all be together as a family and do lots of fun things like eat out, swim, clamming, fishing, partying, BBQ, exploring, whatever we could find to do.
father’s day is one of my favorite days of the year because i love my dad with all my heart! i think if we won the catered food from sweet tomatoes, well we’d go to the beach. living in tampa makes it a great way to spend your father’s day. picnic island isn’t too far from our home and maybe we’ll take our family of six and a few friends over to picnic island for a good fun beachy time. what other way would one want to spend their father’s day?
My husband and I would treat 8 seniors from our 55+ community. We all love Sweet Tomatoes and go there often, ten of us all together. We go to the one in Tampa Fl on Dale Mabry.
My father still enjoys a great meal, but from a wheelchair, after having had several strokes that have affected his ability to use his right arm and leg. However, he is most pleased when he sees the family gathered, including his grandchildren. My husband enjoys Souplantation, and loves tomatoes and the great offerings for salads! The ice cream machine is always a favorite of the kids, and everyone can’t seem to wait for that dessert. My fav is the chocolate chip cookies, hands down. When we were there with friends and families, the kids ran around outside by the steps, and were so excited to have been told it was time to go in. Having seconds is not a problem, and the kids, and Dads all feel so comfortable getting up to find a new tasty dish!
Oooh, this party would be so perfect for the Dad in my life, who adores fabulous food and also tries hard to make healthy choices at meal time. We would celebrate at Dad’s house so he wouldn’t have to drive anywhere and could just relax. Special and delicious food would show him how special he is to us.
My favorite memory of my dad at Souplantation is the day I introduced him to it. I enjoy the meals I share with my parents, introducing them to a variety of places to eat — places I particularly enjoy myself! This day I chose to take them to Souplantation. Something different. Something healthy. Both my parents enjoyed the food and ambiance. They ate till they couldn’t take another bite. As we left the restaurant, my father stopped abruptly and turned to me and said, “They didn’t have any meat dishes?!” My dad is an avid meat-eater, but laughed at the idea of his enjoyment with all the healthy choices. We’ve enjoyed Souplantation ever since.
For Fathers Day, we have a family celebration/gathering. We play games and have delicious food. It would be great to have Souplantation at our gathering.
My dad and I were very close. I lost my dad last year to Mesothelomia and my mom to brain tumors. After my moms passing, dad loved to to go Sweet Tomatoes. He just loved the Chicken Noodle soup and the ice cream. My dad had a love for landscaping and would sit in his wheelchair in our backyard and point where all the plants needed to be planted. He was a big part in creating our outside kitchen and park like yard.
We would celebrate this special occasion in the backyard where I have his footprint in the cement for me and my family to remember and cherish all the days of our lives.
My favorite memory of Lucien is the day he took a big breath and agreed to have 3 (at the same time) foster children come to home with us. He mentally counted the cost and was willing to do the hard and rewarding work. He was patient, Kind, met his end and went further than he thought he could go. He loved those kids like his own daughter, and helped her love them too, while making sure she sill knew how much she is loved.
Although I only had the privilege of having my special dad for 12 years, he put his values and ideals into me (he passed away from kidney complications, the most dark day of my life but also the the most hopeful day of my life because in his last moments he told us what heaven looks like). I have never seen a dad love his children more than our dad. He spent time with us, took us fishing and camping, was so patient with us 3 kids. The most patient thing he did for my sister and me was to let us take our pet chickens from California to Ohio when we moved. Those banty chickens rode with the family, in the back seat of the car, housed in a bird cage!
I think the most fun thing to do is have a porch dinner for 10 and our guests (who live in the same retirement complex as we) could enjoy a wonderful Soup Plantation feast with my husband and me – celebrating our husbands who are good fathers and the memories of our wonderful fathers. All our friends, and we, are regular customers of your La Quinta California restaurant. Thank you
My Father visits us in Santa Clara, CA every few months and my children (his Grandchildren) are delighted and jump up and down as he always says “Does anyone want to go to Sweet Tomatoes?” It is a nice experience for everyone as he has just gotten off the road and we can all visit with him in place of cooking and cleaning. I, as a mother, feel good because Sweet Tomatoes always has healthy and fresh options and I know that my children will eat well. We would happily celebrate at the Coleman Ave. Sweet Tomatoes in San Jose!!!
My favorite memory of my father is that for many mistakes I’ve done he’s always there for me I wasn’t a good daughter know I’m changing and I thank the lord for had sent me a father like mr.Joe I love my dad so much ..also I would love to spend fathers day at any suplantantation locations to celebrate with them the blessings and gift give away for a father. Thank u
Have you ever seen how much 12 year old boys eat? Now try a Boy Scout Troop of 12 year olds. This would be perfect! We love the Crestwood, Mo location – and they love our scouts!
My favorite memory at Souplantation was when we celebrated my husband’s birthday. Our daughter was just born the previous month, so we took the whole family out to Souplantation for a low-key celebration. She was passed around to all her grandparents and uncles; it was so sweet. Love the pics I have from that day.
My favorite memory of my Dad was when he shared some ice cream and cookies from the sundae bar with his grandaughter for the first time. The smiles on their faces was priceless.
IF we won I would invite the family over for a backyard shindig to celebrate .
My favorite memory was from my dad’s recent birthday. My siblings and I offered to take Dad to any restaurant to celebrate and he picked Souplantation because he loves the salads and muffins there.
Since my dad passed away last year I have come to appreciate all the time that I was able to spend with him but especially the trip we made from California to Texas to see the Dallas Cowboys stadium. He was a huge fan. If we won this, we would use it to remember him and honor my husband, the father of my beautiful daughters.
My husband and I went on our first date to Sweet Tomatoes. It was the perfect place to be able to talk and be together. When we found out we were going to have a baby, we brought my parents to Sweet Tomatoes to tell them and to celebrate. Now we bring our daughter there and she loves it, too!
I would celebrate at home with my family and friends.
I blessed all the food, yo!
When I was about 8 months pregnant, our family went to Sweet Tomatoes with my parents. We enjoyed being able to have a leisurely meal with plenty of time to visit. At one point, having been there a long time, my dad pointed at me and my huge belly and commented to the young man cleaning off our table, “You all really should cut her off. She looks like she’s had enough!” I think the poor guy was more embarrassed than any of us.
Our entire family – 4 generations of us – enjoy Sweet Tomato about once a month here in Las Vegas. There is always something for everybody and we range in age from 4 – 75. If we are honored by this generous caterig event, we will convene at my parents house (the great-grandparents), so that they could serve a beautiful and delicious feast to the family, without dear old mom having to do so much work. Dad is still great on the grill but it is Mom who does everything else. Now my mouth watering with anticipation for your fabulous Spinach Salad and variety of supreme soups. Thank you
My favorite ‘father-figure’ memory at Souplantation is not of my father, but my husband- my children’s father. My husband grew up in fast-food home without vegetables and fruit on the table, so I was taking a risk bringing him to Souplantation, but he put on a brave face and went. He set a good example to his children to change his eating habits. Now he, as well as the children, consider Souplantation to be one of their favorites places to dine. Happy healthy eating!
We are a stepfamily of eight people, and our kids range from 8-19. We also host all of the kids’ friends, most often the kids whose parents are single (we’ve been there ourselves) or too busy to be around much. So we are always feeding someone on my husband’s income, since I am a SAHM. We would love to be able to treat Pops/Dad to Sweet Tomatoes and give my husband a much-needed break. I am grateful to him for loving my children the same way he does his own; with kindness, patience, and generosity. I want to show him how much he means to all of us! We would go to the Sweet Tomatoes in Henderson, NV.
I would celebrate Fathers Day and use the catering at home, because every special occasion it is a tradition to be at my house with my family, and that’s where we will be for Fathers Day. Although my own Father hasn’t been in my life for a long time, my Grandfather and Step Dad mean so much to me and I always try to make them feel as special as they are to me. 🙂
If I had the awesome chance to win this for my dad, I’d invite my aunts and uncles over and we’d enjoy the meal together just like when we were growing up. We got together every weekend for a meal! We all love Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes and how cool would it be to enjoy it in our home! 🙂
I’d celebrate at home with family, friends, & Souplantation. The chicken wonton happiness is one of my favorites.
When family visits us here in Largo FL from as far away as Seoul Korea and Maine, we always take them to Sweet Tomatoes. As my husband is a diabetic, he has a wide variety of items he can select from and still maintain his sugars to stay in good health. Great food selections!!!!!! AND, being seniors, they are always offering special savings for us; such as eat between 2-5 and get your drinks free!! What more could you ask for:) Always recommending to folks to try out Sweet Tomates….can’t go wrong.
My Favorite Memory is when my Dad and I Decided We Wanted a Healthy Salad and Maybe a Little Something For That Sweet Tooth To. It was a Special Treat GettingTo Spend The Day With Dad and Going to The Souplantation. THE FOOD WAS FRESH THE PEOPLE WERE DELIGHTFUL AND BEST OF ALL I GOT TO SPEND THE DAY WITH MY DAD!!!!!!
Would love to celebrate with a great meal from Souplantation here in Houston Texas!
SUPLANTATION IS A FAVOR FOOD OF OUR 3 GENERATIONS IN VALENCIA, CALIFORNIA.
EVERY ONE IS REALLY LIKE EVERY KIND OF FOOD. SPECIAL IS ICE CREAM. OUR FAMILY HAVE 13 MEMBERS TOGETHER JUST LIKE A BASKETBALL TEAM WIN THE CHAMPION TO CELEBRATE HERE. i AM A GRANDFATHER LEADING THIS CHAMPION TEAM TO ENJOY IN A BIG TABLE.
My Dad is no longer with us and I miss the times with him. We have 4 children, 2 that we live near here in the Tucson, AZ area. My husband is a great dad. He has many health problems and is on disability, but loves spending time with our kids and their kids. We have 10 grandchildren with another coming in Aug. My Dad enjoyed 9 of our grandchildren when he passed. We love spending time with our family. We are living in a 91 RV, traveling and sharing God’s love, and family and friends. Our daughter in law serves in the Army and our son takes care of their 2 children. We don’t get to spend much time with our children together, so anytime we are near we go out and celebrate being together. Our children here in the Tucson area live on opposite ends of the Tucson area. My Dad loved our big family and the kids miss him, so when we are together, we share our favorite stories about Dad. The kids love their Dad and enjoy getting together with him and the grandkids love their Poppa!
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I would celebrate at my home in Rancho Cucamonga Ca. I would love to be able to throw my dad a get together for his upcoming wedding. We love Soup Plantation so this would be perfect to make my dads festivities even more memorable.
We would get the family together at my parents’ house, and enjoy this good food in the backyard during a nice summer evening!
My favorite memory is when my husband and our kids and grandkids go he always tries all the soups. Then hes like a soup taster, he makes a whole presentation to the kids and thats their high light of our visit. Its sorta like our ritual, he helps the grandkids with their salad, exposing them to try all the veggies in a fun and entertaining way, I’ve never seen salad making more entertaining and fun. Then when their done with veggies its desert time or sometimes more veggies are requested by the kids. It always makes us smile how Papa is so good with those grandbabies getting them to eat their veggies.
We would like if we win the Souplantation in Lakewood, California
My name is Lucinda Guerrero – Nana
When we’d go visit my dad we loved going to Souplantation (and still do!). We could always get a table big enough for the grandparents, kids and grandkids, and everyone could always find something they’d eat (quite a feat what with picky little ones and dietary restrictions for some of us). We’re having our next family reunion dinner there!
My husband is on a strict gluten free, dairy free diet. Since starting the diet his health has improved dramatically. Sweet Tomatoes is one of the few places he can eat so imagine his delight when we went with our two young children the first time and he was able to have a healthy hearty salad, soup and fruit meal. Finding a place to eat is so challenging and finding this gem was a great memory. We would have the catered dinner at out house in St Louis Month for my husband and his 4 kids – 2 adult and 2 young kids along with his 4 grandkids. It would be an awesome Father’s Day surprise!
If I win, I will celebrate at our home with my husband and my oldest son, this is his second year being a father, my husband and I love to eat at Souplantation!!!!
Our family would congregate at the Sweet Tomatoes in Houston (Katy Freeway- Hedwig Village location)
If I win I would enjoy Sweet Tomatoes with my husband, 4 daughters and their friends on a Sunday after church. Can’t think of anything better than a Sunday with the family.
My dad loves Sweet Tomatoes in Cary, NC. We often go there when ever we want to eat warm muffins and great salad…and also soup, pasta, ice cream (with deliciouos toppings)……the list never ends…
The best place to celebrate Father’s Day with my friends – the one and only – that is Sweet Tomatoes…
Favorite memory of a father figure: When I graduated in college as a cum laude, my dad went up the stage with me and lovingly whispered ” You are my trophy”. I’m proud to say I’m a daddy’s girl. He’s the wind beneath my wings.
If I win, I would like to celebrate it in Souplantation in Torrance.
Happy Father’s Day!
Whenever we think of healthy food…it has to be Souplantation for sure..! and this was introduced by father of our family/my child’s father/my husband. 🙂 We often visit Souplantation after having weeks of unhealthy food… this conquers the guilt. My child too loves it esply the veg soups on the menu. I can never think of our visit to Souplantation been boring or without surprises. Wish to celebrate this ‘Father’s day’ with our small family with Sunday brunch at Souplantation.
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My favorite memory with my dad at Souplantation was when he would randomly meet friends from work, from childhood, and from his tennis group while eating. The best moment was when we met up with my aunt (my dad’s sister) and her family by coincidence! It was one of the few unplanned family gatherings, and they always seem to take place at Souplantation (or where I come from, Sweet Tomatoes). 🙂
If I am selected, I will definitely have it at my house. It will be the perfect meal for a family gathering…but this time at home (and planned).
If I win I would have a party for my husband and 9 other men who do great things for kids who don’t have fathers in their lives. My husband and friends are always there to help a child without a dad or father figure in their life. It may be just a simple toy on Christmas, a card for a birthday, a trip to the zoo or park. Sometimes its the little things that you do for a child that counts and they go all out for these kids. I love Sweet Tomatoes and I know they would enjoy the time to mix and mingle with some very good food.
I would celebrate in my home and invite several young men who have been “sons”. My wife and I do not have children, but through our church we mentor some young men and women. Currently, I have three young men, ranging from 24-33, single-in a relationship-married, and through the process of mentoring, I am like a type of “father” to them and they have honored me that way. It would be a treat to have them, my wife, and their girlfriends, wives and/or children join us for this special meal. One young man and I spent many “dinners” at Sweet Tomatoes, talking and walking through some of the difficulties in his life. He is now married with a 9-month old son and living in Gibraltar. We keep in touch by email and Skype.
I would take my pops, brother and husband to sweet tomatoes in Tucson near wetmore. My dad loves the fresh salads and soups. Love all of it!
My favorite memory was one of the first times I went to soupplantaition. We were on a father daughter date. Lunch and a movie. We were laughing and and really enjoying ourselves. I remember my dad saying how impressed he was with the food. He said it was so fresh and clean. My father passed about a month later. Everytime I go to soupplantaition I think of the wonderful times we had. If I do win I would like to have the party at the soupplantaition in Costa Mesa, Ca.
If I win, we would have a party for Dad at our new home we just moved in. That will be the best treat for Dad!
I love Souplantation.I go there once a week. I would love to get the catering for the first time. I will spending with my family. We are going to celebrate in catalina island.
My Dad always loves the all-you-can-eat types of places, and especially those where the food is top-notch like Souplantation. I used to live in Sunnyvale, where there was a Sweet Tomatoes within a mile of my house, and was so disappointed when I moved to Temecula and there was no Sweet Tomatoes. Then I learned that Souplantation was the same thing, and we found one that we could go to when we visited San Diego, and that was good. But then they built a Souplantation right here in Temecula, less than a mile away! Life is good!
Last year on my birthday I wanted to have a Souplantation feast with my husband and children…we were expecting a baby at the time and all I was craving was a blueberry muffin and chicken wonton happiness salad….we were set to go after fetal monitoring except the dr decided that the baby would have to be delivered that day…I cried like a baby it was mothers day weekend and my birthday and all I wanted to do was celebrate with my family…the baby was born 6 weeks early the next day….my husband slept in the nicu with the baby…when I woke up on mothers day morning I was able to see the baby for the first time…when they wheeled me back to the room my husband had gone to souplantation and bought all of my favorites the nurse gave him real plates and silverware and little plastic champagne glasses…he and our two bigger kids hugged me and wished me a happy mothers day….my husband is a great father he knows how much our family loves souplantation so if it means putting in an extra shift at work so we can eat there he does it. We plan to take him to souplantation for fathers day sinced last year the baby was in the hospital…
I would have to say that each and every time we go to Soupie (yes that is what our family calls it), my husband always seems to snatch something from the kids trays, and convinces them that they either ate it already, or make them think that they really hadn’t grabbed that specific item. It’s hilarious, because then the kids start blaming each other, or even me! But never accuse him. We always have a blast, and are probably the loudest table every with all the laughter that comes out of our mouths!
My favorite memory of my dad was him teaching me and my sister how to fish when I was only 5 years old.
He would take us in the front yard and teach us to cast, over and over and over I might add.
He was so patient with us.
He taught us how to tie a hook on the line, how to bait the hook and everything we would need to know to go fishing.
He also taught us the love of nature. Because of that, I love everything from the mountains to the sea.
Best dad ever!
My family loves soup plantation! We celebrate all our special occassions there. My favorite memory with my father at soup plantation was when we were there celebrating his birthday. My dad is a pretty reserved fellow. So, we wanted to sing him happy birthday and he is sooo shy, he didnt want the entire restaurant staring at him. So we all whipered the happy birthday song to him. He had the cheesiest smile and was blushing. It wss the cutest thing ever. Got to love him! He was a single father who raised my brother and i. He is my hero! We plan to celebrate fathers day at soup plantation! So if we won, we would want to have our catering at.soup plantation. Its our favorite spot!
When I was a little girl, maybe 4 years old? We lived in a small town in New Hampshire, this was the early 70’s. My dad agreed to be a coach for the local little league, even though his only child was years away from being old enough to play. One thing my dad was insistent about was that girls be allowed to play. In the early 70’s this was a completely radical idea. He was given a lot of push back from all the other coaches, but the town counsel agreed that girls should be allowed to play. The drama/debate had played out in the town newspaper and they actually had a lot of girls sign up with the league. When the teams were assigned, each team in the league had one girl. Except my dads team. He had 6 girls and 5 boys on his team. They had fun that season but didn’t make it very far. Next year, similar team assignment. But the next year. My dad’s team won the championship.
My father figure asked us to join him for Sunday dinner after church at Sweet Tomatoes in JAX. We had such as sweet time of fellowship we have made it a weekly affair … inviting old friends and new visitors alike to join in the fun. Our expanded family has made it a ‘special’ place for those occasions when we’re looking for fun and frugal…with three healthy boys 17, 22 and 27 we do this as often as we can!
The favorite memory of my father is when he walked me down the isle to get married. He had never really teared-up in front of me before like that day when he let his daughter go. I will always remember.
One of my favorite memories with my dad was when my winter guard team was at World Championships in Dayton, Ohio this past April. Unfortunately, our team did not make finals, but we decided to have fun the next day by having all of the team members and parent volunteers go bowling! Our band director got a phone call from someone at the Championship headquarters and he told everyone on our team to quickly go back onto the bus. My dad asked me what was going on and I said, “I have no clue!” We were all confused. After we all filed back into the bus, our band director grabbed the microphone and announced that we were heading back to the Championship Arena because I was the winner of the 2012 Winter Guard International Scholarship! Instantly, my dad burst into tears. He was so proud of me! I started to cry too at the sight of my dad. It was a special memory when my dad got to watch me receive my scholarship award. He always supports me in all of extra curricular activities and academics. Whenever I have a competition or performance, his smiling face is always in the crowd, cheering me and my team on. I leave for college this year, and it would be very nice to give my dad a special dinner to thank him for all of his love and support!
My fondest Father’s Day memory is when my mom woke us up and surprised us that my dad was home from Vietnam in June of 1968. If was the month of my birthday and my dad took us out late (a big deal) to get ice cream cones at Dairy Queen.
One of our children’s favorite things is making a dessert from the softserve at Sweet Tomatoes.
We introduced my parents to Sweet Tomatoes when they came to visit us and their grandchildren when we lived in the bay area of California. We now live in the Chicago Northwest Suburbs and were very happy when the opened a Sweet Tomatoe in Schaumburg by Woodfield Mall.
When I was three years old, my dad would be getting ready for work and I would keep him company while my little brother and my mom slept.
We would celebrate with a pool party at our house with our entire family – parents, siblings, nieces, nephews, cousins – everyone. Sweet Tomatoes food would make it much easier and more delicious!
My Dad’s comment upon his first visit to Souplantation for lunch: “If I sit here until dinner, it counts as one meal.”
My two little ones want to celebrate their lovely Daddy’s Day at Arlington’s Sweet Tomatos. They say the foods over there are so healthy and delicious. They also want me to keep this a secret to daddy. I DEFINITELY will DO.
I would celebrate with a FREE Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party for 10 by inviting my family to our home to celebrate not only Father’s Day, but also my husband’s 63rd birthday!
If we win the catered dinner for dad. We’ll eat in our home. My husband, my dad, my father in law will all love having a family meal together, where they celebrate what a treasure it is being a dad. Topped off by yummy food from Soup Plantation it will be a Father’s Day celebration to remember.
Last year on my birthday I wanted to have a Souplantation feast with my husband and children…we were expecting a baby at the time and all I was craving was a blueberry muffin and chicken wonton happiness salad….we were set to go after fetal monitoring except the dr decided that the baby would have to be delivered that day…I cried like a baby it was mothers day weekend and my birthday and all I wanted to do was celebrate with my family…the baby was born 6 weeks early the next day….my husband slept in the nicu with the baby…when I woke up on mothers day morning I was able to see the baby for the first time…when they wheeled me back to the room my husband had gone to souplantation and bought all of my favorites the nurse gave him real plates and silverware and little plastic champagne glasses…he and our two bigger kids hugged me and wished me a happy mothers day….my husband is a great father he knows how much our family loves souplantation so if it means putting in an extra shift at work so we can eat there he does it. We plan to take him to souplantation for fathers day since last year the baby was in the hospital…we want him to enjoy his special day at his favorite place!
We would have a gathering at Shelter Island on the bay to celebrate
Our family always go the the Souplantation here in Brea, CA. If I win, I will share them with my family at my grandpa’s house – 4 generations!
My favorite memory at Souplantation with my dad would be when I had a terrible day and called him to tell him about it. He told me to meet up with him for lunch and we went to Souplantation! Not only did the great food cheer me up, but spending time with my dad definitely turned my day around. I’ll always remember that day. THANKS DAD! THANKS SOUPLANTATION!
My dad and I discovered Souplantation on one of his visits to see me in San Diego, where I had moved from our home in NJ. We were awed by the yummy variety of veggies, soups and breads, so we ate at Souplantation at least once per day (and sometimes twice) for the rest of my dad’s visit. This became our ritual. Every time my dad came to visit me, we would head straight to Souplantation and sit there for hours, enjoying the food and each other’s company. My dad always talked about how much he wished there was a Souplantation or Sweet Tomatoes location near New Jersey. A few years later, I got married, had children and moved to Hawaii. There was a lot I missed about the mainland but nowhere as much as Souplantation. My dad began visiting me in Honolulu, and we reminisced about Souplantation every time we headed out to find somewhere to eat. We even talked about making a trip to SoCal just so we can eat at Souplantation. I can’t describe my happiness at moving back to San Diego a few months ago. My dad has already booked a visit.
One of my favorite memories with my dad was our hiking trip when I was about 12 or 13 years old. We went to the blue hole, it took 5hours to hike into the steep mountain woods to get to our camp spot, once we set up we stayed for a week and during that time we walked more to get to the blue hole which is a place that has a bunch of beautiful pools made from nature it starts off a mountain side and goes down to a big river, there was warm pools also and water snakes passing every so often it was so amazing how nature can look so beautiful from God! Me and my dad had an awesome time camping, hiking and having a new adventure! I love my dad so much and we love to eat at sweet tomatoes for a healthy meal;) we would love to share the delicious food that sweet tomatoes provides at my parents house;)!!!
My dad and I love Sweet Tomatoes. My favorite part is the salad bar (obviously) but he likes the delicious variety of soups, particularly Chicken Noodle. We are going tonight for my birthday AND on Sunday for Father’s Day :o)
If I won, I’d have a private party for my immediate family. We don’t hang out nearly as much as we should and this would be a great excuse!
I would celecrate with 10 family member at the Souplantation. The kids in the family really do love eating there. We could have a private party
My husband loves sweet tomato. we always go & have our Sunday lunches over there. the best food ever.
thank you for all your hard work.
I thinkif I were to celebrate, id celebrate at my aunts house because my place is kind of small. My relationship with my dad is not soo good but if I win, I think he’ll appreciate it alot. He loves food and soup plantation would be THE BEST, because its my favoeite place! Hopefully ill be able to win this for dad!
We would celebrate at Clackamas, Oregon!
My family & My husband love sweet tomato. we always go & have our Sunday lunches over there. the best food ever. The employees are very nice & helpful, too.
thank you for all your hard work.
I would love to celebrate in Aurora, Illinois
My favorite memory is the look on my father’s face when we stood at the top of the stairs looking out over everyone as we were about to walk down the aisle. He was so happy and proud, and I was so glad to be sharing that moment with him.
If we won catering we would celebrate at my parent’s home in Poway, CA, and have my whole family over, including my new neice Claire. My father loves being the patriach of our growing family!!
My family has been enjoying wonderful meals at the Tigard, OR Sweet Tomatoes. We look forward to continuing our tradition of dining at ST!
Ron Burian
I would celebrate at home with my family.
Well, we would celebrate wtih the meal for ten in our backyard. We’d set up the long tables and set out the summer plates and glasses. Get some nice white wines (cause red does not really go with salad) and have the family over for “linner”.
I go to Soup Plantation about 3/4 times a month. It has everything that I enjoy – soup, salad, muffins, desserts and drinks. Not to mention all the goodies that go on the soup and salad.
If I were to win, I would have it at my place. We are close to Soup Plantation and it would be
easy for you to deliver. My husband would love it b/c all the family would be together to celebrate his day. I look forward to surprising him with this blessing if I win.
My favorite memory of my dad was when he’d come home around midnight; after working 8 hours all day and going straight from work to night college, he would sit down and tutor me on my algebra. What a long day for him and what a dad!!
My favorite memory of eating at Sweet Tomatoes is when my dad and my grandpa went out to eat here at the Pleasant Hill location. I enjoyed being able to go with them, I usually only go with my husband so it was fun getting to hang out with them there and seeing all the foods and salads they made for themselves.
If I won a free catering party for 10, I would invite my family up near my house and go to Taylor Mountain for one of the best picnics in the world. Not only would we be eating healthy, fresh, delicious foood, we would also be outside in a beautiful area. I would make sure we stayed for the sunset.
All the men in my life love Souplantation: my husband, my dad, my father-in-law and my son. So picking just one favorite memory is hard…
…The day my husband first tried Joan’s Broccoli Madness and insisted on meeting “Joan” to thank her personally?
…The time my father-in-law and my dad competed to see who could perfectly swirl the biggest mound of soft-serve frozen yogurt into their bowl?
…Or maybe that proud parental moment when my son put salad and veggies on his plate because he wanted to, not because we told him to?
My body always feel “clean” after I have dined at “Sweet Tomatoes”. Good selections, and a very polite staff. my choice for at least once a week.
julie
Every Sunday for the last 25 years we have a family brunch at my home to celebrate our gift called “dad.” As time has gone by, friends now join us, and my dad really loves being the center of attention for one day each week. He loves his five grandkids, friends, and children surrounding him with love, food and conversation. It would be fantastic to have the addition of a Sweet Tomatoe Meal to be our centerpiece for a day!!!
If I won, this would be perfect for my husband (and father of my kids) to enjoy lunch with the guys right here at home and then watch the NBA Finals game without worrying about rushing home. When sports are on TV on Father’s Day, he is always torn between going out with the family or staying home to watch. If I won, he could do both!
We go to Souplantation all the time as a family. The kids love their mac n cheese and blueberry muffins. It’s so sweet that when it comes to dessert time, our two toddlers know that dad is going to be the one to take them. They go off with dad, tell him what flavors or toppings they want while I get to sit and enjoy the rest of my meal. The kids come back so happy that dad got them their treat of choice.
I love to go to Souplantation with my dad and my little brother. We go every week on Fridays after school. We have a great time together eating and talking. It’s our favorite place!
We would love to win this for our daddy!
Lola, 7 years old and Julian, 4 years old
If I win this catering deal, I will have a meal sharing at my house with another 9 dads that are in the Military, or dependent husbands of military stationed at the base next to our house. Specially focusing on the ones that have spouses deployed or single dads.
We already planned to celebrate Father’s Day with a lunch at Souplantation, but If I win I will celebrate it at my home. We are 8 in our family and it will be a great opportunity to invite our neighbors who are and old sweet couple.
If we win we would celebrate not only Father’s day but my brother-in-law’s birthday which happens to be on Father’s Day this year. My mother-in-law is also celebrating her 80th birthday. This would be a very special day for my husband and the rest of the family in Boca Raton, FL
If I won the contest, I would celebrate at my house, and invite my immediate family to join in on the celebration.
Hi, If I win the free cattering. I would enjoy it with my kids and wife and I will invite my next door neighbors since they are great. They love my kids and all the time care about us. Thanks Souplantation for promoting family values!
I have wonderful memories of Fathers Day at the beach with my Dad who isn’t with us anymore and I miss him. But for my husband and his father (who is under Hospice care) we would celebrate anywhere my father in law would like to be. The important part of Father’s Day is letting them know how much we appreciate them. My husband has been a fantastic Father. He and I love Sweet Tomates.
I would have the whole familey over. it would be a great time to have the whole familey over. we dont have them over enought with everyones busy life. and we could enjoy good food and laughs together.
We would celebrate at home. My husband and son are such a team! My husband has helped my son get into shape at the gym and then they enjoy their lunch at Sweet Tomatoes 3 times a week! What a way to bond and get in shape! Love the men in my life! Thanks Sweet Tomatoes.
I would celebrate at work. I work for a Weight Loss Clinic and I would love to share healthy food with my co-workers, and possibly invite some patients too!
If we should win I would event the elderly men that live alone from my church to celebrate Father’s Day at our home with my husband and kids.
We would celebrate a 55 1/2 Birthday and Father’s Day for my husband. His Birthday is too close to Christmas to get people together, so we could celebrate at our house to honor him as an incredible father, grandfather, husband and friend for his 55 1/2 Birthday!
Always fresh, clean and inviting to the eye. No one watches you or tells you when to stop. Big eaters really get a bargain. We small eaters get our choices and even over eat because if you don’t like what you got, you can replace it with something else — forever. Work staff very affible and here when you need them.
My fondest memories of my dad is when he used to wake my sister, Lisa and I up way before the sun rose to take us fishing. We would fish all morning long and, of course, we would get a dime for the first fish, the smallest fish, the most fish and the biggest fish. We always had a great time baiting the hook and just talking, joking and laughing while we sat on the shore of San Luis Reservoir. We would watch him clean the fish at the end of the morning and then, proudly take them back to my mother who cooked them for dinner.
My father is no longer with us, but my husband and son-in-law are GREAT fathers and we would celebrate lakeside!
If I won, I’d have a party with our friends and family–maybe at the beach or park.
We would celebrate at my father-in-law’s house. in his memory of passing last year. He loved to eat Souplantation & Sweet Tomatoes.
Sweet Tomatoes is my all time favorite place to eat on Sunday’s after church. My father passed away many years ago. My son-law is a great dad to my grandchildren, he deserves a great Father’s Day treat. I love to give him gifts on this great day!!!! Happy Father’s day to all fathers.
If I won we would celebrate in San Diego at our favorite Souplantation. We grew up going out to eat at Souplantation since I was born. I now live and work in Los Angeles while the rest of my family lives in San Diego. Which is about 2 .5 hours away. Sometimes longer if traffic is very heavy. I don’t get home very often and miss spending family time together at the Souplantation on Clairemont Mesa Blvd & I-805. My favorite memory of my Dad at Souplantation is when we were young he taught us how to make a cookie sandwich using frozen yogurt and chocolate chip cookies the staff gave us. I still look forward to this treat when we get together at Souplantation.
My favorite memory of my dad at Sweet Tomatoes is of him joking with me about my mom holding up the line at the salad bar entrance (her plate looked like a salad version of Mt. Everest!). If I won, I’d celebrate my catering party for 10 at my house with my family and friends, and we’d have a wonderful, funderful day. =D
We’d definately be celebrating at my daughter’s house. She has more room then I do, seems to be our go to place!
A confirmed non-vegetable eater, our Dad has warmed up to salad by trying little bits of things on his way to the soup station. We eat there twice a week now. He gets grumpy when we have to skip a night because he loves the variety and the frozen yoghurt!
If I were to win, I would celebrate at my house .
Unfortunately, I don’t have any memories of my father and I dining at Soup Plantation/Sweet Tomatoes because he passed away over a decade ago. But I have been to the restaurant with a very dear friend’s father, and enjoy the cozy atmosphere and great food.
If I won, I’d invite friends to celebrate at the local park with some food, great company, a few crazy dogs, and (hopefully) some sunshine.
To be able to celebrate at our church would bring excitement and blessings to each and every father in our congregation. Although our church is very small, the few fathers that attend the church will feel blessed along with the children of theirs. I feel that the church will appreciate the event a lot!
I think this would make a great family outting to Travel Town, the outdoor train museum in Griffith Park. A day of exploring the stationary train cars, riding the ones still travelling the tracks, and sharing family memories with the good, healthy food from Souplantation.
My Sweet Tomato memory is that whenever my dad comes to town for a visit, that is where we head for dinner. My dad lives far away and so it is pretty rare that I get to see him anymore. I don’t think there is a ST where he lives, so he enjoys going when he IS here. My kids love ST too! Everyone can choose just what THEY want, so everyone is happy. As for where we would eat our free meal………we would invite over a few good friends and eat a Father’s day feast, right here at home! Thanks for a chance to win.
Sweet Tomatoes party for 10? Say it aint so!! Sounds like it’s time for a pool party! That’s were our family and our SUPER dad’s would celebrate the big day and fantastic food! YUMMY! We love Sweet Tomatoes and visit all the time 🙂
If I won I would use it for a housewarming with all of the people who helped me move in to my new home <3
If I won, I would have our gathering at my Dad’s house. I would invite all my family. Yummy!
If we won a fabulous catering party for ten from Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes we would celebrate poolside on the green @ our Apt. complex. We have an extended family of male role models who never get to see each other often enough. In addition, our eldest son just got home from the military and has not had a chance to visit with all of our family members yet. What a wonderful way to help make our “get together” special.
My dad and I would have “father daughter days” where we would do a fun activity accompanied by a meal. Sweet Tomatoes was one of our favorite stops because of the friendly atmosphere and variety of great food!
getting together for anything is hard enough in this day and time.everyone is everywhere.the one time outside of christmas and mothers day is fathersday that we get together.the one place we go is soup plantation,we have vegans/vegetarians and carnivors.its the one place everyone can eat and not have to worry.the one thing my dad just can’t get enough of that we always talk about is his ability to mix it up.his favorite is what he calls chili/mac.thats the chili mixed with mac n cheese and the squa bread.he turns 80 this year and is looking foorward to the car show/souplantation. good memories and good food! life is good!
I had a great time last year on Father’s Day at Souplantation. My parents came out for their 1st visit to the West Coast last year and we were leaving on our 4 hour drive to Las Vegas from SoCal. My dad loves to eat salad and be healthy as much as possible. We visited the Souplantation in Brentwood and had a delightful lunch to prepare for our drive. He was surprised to see how fresh the ingredients were, and had his helping of cornbread too (my favorite) It was a pleasant time to sit outdoors, eat healthy and affordable, but also have a little room for dessert. If I won this free catered lunch I host it at my office in West LA to show everyone at work how delicious the food is, I am addicted to Souplantation. 🙂 Great job guys.
I will Thrill to win !!! we love Souplantation, what a better way to celebrate my husband who is a wonderful father; and of course my father, who is a such a great grandpa with my kids, and a father figure to my niece. I’m ready and my home is open to receive @souplantation!!!
I went to souplantation with my father and my family after I graduated from college. He is so proud of me and since he hasn’t been around for most of my life, he was able to get to know me and the person I have become over great salad and soup.
We would celebrate father’s day at my sisters house where she has a pool and plenty of room for 10.
I have a single parent that raised both my two sisters and I. It’s not an easy job being both parents, but my mom is the BEST DAD I can ever ask for. I think single moms don’t get enough credit for the double time they put in to make up for the absence of a father. My best souplantation memory with my mom/dad was when we decided as a family to become vegetarians. The first place that popped in our head was Souplantation so we wen’t there for dinner since it has a very vegertarian-freindly selection. It was a great way to start our new diet, and my family has been vegetarians for over 6 years! If i were to celebrate, I would like to celebrate at home. There is really nothing like spending time as a family in the house that my mom built for my sisters and I! And I know that my mom would appreciate this Father’s Day surprise so much. She would be proud to represent all the strong single parents that take on this huge responsibility for not just one day out of the year, but every single day.
Our family of 5 eat at Sweet Tomatoes as a treat. I love watching my children suggest things they have created to their dad. Such as a soup with a certain topping or the shredded zucchini added. Then they have huge smiles when their dad likes it too and tells them great idea. The face that Sweet Tomatoes allows us to have a healthy family style dinner is the best especially since we don’t get that very often around here.
If we won the catering we would probably have it at my mother-in-laws since she has yet to had Sweet Tomatoes and we enjoy having family dinners with her and our other extended family. We have told her she needs to come with us when we go but we haven’t been able to make it work with our schedules …it will happen sometime soon I hope!! Thanks for the healthy buffet of YUMMM! -Sarah Raleigh NC
My kids love taking their grandpa to Sweet Tomatoes. They like to help him build a giant sundae.
My dad always takes us to Souplantation and loves bringing their brocolli salad kits from Costco to pot lucks. We are a close family and I would love to bring the party to him if I won. That would be so awesome. Our Immediate family is exactly 11 people which would be just perfect since the catering is for 10 people, I’ll be the 11th person so that my family could enjoy it. I would love to win this for him.
Probably would be a conflict of interest, but if I won, I would like it catered at our local McDonald’s in Denver…this is my elderly parents’ favorite hangout. They go every morning around 8:30 and meet up with their friends for their favorite coffee. It would be so nice for them to enjoy their favorite chicken noodle soup as well!
My dad and I all love Souplantation.
Since my family lives in another state, I would celebrate the catering party (if I won) at one of the local Florida State Parks, outside enjoying the sunshine and frivolity with my closest friends who’ve become my family.
My favorite memory with my father was almost two years ago, which was the first time he had ever set foot in a Souplantation. My sisters and I invited dad to eat at Souplantation because we figured it would be a good way to deviate his taste pallet from what he was usually accustomed to eating; which was Mexican cuisine (which is how he was raised). My dad was very skeptical about going to Souplantation because he thought that soup was not a “complete” meal, little did he know that soup was the underlying foundation of the meal. Dad was mesmerized with the assorted salads, freshly baked breads, pastas and fresh fruit and desserts. Long story short, it has become one of his favorite restaurants and we try to go at least twice a month.
My dad was just diagnosed with diabetes and high cholesterol about a month ago that completely shocked and scared us like nothing else could. My dad, who I lovingly nickname POPS, has been my central figure throughout my life, and even more so now as an adult. My folks divorced when I was young and It was a messy divorce with both sides volatile and aggressive. However, thoughout the chaos of trying to raise 4 girls in 2 separate homes, my dad stuck around and was a daily figure in our lives. He is my heart and my soul and for him to be threatned with poor health was an arrow straight through my heart. I’ve always loved Soup Plantation but now, I made sure that instead of having a friend accompany me, I made sure my co-pilot was my dad. “Hungry daddy…wow, me too…let’s hit Soup Plantation…coupons!!!!”…and so we’ve been going faithfully for the past month savoring strawberry muffins with its sidekick of strawberry butter. Corn chowder was amazing along with the ambondiga soup! Just heaven and a better alternative to Fantastic Burgers:) My dad now craves the FRESHNESS of the salad bar and is always looking forward to seeing what types of soups are on display for the week. I hope we win but if we don’t, we need no excuse to get our Soup Plantation on!
I’d gather dad and his friends, head to the marina near his home, and enjoy a celebration of sailing and feasting with our Sweet Tomatoes banquet. Anchors away!
My fondest memory of Soup Plantation was when my children were 3 and 4 years old (they are now 17 & 18). My husband loved going to Soup Plantation (and still does) because he knew there was enough variety, at a reasonable price, to satisfy everyone’s tastebuds. Our son was a very picky eater and Soup Plantation was one of the few places we could dine at where he would actually eat. My husband loved that we were going to a restaurant that didn’t have just “nuggets & fries” – it had fresh, healthy, tasty choices for his tastebuds, that made his children happy too! If we are awarded the dinner for ten we would celebrate at the Soup Plantation located in the San Diego Community of Rancho Bernardo in California. 🙂
Souplantation is our guilt-less pleasure we enjoy every Friday for dinner after an afternoon at the YMCA working out and swimming. The entire family looks forward to Friday’s. Our favorite item on the menu is the Tuna Tarragon, oh and the Lentil & Chili Soup, oh and the Brocolli Salad, oh and the Mac N Cheese, oh and the Cheesy Bread, I can go on and on. There is nothing that we do not like or have not tried at least once and will sometimes go back for seconds. We are a Souplantation Family!!!
Since I’m a vegetarian, Sweet Tomatoes has been a great place for us.
In the past we’ve gone camping on Father’s Day but haven’t had the time.
Dad has been so busy with work & house projects it would be a nice treat to spend some quiet time with his family sharing a meal together.
My father has not been in my life, my uncle is the greatest man on earth for being my father figure. The greatest time I’ve shared with him is when he taught me to drive. He went so out of his way and was so patient and reassuring. Im so thankful to have him in my life.
One of the most memorable moments with my Grandpa and I is one time when I was 11 years old. I was really sick with the flu and had a project due the next day on the Planetary System. Since I was so sick I, I put a few pieces of Styrofoam together, wrote the name of the planets in crayon, and fell asleep. So when my grandpa came home from work he saw my project and noticed that I was asleep because I felt sick, so he stayed up all night fixing my project and adding so many details and texture. I ended up getting the best grade in the class and was entered into a science contest by my teacher because the project was so outstanding. Soup plantation is a place we go to weekly to capture special moments with each other and to enjoy delicious, healthy foods. So if I won the free Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party for 10, I would celebrate it in Redondo Beach because my grandpa loves the ocean.
If I won the catered party, I’d have it at the park near my in-law’s so that the kids could play and it would be close enough for the older folks to walk over or minimize their drive.
My husband is such a very nice man that even though the 2 important persons in his life does not acknowledge the important days in his life most of the time, he keeps the hurt in his heart. I would like to win this catering for him and to share the celebration with all the important people in his life and to have it at our house. Soup Plantation is one of his favorite places for dinner. We always enjoy our times there. It will be greatly appreciated.
My dad likes to go to Souplantation with us because my daughter loves Souplantation. His favorite item is “to spend time with his grandchildren.” But seriously, my dad likes the variety of vegetables he gets at Souplantation, because he is getting old (83) and eating right is so important these days. We will be going there this week to celebrate Father’s Day with him, thanks to the new Senior’s Special Discount.
My family lives souplantation!
We would celebrate at my Mom’s house. She is 96 and unable to get out. She and my Dad loved to come in and build-your-own salad! It would be a wonderful memory for the whole family.
My Dad and I both love going to Sweet Tomatoes. We love salads and find that it is the best way to each make our own unique salad for a great price–so many fresh toppings!
If we were to win this I would have it at my parents place. My parents are both having health issues. Hopefully my mother will be released from the hospital today. My dad has other health issues that prevents him ftom going out right now. So we could have our father’s day dinner in their home. With my husband and our 5 kids.
My dad and I love Sweet Tomatoes. My favorite part is the salad bar (obviously) but he likes the delicious variety of soups, particularly Chicken Noodle. We are going tonight for my birthday AND on Sunday for Father’s Day )
I remember my father-in-law last year interacting with my then 2 yr old daughter and just smiling as they talked about the food, the day and what she was doing in school. He adores her and it is an awesome sight for a dad to be a part of.
My favorite memory of my father is when he used to come along to my elementary school field trips as an extra chaperon. He would make sure that everyone knew I was his daughter, no matter how embarrassing it was. He used to sit next to me on the school bus and maneuver himself from row to row as the bus turned, squishing whichever kids were sitting in that seat. He used to take me to Soup Plantation afterwords and make me feel better by letting me think I could eat more mini ice cream cones than him. His idea was that if you can’t laugh at your self or your old man, then you shouldn’t be laughing at anyone else. No matter how embarrassed I was, it was always fun to have him with me. I’m proud to call him my father and I love him dearly.
If I won a catered party for 10, I would have it at my mother-in-laws house (provided she was ok with it) and then invites one of our family friends over. It’d make for a great afternoon!
We would love souplantation catering at our home! My dad is the biggest souplantation fan. Whenever we eat out, the first place he suggests is souplantation-regardless if we already had it yesterday! We love the fresh ingredients and the variety; month to month souplantation brings back our favorites all year round. Plus, salads are healthy and nutritious. Our best memory together growing up is always hiking up the local park; we would go on our mini adventures together and see what interesting people we would spot that day.
Growing up my family would always go to The Souplantation to celebrate birthdays or big achievements. One of my fondest memories was when my Dad picked me up from school one day and I told him I got a A on a math midterm. He was so proud and a a reward he treated me to The Souplantation. It was just he and I who went and it was so special to share a meal and talk with my Dad. Funny how the little things can have such a lasting impact on one.
If I were to win the Father’s Day contest I would have the meal catered to my community pool by the harbor. My parents would be there, along with my husband and our children. Multiple generations sharing a delicious meal!
When I started my new job I also started my new healthier lifestyle. One day I met my husband for lunch and shared with him that I was nervous because I hasn’t eaten out since changing my eating habits. He surprised me and took me to Sweet Tomatoes for the first time! The food was so fresh and I had multiple healthy choices. We had a great time together and it is our special lunch date spot. My husband is a great husband, friend, and father!!
I would celebrate at home with my family. It would be great to spend a nice quiet relaxing day with my parents and kids. Not to mention we love Souplantation. Ive been to just about every Souplantation and sweet tomatoes from San Jose to Orange County.
Most dads like to feast on big meaty meals; not my dad though. He loves veggies. In his eyes, souplantation is the epitome of a healthy dining out experience. Please come to our house! It would be a great experience and definitely memorable for our whole family!
I’ll never forget the first time I took my Father in Law to Sweet tomatoes. My family was there (my husband and our four kids). My father and mother in law were visiting, and we wanted to find a good healthy place to eat at. We suggested sweet tomatoes, as it’s the only place with healthy food that our kids actually like to eat. My sister in law was visiting with them. By the time we got through the line, I looked at my mother, father, and sister in laws plates. I didn’t know you could pile that much salad on a plate. The three of them looked at what they had created and just laughed. To my surprise, my Father in law ate every last bite.
Oh, and I forgot, I would have the meal at my house, with the father of my children, and my best friend’s family. My in-laws live in South Carolina, or we would eat with them.
We love Souplantation! We celebrate most of our birthdays and holidays there! We absolutely love the tasty variety! My most fond memory is celebrating Valentines Day there with my parents, my husband and myself!
If we won a catering party, we’d celebrate at our house. No matter where we go on vacation, my husband always says that in the end, home is his favorite place. The kids and I agree!
My dad loves going to Sweet Tomatoes at Largo Mall Seminole
My favorite memory of Souplantation is when my boys were very young, when we wanted to go out to dinner they would always want to go to “Souplantasia”. I don’t know why they changed the name, but it was cute. Now my husband, my boy’s stepfather, still calls it that when asking them if they want to go out for dinner. They always want to go there. He is a great dad to them.
I remember going to souplantation as a little kid with my dad and him handing me a cone of ice cream before I got any real food. my mom was upset but I loved it! Dessert before dinner!
My family has been through a really difficult and busy three months. Things have just started to sette down for us, so we would celebrate Father’s Day right in our home with family. Enjoying wonderful food from Sweet Tomatoes on Father’s Day with my wonderful husband and father of my children will be fabulous! Our closets Sweet Tomatoes is about 25 miles from us, and it’s always a special treat to go there.
My dad would hardly come to visit but when he did he would always take me and my sister out to eat. We loved the time we got to spend with him. One memorie in particular was the first time we told him about souplantation. We went and he loved it. Me and my sister to this day remember that night. it was so much fun! Now my daughter’s father takes them to souplantation to make their own memories. If I were to win I would love to have the catering done at my house. Its big enough for ten people.
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My dad has worked hard and struggled to raise a family of 8 over the past 30 years. We didn’t always have everything we wanted, but dad always mad sure we had everything we needed, including a hot meal every night where the family could come together and share their day with one another. Since our family is soo big now, we rarely are able to come together to celebrate the holidays. If we won a sweet tomatoes meal our family would make sure to celebrate our amazing father in the privacy of our home, sharing fond memories of our childhood and enjoying each others company. My dad isn’t a man who ever asks for anything, but I know a family meal together would really make this one of the most special fathers day for him. Having the opportunity to see all his children and grand children would melt his heart. Not to mention he loves sweet tomatoes and would really enjoy seeing his family eating a healthful meal around the kitchen table. Please help make this a special day for a man who truly deserves to be appreciated for all he’s done, not only for his family, but for soo Many others as well.
I would love to throw my husband a little surprse party at the park not only because he is a great father but also because he is deploying soon. I would love to get some family together to say goodbye for now. Also because when he returns we will have new orders and will probably be leaving Cali so it would be nice to get together with family one last time before we go. Thanks 🙂
I’ve been going to Souplantation with my dad for over 20 years. My favorite memory is just the entire experience of eating there with him and the rest of my family at the same location in Marina Del Rey, CA until its recent move to the Howard Hughes Center. I remember thinking my dad was the most brilliant person when he piled Frozen Yogurt on top of the chocolate brownie to make a brownie sundae I remember thinking “how come I never thought of that”. I know..such an obvious combination, but it never occurred to me.Our family still go every Sunday for Brunch (but closer to 11 am because he loves the chilequiles and he LOVES the Chili and they don’t put that out until Lunch time so we have to get the best of both worlds!) We always still get a bag of Chocolate Chip cookies and devour them at the table no matter how full we are. Our favorite waiter Delfino works on Sunday mornings as well so seeing him and my dad joke around is always the best. I love my dad and my entire family loves Souplantation so much (mother, brother, and husband included) and I would love to surprise him with a catered party at our house. We may even invite Delfino over 🙂
Where else will I celebrate my Father’s Day but at the Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes.
I would celebrate the FREE Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party at a nice outdoor park
I’ve been to Souplantation many times with my family. We’ve even celebrated my mother’s birthday there. My most recent trips/memories of there with my father was when I was living with my folks while on disability. Great food and Mom didn’t have to cook. Or do dishes!!! Pops LOVES buffets and is quite well-versed when it comes to making his sundae for dessert. We would love to have this Father’s Day catered at Mom and Dad’s house not too far from your Temecula location. We could even invite over some neighbors that have known my parents since right after Mom and Dad got married….56 years ago this month!!!
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From Dad and Daughter, everyone loves Souplantation in my family!
I would gather at my house to enjoy the FREE Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party for 10. Hope we win! – Pops loves Soup Plantation.
My son and I love meeting his Dad at Souplantation for lunch! His Dad carries him and points to everything he would like on his tray. Great memories!!
My Dad has eight children, all married with wonderful family. Because of his love, guidance and care, we were well taken care of. None of us have gone astray. Thank you Dad for all your love and care. He is recently diagnosed with some health issue, and it will be really special if I can win this party for our family so that we may get together before he starts his treatment. We would like to do it in my home. Thank you for this opportunity!
I would use the prize of catering for 10 to get together and remember my Dad. He is no longer with us but, what an awesome way to bring the people that love him together to remember and share stories of him with newer members of our family who did not have the opportunity to know him.
If I won i’d celebrate it in our backyard so my dad can enjoy by relaxing in the pool and eating souplantation.
If we won the free catering we would celebrate it in style just as we have for the past 6 years. Every Father’s Day for the past 6 years we have spent it with a picnic lunch/dinner at the cemetary with my father. 6 years ago my father passed and we make it a point to spend the afternoon with him. We also celebrate my husband, brother, brother in-law, and nephew in-law as well. It’s actually quite a beautiful setting surrounded by flowers and balloons everywhere. If you still have your Father or a father figure with you, make sure you hug him and/or at least tell him you love him everyday. I still tell my daddy I love him everyday.
My brother in law is the reason why our family can have good memories because he is always the host of parties and family gatherings and the reason why many of us can get together. He is an amazing father to his two children. I would love to bring the party to him for a change. I’m sure he would love to have soup plantation cater at his house instead of him and my sister in law having to do all of the cooking and preparing.
It would be a treat to celebrate at a friend’s home since our place is small to accommodate 10 adults. We have done this in the past and my best friend’s home is always open for any occasion.
Fathers Day meant; growing up less fortunate, 1st we would hope our father would have t hat day off so we could celebrate him and recognizing him for the hard worker and provider he was. My memory and relation to Souplantaion is this. No matter what we had for dinner each evening, Dad always enjoyed a salad, as children was not always our preference but Dad instilled in us the importance or greens in our food and his model was a salad. The opportunities to gather with family at Souplantation included memories of our father having salads with every dinner, Do this day, Souplantation has become a tradition in my family.
We’ll I love The Soup Plantation but my dad is not in the picture, my mother has ben playing both roles since I can remember and I always tell her how much I love her and take her to the soup plantation whenever we go =). So instead of celebrating my dad I would like to ask you to celebrate my neighbors dad because he is fighting cancer and is just getting better after about a year he seems to be gaining some weight and even though he is not cancer free he is starting to feel and look better. My neighbor Aymee. Has a great heart and manages to help her father and care for her child with downs syndrome at the same time and I think
she deserves to celebrate her dad on this special Day because it might just bring a bigger smile to his face!! =D
We would love to have a catered Souplantation Father’s Day Lunch here at our house for my sweet husband since his Father’s Day is playing second fiddle to graduation and birthdays this year. That would make his day!
My POPS is TOPS because he taught me that monopoly is NOT just a game, football is NOT just a sport, he has taught me that hippos are not as scary as they seem, that the era of Doug and Rocket Power was the climax of Nickeolodeon Cartoons, he taught me how to ride a bike so well I killed a tree and took down a pile of logs all in one vacation, taught me how to catch a football by throwing it in my face and I learned how to skip rocks so well I hit the only human being in the back from 50 yards away. I inherited his humor (which can get me into trouble) and his ability to bs (which gets me out of trouble). But most of all my TOPS is POPS because he’s my pop and nobody else’s (besides my brother but we all know that he doesn’t count) finally beating him in street basketball, tangling Christmas lights and convincing him to go on water-slides that eventually lead to chipped teeth he still loves me enough to take me to soup plantation. So help a family out will ya? Fathers Day 2012 soup plantation style at moms house!
One of my favorite memories of Souplantation and my dad was when we took our Guide-Dog-in-Training, King, with us to the Palmdale, CA branch. King learned alot, and we all enjoyed one of the few healthy restaurants that we can go to with Dad and the rest of the family.
Soup and Salads bar was not tried before we moved to USA and California. When my wife was expecting, somehow we hooked into it so much so that this is my kid’s favorite place. I can lure them to take to any other high end dining place but they will not waver if you ask their choice it’s ‘Sweet Tomatoes’ . There is something special in Sweet tomatoes that kids simply love it to go any number of time. When my parents were visiting us from India, they would generally say, we will go a restaurant of kids choice and I immediately told them, their favorite is same, where we went yesterday ‘Sweet Tomatatoes; so if you do not want to go again the very next day, better not ask the kids else I am sure they do not mind going again. Now my father is no more but those memories are still alive. Even today when my mom calls me or I call her and tell her, ‘We just came home from a restaurant ..’- her next question is ‘Where, Sweet Tomatoes ?’ 🙂
Our family has an organic farm in the Sierra foothills and we have farm interns that visit us from all over the world. If I won the catering for 10 I’d treat all our farm interns to a wonderful meal courtesy of Sweet Tomatoes.
We would celebrate at the Rancho Cucamonga location. This would be a very nice surprise get together for all of us.
My dad loves Souplantation anytime — breakfast, lunch or dinner. Since we usually have 1 or 2 extra teenagers coming with us, we can still afford to go there because it’s inexpensive and the food is unlimited. My dad can relax there and be playful — he doesn’t even mind when we suck jello through a straw to make weird noises.
I would celebrate at sweet tomatoes in lake buena vista flroida….
My dad and me would enjoy going there for lunch, we love the baked potato’s and the different tea drinks…
My favorite memory at Sweet Tomatoes with my dad was when I was about 5 months pregnant 4 years ago and having lunch at the I-Drive location in Orlando, Fl. I was having Sweet Tomatoes amazing Chicken Wonton Salad and the entire time the baby was kicking and moving inside of me. It was a fun and laughing experience for my dad and I both.
The I-Drive location is our families favorite location, we visit it all the time. Its a great dine in experience with a nice and friendly staff. <3
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In memory of my father is the recollection of the time when we went to eat and I had the privilege of telling him about his first grandchild. He was a typical male of his generation and usually showed littel or no emotion but on this occasion it was not the case. After a good session of tears we spent what was to become a tradition of gathering at Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes on a somewhat annual anniversary of sorts. We continue this as humanly as possible even though he is no longer with us. So going to your restaurant and your food brings back the fondest of memories of my father.
We have been going to souplantation for almost 19yrs. Since my boy was three and he could pick his veggies out himself.
Last year we talked to one of the employees and he recognized us from always being there. He told us how he was working there as a second job to put his daughter through college. What an awesome example of a father doing all he can to take care of his child. He such a nice man and we give him a big tip every time he services out table.
Keep up the great work and wish all the fathers out there could be as inspiring as him.
Ours by the way is just as awesome.
When I go to sweet tomatoes, I always remember my dad. Even if I had never had the opportunity to go there with him, he was the responsable for knowing this delicious place. He had already gone there some years ago, and when I arrived here in the US, one of the advices that he gave me was “try Sweet Tomatoes!”.
In fact, I’m from Brazil, and my father is still living there. And, even being so far away, he is still making his father role with what it’s possible to do: in this case, giving me some good advices.
Suffer because of the distance is inevitable. What remains is to try to enjoy the best that life has to offer, because one day we’ll be togheter again and the distance won’t be a obstacle anymore. And for sure, food is one of the life pleasure that makes us remember from the places where we have already passed.
My favorite father-daughter memory was this last December. My dad and I used to go out to lunch together as our special thing. When it was my daughter’s birthday, he took her out to lunch (and I got to go too). It was really special to see that a fun tradition has a new generation beginning. And everyone loved it at Sweet Tomatoes because there was something everyone could enjoy.
We would celebrate at a new Sweet Tomatoes location just opened recently. We didn’t have a chance to visist this new location but planning to do so!
My father died in 1985 so I can no longer celebrate with him on Father’s Day, but I consider my Uncle Dave as my father figure. He will be 88 years old on July 4th and is a retired Army soldier who proudly served in both World War II and the Vietnam War. Uncle Dave is the sweetest man and has always been supportive of me, from the time I was a young child until today. I would celebrate with my Uncle Dave and Aunt Dot, his beautiful wife of 62 years, along with the rest of my wonderful family.
One of my favorite memories with my dad is seeing him at the top of the hill, patiently waiting for me after school. Looking back, it reminds me that he is always going to be there for me, with open arms.
I would celebrate with my family at Irvine, California, on Jamboree.
My dad is a huge Soup Plantation fan. I think one of my favorite memories was going for my first meal after getting my braces off! The whole family went and the food was even more enjoyable without worrying about it being stuck in my braces. My dad always has at least three blueberry muffins and I can’t blame him—they are the best!
My favorite memory of Sweet Tomatoes with my father figures is going to Sweet Tomatoes after my dad came back from being away for a long time due to work. We all enjoyed going to Sweet Tomatoes and enjoying some quality time with each other. It is a place that has brought us closer together and our favorite place to eat.
The whole family (3 kids plus Mom and Dad) would finish our back to school shopping the day or two before school would start. Then, we would go to Sweet Tomatoes for dinner. As we would enjoy our food, we would talk about what we envisioned the new school year would be like for each of us. It was always a lot of fun to look back on what we had predicted in previous years in addition to looking towards to the upcoming year.
We would go to Souplantation in Lakewood, CA, with Aunt Margie & Uncle Lyle (being like a dad to us) and would enjoy a good meal. Uncle Lyle couldn’t wait to get the New England Clam Chowder–his absolute favorite! He’d talk everyone who was sitting at the table to go get ‘their’ chowder, the best made!
Well my favorite memory is me as the FATHER, my kids and I go alot, and since I have raised and are raising 8 kids, we have had alot of great memories at Soup Plantation. I love watching my kids faces as they are able to pick from so many great items to eat that are healthy as well. I also enjoy watching them decorate the icecream treats they get for desert. Furthermore, It is my Birthday again this year on Father’s Day, so it would be a great Treat to Turn 40 years old at Soup Plantation.
We would have a catering party at our house or my Insurance Ageny in Eastlake (chula Vista, CA area. My kids I have raised range from age 25 down to 8 and I thank God everyday for them in my life.
Our dad rarely gets to see his children since they are scattered all over the United States and oversees, but this year, they are all gathering at my Mom and Dad’s house for Fathers Day. My Dad loves to cook, but we want him to relax on his Day. It would be wonderful if we could win this contest for our Dad.
When I was a little girl, I woke in the middle of the night with a very bad dream. I wandered out into the living room and my dad was still up and reading by a single lamp. He immediately put his book down and picked me up. As I lay curled up in his lap, he hugged me and held me so tight! He assured me that Jesus was with me and everything would be alright. I’m 58 years old and still remember his big strong arms around me…everything indeed has been ‘alright’. Sweet memories.
If I won the catering experience and are not able to hold the event at the Sweet Tomatoes restaurant, we would go to the local park and celebrate there. We enjoy the healthy and tasty food. I have an adult son who is disabled, but the park is accessible which is wonderful. So is Sweet Tomatoes and we all love going to eat lunch and dinner there. We have not tried breakfast yet…maybe someday.
We are a family of four on a very limited budget, so we almost never eat out at restaurants. But our extended families know this, so they buy us gift cards for Sweet Tomatoes because there’s something for everyone there (3 out of 4 of us are vegetarians). We scrimp and save and use coupons and gift cards, so we manage about 4 trips to Sweet Tomatoes every year. My husband, who is the most amazing father to our two children, get so excited when it’s time to hit Sweet Tomatoes because he doesn’t have to curb his appetite to fit the budget! We have lots of fun memories of Sweet Tomatoes, especially because meals are usually combined with other adventures in the suburbs, like finding our Christmas tree or going berry picking.
My dad would take me to Soup Plantation on special occassions. We would go when I got a good grade on my report card or when I got an award. I associated Soup Plantation with a reward and also with spending time with my dad since he would only take me, it would be just the two of us having dinner together, without the whole family. It was special daddy daughter time, without my other 4 siblings fighting for his attention. We would talk about life and he would inpart “life lessons” in our discussions.
My dad was a very crucial part in making me who I am today.
If I win, I think it will be really special since we are not able to always have those daddy daughter time as much as I would like anymore but I think it would remind both of us of a simpler and more thoughtful time in both our lives.
We would celebrate at my in-law’s house. They have a beautiful backyard overlooking a golf course. Your food would make the day perfect!
My favorite memory is when we took our son, then 5, to Souplatation for fathers day. This was his 1st visit. He looked at his dad and told him this was the best fathers day that he had had. LOL! We now go every fathers day weekend. 🙂 Our son is now 14. How time flies!
We would celebrate at our church with our friends and some of the people who can’t eat out much.
My Dad has never been! However, my husband and I took our toddler there for the first time recently, it was amazing, his eyes lit up at the choices and he tried so many new foods it was amazing!
One of my most cherished memories in life included a trip to Souplantation. I was 7 years old and my mother had just given birth to my new baby brother. Up until about a year before this, it had always just been her and I. My biological father had taken off a long long time ago. And my mother had just recently remarried. I felt lost and replaced. I had hardly had a chance to even get to know my new father and now there was a screaming crying baby taking all the attention away from me. One afternoon my stepfather came into my room and asked me to go have lunch with him, anywhere I wanted, just the two of us. I picked my favorite place in the whole entire world, Souplantation. I could eat as much soup, muffins and soft serve as I wanted…Kid Heaven! During our lunch, my stepfather explained to me how much he loved my mother and myself and that neither he nor the new baby would ever be a replacement for me. He made me feel loved and special. And still does to this day! We still have lunch once a month at Souplantation, just him and I.
My favorite memory of my dad at Souplantation is this year on my dad’s 84th birthday. After my best friend and I had taken him to visit my mom in the hospital, we told him we were taking him out to lunch for his birthday. He was so surprised, and tickled. He told us later he had really enjoyed the food, the atmosphere, and our company of course. I really believe it helped lift his spirits that day.
If I won the catering contest, I would take my 17 family members (a new grandson just born today! to our favorite park…. We don’t mind sharing a meal for 10 ! With 8 of our own children (4 grown & married w/ children) we’ve never gotten the chance to all go out to eat together. Although home gatherings are common, only once could 1/2 of us go out for a meal together. Last Mother’s Day, I said, all I want was for my whole family to go to Soup Plantation Brunch together! What a blessing-Soup Plantation is our big family’s favorite restaurant! Kathleen & Bruce
My husband Joe is an awesome father, grandfather, husband, friend, neighbor and a walking encyclopedia. He is ALWAYS there when you need him. Souplantation is his absolute most favorite eatery! (We were just there last night.) If we had the good fortune to win we would gather in our little backyard patio with our children and grandchildren to honor Joe.
At my grandmas house. My whole family loves Souplantation.
I live half a country away from my Dad in PHX. Whenever I visit he always treats us to a great time of fun and food. When I asked him what he wanted for Fathers Day he said, “a card.” I said, “so lame. Where would you like to go eat if you could eat anywhere?” He said, “We love Sweet Tomatoes!” I was looking for discounts online and found this contest. So hope he wins, it would be a double treat to have it catered to his home in Sun City, where my grandparents and extended family could enjoy the blessing too. Fingers crossed. Thanks for the chance to be a blessing 🙂
We would gather at our house and celebrate in our back yard — but my husband wouldn’t have to grill for a change!
We would enjoy a scrumptious Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catered meal on our backyard deck to celebrate three fathers — my husband of 26 years, my 90-year-old father-in-law (who has been married to my 95-year-old mother-in-law for nearly 70 years), and our dear neighbor who is the father of 20-month-old triplets. I can’t imagine a better menu to satisfy the tastes of our diverse and hungry crowd!
My favorite father experience at Souplantation is when my 6 month old son (10 months now) was getting fussy because I was eating a little ice cream cone. I decided to just give it to him at that point to calm him down. He held it in his hand and ate the entire thing. He loved it. It was so cute to watch that I even recorded it on my Iphone. That was not only a moment that I found out my son loved ice cream but found out he could hold is own food and eat it.. What a wonderful father-son moment 🙂
I’d celebrate in our backyard, where a lot of our family gatherings take place. My Father in law is a huge Souplantation fan. We’re there every week to have dinner. 🙂
My 2 sons are blessed with a dad, who loves and cares for them more than anything else. He would reach for the moon and beyond to fulfil his kids dreams and aspirations. Hardwork and following his principle has made my husband the Bestest DAD that anyone can have. My boys are proud of their dad.. we love him.
When I was pregnant, my boyfriend George (soon to be father at the time) took me to Souplantation to calm my cravings. I remember being so big he had to help me into the booth. The whole time I ate he talked about our future son, William. George planned what he was going to teach him when he was older, to the type of schools he was going to put him into, and how he couldn’t wait to see him for the first time. As I took a bite of my pasta salad, I knew then he was going to be a great dad!
If we were to win this, we would bring all our family and friends together for a picnic in our backyard. William, now four months, would probably babble away as we ate. That would be another perfect memory George and him too.
I would celebrate the free catering party at home. It’s the coziest/nicest at home!
My brotheer has been like a father to my sons. He was the only father figure they had growing up and he taught them to drive and fish and all the things dads do. I love and appreciate him for being here for my boys and it would be awesome to celebrate him and all he has done for them. We will celebrate by his pool this year and show him our appreciation for being such a great uncle/dad to my kids and his. Having Sweet Tomatoes instead of him doing the work grilling is always wonderful as we LOVE the wide variety of delicious healthy choices you offer. We go many times each month and are always excited to see what’s new each time. It will be another fabulous memory we create that includes Souplantaion. Thanks for always being part of our celebration!
My favorite memory with my Dad at Souplantation would be how he would always make me an ice cream sundae with the mixed swirl (both chocolate and vanilla), plus hot fudge at the end of every meal, since my family would go to Souplantation on a weekly basis as a tradition throughout most of my childhood!! It is a distinctive memory that has stuck with me for many years…and I still always look forward to that sundae at the end of every meal!!!! 🙂
I would let my Dad celebrate and have the catered party with his coworkers. They deserve it! 🙂
We love Souplantation and the fact that everything that they serve is a better choice than the junk that is out there sometimes.
I lost my grandfather and father, but I would love to be able to celebrate with my fathers family, which includes his mother who never leaves her house.. so a delicious Souplantation meal would be a perfect treat!
My Dad used to love the great salads and soups at Souplantation. We would go to the west L.A. location for a visit and dinner.
I would love to bring 3 generations of our family together for a feast at the beach. My Dad is a native from Santa Monica beach and was born there, I used to hang out at Zuma and Will Rogers and my husband and son love the beach at Terramar and love to surf. They are always hungry when they get out of the water and what a great treat it would be to have the 3 generations together to enjoy good food and good times. TWe all love Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes. Dad is going on 91, so not too many chances left.
Souplantation is the best! Dad and the entire family love to eat there. The food is fresh, tasty and not to mention affordable. My favorite memory with Dad at the Souplantation was celebrating his surprise Birthday party there with family and friends. It was a really special day and everyone was able to enjoy their favorite salads, soups and other foods. I would love to celebrate Father’s Day by treating Dad to the favorite foods he loves from the Souplantation.
My favorite memory is seeing my boyfriend’s face when our son was born. So proud and amazed, and he’s the best daddy.
My first time going to soup plantation was with my mom and dad
I would celebrate with my Hoover HS family at school. A meal from Souplantation would make us smile as we celebrate the end of the school year!
When I was a child, my parents would take me to Souplantation quite often. However, the visits I remember the most are the ones we took while we were on vacation. We would go to San Diego twice a year and we would always stop by the Souplantation on our way back to the campground from the beach. It was a nice way to begin unwinding after a long, funfilled day at the beach. I used to make a mini version of my dad’s salad on my plate and we would always go get chicken noodle soup together, with the little crackers of course. Now that I have a family of my own, I started the tradition of going to this same Souplantation with our kids when we took our vacation to San Diego this past month, and I am looking forward to many more visits there.
My Dad and I love to go to Sweet Tomatoes to eat because it suits both of our needs: I am a vegetarian and he’s a carnivore. I love that all the soups and pre-mixed salads are labeled “non-veg” and “veg”. He always goes out of his way to point out which things I can. He’s super supportive of my eating choices.. and he loves that he can get his grub on too!
I would celebrate this catered party at our house because it’s big enough for all in California.
We would have sweet tomatoes and celebrate my husbands first fathers day at our house!
Learning to ride my bike!
I would put together a little get together at my Dads house surrounded with his kids and grandkids and we all love Sweet Tomatoes.
My favorite memory is my husband and I trying to take our little son out to eat for the first time, and we chose Sweet Tomatoes. I loved watching him be a dad in every sense as he pushed the stroller, tried to juggle both his food and some for the baby, etc. All the while I asked if I could help and he just proudly insisted he was fine.
Picnic in the park sounds perfect! Thanks for the chance
We would celebrate at the park so that we could all be together as a family 🙂
I like going with my dad because he eats dessert first!
If I won, I’d have my hubby, my inlaws and my parents to feed! And maybe 1 or 2 other special dads!
We used to always go to Sweet Tomatoes as a family. Always had an awesome time with my dad
We have celebrated many special occasions at Sweet Tomatoes. Including when my sons and I brought candles to put on my husband’s dessert to celebrate his birthday. We will be celebrating and enjoying our catered meal on our patio.
My parents came to Utah to visit my sister and I in April and my dad had not eaten at Sweet Tomatoes since 2005 so it was such a treat to take him to eat there. Kudos to Sweet Tomatoes for letting my mom pay for just a baked potato as she has to eat gluten free (celiac disease).
We would certainly love on the man who has provided for us for almost 20 yrs until he was laid off in March. We believe in him and even though things are tight right now, we need to show him that we know things will turn around and we love him dearly. Being able to surprise him with a catering from Sweet Tomatoes would allow us to show him just how special he is to us even if he is not feeling so special any more. Sweet Tomatoes has always been the restaurant where we have gone to celebrate without breaking our budget. Thanks for this opportunity to do so for Father’s Day!
We would celebrate at my parents house in sunny Phoenix,AZ!
We have loads of family meals at Sweet Tomatoes. My favorite memories are probably pretty ordinary – I most love listening to my husband and daughter discuss healthy choices as they make their way down the salad bar. My little girls LOVE to start out their meals with a plate full of veggies as a result. If we won, we’d celebrate at the Tucson, AZ, Sweet Tomatoes location on Broadway (fingers crossed!!!). megancrose@gmail.com
I would celebrate at my friend’s house. With no extended family in our immediate area, they have been our rock when things haven’t gone as planned.
We would celebrate at our house with our kids and invite his mom, who was a single mom to 3 boys, my father, and his brothers and their families to come.
My best freind’d dad is in a nursing home. There is no place better than to celebrate this wonderful day by sharing this occasssion at the nursing home with her dad and athe other father’s at the nursing home.
There is a Sweet Tomatoes about 5 min from where I live. If I won I’d celebrate with 10 friends at my house for my husband’s birthday which is at the end of June. He loves Sweet Tomatoes and this would be an awesome surprise!
This year my oldest son is a Father. He is so proud of his baby boy, Logan.
I can SEE the love he feels for his newborn son shining in his eyes. I often stop by to find him in the garage loading the washing machine with dirty laundry – helping out in every way he can while his sweet wife is breastfeeding their baby.
I would love to surprise them with a special dinner from Souplantation.
I would gather everyone in my family to celebrate for father’s day~~ he’d done so much for us~
My whole family goes to Sweet Tomatoes whenever we get together!Fave place to eat!
My dad has passed away but if I won the catered meal I would have my father in law and the rest of the family over. He has been really struggling with his health this past year and I think it would be a nice surprise for him.
my father died before there was a Sweet Tomatoes,my brother and I enjoyed eating here often.We had birthday dinners together here.
We were at the Sarasota location.
Having huge family brunches after Church at Soup Plantation!
We have great souplantation memories of my husband taking the littlest children out for a hike around the parking lot while the rest of us finished eating. they must have gone up and down the stairs 10 times each trip.
I would take my FREE catered meal to the local park with all my family and celebrate my day while having healthy food and play!
My husband is a Police Officer who protects our streets everyday while providing for our family. His hard work and dedication to his family is amazing and allows me to stay home with out twin 1 year old boys. We are in the process of buying a house and are on a very tight budget. I am now looking for a part time job on the days that he is home to make up for the money shortage. Please consider us for the dinner for 10 fathers day gift! What a great opportunity to thank my husband for being such an amazing father and husband, to get the family together in our new place and allow us to afford a house warming party in one. We love Sweet Tomatoes, are members of the email club and were regular customers before the budgeting….and will be once we get add eating out back to our budget. Thank you!
I remember taking my dad to ST for the first time, he fought it the entire way. He kept saying “there is no way this is going to fill me up.” Well, he fell in love and was overly full with all of the yummy food – now he asks to go! Jacksonville, FL
We would celebrate down in Florida, where our ‘adopted’ family lives! =)
We would celebrate at our home with the special fathers in our lives.
My daughter loves eating soup and salad with dad at Sweet Tomatoes. We would celebrate meal at our home and invite my husbands friends who are dad to join him for a lovely dinner.
I’d celebrate my FREE catered meal from Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes by bringing my whole family to Sweet Tomatoes. Never found a reason not to go, and we always eat very well (and very healthy) there.
Summer is time by the pool for us. I would like to remember my father by having a catered meal by our neighborhood pool.
Visiting sibling in San Jose CA and having a blast at Sweet Tomatoes with pops.
hello 🙂 first time i got to taste and go to soup plantation was a week after i had my baby girl with my now husband and awesome father Cesar. it was the first time we both tried it and we loved it just went again last weekend!! i guess it was just special in the sense that we clearly remember going since it was a new place for us and it being right after our daughter kassandra’s birth. i would like to win because he has been an awesome man and father to our children. we have three 2 of them from my previous marriage which he has accepted as his 🙂 everything happens for a reason and we are both continously learning along the way. every day is a struggle but together we conquer anything that comes our way..if we would invite his parents and his close siblings. i would say my parents as well but they live hours away 🙁 what better way to spend it then with family and friends!! 🙂 god bless..
We recently went to Souplantation to celebrate the reunion of my daughter with her father. A great time, and great food, was had by all!
If we win, we will take the family and a friend or two to the Souplantation in La Mesa, CA. I love that location! It has been there since I was a kid.
I would celebrate in my backyard with my family that I am so blessed to have.
My favorite memories of going to eat at Souplantion with my Daddy was that he hated to go. (haha) 🙂
My Dad is more a steak and potatoes kind of Dad, but I love going to eat at Souplantion. So,
being the awesome Dad that he is, he would suck it up and take me.
Now that he is older and needs to eat much healthier (due to medical reasons). He now suggests going to eat here all on his own. (very proud) I always tease him about it. Reminding him how he used to protest.
Souplantion has now become one of our favorite places to enjoy Daddy-Daughter time. Then again, it always was. ♥
This will be my husbands first Father’s Day, and I would love for him to kick back and enjoy himself rather than feeling obligated to BBQ by the grill all day. He LOVES Sweet Tomatoes and we’d love to have it catered to celebrate his special day at our house! Thanks for making his first Father’s day the best!
We’d hit the souplantaion on Shawline or on W. Point Loma Blvd. in San Diego. I think the chocolate lava cake should ALWAYS be there, by the way.
My family went to Soup Plantation when I could not cook because we were moving.
It was great because everyone got to choose their individual favorites. We had a
healthy meal and no clean up for me! We like Souplantation in Santa Clarita.
I would host the dinner at my father in law’s with my husband and brother in law and all of oUr kids. We have exactly 10. People that really love soups and salads, not to forget the deserts.
We enjoy going to Sweet Tomatoes as a family. My husband didn’t think he would like a salad only place but once he visited he changed his mind. It is so much more than just salad. He loves the Strawberry Lemonade and Dessert best.
We would use the catering to have a BBQ with family and friends. We love Sweet Tomatoes!
I want to win this catering, as this Father’s Day my husband and I are on a diet. and would like to eat healthy. this would be my best gift for my husband
My father and I aren’t always in the mood for the same food so Souplantation is a great compromise for our dinner outings.
I would like the catering party in my backyard so not only my husband but my realatives could enjoy it. We would have the fountains, fire pit and tiki torches going for atmosphere.
My husband is not my son’s biological father yet he has never once called him a “stepson” it has always been simply “this is my son, Mat”. My son calls us just his mom and dad. It was Mat who first introduced us to Sweet Tomato’s in Overland Park Kansas. Now we live in Georgia and our son flies into Jacksonville Florida when he comes to visit. Immediately, our next spot after the airport in the Sweet Tomatoes. I would LOVE to win a dinner for 10 from there. As to where to host it? Well, we live almost 2 hours away from the closest Sweet Tomato’s or I would definitely just have people here so we would have to have the party at a church we are associated with in Yulee Florida. It would be a fabulous get together!
We could go to the souplantation in So. OC! My son is the best dad in the whole entire world. We both grew up without dads, and God has just given him all the talents to be a loving, wonderful, amazing man! He is a kind and thoughful person, husband, manager and dad. His love for others is very evident, as he feeds the homeless and helps the helpless. I am so proud of him! He probably would want to take his winning meal to work and share the food with everyone! Pick me so I can bless him!
Every time we have gone over the 3 years with our son, when I look back on the pictures of us eating at Sweet Tomatoes our son always looks at his happiest. Whether it’s blowing bubbles in his chocolate milk or only eating pickles and beets for dinner, because he could, we always know he is going to have a great time! Thank you Sweet Tomatoes.
Both my husband and my fathers are gone, but we have wonderful memories of them.
My husband loves Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes. He has lost 41 pounds and has always enjoyed a great salad bar which you definitely provide.
We would celebrate Father’s Day with your delicious meal in a nearby park under a shady spot. What a perfecft way to spend the day!
As a single mom, I go to Souplantation about once a week. I find the nutritional value dining at Souplantation for my 3 & 5 year old daughters can’t be beat as they can sample a variety of vegetables, fruits, soups and pasta – getting in all the food groups they require. My dad loves accompanying us and seeing the excitement in my girls’ eyes when we visit their favorite restaurant. Memories like that are priceless! I would love to celebrate a catered party in my home!
We would celebrate at our house. We usually host Father’s Day celebrations for my Dad, husband, Son-in-law (Father of 3) and new soon-to-be Grand Son to be who has taken on being the Father to our great granddaughter. There are 11 of us with the baby.
Would love to celebrate in the backyard of my house with my Dad who is recovering from a bad car accident and have my kids, my siblings and their cousins there too!
I’m hosting Father’s day at my house this year. I’ve got my husband, my dad, and my sister-in-law’s dad coming to celebrate with us. This would be a perfect way to celebrate!
We would celebrate in Naperville with our immediate family and a few friends. It was one of my Dad’s favorite restaurants. Thought he is no longer with us, I always remember him when I visit there.
For my daughter’s birthday one year she requested Sweet Tomatoes. We had everyone from Great Grandparents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. A few family friends even showed up. In all there were probably 30+ people there. It was the first time being there for my dad and grandfather. They were skeptical before, but since the party they’ve never complained about going back 🙂
The first time I went to Sweet Tomatoes, it was while visiting my Grandmother and Grandfather in Tucson, Arizona. It was such a wonderful memory for us all! I can still remember my Grandfather loading up plate after plate (of desserts, of course!), much to the dismay of my “Monnie” who kept telling him to make a salad. Your restaurant was their favorite place to go, and I was so impressed with the wonderful recipes! That trip was the last time I would get to see my Grandpa, and so Sweet Tomatoes always has a special place in my heart sentimentally. I will always remember that special time we all shared.
I recently visited your Addison, TX location (closest to us) for Mother’s Day brunch – with my husband and 2 children, and it was a wonderful time. I would love to visit this location for a catering celebration if we won. Thank you so much!
How can I limit to one, this is his favorite restaurant, the man loves salads! I do remember him treating the whole family to a Sweet Tomatoes night out, and all the little ones enjoying mac& cheese and ice cream!
I’d celebrate in my home with my family — courtesy of the Cary Sweet Tomatoes location.
This is all my favorite food in the world. I would bring it to a father’s day celebration with my hubs who is a great dad, and my great dad!
I am very blessed to have such an amazing father. He was always there for me and always took the time to care about my feelings. I am grateful to have an amazing husband for our two children. My husband and father get along so well that they play a weekly softball game together. I know that this would really get them excited and I would love to show my appreciation for them. It is wonderful having family so close and I would love to share this with my parents! I know it would mean so much and show my dad and husband how much I appreciate them~!! Thanks
Growing up we would go to Sweet Tomatoes about once a week in Pleasanton, CA. We would sit in the booth right next to the drink dispensers and talk about our week. This has become a tradiion with my own family and our little son LOVES going to Sweet Tomatoes! It is nice to have a restaurant that serves delicious and healthy food that encourages family unity!
My dad has always been my hero and role model. I can remember spending the day with him and inviting a homeless person to eat lunch with us instead of just giving him some change on more than one occasion. I met a homeless woman at Sweet Tomatoes while I was waiting for my husband & although she declined to have dinner with us, I bought her dinner so that she could enjoy a great, healthy meal. Food is the fundamental building block of relationships and compassion & I’m glad that my dad has taught me that.
Souplantation is our sacred destination when it comes to eating. The whole family goes and we all have a wonderful time with each other. One of the greatest memories I had with my father was the time we went the day before I had to leave for sixth grade camp. I was nervous and didn’t want to leave my family for a whole week. I admit, I started to tear up and the person who calmed me down was my dad. He told me everything was going to be ok, and he got up and brought me some warm chicken noodle soup, my favorite. The warmth of the soup and my dad brought me to conclusion that I’m lucky to have someone care so much for me. We would celebrate the free Souplantation catering meal in my canyon behind my house. That is where we always celebrate Father’s Day and it is a nice place to relax and eat some wonderful food.
Fave memory is taking the whole family for a Sunday brunch to celebrate Father’s Day last year filling up a whole row of tables! Had a great time with tasty, healthy food and laughter. Souplantation is our favorite place to eat. We try to go every weekend! Would go to Simi Valley, CA location.
We’d celebrate as a family together in Arizona.
It was like a whole different life. The first time we went out to dinner after Dad’s struggles with cancer. We all felt it was a second chance- no more silly bickering and fighting. We had been given a warning and then a new lease on our family life.
Sweet Tomatoes in Boca Raton, FL was where we chose as the ultimate in healthy and delicious food. I always start with two plates of caesar with pasta and potato salad, while my brother and Father are one-plate then soup and bakery people. It was surreal; everyone was joking and laughing, like a dream. For this, I will always love Sweet Tomatoes, my favorite restaurant in the world.
We would celebrate at home in Boca Raton, Yamato and Military with my Aunt and hopefully my Grandmother, who has not left rehab in 6 months. She would love to see a warm Florida day with her son and daughter and grandchildren (and my girlfriend) and any friendly neighbors that might want to participate.
Since we just had a baby and moved to a new home, we would celebrate with our FREE Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party for 10 at our house with family and friends!
My kids would love to set up the screen porch for a fantastic meal for their Dad!
If we are to win, we would give it away to friends from our church small group who are less fortunate than we are. It is all about paying it forward and blessing those who are really in need. What a better way to support a family for Father’s Day than with a great meal from Sweet Tomatoes, a family favorite for us…
We would go to Souplantation in fort lauderdale Florida my store we will have lots of fun specially eating healthy and delicious food good luck everyone …HAPPY FATHERS day to those amazin dad 🙂
My husband loves having somewhere to take his vegetarian daughter where she will actually eat! We would have our catered dinner by the pool.
My dad, sister, and I LOVE brunch on Sunday at Sweet Tomatoes. It’s the best time for family, for talking, eating, and expressing ourselves. I love my family and I definitely love Sweet Tomatoes 🙂 <3
We would enjoy your FABULOUS meal from Sweet Tomatoes in our backyard. Home is where our Dad is the happiest!
This Father’s Day will be very special to me because it is my first. I am proud to say that I am not only a father but also a daddy to my 8 month old baby boy. If I won I would share this day with all the fathers in my life and enjoy this oh so yummy Souplantation meal.
My Dad loves a buffet (or a smorgasbord, as we called them growing up in MN), a tradition he passed along to my son … who absolutely delights in his monthly trips to the Soup Plantation in Pasadena, CA. If we won the catered party, we would have it at our home and invite our neighbors (fellow “Soupies”)!
We would celebrate here at my house with my family. We love Sweet Tomatoes!
We’d take the food to the park and eat some Souplantation with friends!
We are exactly a family of 10 all living in the same household. We could use a catered meal to help celebrate Father’s day. Our dad is always there to help us out. Would be great to offer him something great in return like a meal from Souplantation!
If we won we would celebrate in the home my in-laws have helped us purchase and remodel. My father, father-in-law, and husband deserve a good meal for all the hard work they’ve put into making us a home!
My favorite memory was when we spent fathers day 2010 at Sweet tomatoes with my husbands grandfather. He had lukemia and was given 2 weeks to live. He died three weeks later. This was the last time we got to spend with him.
If I did win. We would have my grandfather who is 94 over our house with some immediate family and make another memory before he passes away.
The whole family went to SweetTomatoes in Sunnyvale and I remember how much my Dad loved it!
I grew up with no father, not even knowing my biological father. My husband that I married 29 years ago is a wonderful example of being a father to our 3 children & many exchange students that come to our home to live with us. He works very hard…2 jobs…just retired from being a Scout Master for 10 years and is committed to our family. If we win, I would share it with our wonderful friends who live down the street at there home because our home caught on fire 3 weeks ago and we are living in a hotel right now. Our friends are like family to us and have done so much for us…it would be such a pleasure to share such a beautiful gift.
One of my favorite memories is going to Sweet Tomatoes with my husband and our son and my husband laughing hysterically at the way our son was eating his mac and cheese. Ever since then, he enjoys going their for lunch or dinner and getting our son excited to eat 4 bowls of cheese noodles.
My husband would love to have his lunch at work with the other fathers in the office. There are only 5 at the company but all of them are good, close friends and always share stories of their kids.
My mom and I love to eat salad and always come to Sweet Tomatoes every chance we got. my dad got a stroke 8 months ago and didn’t want to get another storke so he tries to eat healthier! Now he loves,loves,loves,loves salad that is why we want to suprise my dad with a salad /barbecue party (I will pray real hard that I will be one of the winners) at our apartment. I think your restaurant is awesome and has delicious , fresh food. Grace
We love Souplantation!!!!!!!!!! We would celebrate in the Lakewood, CA, location.
We would go to the Sweet Tomatoes in Arlington, TX with my family and then go to the movies. It has been a Fathers Day tradition for many years now to go out to eat and then see a movie. I love the food at Sweet Tomatoes and it would be a special treat.
Our daughters enjoy spending time with their father at Sweet Tomatoes. We catch up on what is going on with one another, and relax while enjoying great food. Good times!
My favorite memory of my dad is watching him play Men’s softball and coach girls’ softball. He loved softball and enjoyed being involved in it anyway he could. Growing up my dad always wanted me to play but I never wanted to, mainly because I would get dirty. When I entered middle school I was attending where my father coached and I finally gave in and played for my first with him as my coach. It was a great year and I started playing many sports that year. Though he is no longer with us, I would love to celebrate in his honor with one of my favorite restaurants.
We would celebrate at our son’s house by the pool in his beautiful backyard! Lot’s of fun memories have been made there!
Honestly, it’s difficult to point to a single memory of Souplantation with dad. I think one of the ones that stands out is when initially discovered the garlic bread with clam chowder was my favorite combination of food. I shared it with him and he approved.
My father loves this place. It used to “just be his favorite,” until he was diagnosed with malignant skin cancer. He says now days that Soup Plantation & Sweet Tomatoes is a fun environment and feels great to simply have a seat and sip some hot soup and talk with his family. I saw this contest and told him about it. I asked HIM where HE would want to spend a catered party should we win. He said, “I would love to go to Lakewood, CA.” I didn’t understand why, but he says that if he could enjoy his favorite food at the channel/park he met my mother, it could easily be the best feeling he has ever experienced. For the sake of how much I love my father, I do hope I win so I can share this experience with him (even if we can’t go to Lakewood). Should I not win, and someone reads this response….Please wish him the best. Either way, we’ll be back to Soup Plantation & Sweet Tomatoes very soon.
Thanks
When I left California, I was bummed that I wouldn’t be able to go to Souplantation anymore. It was a lot of fun to discover that Florida has Sweet Tomatoes and that my dad (and mom) are also big fans.
We would celebrate Father’s Day with all our families fathers at my house with the refreshing touch that only Soup Plantation can bring!
My fav memory is visiting the new Sweet Tomatoes location in Mountain View, CA. As a dad of two young girls, its a joy to take them for dinner on a weeknight after school / work and discuss how everyone’s day went — followed by some soft serve ice cream and fruit and a stroll around the neighborhood!
I would celebrate at the Sweet Tomatoes in Tampa, Carrollwood location. My father passed away 5 years ago, so I would bring my “extended family” on my tennis team. Most of them are fathers.
We would celebrate at my mom’s fiancee’s house. He has taken us under his wings and treats us as his daughters. We always go over to his house for family celebrations, including this Father’s Day. Just being around the family with great food would be sure to make his day special!
My husband and I always visit Sweet Tomatoes…and he has now become my ‘sweet tomato’ after always getting my chicken soup for me!
Our favorite ST location is Brandon Fl. The staff are always so friendly!
If we were so fortunate to win the Father’s Day Sweet Tomatoes meal…
we would celebrate by enjoying it in the comfort of our back yard. We have the perfect set up with table,chairs and a beautiful lush garden my father created and planted. We would create the perfect picnic on a sunny day with the family celebrating the amazing man in our lives, that we are so lucky to call Dad!
My children would love to surprise their Daddy with a delicious meal from Souplantation, his favorite. Their Daddy is the best ever. He dedicates all his free time to them, whether it be practicing soccer, doing homework, or just watching a good movie. They like to say they have the best Daddy in the world.
If we won we would enjoy it in the comfort of our home.
At my daughters or moms since we aren’t fortunate enough to have a Sweet Tomatoes where we live (Saint George, UT)
Since I have no living father my favorite memories are with my son and grandson enjoying the wonderful choices of food and sharing our day, memories, and just enjoying each other. It would be wonderful to bring family together when we all have such busy lives for such a wonderful occasion. Thank you for this opportunity.
We will celebrate at grandma’s with all the family!
Souplantation is my dad’s favorite (and only) American buffet he’ll go to when he visits from Korea! He would always pile a mountain of food on his plates and proceed on eating without a peep. He probably wouldn’t even notice if the person next to him died! 🙂
The best memory I have of being with my father and family at Sweet Tomatoe’s is when my whole family went out to dinner to celebrate the birth of the first grandson in our immediate family. See my dad and mom had only girls, 3 of them and 2 being identical twins! I know my dad always wanted a boy to carry on our family name and the smile on his face when my twin sister told us she was having a boy was priceless! It is a very memorable dinner!
If my blog were to win I would have the catered event at my house in San Jose CA. Why my house? For one my mom wouldn’t have to clean up afterward as she usually does at all of our family events which are usually held at her house. And I have the biggest yard for all the kids to play in and a nice garage that my dad likes to sneak away to and enjoy some “guy” time while playing pool!
Thanks for the opportunity!
Jackie
I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. My favorite memory of my dad is him taking me to the park to play catch or practice for softball when I was younger. I loved those times at the park!
I enjoy going to SweetTomatoes with my dad in part because my mom doesn’t usually go, so it’s a nice father-son bonding time together. There’s not enough moments like that!
If I won catering for 10, I’d have a lunch at my house and invite my mom and dad, my mother-in-law, father-in-law, stepfather-in-law, brother in law all to a great healthy lunch!
We would celebrate at our small home eating all the delisious Soup Plantation food while watching one of dads favorite dvds.
We would go to my brother’s house and have a great dinner with my hubby and our whole family. We’d have to add a some more food though. There’s about 20 of us!
I remember celebrating my graduation and father’s day with my dad and the rest of the family at Souplantation a long time ago. Now that I am a dad too I am looking forward to creating the same memories with my kids.
If our family won we would celebrate at a park with our family and friends. We’re so proud of our dad who has been through a lot this year and deserves it!
We will have catering at home for father’s day!! No where is better than HOME with good food!!
What better place to have a feast on Father’s Day then Sweet Tomatoes.
Love that place!!!
We just love souplantation (sweeet tomatoes) is is the best resturant in jax florida healthy and very colorful we go there for all the salads soups and desserts people are so frendliy there as well.. fathers day would be fantastic there and my kids father has to eat everything healthy this would be the best day out at souplantation ever he would be so happy the kidswould hope that there father wins this for fathers day!
Memory – Taking my husband to souplantation and just being able to sit with him and my daughter while enjoying every moment with them. I have to say though that when the free cookies come around, I can not tell who is more excited, my 12 yo daughter or my 31 yo husband!
Where – If we won, I would probably take it to the beach or maybe the park and have a nice day outside with my family. The place is never really an issue, we just want to make sure we are always with loved ones!
Thank you Souplantation, My family and I love to go about once a week! And we can feel good knowing that we are eating right! =)
My husband just became a Great-Grandpa for the fist time.. It would be great to have all the family over to our house to swim and eat the delicious food we always enjoy when we visit Sweet Tomatoes in Jacksonville Florida.
My favorite memories at Souplantation with my father involve being carried around and pointing at “want/yummies” and shaking my head at “no wants/wont eats” selections in line as he spoons delicious items into my plate down the buffet lines.
my husband taught our kids to prepare their potatoes correctly: cut it in half, loosen the inside, blend in the ingredients of your choice (usually cheese and bacon), close it back up, eat your salad then return to the potato. voila! the kids are so proud of themselves, as if they cooked a meal for themselves. we would definitely celebrate it at our house if we win. home my husband’s favorite place in the world.
I would Love to be able to have Free Catering at my home for my boyfriend his daughter and family. This is my boyfriends favorite place to go eat… he is a veggie head..lol (don’t eat meat) This will also keep him on track while on his diet if we were to win. This will give him time to relax and spend some time w/the family. He is a very hard working man!!! He deserves this!!!! 🙂
My dad always loved going to Sweet Tomato, every time we would go visit my parents in Houston, we would go there! He loved the soft serve ice cream in the itty bitty cones! He passed away 3 years ago, but every time we go there we have an ice cream cone for him! <3
My husband and I love Sweet Tomatoes and it is a place the whole family loves! If I were to win I would have the extended family over to celebrate the dad’s in our lives!
I would love nothing more than to have a catered Sweet Tomatoes party right here in my home, in honor of my loving and devoted husband, Rich! Our family of 4 goes to Sweet Tomatoes often…it is a favorite of ours to be sure. Our girls, Katie age 8 and Maggie age 6, are always over the moon when we say we’ll be going to Sweet Tomatoes. They love all of the choices, from the fresh salads, to the soups and everything in between. Of course the frozen yogurt at the end is the capper for them! Wouldn’t it wonderful to have all of that delicious food come here, to our home! We would invite our closest family to help us celebrate, and instead of focusing all of our energy on getting the food on the table we could relax and enjoy! I truly wish that I could somehow win this wonderful prize…I adore Sweet Tomatoes and would love to do something fun for my husband. He is our breadwinner…a thoughtful and loving husband and such a devoted Daddy to his girls. A prize like this would bring a smile to his face for sure, and he deserves that more than anyone I know! Thanks for the prize offer Sweet Tomatoes…writing this makes me stop and realize what a lucky woman I am!
We would go to Souplantation in Dunwoody GA with my dad and would enjoy a good meal. My dad couldn’t wait to get the New England Clam Chowder.
I have many wonderful memories at Souplantation with my father, but my favorite one I actually was not there for! Thirty years ago, my father asked my grandfather if he could marry my mom at Souplantation . Twenty-eight years later, my husband took my father there to ask him if he could marry me.
My Dad loves souplantation and everytime we go there he enjoys piling everyone possible he can on his plate where it looks like a mountain.lol He deserves dinner from his favorite place especially when he can enjoy it at home with all his family.
My family is gathering with my father (there will be 3 fathers in total) to celebrate Father’s Day. We plan to spend the day outside, by the pool, where the children can all play and be together. It is always a great day of relaxation, good food, and good company. It would be wonderful to surprise my dad with the delicious food from Souplantation, giving him a break from the barbecue.
My grandpa has passed away, but Sweet Tomatoes was always one of his favorite places to go! And he always had the best advice for my nephew. He would say “Sweet Tomatoes soup is so good. But it’s important that you put the ladle way down deep & stir around. That’s how you get the good stuff to come up!”.
My favorite memory at Souplantation and Sweet tomatoes is that my husband introduced our kids and me to this healthy place to eat. My kids dad is the best dad ever in this world for introducing this more healthy way of eating good food for all of us instead of eating unheathy food like fast take out food. He works hard everyday in the navy and is starting a better life style.So my best memory is having Souplantationa and sweet tomatoes as our favorite healthy eating place to go to when we have the extra funds to eat out! If we won this fathers day dinner for our hard working military dad it would be nice to beable to do something when where really not able to get him something cause hes our provider for everything.
My Dad has never been in my life so as far as I am concerned my mom is also my dad she has had to play both roles. So I always tell her Happy fathers day and souplantation is our favorite place to eat. I would really enjoy it with her at home.
My memories go way back when my husband and I took our sons to Soup Plantation over 20 years ago! It was a special place to celebrate birthdays. Now we just take advantage of the midweek, midday senior specials! The best meal deal in town!
We’d be thrilled to celebrate our catered-party in Tustin, CA. with family and friends!
My father is recently new to the sweet tomatoes experience. he was in the hospital recently and was told to change his diet. He thought he would not be able to go out to eat anymore. Then we introduced him to sweet tomatoes and he loved it. He could not believe the variety of great food there was. Thank you sweet tomatoes!!
I’d love to celebrate here at our home in Florida!
My husband 12 yrs ago took on the responsibility of my three children when he married me. He has been an important example to them and still is.
My father left Texas last year so he and my mother could be close to their grandchildren. He has always put family second. Yes second. He puts God first. Raising each of his four daughters with strong moral standards, values and faith which we now strive to establish with our children. His catered lunch would be outside in Red Rock canyon on a picnic table. Fresh food, fresh air, and family. That is how he would enjoy it most.
My husband loves sweet tomatoes, we go all the time. His favorite thing to eat is the split pea soup and of course the frozen yogurt for dessert. My husband does most of the cooking for our family so last week my daughter and I treated him to a night off from cooking. He was so happy they had his favorite soup he had two bowls! We would spend fathers day with family – at home in Tampa, FL
Our family loves the Sweet Tomato’s in Sunnyside, Oregon. I would die to have one in the Gresham, Oregon area as well (HINT)!!!!! On a visit to San Diego, where we were stationed at the time, we took my father to Souplantation. Our favorite was the strawberry shortcake desert bar and we all had a contest to see who could build the tallest and eat the most for desert! It was laughable, and a fun memory to this day.
Our Family loves Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes. If we win, we will celebrate the dads in our family at our son David’s new house in Torrance.
I would love to celebrate with my husband and brothers at our Mother’s place for Father’s Day. She cherishes the men in our family.
Through the 15 years of my parents being divorced, Soup Plantation and Sweet Tomatoes (shortened to “Soupy” when we were young!) still remains to be the #1 favorite meeting place for us to meet up and have lunch or dinner with our dad. What a wonderful thing it would be for US to treat our dad to dinner at “Soupy” to celebrate our recent graduations!!!
Thank you for the wonderful food and great times! 🙂
I’d love to thank my dad for all he does everyday for me. We’d love to picnic at the beach here in Ft. Lauderdale, play some beach volleyball or kayak, and make it a great family day!! There’d be no picnic without Sweet Tomatoes yummy food! Hope we win!
We would celebrate at one of the Gulf beaches and make it that great family day with sports, good food, family, and friends.
Souplantation is the only restaurant my father has taken my family out to eat since I was 3 years old (if families could have “official restaurants,” Souplantation would be ours). I am now 25. We used to fast the whole day in preparation for our epic Souplantation meal one night every week. My father would get the hugest salad known to man, and we would marvel at how thin he was despite eating so much food, getting 5 servings of soup, multiple baked goods and desserts. But I digress. When I was 7, I had gotten into the habit of putting my chocolate soft-serve and the chocolate pudding in the same soup bowl for dessert. When I got to my table, I’d furiously whip the two heavenly chocolate delicacies together with a spoon, resulting in a thick, bubbly ice-cream/pudding mashup. I would then get another serving of this. When my father caught on to my habit, he lectured me about how it was going to give me an upset stomach and that if I didn’t stop, he would punish me by not taking me to Souplantation for a month. A whole month! Unfortunately, my need for immediate gratification won out, and I continued to make my burp-inducing chocolate concoction. I took my punishment with my tail between my legs. But I don’t think my own father could stay away from Souplantation, because he shortened the sentence; 3 weeks later, we were back again.
Our 4 kids and I like to surprise “Papa” with good meals on special days. This surely would be one! We would celebrate at home and play games and have fun while we eat the delicious Sweet Tomatoes food! Thanks for the opp.
PS: For Father’s Day this year, we are going to Souplantation of course.
PPS: For Mother’s Day this year, we forced ourselves to switch it up by going to a Thai restaurant instead. For weeks, every time I called my father, he made a point of bringing up how we should have gone to Souplantation and how we all learned our lesson and wouldn’t make that mistake again.
My father took me here and told me to eat any amount of whatever I wanted. Then he told me that establishments like souplantation makes America so great! LOL
I would celebrate at my friend Judi’s house. She and I and our daughters have been going to Souplantation nearly 20 years now – it’s our “go-to” place when it comes to eating out. Judi has been so good to me during these hard times and I would love to be able to surprise her with our favorite food to celebrate our friendship and remember our fathers.
Our family loves fresh, healthy food, and the great outdoors. For Father’s Day, we would
most likely do what we love to do best–picnic in the park with our FREE food from one of
our favorite places to eat–Sweet Tomatoes!
If I won a FREE catering party for 10 from my FAVORITE restaurant Sweet Tomatoes it wouldn’t matter a bit to me where we celebrated! I moved about a year ago to a state that doen’t have any Sweet Tomatoes restaurants, so my wonderful husband drives with me for over an hour and a half to the closest one once a month because I’m addicted!!!
1. One of my most treasured moments was when I first saw my son-in-law hold my first grandchild in his arms. His joy was boundless and the depth of his feeling was beyond words. This was a special baby for him as my grandson was named after his beloved father, who passed away suddenly a week before we learned my daughter was pregnant. We all had tears in our eyes.
2. Naturally, we would all celebrate together, sharing the Souplantation with our family, enriching
the festivities. Food seems to be best when shared with those who you love and are loved by them, and remember those who are not with us.
My favorite memory with my father is him rooting for me at my sporting games.
Hi, my name is Michelle Hull. My step fathers name is Jim. Jim basically
raised me, my older brother and his and my Mom’s son that they had together.
Great Family provider. Couple years back, my mom’s health took a turn for
the worse. Mom was always the one who took care of all are needs. I would
really like to thank him for not giving up and sticking with and taking care
of her til the end. Well, we lost my mom Aug. of last year. We all miss
her so very much. It would be nice to thank him with a little party with the
family to let him know how much he means to us and for everything he has
done. I know this story is not a happy memory. But, the family getting together
will be a wonderful one. Thank you
I would love to treat my husband to a Sweet Tomatoes catered meal on our back patio. We have two young adult children, but we have accumulated about ten “extra kids” over the years as our kids’ friends have made this their second home. We never know who’s going to show up at the dinner table on any given night. Many of our meals, in the nicer weather, are prepared by my husband on our grill and eaten on the back patio. It’s always such fun to squeeze around our small outdoor table and hear how the kids’ days have gone. It would be a real blessing to let my husband take the night off and just sit and enjoy the company of the kids.
We celebrate Dad Day at my parents’ house with lots of food. Food has always been a part of our family parties and will continue to be for years to come! We enjoy the laughs, the smells, the tastes, the conversations and the fun when all the family is together. If I won this contest, I would bring the food right to my parents’ place.
Souplantation is the place where my family can recreate this experience with food. Every time we would have a family outing, the number one place to eat is Souplantation. We love the atmosphere and the great food that surrounds us. Go Souplantation!
We have been going to Souplantation before kids and as each of our 5 sons grew in and out of the belly. It is the most visited restraunt by our family of 7. We used to comment that our ‘free’ (under age 3) boys ate more than we did! We always say, “the way our boys eat, we always get our monies worth at Souplantation!”
We would have our party catered in our NEW kitchen that is now bigger than a ‘one butt kitchen’ it is now a ‘7 butt’ kitchen! It would be a perfect Fathers Day as we do not have the gas line hooked up yet to cook………….only eat!!
And our Dad did all the building himself w/his 5 sons!!
I would celebrate our free meal poolside at our neighborhood pool to thank the people who helped me and my family 5 years ago when I had breast cancer.
I would host the party at my house. My whole family love Souplantation and would be very happy if I win.
If we won this great prize from Souplantation, we would celebrate at home with all five of our children coming home to spend the day with their dad.
Stacey, Simi Valley
I would gather with the dear friends who make up my family here in Los Angeles at our favorite location on Beverly Boulevard, right in my neighborhood. Though my father isn’t with us here on Earth anymore, we would honor him with stories of his life and also salute all the fathers who are no longer with us. Over a hearty and delicious Souplantation meal to honor our fathers, we would celebrate universal fatherhood and the gifts we were (and are) blessed to have from our dear fathers, gifts that keep giving throughout our life.
With 5 kids with “bottomless pits” , as my Father called us, this was a great place to eat healthy with the extra perk of all you can eat. Souplantation, in Costa Mesa, Ca, was a great place to eat out on Saturday afternoons… Or any day if the week, for that matter, that we were visiting dad. We love salad and fresh veggies, and of course warm bread and soup is always a plus!! We are doing a Father’s day /birthday lunch for Dad there this year. Now that we live in the Inland Empire, Loma Linda is the closest one. To have one in Riverside/Corona, Ca area would be great. Especially because of all us Vegetarians in the here!!
-Happy Father’s Day Papi , we love you!
My favorite memory with my step dad is when he first took me to a Souplantation in San Diego. Each holiday we all get, we meet up in San Diego since he lives there. I remember seeing how fresh and tasty the salad entrees were. My favorite memory is when he bought me cookies to take home. I love the variety and atmosphere this place gives. I eat at Soup Tomato out here near Los Angeles every lunch break I get from work. I can’t wait to take him to my location here in LA to celebrate Father’s Day this year. It is a place the whole family loves!
My dad’s name is Luis and he loves ice-cream and his favorite trrip was one in which he combined several fruits with his soft serve ice-cream to create one colorful dessert. I will never forget the look on his face. As for the other dad in my family, my husband , the expression on his face as he ate a baked potatoe with chilli was priceless. Thanks, Sweet Tomatoes for these memories.
I remember the first time I brought my dad to Souplantation…he wasn’t sure what to expect, but he loved it, and kept going back up for blueberry muffins! Now it’s a mandatory destination every time he comes to visit California!
We would celebrate at our home.
want to celebrate father’s day at sweet tomatoes:) everyone in the family loves this restaurant!
My favorite memory of my dad is at my college graduation in April 2012. He and my mom drove from Las Vegas to Provo, UT to see me graduate with my college degree. It was a 2 day graduation and though he has a hard time sitting on seats without backs, he sat through 2 hours the second day on a bench to see me walk the stage. I also remember the first day of that graduation where all of us graduates were walking from the parking lot across the street to the building the commencement was held in and there were so many parents and teachers watching us walk to the building. I remember coming up to one of the bridges and looking up and there was my dad up there waiting to find me and take pictures of me. I was his first college graduate out of 5 kids and he was so, so proud. He never went to college and works super hard to provide for my family and I was glad that he supported me throughout my life to get to that point. I LOVE MY DADDY!!
My parents divorced when I was 3-years-old. I am now 34-years-old and my favorite memory of my father was when I was 5-years-old. My father’s car broke down after he promised to pick me up and take me to buy Easter shoes. Being a man of his word, my dad drove his 10-speed bicycle 15 miles to my house and took me (on a banana seat) to buy my favorite pair of black, patent leather shoes. He took me to lunch and bought me a coloring book and crayon, then dropped me off at my afternoon Kindergarten class. I remember holding on to the fence and watching him ride away as tears rolled down my face. My dad never let circumstances or distance get in the way of keeping his promises. Being a married mother of 3 children now makes me appreciate everything my dad did for me.
I would love to honor my husband and my brother-in-law with a catered picnic at the lake. we would enjoy spending the time together and eating the delicious food catered by Sweet tomatoes.
Souplantation has become synonymous with our family! We spend almost every friday night there and some times go 2 or 3 times a week! It was also a place that we would bring my brother and his kids when they would visit us during the summer. At the time, He was recently separated from his wife and we enjoyed great family-bonding time together. If we won, we would celebrate at my home with all the men in the family that are dads, to thank them for being great dads, grandpas, and uncles!
My kids would take it their Dad’s house to celebrate him 🙂
We would celebrate together either at a nearby Souplantation or Disneyland!
I have twin 4 year old boys. We have been bringing them to the Sweet Tomatoes here in Sandy, UT since they were born. We love it because there are not only so many options for the kids, but they get to see their parents eating huge salads – which in turn makes them want to eat huge salads. Whenever we drive by a McDonalds, or Arbys…they tell me ,” Mom…thats yucky food”. It makes me feel good as a parent that we are imprinting good eating behavior and habbits at such a young age. The thing we love – it that we can teach moderation at Sweet Tomatoes…so they can have mac and cheese and brownies….BUT they need to always have 5 green things first. If we were to win the catering, I would incorporate it into one of our fun summer parties on in our back yard. We have games for the kids, like sac races, egg races and water baloon toss. It allows the kids to be active as well as it would allow them to enjoy healthy eats as well! Thank you for offering such wonderful food for all of us!
My favorite memory of Souplantation involving a father figure is from last year. My father-in-law, husband and a good friend surprised all of us ladies by taking us to Souplantation for Mother’s Day. It as a great time with wonderful food! We were well fed and it is my favorite place to eat, so I thoroughly enjoyed it. If I were to win, we would celebrate at the Foothill Ranch location with the family. It would be a nice way to make it a fun holiday stop for more and more family holidays together!
The memories I most enjoy are the times we spend now as adults. Spending times together making memories either at Angels Stadium cheering on our favorite baseball team. Or going to special events as the Father’s Day Johnny Cash Roadshow Revival listening to the music of his favorite singer. It’s things like this that are most special.
I’ll never forget the night I was at a high school football game, laughing with friends and cheering our team in the frosty cold of a Fall evening in Michigan, when just for a fleeting glance, I caught a glimpse of my Dad standing behind a wall. I had driven myself and my friends there that night, and thought I was “On my own”, yet there he was, watching me from afar. And just as quickly as he appeared, he disappeared. At first I was angry, that he was checking up on me…maybe didn’t trust me! Then I felt a warm sense of comfort and love, knowing he would always be there for me too. That was almost 40 years ago. I lost him to cancer only three short years after that night, when I was 20 years old. Yet, I think I catch a glance of him now and then- to this day. Four kids, four grandkids, and a full lifetime later, I’d like to spend the day with my family…telling them about my Father. And sharing a good meal from one of our Family favorites…Sweet Tomatoes!
I will really enjoy treating my father in law and wife to this meal as he always insists on paying every time we go there.. if its free he wont have a choice thanks for this opportunity! we love sweet Tomatoes
Favorite memory: last week when we went to souplantation <3 delicious and we would probably have it cadered to our house to share with family, friends, and employees! 🙂
I have loved Sweet Tomatoes for the past 20 years. We’d celebrate at our home, where our family loves to have reunions.
While he always ate my various attempts at homemade chili with a smile, I know my dad’s favorite chili is from the Soup Plantation!
Favorite memory at souplantation: going last week and eating the delicious wonton sald!! <3 Where we would have this catered: our house to share with friends, family, and emplyees! 🙂
My favorite Father’s Day memory will for sure be made this Sunday. My husband will be having his first Father’s Day and is a proud, proud papa of our baby girl!
souplantation last week eating wonton salad and we would cater this to our house to share with friends family and employees
For fathers day we are sending all our fathers in the family on a fishing charter. When they return, we would celebrate pool side at my parents house. It would be fabulous to not have to cook for 12 ppl.
Our family has been going to the Souplantation for about 20 years, here in Arcadia, California. It’s our FAVORITE place to eat. Healthy food and not GREASY.
My favorite memory with my dad at a soup plantation, would have to be when we had a lunch date together. I had taken my own 3 yr old son. And my dad was surprised and happy at How well my son was eating all his veggies lol. He also gave me dad advice while we ate. Advice to help me get by.
My Dad’s Favorite place to eat is Sweet Tomatoes. He abolutely Loves your place. It is a delite to watch him has he goes through the line and heaps his plate high. (Most men get excited over Steak, but not him. It is a good salad) is face just glows as he thinks about his latest salad creation. He made sure, early on, that his grand kids were introduced to Sweet Tomatoes. On a recent trip to watch his oldest grandson, 7, at practice, he stoped and bought him a gift card to give as a reward for participating in his sport. After the event was over we all gathered at Sweet Tomatoes for a feast. He would be so exited to win this contest and probably would never stop talking about it.
I’m a slightly newer father (3 year old son, 7 month girl) so I’m still creating memories for my family to have with me. My wife and I have taken our boy to Sweet Tomatoes since he was a few months old and have never stopped going. We live in an apartment complex and are fortunate enough to have neighbors with kidsthat are similar in age. Four families with 8 combined kids to be exact…. If I won the catering party I would have to celebrate with all the kids and parents in the grassy area in front of our apartments where all the kids play… We might have to pay for a little extra food : ) Thanks so much for creating a fun afordable place for families to enjoy meal time together!!!
*affordable.. haha
My earliest childhood of my father was going to the park and enjoy BBQ some delicious food with the family. We would make the food all ahead of time, when at the park, we would take like 1/2 the day getting the fire started. We are such amateurs at making fire, it’s not even funny. That’s why we never go camping. So now, as a dad myself, I can make pretty decent BBQs with my eyes closed. But I always try to eat healthy, thus we are always going to Souplantation. This would be a great way to get the family together and my parents as well. So I guess If I do win this contest, I will make sure to bring some awesome BBQ to pair up with this awesome Souplantation meal!
I WOULD CELEBRATE WITH MY FAMILY AT THE PARK WHEN MY DAD CAME TO TOWN TO VISIT THE NEXT TIME. HIS EYES ARE FAILING HIM SO HE TAKES THE TRAIN INTO KIRKWOOD SO HE CAN SEE ALL OF US. IT’S THE ONLY TIME WE ALL GET TOGETHER. IT WOULD JUST MAKE FOR A SWEETER TOMATO MEMORY : )
We would host Family Fun Night with our friends who have kids the same age as ours! Since our kids are young (2 yrs old), we would celebrate at a park that has a playground.
Hello. My name is Elvis. Because my dad works in Korea, he flies to San Diego every few months or so. For the past 10 years, my only memory of talking or seeing my dad is through a video chat or on the phone. Thus, when my dad actually comes to San Diego, there is this awkward tension between us because it feels like we don’t have anything in common. But everything changes when we go to Souplantation. It’s filled with joy and laughter, and it’s one of few places where it feels like we are a family. We reminisce about our old times and share a few chuckles, and my dad and I can talk without that awkward tension. It’s kind of a magical place where families can be families. I think it would be wonderful to recreate this moment with my dad in our San Diego house before he leaves to Korea in July and before I leave to college (Emory). I want us to have a few more laughters before we all separate.
I would love to introduce my Grandson who became a FATHER for the first time on May 22nd 2012 to the Souplantation restaurant located in San Bernardino on Hospitality Lane, it is up the street from where we will be visiting the grave site of my son ( his father ) . I just renewed my relationship with him after 10 yrs not seeing him since my son’s death. Souplantation is my restaurant of choice when I visit my son’s son for every Holiday or event I LOVE SOUPLANTATION & I know my grandson would too/
Dear souplantation,
My family is a big clam chowder fan!! But anytime we buy it in a can its never as good as souplantation. I’ve taken my dad to souplantation a couple of times for fathers day or his birthday an even just for lunch. The environment there although is jumpy it still feels as though we can relax an hang out with each other. We have a great time together and souplantation is one of the places that allow us to hang out and reconnect with each other! Thanks souplantation for allowing me to share my experience!
My father passed with I was 10 years old but ever since I got married my father in law has become my father. He LOVES Souplantation and states that he can eat there everyday! So each time we go to Souplantation, either with or without him, I am reminded of him and how blessed I am to have him as my father.
M family has been going to Souplantation in Rancho Cucamonga, Ca for close to 20 years since my brother got his first job there. It’ s been tradition to go all the time to once every couple months. We will never get tired of eating and socializing there. If I win we would celebrate with my Dad in his beautiful backyard amongst friends and family. It would be extra special since my Dad has a b’day June 16!
i love sweet tomatoes, i used to work right next to it in Brandon , fl and me and my best friend would go there 3 to 4 times a week for lunch. although i don’t work near there anymore and im down to 1 time a week and its usually Mondays ( cream of mushroom soup day). best soup they have and i usually take a pint size home as well. we were talking bout food the other day for fathers day and this would be the best food for fathers day to honor the great fathers we know along with the best food we know and that’s sweet tomatoes.Thank You
My dad loves to come and visit my three daughters. When he makes the special trip out here, we go to soup plantation where he loves to see them pick out their favorite things to eat.
We love the souplantation in Carlsbad, CA. THe staff extra friendly and helpful.
Souplantion is daddy’s and my two boys favorite restaurant. My husband and kids ask everyday to go to souplantion. My favorite memory of my husband at souplantion is the lemon month. His favorite food is lemon so when lemon month comes around I think we are there every night for dinner and my son LOVES the breakfast too. He also ask to go to Souplantion for breaskfast so he can have fruit loops. We have alot of good memorys as a family at Souplantion. It would be really nice to have family over and have a great meal. My inlaws just got finished a liquid diet and now can eat salad so it would work out perfect.
I would like to thank my dad for being such a great role model. He is retired now but when he was employed My dad never missed a day of work and woke up at the crack of down to make sure he was on time to work. He has always been there for me and I thank GOD everyday for my dad. I would like to win this contest because of course we love Sweet Tomatoes and my dad does go out as much as he use to. It would be nice to bring Sweet Tomatoes to his home so he can enjoy. Thanks Dad!!!
I would have the catered event at the nursing home where my Dad 71 years young is.He is 7th stage Alzheimers and loved Sweet Tomatoes.We would all go on Sundays in Fresno Ca. What great stories he told the grandkids and great grandchild about his life as an amatuer boxer and being a welder who did the first test weld for the Crystal Cathederal Church in Southern California.Our family would love to share this feast with other patients who we consider family now in the nursing home. I think it will be a lasting memory and even bring back some of my Dads past memories and storytelling.
I introduced my father to Sweet Tomatoes when he moved to Florida last fall and it has become his favorite place to go. Every time family visits he suggests I take them to ‘that Sweet Tomatoes place’ and it’s the first thing he wants to do when he comes into Orlando.
I would enjoy this wonderful gift at our Martial Arts school in Pembroke PInes Florida, the instructor, who is a dad, is the most wonderful father to a 2 year old and stepfather to a tough 15 year old. He is amazing in every way, caring, patient, fun, and he is a 5th degree tough cookie who melts at his baby girls requests. He totally deserves this and always takes his lil girl to Sweet tomatoes in Pembroke pines to eat healthy, and have a treat of ice cream with sprinkles which he makes by putting it on top of a brownie, and bananas, with the syrup of chocolate and sprinkles, his own sundae! Thanks 🙂
Catering for 10 is PERFECT – 8 adults and 8 kids! My entire family would get together at my sister’s community pool with my elderly parents and all 8 grandchildren. We would enjoy a great meal and a great time relaxing together!
My favorite memory at Soup plantantion and Sweet Tomatoes was one day on the weekend that, I decided to invite my dad, my husband sisters and mother in law to go eat. I didn’t mention my mom because she passed away 6 years ago and I as I remember we have always been a very close family. I love the variety of soups we guys have. If I win this free catering for 10, I will celebrate at my house with the family Thank you
One of our favorite sweet tomatoes father daughter memories is when my husband was feeding our 3rd child and gave her some macaroni and cheese which she loves and she was so delighted she started singing at the top of her lungs a macaroni and cheese song but what made it so great was it sounded like everyone in the resteraunt all stopped, listened and chuckled right along with her. She loved that the whole dining room was her audience!
My son ate his first orange wedge at Sweet Tomatoes, given to him by my husband. Love all the fresh, healthy selections!
OUR FAMILY HAS HAD SO MANY SUNDAY AFTER-CHURCH LUNCHES AT SWEET TOMATOES. MY FAVORITES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE MAC AND CHEESE AND LOTS OF ICE CREAM. I WOULD LOVE TO SURPRISE MY DAD WITH A CATERED PICNIC ON THE BOAT. THAT WOULD BE THE PERFECT COMBINATION OF TWO OF OUR FAMILY FAVORITES
My father loves Souplantation & Sweet Tomatoes. If we win, we would celebrate with family at my father’s house.
I would love to be able to surprise my Nephew with this contest He just became a Father and we just reunited with him after 10 yrs of his mother keeping him away after my brothers death.We would celebrate at his fathers site ( Waterman & Barton Rd Loma Linda Ca ) since that’s where we will be headed on Fathers Day,he has not been allowed to visit his fathers site since the burial we will spend the day getting acquainted with him and his siblings for a special celebration of LIFE.
I would celebrate at my house with my brother, sisters and family. The last meal I shared with my Dad was at souplantation before he passed. It would be nice to come together and have a remembrence day for him in his honor. He loved your salad bar and so do we.
When our son and his family come for a visit from Vancouver B.C. Canada the first place they want to go is the Sweet Tomatoes. It is their very favorite place to go for either lunch or dinner. We go there often and we would like to invite our other son and his family plus other relatives that really enjoy The Sweet Tomatoes to our home if we should win the catering party for ten.
My favorite memory at Sweet Tomatoes was with my dad, my mom and my uncle. We met there as a mini family reunion in April of 2012. Several of my daughters were there along with my husband. We don’t get together very often with my dad and my uncle as neither of them live here in Las Vegas, so it was a blast to eat and visit at Sweet Tomatoes. We were treated great as always.
I would have the catered party at my house and invite my elderly parents and all of my brothers and sisters. We have a wonderful time when we get together…and with a catered party, it would be so relaxing and who could pass up Sweet Tomatoes delicious food?! Oh boy, I hope I win!!
I just purchased my first home.
I would have it at my home, in the backyard by the pool.
Thank you,
gail
I would celebrate with my dad, mom, husband and kids at our home for Father’s day. It is not often we get together and having the whole family in one place with catering would make it extra special. Especially since the food is so good!
My dad is turning 75 in a few months and I’m already planning to do something special so catering for 10 would be perfect to have his friends over!
I want my dad to go for lunch together with me because it is Father’s day. He never goes to a Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes in San Diego.
CORNBREAD MADNESS
My favorite memory in Souplantation is not one that would blow people’s “LIKE meter” off the charts or anything, but it is something that always pops up into my mind whenever I am inhaling down the scrumptious cornbread at Souplantation. Personally, I believed the cornbread was so tasty that it had to be eaten alone to appreciate its purity. No one could convince me otherwise. Forget the butter, the soups, and pastas! This belief took me as far as sneaking pieces of it to feed the birds outside. (just a liiiiitle piece) I felt obligated to share the joy. That was until my dad sparked up a hidden taste bud.
I hate honey. And I dislike butter just as much. But who could have imagined the glorious result of the two condiments combined? HONEY BUTTER. It’s the darker yellow, swirl-shaped smooth goodness (patiently waiting) between the foil-covered potatoes and the plain ordinary butter. When my dad lathered the spread onto a bit of cornbread and offered it to me, I nearly refused….but there was that look on his face. YOU HAVE TO TRY IT! Glumly and obligated, I did…and I never thought my Souplantation experience could rocket any highter! The next 25 minutes and after, we chattered excitely about the craziness.
To this day, whenever I’m waltzing my tray to the table, there is always that cute paper cup on the left side of my fork. I think the birds are complain outside. … someday maybe they will finally have the priviledge!
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I am the oldest daughter in a family of six: three siblings and Mom and Dad. (and a dog) THE finest place to experience catered Souplantation would be outside in my paradise-like backyard; Souplantation is made from scratch, so of course I believe it is meant to be savored under a simple, but beautiful sunset (don’t forget the light breeze). Plus, we have a bird feeder in the back.
My dad loves Souplantation! His favorite is Joan’s Broccoli Madness. We would celebrate at home with the whole family!
Our most favorite place on any occassion is “Sweet Tomatoes”. Dad gets his birthday treats there. We enjoy the ambience, the food and almost everything about it. In case we win, we would love to celebrate with our FREE Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party for 10 @ our home and invite the Dads (our friends and family) and make it a wonderful day for the Dads.
I love my teacher and my Daddy. They both eat healthy and try to get me to do the same. I want to give them a healthy party. SO my wish is to have me, my mommy, my daddy, my teacher and his family share a party from the most healthy place we ever eat at.
I would take my Dad to a beautiful park!!
I would celebrate my free Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering for 10 in Pembroke Pines Florida Sweet Tomatoes. I’m originally from east coast south Florida and my whole family lives there along with all my friends. i moved to the middle of the state on the west coast side about almost 8 years ago. It’s a pretty long drive but we make it. Whenever I’m in town to visit them or they come to visit me we are always in Sweet Tomatoes enjoying the amazing food and each others company it’s become a tradition. We are always looking forward to the theme months and weeks which are wonderful. Thank you Sweet Tomatoes.
We would celebrate at my parents house with brother, sister and family.
We’d love to get together with my husband, my daughter, my dad, my brother-in-law, his son, and all the rest of the fathers and children in our family! We’d probably do it at our house, where everyone can meet and enjoy a lovely Souplantation meal together.
I would celebrate with my dad who will turn 91 on July the 12th. What a fun time that would be
I would celebrate Father’s day in my neighborhood park.
I would love to celebrate my husband who is the best dad in the world. He does so much for our family and the community. He’s simply amazing.
I would celebrate at my brother’s house. That seems to be the favorite hang out for my parents, myself and my brother and his family. We always have such a fun time because I have 3 young nieces. My brother loves to eat healthy and my nieces are too cute so seeing them attempting to pick out food is pretty funny.
It is always fun to get togther with my father at Soup Plantation. He brings all the grandchildern and run with them to the resturant and chases them to the yogurt section. They love it and it is a joy just to watch. I would love to get a meal and/or free passes such that I can give it to my Dad and he can bring invite kids more often to the Soup Plantation.
I have many wonderful, (and delicious) memories of your awesome restaurant. I would have to say that the one memory that stands out the most would be when my dad, my mom, my twins & myself ate at your Oceanside location for lunch. It was a beautiful summer day & we filled our bellies with delicious food, and filled our hearts with stories & memorable events that we shared. The best part about the day was when my dad shared stories with us, and then got up to get his dessert. My dad got a HUGE plate, (not the dessert bowl he saw, but the PLATE). He then continued to create a huge dessert- chocolate lava cake, cookie crumbs, sprinkles, syrup AND he continued looking for more to add to that. We were laughing so hard. To most families this event would have been “no big deal, ” but to us it was priceless. Not only did my dad have great stories to share with his grandkids & myself that day, he also was himself when it was dessert time, and wasn’t afraid to show it!! What great food, wonderful memories & a place we love to go to often. Thank you for having such a delicious/healthy food, and a warm & relaxing environment for all families to create wonderful memories of their own!!
I made special card for my father on father’s day and he loved it.
I would like to celebrate my father’s day at souplantation this year because he loves eating there (all the salad, soups and bread is his favorite)
My favorite memory at Souplantation with my father is when we would go when I was younger with my cousin since he is basically a third child to my parents. I remember we all went there together often. Where would I celebrate it though? Hmm, well my family work together at Skid Row (Homeless area) in Downtown Los Angeles as a church so we would like to celebrate with the people we know there along with my cousin’s family. Except my cousin’s in the military currently, but no matter the distance we are still family!
I am Hispanic so we are all about family! We are blessed to still have our Father healthy and wise (the wealthy went out with the economy) at the age of 80. We are celebrating as we have every Fathers Day since the beginning of time by cooking breakfast for Dad on Sunday morning,. The house will be filled with children, grandchildren and great grandchildren and of course laughter and a little sibling arguing all in great fun.
The menu will include homemade tortillas, bacon, eggs, fried potatoes and of course no meal is complete in New Mexico without green chile! Then we will be at Sweet Tomatoes for the rest of the week to make up for all the calories.
When my Dad comes into town this summer, I would take him, my husband and 7 friends to the Clairemont Mesa Blvd. location in San Diego. We always take him when he visits us. We love it!! I grew up eating big salads because of him – now I can do it with ease at Soupie!!
I’d celebrate at my new home with my friends and family! What a housewarming party that would be!!!
I don’t have much memories with my father because he is always out of the state working, but I do remember that when I was little, my father and I would jump on the couch and scream on the top of our lungs like there were no tomorrow. It’s silly now that I look back, but it still is what I consider my favorite memory of me and my dad together. I would go to the park in front of our house and have a picnic with my family.
My favorite memory at Souplantation was with my father and my great uncle when we went to Souplantation on Memorial Day to celebrate with them for winning a memorial day contest. It was fun and we talked a lot and loosened up the tension between all of us… We would celebrate in our backyard with my cousins and my family members! We can also swim and stuff as well as thank our fathers and show our love to themmmmm… Yum!
I would celebrate with my two kids and my dad and brother in law and the rest of our family.
I would celebrate with my FREE Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party for 10 either at my parents or my wife parents house. I grew up in a culture where parents respect and to look after them is a number 1 priority. Now I am a dad myself, I can clearly and easily think what my dad has gone through to brought me up. I have an utmost respect not only for my parents but for my wife parents as well. To have a big family gathering by inviting my parents and wife parents if I won will be a very happy moment of my life!
My favorite memory is I took my father to South Plantation and we enjoyed the variety of food that the restaurant has, also the desserts, last but not least the soups, it is a nice place to go, it is a nice place to visit, it is a nice place to eat. I recommend South Plantation to my friends and relatives.
My favorite memory with my daughters daddy is when we go to Souplantation during “Greek” month. It’s his favorite!!!! ( he is Greek by the way). You will find him with 5 bowls of the Greek lemon soup on his tray at one time. He always says, ” I Love this, it’s so good!”.
Souplantation holds special memories for us because it is where our picky kids get to try so many different kinds of foods. It is hard to decide what to order for them at a traditional restaurant because they never want to eat what is served to them. At Souplantation, we discovered that they can chose so many different things that they like and even have frozen yogurt when they are finished! Thank you souplantation!!
I would celebrate at my Grandma’s house with my husband, cousin and stepdad
My Dad and I go to Souplantation about one time a week! Sometimes we take Mom, but we like to go together on Daddy and Son dates!
We have 9 people in my family with Grandparents and uncles/aunts and cousins- so it would be perfect!
I would have the meal catered at my cousins house – they have a pool!
My favorite memory with my dad at Sweet Tomatoes was during a time when my dad had recently lost his job due to the failing economy. Our budget was stretched rather thinly during that period of time but my dad still wanted to go out to eat to celebrate the end of freshman year in high school. While we were standing in line to pay for our meal, the family in front of us had only brought cash to pay for their meal and did not have enough money to pay for the rest. My dad pitched in on the extra $15 and they thanked us profusely. Even though my family was in a difficult financial period of time, I still admire my dad for helping that family out. I think his act shows his selfless character as well as the kind person that he is.
We’d definitely celebrate with my Dad, and my brother-in-law, bot of whom have had a rough stretch. Portland, Oregon, baby.
I would be going to the Souplantation in Palmdale, CA. We love it! We go there at least once a week. My kids get to enjoy their grandad to the fullest. They love the fact that they get serve themselves @ a buffet. And the best thing is that it’s all Healthy! I love it!
My favorite memory with my dad is when we would go fishing together. We would celebrate on the beach with lots of yummy food!
We would like to celebrate Father’s day in at Souplantation. We love to celebrate special days there. It is our favorite restaurant. Our kids love there, but we do not go very often because it is far from our home. We live in South Houston. So we would like to celebrate this Father’s day at home with grandma who is visiting us from Mexico and she loves this restarurant too. And always when we have our family from Mexico we go to Souplantation. And we have great memories form there.
We will be celebrating during a boating day at New Smyrna Beach Disappearing Island. We will bring the food there and celebrate a Sweet Tomatoes Beach and Boating Day as we done before; this time food will be by Sweet Tomatoes from Sweet Tomatoes. Happy Father’s Day!
There is only one place to celebrate a Sweet Tomatoes catered party and that is at my Father’s house. It is where I grew up, had hundreds of barbecues, driveway parties, family get togethers, and where all of my good memories stem from. My father is a huge soup fan, clam chowder, and that is why his favorite day of the week is Friday. My favorite day of the week is Monday as my favorite soup is cream of mushroom. If we win there will be a “friendly” discussion over which day the party will be on. I have a feeling it will be on Friday !
My Sweet Tomatoes memory: Myself, my 3 sister’s, their children and my brother in law all decided to meet for dinner at your Palm Harbor location. The children ranged in cage from 9 to 12 months. As we dined on dinner a member of your team brought cookies around to the guests. It was very nice.
I would celebrate here in Miami, Florida at my parent’s home…where we’ll be spending Father’s Day TOGETHER for the first time in almost 10 years!!! My father has been such a blessing to me all my life but especially now that I’ve moved back home.
This is definitely a family celebration . What a better place to recognize the essence of fatherhood then at home with the all family by the pool.
I’m from a family of 8 kids so when I was little, my mom and dad would occasionally take us out for a meal at a place like Souplantation back in Ky., where I grew up. With a big family we always needed lots of choices and plenty of healthy food. I grew up on a farm so we put a lot of stock in fresh produce and good food. With so many of us at home, sometimes what was prepared for dinner would get passed around and before it reached my Dad, there’d be nothing left! It was a kind of competittive eating event – grab what you want before it disappears! In fact when they grew older that competitive eating atmosphere continued and I remember my Dad saying, “Grandkids are coming, get out the weenies and hide the pies!” I think that’s why we all enjoyed going out so much. It was a time just to focus on being together and nothing else. Plenty of everything you like and no dishes to do afterwards! When I moved out to Ca. I looked for a place like that restauant back home and found one even better in Souplantation. Being at Souplantation reminds me of what it was like to be a kid with plenty of everything you like and a happy, well-fed Dad cracking jokes at the head of the table. The food is fresh and healthy and there are still no dishes to do afterwards.
i’d celebrate with my dad at the park!
I will enjoy your food in my back yard with my family and friends. I can just imagine it now! Oh, I hope I win!!
We are coming to Polk County Florida this Saturday to celebrate Father’s Day, my mother’s 70th Birthday, my 49th and my brother’s 50! Our fave place to eat is the Sweet Tomatoes in Orlando. My fave memories of Dad eating there is piling up on the salad so he can make himself the most awesome sundae with the fresh baked brownie hiding under the icecream so my mother can’t see it and say “Joey your Diet”!
Seeing as I’m the father, I would celebrate at home with my wife and four kids… mainly because I wouldn’t have to do the cooking for once. I could actually sit and enjoy a healthy meal with everyone at once. That would be the best father’s day.
I love going to Souplantation/Sweet Tomatoes with my dad. He is loves to take the kids out to dinner and I love it because there are tons of healthy options. We go to the Vancouver WA location.
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If I won the catering contest, I would celebrate at my home or at my parents home with family. Food and family always call for celebrating.
Sweet Tomatoes would be a wonderful place to celebrate Father’s Day because of the vast assortment and wide choices of food – something to please everyone – including the Dads and picky eaters in our family.
There’s no place like home. That’s where we’d have our catered party. We have Sunday dinners at home and me and my husband usually do att the cookingl It would be nice for a change of pace, to have the father/grandfather of the family, sitting, relaxing and having his dinner catered by our favorite Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes restaurant. See you soon!
I remember going to sweet tomatoes with my dad for the first time and he loved it and he hasn’t gone anywhere else. We always have a great time there to its just so warming and they just make you feel at home that’s why we love it so much.. I think my Dad would love the free dinner from his favorite place in the world sweet tomatoes!!! That would just make his day!!
I would celebrate Father’s Day at my Mother’s house in Rio Rancho, NM. My Dad is unable to go to the mountains this year which is his favorite place to enjoy his day. Two years ago on Father’s Day we took him to Texas for the family reunion. He comes from a family of 17 brothers and sisters so it is a big deal to get them all together. It was in June so it was very hot there. The day of the reunion was on Fathers Day and my Dad suffered from a serious stroke which put him in the hospital in his home town for the rest of our trip. He was very scared as was I. Although most of his family was there, thank goodness for them. My mother and brother were unable to make the trip. I have since learned how much family means to us. Last year my Dad had to have his gallbladder removed and three of his sisters from Texas came to Albuquerque to see him while he was in the hospital. For dinner I took them to Sweet Tomatos, they had never been there and were thrilled at how much they loved it. They ate every meal there for the next few days until it was time for them to leave. Sweet tomatos made a sad trip for them very much more enjoyable and allowed our family not to have to cook for everyone. So thanks to your wonderful staff and wonderful food at the Sweet Tomatos on Coors Rd near Alameda in Albuquerque. PS I love your posole.
i would love to celebrate my souplantation/sweet tomatoes catered party in my new home. it would be fabulous to have my dad and siblings over to celebrate father’s day, my new home, and my winning the contest all with one big party catered by souplantation/sweet tomatoes! thank you for the chance to enter such a fun contest!
My husband’s perfect day would be to return from an early surf session And have lunch with the kids in our backyard by the pool. He loves the Cesar salad and my favorite is the Chinese chicken salad
I remember taking my Dad to a Sweet Tomatoes a week after their Grand Opening. He was so impressed with the selection, freshness and atmosphere. It’s his favorite place to go now! He’s 75 years old!
NIf we win, I would celebrate at home with my parents, siblings and in-laws because my mom recently had a brain aneurysm surgery and my dad will not leave her side
I would have my catering party at work, in Sunnyvale, California, with my employees!
I would ♥ this as a mini family gathering at the park. We are all trying to eat better and like to have Sunday lunch or dinner as a family here at Souplantation. My husband is a stay at home dad and to have a dinner where he doesn’t have to do the dishes is good for him and us as well… more family time. Yummy i am craving Souplantation right now! =D
My dad and my family would really appreciate the Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party for 10!! It is very difficult to shop for him and this is something he would really love. We would probably have the party in our house so our whole family could be together and enjoy each other’s company around delicious food. Thank you for this opportunity!
We LOVE LOVE LOVE, REALLY LOVE Everything about Souplantation/ Sweet Tomatoes !!! We would celebrate a catering party for 10, at our favorite beach ! My husband, kids and I along with our closest friends.. being stationed here, we have no family, but we do have many friends, who have become like family. Souplantation and the beach ?? How awesome would that be ?!!! Thank you for this opportunity, even if we don’t win…we’d still keep coming back !!
We would love to win the Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party for 10. We would have the party at my house so we could invite our family and my daughter’s friends and possible even her real Dad (whom she just met this past February). He had previously terminated his parental rights, but now my daughter is 22 and they have met, because she wanted to have a relationship with him. So we could have a big family gathering (both old and new).
I have been unable to cook after an injury in January to my back. I would love to have my family over to our house for a catered meal by Souplantation to enjoy their company and not have to worry about clean-up for a pleasant change!
I would love to win a catering party for my dad for Father’s Day. We would celebrate in my back yard by the pool. Our family always gathers together for holidays and it would be terrific to honor him with a party from Souplantation. We visit the Fullerton restaurant whenever I stop by to check on him and my mom. It is one of our favorite places. We have been dining there ever since my kids were small. We love Souplantation!!
♥♥♥♥♥♥ I would ♥ this as a mini family gathering at the park. We are all trying to eat better and like to have Sunday lunch or dinner as a family here at Souplantation. My husband is a stay at home dad and to have a dinner where he doesn’t have to do the dishes is good for him and us as well… more family time. Yummy i am craving Souplantation right now! =D ♥♥♥♥♥♥
I took my future father-in-law and mother-in-law as well as my girlfriend to sweet tomatoes to have a simple casual dinner. Little did I know that I would be talking about our future and then and there, amidst the baked potatoes and clam chowder, I asked for their daughter’s hand in marriage and they said yes! It is something we will forever remember. Thanks Sweet Tomatoes!
I would celebrate my FREE Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party for 10, at my home with my family and friends.
The catering party for ten would be so much fun! We would treat our family to a fun day at the park so the dads could hang out, relax and while all the kids play!
We would probably celebrate at my husband’s parents home, where we have all of our family gatherings. Although, my six year old would probably want to eat at Sweet Tomatoes since it’s his favorite place to eat out at. It’s where he wants to go not only on his birthday, but everyone else’s!
my fav memory at soup plantation is chocolate shots, and we would celebrate at home with the food catered and 10 of our family and friends
I’d take it to the Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden. We’d enjoy the spectacular flowers, and the waterfall, and all the geese and ducks, and the delicious food, of course.
I would celebrate with my daughter who is back from college, my 90 year young mother, and the rest of my family that lives here in San Diego.
My favorite memory of my dad a Sweet Tomatoes is when my oldest sister left for college. Every time we went there while she was gone, he would text her “Blueberry muffins. Yum!” That is her favorite thing. He is always teasing us and doing things like that. Every time we eat at Sweet Tomatoes, he always talks to his kids and keep up with what we are doing. He works hard to provide for his family and deserves the best.
we could totally celebrate with a party at my new home. my daughter is dying to have grandpa and her uncles over to see her new room. it’d be a fun time to have a party catered by souplantation/sweet tomatoes! the food is yum…the to die for brownies and strawberry buttermilk muffins would be great along with the chili( dad’s favorite)! thanks!
Sweet Tomatoes has always been our favourite outing place. Being Vegetarians, my husband and I have plenty of choices and my son loves to get his choice( He eats chicken, Turkey and fish).
We would love to have his friends over and celebrate in our community park this summer.
I begged my husband for weeks to try sweet tomatoes when we first moved to GA- he complained and complained that he couldn’t just eat salad- when we finally came he enjoyed himself so much! He couldn’t believe how many wonderful items you offer and he left FULL! Now I never have to beg to eat at sweet tomatoes! If we won I would invite my cousin who also loves you restaurant and his family over to my home for a great meal!
My favorite memory of my father is that every time he had to discipline me, I could feel the fact that it truly did hurt him more than it hurt me. My dad loves souplanatation because he could get what he wanted but makes sure the kids eat happy and healthy too.
I love when my husband and I take our 21 month old daughter to Souplantation and let her try all the different foods. We all love it!
I would host a party for 10 at my house…we would invite our family and close friends over to share 🙂
eating at Sweet Tomatoes after church
This is our favorite family resturant. My children (7 & 9) wanted me to enter to win for the BEST daddy in the world! We have eaten at Sweet Tomatoes 4 times in 4 weeks. YAY Sweet Tomatoes!
I would celebrate with my co-workers and teammates at my office. It would be wonderful to treat them.
I remember when I couldn’t eat very much because I had just gone to the dentist and I couldn’t eat anything too hard, so my dad took me to Souplantation so I could eat whatever I wanted and still be “following the rules”. It was the best lunch ever!
(2) We would celebrate at home with the whole family and my dad’s few very close friends–something my dad was planning on doing for his birthday last month, but for some reason did not pull through. If I wasn’t able to make his birthday this year memorable, I hope Souplantation can. Thank you.
we’ve bought a catered dinner party from souplantation before, and IT WAS DELICIOUS!
if we were lucky enough to win a party for 10, we’d schedule it in our backyard when our son and my sister are in town visiting. wouldn’t that be wonderful!!!!!
My favorite memory at Souplantation with my dad is when he would put my sister on his shoulders and carry her through the line having her pick out what she wanted to eat and he would fill up her plate with all of her requests! Then he would hand her off to my mom and it would be my turn to choose my food! And he never served himself until he had made sure we both got what we wanted to eat! It’s been a tradition in my family up until we got to old/ big for him to carry us monkey style now we just go as a family!! It’s our favorite restaurant still after all these years!
My husband and I go to Sweet Tomatoes quite often.My husband especially loves salad and would go every night if it were possible. We love the freshness of the food and the staff that is very friendly and greet you warmly. Always coming by to see what they can do for you. We would have the party at our home and invite friends and family that love your restaurant as well.
I would celebrate at my home in memory of my father and father-in-law while celebrating the best father in the world, MY HUSBAND!!! We would invite our children and our close friends!!!
When my husband and I got married we went to Souplantation. When we found out we were having a baby we went to Souplantation. We love this place so much! Our son passed away in February. I would love to take My wonderful Husband and Father of my son to Souplantation. Thank you so much for this opportunity.
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Favorite memory of father figure at soup plantation was with my Father in Law. He loves soups and sweets:)…we enjoyed, talked any laughed the complete meal…the day felt “green as cucumber”…..loved it and am hoping to do the same this Father’s day with him!!.
We would celebrate with friends and family at our new relocated apartment. Would be a special Father’s day for family and friends:).
I love the strawberry buttermilk muffins and the strawberry butter!
Favorite memory: My husband and I always finish last at Souplantation. The 3 boys, after eating their healthiest selections all week and devouring a carmel sundae, are allowed to get their energy out just outside the exit while they wait for us adults to finish. Once, when we were seated by the large window (through which I keep an eye on them), they entertained me with pointing, funny faces, and all kinds of slapstick hilarity, all at my husbands expense since his back was to the window! Best dinner theatre ever!!
Monday, June 18th will be my dad’s 85th birthday. For his b-day & Father’s Day, I would LOVE to give him a party at our house with DELICIOUS, healthy Sweet Tomatoes food, and some of his best friends! We lost my mom at 83 last year, and he has had some health & disability issues since then, so this would be a GREAT BIRTHDAY & Father’s Day! I eat at Sweet Tomatoes at least 1-3x month with many different friends.
I don’t Twitter, Tweet, nor paste my face on Facebook. My father has passed away, but he would have enjoyed a catered meal on Fathers’ Day. Please consider serving a nice meal to the homeless or disadvantaged people who may not have the opportunity to have such a wonderful meal. The local Poverello House serves the local community and would appreciate receiving a few meals to supplement their food stores. Providing nourishing healthy meals to a local charitable organization would mean so much to me. Please consider the Poverello House, or some other group worthy of receiving the food in your honor. Thank you.
I would celebrate daddy’s day in torrance
My favorite memory of eating at Sweet Tomatoes is with my husband and our 2 year old. Watching my husband be so loving to her and helping her put together a colorful plate to sample from makes my heart melt. We all love that we can eat healthy, fresh foods at Sweet Tomatoes, and more than anything we love the variety because there’s always something for everyone. We would love to enjoy this food for Fathers Day!
My favorite memory with my Dad at Sweet Tomatoes was when he came back to the table so happy with his frozen yogurt in the little ruffled cup so full with the chocolate syrup dripping on the table and then he saw me come back to the table with my yogurt in a soup bowl. We all laughed at how silly & messy he was. And he said how happy he was to see me finally eat with them at your restaurant because I am vegetarian, so you had great foods for me & my parents because they are not vegetarian. Sweet Tomatoes became our ONLY restaurant where we all dine together & everyone is happy. Also btw sometimes I say Sweet Potatoes by mistake which always makes my Mom laugh.
We would celebrate the free catered party at my parents house in Oakland Park, FL 33334 which happens to be less than 5 miles from your catering Fort Lauderdale Sweet Tomatoes at 6245 N. Andrews Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309.
Love remembering my dad eating at Sweet Tomatoes and enjoying fresh veggies! Good for the body and heart!
My husband loved to go to Sweet Tomatoes..he especially liked the clam chowder. He had kidney disease and many times would request some of your clam chowder and so we would take it to him at the hospital….He loved it. We have been going to Sweet Tomatoes for over 12 years. Thanks for being.
I see so much of my father in my son, so many ideas, such a hard worker, such a will to achieve. We would celebrate my father’s memory with a catering party outdoors, at my son’s home above Felton in the Santa Cruz mountains. There, surrounded by redwoods we can savor the meal, delight in the fresh Pacific breezes while spending the day with our children and grandchildren.
I would enjoy my free food from Souplantation with my best girl friends. We would make it a day of hanging out and enjoying the summer sun! We always have a good time when we hang out at Sweet Tomatoes. Lots of conversations and memories made over the wonderful food:)
Well, this is where I take my dad every fathers day. First he paid and now I pay. It always has fresh food for us to eat. My dad likes the pasta and I love the salads. Now that I belong to the site I get coupons it has now become our midweek time together. Of course, school sometimes gets in the way, but when we can we go to souplantation. I think the other reason he likes it because he can eat as much as he wants. Dads always like value.
This is the first Fathers Day without him…
The kids are back in town for the youngest one’s graduation. It will be nice to have the entire family back together again for Father’s day. A Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party for 10 will allow the extended family to get together to celebrate a graduation and extended family reunion! Wow! Wouldn’t that be great!
I would host my catered event in my Parents back yard as it is a wonderful setting for a family get together. My dad has worked very hard to make it a place where his grandchildren have room to run and play. He has also made it a place of beauty that make enjoyable to sit on the deck and watch the kids run the yard.
Unfortunately, I no longer have a father to celebrate with. However, my children and grandchildren, together with my brother and his family will be celebrating by eating at your restaurant in Arcadia, CA. on Father’s Day, where we go every weekend for dinner. We all enjoy your wonderful buffet as it offers something for everyone’s taste.
He’s the person who introduces me to good foods, restaurants like Sweet Tomatoes.
Both of us love to eat. I enjoy eating together with him. He’s super eater too.
I would celebrate at our good friends house, the Snellers, because their sense of Family led by C. Sneller has always been an inspiration and support for our sense of family. Being a dad over the last 19 years has been made much easier and more fun by our families being friends.
If we won this catering party, I think we would have it in our new house that we just bought. We’re moving in the middle of July…what a perfect way to celebrate! My huasband’s worked so hard to make this happen for our family 🙂
We would celebrate at my parent’s house if we won! It would be super.
Well for my kids mom is dad but I used to work
At sweet tomatoes, my son could not understand it
was all healthy food if you got such great chocolate chip
cookies. Now we tease him when we go.
I would love to be able to give back to my Dad for Father’s Day. I lost my job in Feb. and he has helped me so much, and believed in me when I was not sure I could make it!!!! The people I would have for dinner are of course my Dad, my Mom, Uncle Lou, my two kids, and my friend who has her grand children. My Dad is awesome, and I would love to show him through you.
My husband is the best Dad in the world! We would celebrate at home with the kids and enjoy being together and celebrating his special day!
I would celebrate with my kids in Oceanside, CA
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Since before our son was born 10 years ago, Jacob has been taking his daddy for dinner for Fathers day. That’s what we would do if we win.
Celebrating with family Anywhere, with a great meal from Souplantion with good food and my family we are home anywhere we all are. But my favorite restaurant , and the one you’ll see us eating at 2x a week is at the Carmel Valley Ca. Souplantation. It is extremely well run, and so much fun and good food we love it there. Thank You.
We would celebrate this Father’s Day at home with my daughter, her husband, and her new baby.
Our Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party for 10 would be celebrated in our home. We love the home cooked, fresh, and healthy food from Sweet Tomatoes. Our children LOVE it and its our favorite place to get take out. 🙂
My dad (and mom) have graciously allowed us, a family of 4, to stay with them until we get settled into NC and find a new home. We just moved from Indiana and could benefit from a Sweet Tomatoes catering party. I will be celebrating Father’s Day with my father and husband.
We would have our catered dinner at our house. What a treat!!
I would have a party for my brother. He is going to one of the best high schools in the country and that is a great thing to celebrate! My dad is so proud of him. All the years of homework helping and all the support he gave him it wouldn’t just be a celebration of my brother, it would be a celebration of my dad.
My dad has always loved eating at buffets and used to love eating at the old King’s Table a buffet restaurant that was perfect for meat and potatoes eaters, allowing you to pile on mounds of meat loaf, roast beef, fried chicken, etc. When Sweet Tomatoes came along it changed everything. We learned that we didn’t need piles of meat and starches to get a filling meal. We learned we can eat fruit and vegetables as the main part of the meal with a little protein added in and leave feeling full.
My favorite memory with my dad at Souplantation happened last year, when I took him to Souplantation for the very first time!! Amazed, he said, “It’s like a buffet… with salad!”
My friends have done SO MUCH for me, because of my progressive disease and filing for social security disability…. I have very little and am losing what I have, day by day.
I’d have them over at my best friend’s home for the FREE Sweet Tomatoes party for 10. My place isn’t big enough for a party that large, but my friend Mike has a lovely home, and would be open to inviting them in.
To give something back to my dear friends, who have so graciously given to me, would warm my heart and make my spirit soar! xoxoxO!!!
I would celebrate with my sister and my husband.
My father was a single dad raising a daughter on his own. Every Wednesday was our “date night”. After work my dad would spend a special night with me. We would go see a movie or go out to dinner…just the two of us. I loved it!
Wouldn’t it be great to have a party for Dad out by the pool with fresh and delicious Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes? Dad wouldn’t have to touch the grill, plus all of the great flavors at Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes just scream “SUMMER”. What wonderful reasons to celebrate!
My family is always going to Souplantation. The food is delicious, hearty, and healthy, and the atmosphere is always in the perfect condition for a fun time. One of my favorite memories of Souplantation with my dad was when my brother and my dad had made a mini fort with mashed potatoes and veggies. They said that the vegetables were little army-men and that they could get rid of them using the weapon of choice: the spoon.
They ate it quickly, making explosive sound effects the whole way, and I sat there, watching the boys tackle the enemies of a fantasy war, while disposing of them in a clean, and delicious way.
After they finished it they went for more of Souplantation’s delicious food, and the last tangible memory of the epic event, the cleanly scraped battle field of the war, was swept away by one of Souplantation’s smiling waiters. All that was left was the happy memory that I have just passed on to you.
It would be fun to enjoy Sweet Tomatoes delicious meal at home with my hubby, 5 kids w/fiances, spouses and grandkids. We love to get together with the kids and this would be an extra special celebration because Mom doesn’t have to cook!
I would celebrate with my family at Sweet Tomatoes in Largo FL.
I’d celebrate with a catered party: in the yard, and invite the neighbors!
I would have my catering party at my in laws house in California, We like to have dinner together on Sundays.
My favorite memory of my husband Andrew was at the birth of our first son Caden. I remember how excited he was as he watched the baby being born. Caden had to be taken immediately to the nursery due to breathing conditions so Andrew was able to go with him. He spent more time with the baby than I was able to during his first few hours of life. The pictures we have of him and Caden in the nursery are so precious. He was a great Father from the start. I knew that he would be when we married. I would love to honor him and my own Dad at special lunch from Sweet Tomatoes. I know this would be something special for them.
Four Generations would celebrate with the catering for 10 at the big Father’s Day celebration at my daughter’s new condo in Feather Sound. We are a family blessed to have 4 generations to celebrate both the holidays and the “everydays” with. My parents, my husband’s parents, my husband and I, my daughter, her daughter, her boyfriend and his parents will all gather to enjoy each other and pass the holiday baton to my daughter. Winning the catered meal would certainly help her confidence while hosting this celebration, but we will all be there to help and the fun and family will help her get through anything. Happy Father’s Day!
I would celebrate at my parents’ house with my whole family!
We would have my faher (and mother, siblings too!) over at our house so my father could relax outside whle we cooked.
GOOD MEMORY: Sweet Tomatoes, is when I took my (Kind of my Dad, moms boyfriend for 15 years now) said, I dont want no sweet tomatoe food. I made him go and when he saw all the choices he was so happy. Now when he comes to visit he says, I’ll go to “Tomatoes” they have good Chili! He is a picky eater, but he is happy and full when we leave. Thank you!
The first time we went, I remember my dad loading up on all of the vegetables. He has always set a great example for us and we love him!!!
My dad would love if I won him some @souplantation meals!– Free Meal #giveaway. Random winner gets 6 FREE meal passes. RT to win!
I Would like to shear our meal with my close friend in Fremont, CA.
We had our lunch every sunday after our sunday church worship.
We enjoyed the meal very much!
We have great fun eating as a family at our local Sweet Tomatoes. It is close to my husband’s work so sometimes my daughter and I meet him there for lunch. It is special for us because we can sit down and relax and enjoy the healthy food. There is something everyone likes there. And it’s so sweet to watch “Papa” feed his little girl (2.5 years old) some mac n cheese, or blow on her hot chicken noodle soup then have a special ice cream with sprinkles at the end. It’s like our busy crazy lives slow down when we’re there and we can actually enjoy each other and talk. If we won the catered party I would give it to my husband as a present to host his friends for a pinball party (it’s his hobby to fix and play the games). It’d be a real treat for the guys to get such good food!
My father, Anson, is a fan of fresh, tasty food and of old-fashioned soups and bread. He is the pickiest food eater in existence, but he likes Souplantation and enjoys most of your food. He lives a state away from me so every chance I get to visit him we live it up gastronomically. My family and I also eats there every other weekend as a special treat. The children love the many food choices and especially the tiny ice cream cones! If we were privileged enough to win the catering for 10, we would definitely plan a special trip to my father’s home and have it catered there. Next to my own home, my father’s house is the best place to be.
I have been blessed to enjoy several meals at Sweet Tomatoes with my Dad. It is so nice to see my children and their grandfather enjoying each others company while eating such delicious, healthy food. Thank you Sweet Tomatoes!
There’s not one favorite memory, since each visit to Sweet Tomatoes is a special one for us – Picky kids get to choose and still enjoy a balanced meal. We relax, talk and play as we eat and usually end the meal with Dada breaking up the ice for toddler baby girl to enjoy.. She loves to hold her head back for tickles on the neck also, usually brings a smile/comment from anyone nearby as she cracks up laughing!
It’s one of our favorite places to dine, so this would be a nice surprise for dear hubby!
My mom has been my mom and dad for most of my life. She also cooks for a living.
If I were to get the catered meal from Sweet Tomatoes, I’d love for her and whomever she chooses to partake and celebrate. Pick me Pick me! 🙂
I would celebrate at our camper & have a “picnic”
Memories of us meeting for brunch just to catch up on things and see what the latest seasonal “goodies” Sweet Tomatoes has popping out! We love the Lemon, Chicken Pot-Pie and Strawberry Season! Always our favorite!!:)
would celebrate with church goup
The restaurant of choice because of the great variety & salad bar is Sweet Tomatoes in Largo. The fondest memory of our experience is any time we visited prior to my father’s passing 3 years ago. Ever since, we try to plan our visits with every family member we can to spend quality time at an establishment that has a wide selection to please every member of the family!
I would celebrate this amazing promotion with my parents and immediate family members at my parent’s house. My dad is really deserves a treat! Even in this tough economy, he still quit his job to take care of his ailing parents (my grandparents). He has such a big heart! He’s a really great role model for me. Thank you!
I would love to celebrate Sweet Tomatoes catered meal with my dad at my house with other members of my family! I only get to see my parents a couple of times a year and it just so happens they will be at my house for a visit the day after Father’s Day! This year he turns 80 years young!
I would take my dad, my mom, my wife, our kids, my siblings, and my 80-year old grandmother in Oak Brook, IL!
We would use a catering party for 10 ‘just because’ since Sweet Tomatoes in Largo is our preferred restaurant for an affordable family dinner. Coupons are a constant in my inbox, and as a result Sweet Tomatoes is the 1st choice for dinner out with extended family (grandma & uncle, too) would easily be covered by a catering package. My mother and I are on Weight Watchers and we are doubly pleased to have the nutritional values available for ALL items in order to make informed choices prior to arrival in order to stay on plan! If selected for the catering party, it would add to our enjoyment of the wide selection offered by the Souplantation brand we already patronize on a regular basis.
My dad and I never went for a meal together since he worked 7 days a week. My mom was an awesome cook so he never liked to eat out. After my mom passed away, at the age of 70, my dad visited me in FL from NY, and one day my dad were out and about around lunch time. I suggested to him, why don’t we go to sweet tomatoes. He looked at me a bit strangely and said, “just us two?” and I said “yes, why not?” And so, my dad and I went for our first lunch date ever, and he loved your restaurant because his favorite food is salad!! He will turn 75 this year and what a perfect way it would be to celebrate it with a sweet tomatoes meal, surrounded by loved ones at our home.
My favorite experience with my father at Souplantation and Sweet Toatoes is just the fun of getting quality time eating great food and being together to enjoy each other’s company. It also happened that the grandchild came back from the salad bar with a bowl of strawberry mouse – no spoon – and wearing most of it on his face. I wanted him to go to another table and embarras someone else. It was funny. I would have the catered party at our house so that the entire family could have quality time together, enjoy great food ( there has not been one item that we have tried and not liked) and party the day away. Thank you for this great contest. Keep up the great food.
I’d use this as an opportunity to get all my single dads together. Alot of men get slack for being deadbeat dads. I have quite a few single dad friends raising thier kids. Including my brother. They rarely get a “good job” high five.
I would celabrate at the Santa Monica pier where my father loves to fish …. he also loves a good salad, a baked potato, muffins and pasta….. and the family would come along. It would be alot of fun seeing my father enjoy the day.
We would celebrate in healthy style at Uncle Mike’s house. Our son-in-law’s dear father passed away very recently and we want to make his day better by providing him a bit of family fun and great food.
We had our family gather at Sweet Tomatoes. It’s great for large groups. We had 24 of us from 6 months to 99 years old! Everyone was happy! I would cater a large party at my sisters, because she has the largest house in the family plus she lives real close to sweet tomatoes.
I would celebrate at my mom’s house. She is 89 with Alzheimer’s and can’t get out. It is my 37th anniversary on the 21st of June and my daughter’s 4th anniversary on the 22nd of June. We are celebrating both at my mom’s. next week. It would be great fun to have our anniversaries catered and not have to cook. We could just have plenty of quality eating and quality visiting time. Thank you for the chance to win this. We love your food.
I would celebrate with my 84 year old grandpa who has been the best father figure to me in the whole world! I want him to know he is loved and withsome good food to top it off!
The first time we came to sweet tomatoes he was so excited by all of the soup choices (after filling his plate with salad) and knowing he wouldn’t have room to eat them all individually, he put a little bit of each one in his bowl and loved it. It has become his normal way of eating at the soups bar, with one change, he only mixes about four at a time now.
We would eat at home in Salt Lake City where we often party at a family dinner on Sunday and then play games. Wouldn’t a meal from Soup Plantation make a great Father’s Day.
An ‘”All you can eat salad bar” ….. Thank you !! I am at Sweet Tomatoes every Friday night with my fiance. It started off as our ‘great depression’ date nights but I am won over by the vast selection of options to choose from. A gazillion ways to change it up each week.
My Dad teases me and says that I go there to eat rabbit food …. he is wrong with that statement. There is more than just lettuce! I’d like the chance to prove him wrong and change his mind so he can start some date nights with my Mom !
My husband and the father of all 5 of my children loves Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes. We would celebrate with our kids and their various Significant Others and the 2 grandkids. It would be fantastic!
my dad passed away in 2006….. it was then i found out i would soon be pregnant on his death bed he meantioned a baby coming he was ggoin to be pregnant and a granddaddy he was so happy ….. few weeks later i found out i was due 2 days before his birthday the following year. we would love to celebrate here my daughter loves sweet tomatoes!
November 2010. The family rushed to Florida to be at the bedside of my 91-year-old father, who’d had a sudden aneurysm and was given just 12 hours to live. After a 2 1/2 day vigil during which he became comatose, we took Mom to Sweet Tomatoes so we could eat some real food and relax for an hour. Just as we were finishing, we got the call that he had died. We know that he was with us for that hour, and wanted us to be out of the room so he could spare us any more grief.
i would actually celebrate my fathers day dinner at my grandmas…in that home is where i had all my fatherly memories from my grandpa and stepdad…who were always there for me
I would celebrate with our souplantation catering for 10 at our summer block party!! 🙂
The last year my Dad visited us before he passed; we ate at Souplantation the afternoon before he flew out. I remember this meal as the last one the family ever had with him and it was wonderful. We all had so much fun, as the Souplantation environment supports families in such a wonderful way. It would be such a fantastic way to honor him for us all to have another souplantation meal in his name.
My favorite memory with my dad at souplantation happened last week(:my dad is a complete workaholic he hardly ever has any free time, I recently had a baby, my parents first grandaughter, and he hardly gets anytime to see her but last week he called me up out of random and said he wanted to take us to souplantation he got the whole day off and we got to enjoy it, literally all day, at souplantation just catching up and talking and not to mention enjoying the amazingly good food!! He absoultly loves Souplantation and it was great to just spend some father, daughter & granddaughter time together(: we plan on making it a monthly thing!
I am a diabetic with kidney disease, and your food fits my needs.
My Dad would take the daughters out to Sweet Tomatoe after we finished giving our mom a perm for a treat. Now my mom is gone he takes us there when he is in town for a doctor appointment. It is always special and has good memorires. I would celebrate at my home with Dad and my sisters.
Souplantation is our favorite resturaunt.
I would celebrate with my wonderful father and our extended family at my home. Dad loves Souplantation and so do we! 🙂
My name is Ozzie. One of my first dinners out was out with my new family was at Soup Plantation. I got to go with my dad and mom and Gunga. It was nice because I got to pick my food and there was ice cream at the end. I never when to a restaurant before this. Now me, my mom and dad go about twice a month to Soup Plantation for a family meal. We would share our catered meal with my Grandpo and grandmas and godparents. My dad would be surprised if I won the reward. Thank you, Ozzie B
We like the Soup Plantation in Camarillo.
unfortunately, my dad passed away when i eas a teenager…but a favorite sweet tomatoes memory is eating there with my wonderful husband while i was pregnant with our daughter. i could never eat as much as i could before i was pregnant, because she took up so much room! but that’s ok. i’ve made up for it since then!
FREE catering for 10 people from Souplantation/Sweet Tomatoes would be a real treat for (3) Dad’s – my husband, our son-in-law, son-in-laws father and of course the wives and 4 little Grandchildren (who love Grandpa and Grandma to take them to Souplantation) would go along. That makes 10 very hunger but happy people…
We lost my dad this year – he was always a very finicky eater. He ate like a kid, and my persnickety son found companionship in Grandpa’s limited food repertoire. Going out to eat as a group was always difficult, but happily, everyone can control exactly what they eat at Souplantation, so my father and son were both delighted to go there! Now, Souplantation has become a family favorite, and we think of our grandpa/dad when we see the line of beautifully presented produce.
I would celebrate my FREE Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party for 10 at my parent’s house; the party of 10 will be my family and the rest of the guests will be chosen based on those in my community who have supported me the most throughout my humanitarian travels the past couple years.
The best part about eating at Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes is sitting at the table with your whole family and enjoying your food which is healthy and you don’t have to feel guilty about it. We are always so comfortable eating there because of the wonderful people that greet us with a smile. Winning this as a gift for Father’s Day for my father would be fantastic because we will all get a chance to sit together and have a meal. With 5 of us in the family, we would share with a couple of my father’s friends because their children are not here in the country with them. I would love to win a wonderful gift for my father.
I would totally have the FREE catering party at a beautiful park by a beautiful lake! Fun, fresh, clean, and fun! It would be a super amazing time to have some family bonding time with delicious food! Delicious and healthy so my dad would live longer. It would be great to have this opportunity!
Any meal with dad at souplantation has fond memories. Always good food and conversation.
If I won the I would take my dad and family to the forest preserve by our house where he would take my siblings and I fishing and hiking. We can spend the day there being active and eating great food. With all the kids being older with their busy lives it is hard to find time to eat together and let alone agree on a place/type of food to eat. My dad introduced us to Sweet Tomatoes and everyone in my family loves eating there. I want to show some love to my dad the who has inspired me to live a active, healthy life 🙂
We would celebrate with the catered meal, with my Dad, family, and some friends at a nice park. Happy Father’s Day Dad and Dads everywhere.
-My favorite memory is going to Sunday breakfast with my dad. Sometimes my husband and kids would go, mostly it is just my dad and I.
– I will celebrate the catering at my house with my dad, along with all my cousins and their families. It will be pretty special consider my dad had 2 hip replacement surgeries last year.
One of my best memories at Souplantation or like my dad calls it (The garden place) was when I took my dad for the very first time. You see my dad has a big appetite,and a meal is not a meal without meat. As you can imagine when I first took him his first reaction was (seriously you think I am going to get full here with all these greens) well it took him awhile to get used to the idea that on this day it was my treat and he was going to eat there. Well it turns out that he actually liked the place and have taken him several times thereafter. I will never forget thought the look on his face asking (wheres the meat)?? Priceless!!
My dad likes the soup at Souplantation so much that he tries all kinds of soups every time we go there. He said the soup is always hot, fresh and yummy. We would like to celebrate the party at our home and invite our parents and brother and sister and their families to join.
My favorite memory is when our family went to Sweet Tomato’s with my husbands Dad. It was so nice having both the Fathers together to celebrate the special; day. We are all health conscious people so this is the right place to go!
We would take the Father’s day FREE Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party to the beach for a delicious beach picnic!
We all love Souplantation and this would be a great opportunity for the whole family to celebrate at our community park!
When Grandchildren come to visit they always want us to bring them to Sweet Tomatoes for our meal out. Everyone gets what they like kto eat there. If we won we would invite family to our home for the day.
I would celebrate winning the catering package at my home. I would invite my 4 adult children and their significant others. We all love Sweet Tomatoes and it would be really special to enjoy it in our own home. Thankyou for the chance.
We would celebrate as a family inviting my parents from Texas to join us here in California. They love Souplantation and have no chance to eat at one in the area they live in Texas. It is their new favorite place to eat in California while visiting us, especially for my father!
The park! What could be better? My sister’s & my families having fun in the sun…maybe watching a little baseball with stories of their grandfather.
Hands down perfect day!!!!
I would celebrate at my sister’s house. My brother-in-law has been the best father-figure a woman could find.
Souplantation is our family’s favorite gathering place and memories include times when our children’s tastes were satsfied by a few peas, shredded cheese, and the soft serve!!
Thankfully, they have expanded their taste for healthy food!
We are celebrating Father’s Day a bit late this year so would love to have a Souplantation catered meal at our home later this month!
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We have had many special dinners at Souplantation! All 9 kids (15 to 1 yrs old) love “salad” as much as their Daddy does. Daddy loves eating salads, and have had fun teaching the kids how to make salads with all the fixins. This is the kids’ favorite restaurant and enjoy sharing the blessings of eating out with Dad and also Papa (Grandpa). Very often this is the restaurant of choice! Thank you Souplantation we enjoy eating at the Rancho Cucamonga, CA Souplantation!
My family is a big fan of Souplantation! I would invite my family and friends to the beach for some fabulous eats. What a great way to enjoy summer! Happy Father’s Day to all the great dads out there!!
My favorite memory at sweet tomatoes is with my dad when I was 7, I’m 12 now. We goto sweet tomatoes often and this is a visit that has provided our family with a great memory and soooo many laughs! My dad took me to the bathroom, upon coming out of the bathroom I saw a worker with a huge can that had a brown label and said “Hershey” on it. The worker was just getting ready to walk to the dessert station. I saw the can and thinking it was a tub of mini chocolate bars, I ran up and stuck my arm into the container. I quickly pulled it out realizing it was syrup!!!! You wouldn’t believe my face or the workers!!! My dad saved the day and took me back to the bathroom to clean me up. We laugh and joke a out it to this day!!!! It has provided so many memories and laughs!
My Granda is in town to celebrate fathers day with us for the first time. It would be great to have a meal that neither one of them have to cook. We would enjoy the meal in Gilbert Arizona in out house or the park by our house.
We would celebrate at home with everyone including our big dog, Arnold. ; )
My dad and his three brothers (one who had flown in from China) had a mini-family reunion. We had over 50 people at Souplantation together from our family, we took over almost half the restaurant! But it was fantastic to see my dad with his brothers and to share some good grub with so much family!
My husband and my dad both love souplantation and we go once a week! If we won the catering we would celebrate at my house and invite my brother and his family. So three fathers would enjoy the feast!! Thank you souplantation!!
My father and the whole family would just love you guys even more if we got to have a souplantion party. I am a full time student at santa ana college, i dont work so i have no money to buy my dad a gift for fathers day and winning this dinner would be the best present ever! I could honestly say my dad is the best dad ever, he has always been there when someone needed him. He shows a lot of love towards family and friends. My Most favortie memory at the souplantion, the one in fountion valley ca, is when my dad picked me up from school and he saw i wasn’t myself. He asked me what was wrong and i told him how stressed i was from homework and finals. He looked at me and said what you need is a hot bowl of soup. So we went to souplation and once i was there all of my stress melted away. The food and the atmosphere made life simple and delicious.
I haven’t seen my father since I was in elementary school, I have never even lived with him he won’t have nothing to do with me because he is to busy with his other kids that I have never met. I consider my Grandfather my father he has been there for me since I was born,my grandparents practically raised me and my brothers. I remember my mother and I living with my grandparents when I was born and I am still living here with them. I would like to enter this contest to win my grandfather this Special Father’s Day celebration, for Souplantation is his favorite place to eat,they serve food that is good for his health.
Father’s day is a unique day to spend with our fathers. I would like to spend the Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party for 10 at my house. We enjoy watching and hanging out with our cousins and friends. If we are at our house, we can watch the NBA finals. This would be a special day to remember out of all of our usual Father’s day. Enjoying time with our family and eating healthy is very important in our customs.My favorite time with him was when we went to Taiwan for vacation, it was a remarkable experience. We ate food, watched movies, and went shopping for items. I am glad that my father cares about me and everyday I live, he will always making sure I am safe, and always being there for me. Fathers should be thanked not only on Fathers Day, but everyday because Fathers are the guardian and my dad influences me. Fathers are a good role model and he makes me glad for who I am. Thank you for this once in a lifetime opportunity to have an even closer relationship with my favorite dad.
If I could, I would have our Soup Plantation and Tomatoe Party over seas where my son( who is a dad of two beautiful babies) is currently deployed.
If i won the free souplantion dinner i would celebrate fathers day at the park. My family loves sports so we would all head to the park and have a family field day. we would play baseball,basketball and flag football and after the fun and games we all would go under the shade and enjoy the wonderful and the Delicious foods from the souplantation.
Every week we go to Souplantation, we see this guy there. we dont know him. we go quite often, and 4 out of 5 times, he’s there! she looks like he’s probably british, so I just call him the british guy. and my dad and I see him all the time, and try not to make eye contact, because he probably knows that we go there a lot just like him. hes probably just as confused as we are. its been several months, maybe even a year, and we have yet to strike up a conversation with him, but both me and my dad have made eye contact with him on several occasions, and it’s really awkward. maybe one day we’ll actually say something to him.
My husband is the best father of all. He stepped in and raised four children that were not his biological children. He did an awesome job and sometimes I feel that we cannot show him enough how wonderfully special he is. Sweet Tomatoes has always been his favorite- we just dined there on 6-14-2012 due to his craving. We would have everyone to our home for dinner that night if he won something like this. Thank you for the chance and for the opportunity to brag in his favor. Thank you, God bless you.
My best memory is the first time we ever ate at Sweet Tomatoes , My husband fell in love with the chicken noodle soup . Now everytime we go he can’t get enough!!!! If I won Id share it with my family.
My father would really enjoy having a souplantation dinner,he works so hard that we hardly spend time with him,one of his favorite places to eat at is souplantation he loves that it’s all about healthy choices!!it would be such a surprise to him
Eating with the family is always fun and it’s even more so when dad can join, we are a family of 6 and love going to sweet tomatoes, I feel like its a place I can take all my 4 children and dad is satisfied with the food and the price!!!! Portland Oregon baby!!!!!
I would celebrate this catering for 10 people with my daughter’s best friends and their parents. Nothing beats the the giggling sounds and boundless energy that fills the air…
Every Friday, my girls visited my husband’s office and had a lunch together at Soup plantation where it located right in front of my husband’s office. That was our good treat. Now, my husband relocated the office, we go to the soup plantation once a month event. The place is our family’s joyful place with fresh food. We would love to celebrated Father’s day to have another happy memory.
I would celebrate at my parents house with my whole family.
I would love to celebrate fathers day and the FREE catered meal for 10 with my husband, dad, mom, and daughters, in my new house or in the back yard! All of my family LOVES souplantation. If we won we would be so happy!
Our family loves to eat. We will definetely appreciate this free catering for 10. We would celebrate at our house with our kids. Sweet tomatoes is my son’s favorite restaurant. He is a picky eater but everytime we go here, he loves it! Please let us win!!!!
I go to college so I don’t get to see my parents that often so at least once a month my dad and I will meet halfway at the Souplantation in Camarillo and have lunch. It’s fun father daughter time since we get to catch up on what’s going on in each other lives. I’ve been going to Souplantation since I was little so it’s a place full of memories that I always enjoy going to. Thank you for the memories you’ve given us. 🙂
My favorite memories with my dad are when we play and sing music together. Even though neither one of us are the GREATEST singers in the world…music is one thing that brings a smile on our faces. We love to jam out and its one of the ways we hangout together.
If I was to win my dad a free souplantation catering…we would probably celebrate at his best friends house because I know he would want to spend his party with him.
We gathered together as a family for a memorial at the lake and afterwards we shared a meal at Sweet Tomatoes (our favorite place of choice, we love this place). It was a family gathering with my husbands father and stepmom. A month earlier, we had just heard that my brother-in-law had passed away, however the shocking news was that he had passed 5 yrs earlier January 2007 and we just found out and we live in the same town. We had tried to contact John back in June 2007 when granddad came out for his 82nd birthday and we were unsuccessful. Weird that we didn’t find that out then. Anyway, we flew Granddad in for the memorial and afterwards we went to Sweet Tomatoes, yeah. Granddad loved the place (had never eaten at a ST) and got to meet his 3 great grandchildren for the first time and reunite with John’s son (the deceased), Nigel who he hadn’t seen since he was 2. I called ahead and they were so accommodating and gracious. It would be great to share a meal with our nephew and his children and reminisce. Good times and good food, Yummy!
A favorite memory of mine at Sweet Tomatoes is when I took my 91 year old dad for a special lunch treat and he filled his plate to overflowing and finished it all off.! He had the biggest grin on his face the whole time he was enjoying his food. He was so happy because he has been cooking for himself since my mom died and having a hard time of it. This was the first of many visits and if I was to win the catered meal for 10 I would celebrate it with my dad and the whole family together in my back yard.
This will be my husband’s first Father’s Day, and the first one for my father and father-in-law as grandfathers, since our sweet, precious daughter was born in August 2011. We would celebrate with our Souplantation catering party for 10 at the park near our house. My husband has gone for many walks in that park with our daughter, starting when she was tiny and new, so it seems like an appropriate place to celebrate.
If I won the catered meal for 10 guests, I would take the party to my grandparents’ house. That’s where the family always meets for any social gathering and my grandparents as well as my father deserve something special and different. My grandparents are simple people so it brings them so much joy when the whole family gets together. It’d be an amazing gift to actually give BACK something everyone can enjoy.
Our dad LOVES Sweet Tomatoes. It is his favorite restaurant in the world! Throughout this year, our dad has lost a lot of weight. His influence has made an impact on everyone in our family. We watch the healthy choices that he makes and have learned to love salad (with only a little dressing) just like him. We would love to surprise him with a Father’s Day meal from Sweet Tomatoes. It will be so much fun to see his excitement!!!!! We’ll invite our grandparents, uncle, and cousin to share the healthy meal together at our house. Josh, Jillian, and Jordanna Schreck
I’d celebrate at our house with friends and family. The kids would love to win this for their dad!
My Dad is the ultimate outdoors man. He took me duck hunting at the Salton Sea when I first got my hunting license as a teenager. When 6am came I aimed for and shot my first duck as it flew overhead, landing it on the dike. Another hunter in the area yelled out, ‘Who shot that one?’ My Dad hollered out with great pride, ‘My daughter did!’
At 82 years young he loves going to Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes with the family. He has always loved smorgasbords and you have the best around. Your healthy food selections support good health in a friendly, wholesome environment. We would celebrate life together at my home along with those he loves so dearly. Thank you for all you do.
With a FREE catering from souplantation I would celebrate with my father, my mother, my two brothers, my sister, and all of my grandparents. We would eat at my house as a family and be able to share quality family time for one of the last times before I leave to college half way across the country.
My dad is inlove with souplantation. Every weekened he gathers all his childrens and grand childrens at Souplantation. For sure this catering will make him happy. I would celebrate this memorable catering at my house and I will invite my dad and the rest of the family.
We would have a nice celebration at our home enjoying the delicious soups, salads, pasta salad and baked goodies from souplantation & sweet tomatoes. A lot of our family live out of the country. celebrating at home, we would have the means to contact them through live video chat on our computer. It would still feel like sharing the yummy catered meal with all of them.
Sweet Tomatoes was already our favorite regular restaurant when we took my parents to our local Sweet Tomatoes for dinner. They loved it! It is one of our favorite places to dine together as a family. With our kids, or with my parents, or best of all, with the whole gang!
If I won the catering for 10 people, I would share it with my dad, stepmom, sister, stepsister and brother in law and their three kids and my boyfriend Jeff. We all love Sweet Tomatoes!
We have been eating at Sweet Tomato almost every Friday night for the past few years. If we miss Friday, we would make it up during the weekends. It would be great to celebrate Father’s day a healthy way with food from Sweet Tomato at my house.
I would like to take all the fathers of our new company to my house where I would host a father child dinner. Our new company is driven by health & nutrition.
New in Dallas since 01/03/2012 from Glendale,AZ.where else but Souplantation&Sweet Tomatoes with family I haven’t seen in years.Thank You.
The last time we went to Sweet Tomatoes with daddy was after the ALS walk in downtown Olrando. The kids could have eaten anywhere there but insisted on driving 30 minutes to eat T Sweet Tomatoes …and we did. Got there 20 minutes before they closed. My kids were happy and so was their daddy.
If we do win , we would celebrate at the lake with our friends and make it a feast.Yummy.
I member when my dad took us to this new Soup and Salad place when I was about ten….Eww Dad I don’t want to go and eat salad, I said. Who knew that Souplantation would be my favorite resturant!! Now that my dad is gone I go there with my kids and they love it too!
I would love to celebrate at your Lakewood location with my kids and my sister and her family so we could remember our dad and tell our kids about their grandfather!
If I would be selected to win the Souplantation Meal for 10 people I would Celebrate with my family. I would invite my sister and her husband as well as her children and their families. My son-in-law, father-in-law, and my husband would be in attendance. My dad passed in 1984. We would gather in the back yard at my home in Garner, NC. I have memories of my dad coming over to my house and having birthday celebrations in the back yard. We would begin with a prayer for my dad and all the people in the world that have lost their dad. I would pray for the children that may never know their dad. I would pray for a father figure to come into their lives and give them the joy that they otherwise would never know. After blessing the meal we would all enjoy it together. This would really be A MEMORY IN THE MAKING for all the Grand kids and our family. It would be such a party I would probably purchase more to be sure we have plenty for everyone. Thanks for the opportunity to share.
My favorite Sweet Tomatoes memory is going there with my dad and sharing the happy news that he was going to be a grandpa! Now he loves taking my daughter there for dinner and remembering when we shared the happy news.
I’ll celebrate my free party at Brea Souplantation, because there is no location in or near Corona! Everyone in my extended family knows that special occasions for me like birthdays & fathers day shall be held at Souplantation, as it’s been my favorite restaurant since I became vegetarian over 8 years ago!
My fondest memory with my Dear Daddy was celebrating his 79th birthday at Sweet Tomatoes. He in all of his “sophistocatedness” could not get enough of the fresh salad bar….especially the beets and olives. My Daddy wanted to be very modest with having me return to the salad bar after the second round to get him more salad especially his two favorites. He never got to the hot foods nor the desserts due to being too full from the salad bar (total of four salad bar refills for him). In his words ” this place is just good”!
I would have my 93-year-old father over and celebrate with my husband, my children and my father. It is hard for him to go to Sweet Tomatoes anymore but he likes it.
Our small weekly newspaper, the Elburn Herald, has been serving the community west of your St. Charles, IL restaurant for 104 years. We only have about 10 employees, and they work incredibly hard, so Sweet Tomatoes catering for 10 would be quite a treat for them. i know your food is for my family. We love the variety of salads, homemade soups, and frozen yogurt!
I don’t have one specific favorite memory of my dad, but he was the best travel buddy when I was a kid! No matter where we went on vacation – theme parks, family, etc – he was always the fun one to have around. The one who would ride the craziest roller coasters with me, despite being terrified of them himself. The one who’d crack jokes with me while mom caught herself up on family goings-on. And I always really looked forward to that time with him, because it was always the best 1-on-1 time we got!
If we were to win the free catering for 10, I know we’d have a party at my mom and dad’s house! It would be the two of them, me, my husband, our daughter, and 5 of dad’s closest friends from church. We’d open up the pool, fire up the Wii, and make a great night out of it! Good for you food, good for you fun! What’s not to love?!
My husband was raising two young children on his own when I met him. I knew he was the best father when he called one evening before our date to say that he would be late because the roast in the oven was not ready to come out. He always was there for his children, with fully cooked meals and attendance at all of their daily events (while working long days), and was even a member of the Mothers Club at their school. He has continued to be a magnificent father and husband since we married 26 years ago.
I had a Christmas party with my Father and a whole bunch of my friends…this was the most enjoyable gathering I have had with my Father and friends together at Souplantation…there was about 30 of us and we stayed for 4 hours on the patio and we had a friend of mine do balloon animals for the kids…what a blast.
I would celebrate the catering party for 10 at the Fountain Valley, California location. That is the most central location to most of my friends.
My family love soups. Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes is always our choice of restaurant. If we win the contest, we will celebrate with family and friends at my house. Thank you.
We would celebrate our FREE Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party for 10 at our home in Port Saint Lucie, Fl. W
We would celebrate our FREE Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party for 10 at our home in Port Saint Lucie, Fl. We’re hoping that we are the lucky prize winners
I would have my party at Sweet Tomatoes with my family, in Sunnyvale, California,
We just love the Sarasota, Florida. Rt 41 ST’s. It’s a place for all occasions….. Girl’s lunch!,
Family dinner!, birthday party!, it’s our number one healthy eating destination!!!!
As a single mom my four kids congratulate me on Father’s Day every year. We love Sweet Tomatoes especially because we have two vegetarians in our family and we just love the freshness of the food.
We would celebrate in my house with their respective significant others, my grandson and my granddaughter to be born anytime in the next two weeks. Thanks Sweet Tomatoes!
I would celebrate with a Sweet Tomatoes catering party at my parent’s retirement village, the new gathering spot for my family since our Dad became disabled last year. Dad is unable to travel to any of our homes, so my siblings and I and our families bring the party to our folks. Mom and Dad live in a small home, so we have our get-togethers in the kitchen of the main community facility. We celebrate holidays, birthdays, and even my son’s recent high school graduation there so that Dad can be included with a simple wheelchair ride over.
Definitely love memories of my dad cooking, he made a wonderful fresh zucchini parm!
My favorite memory is having team dinners at Souplalntation. All of the families and players would get together and enjoy each others company and food. The best part was being able to go back for more food. As hungry athletes, we were satisfied as well as my parents for not having to pay a huge price for a big meal.
the best memories is the always spend a lot of time been together my dad teach me how to fishing,ride a bike and many other things this amazing food we will go en enjoying in the park celebrate it Father Day en be together learning new things or just telling story’s with my daddy.
because the best part of this celebration is be with my dad.I love you Dad
Miriam p.s
When I was younger my stepdad taught me a profound respect for the natural world that I didn’t always appreciate. And as a young adult and new mother, my godfather helped me sort out the bigger complexities of life and marriage. They are both gone way too soon and I miss their guidance and direction. Just their presence was reassuring that life was manageable.
My sons were fortunate to live with Grampa Larry and learn love and compassion by taking care of our elders. He would say ‘he’ was fortunate. By passing on their memories and lessons my husband has received his own ‘guidance’ in helping him be a better father to our two boys.
As a stay-at-homeschooling-mom, I get plenty of time with our boys. So, my husband usually celebrates Father’s Day by taking his sons to the beach, springs, movie, go-carting, breakfast, canoeing, etc. … then coming home, having a meal, and watching a favorite show with all of us. If we were to win a “Sweet Tomatoes” meal, we would invite another family to share our evening at home.
the best memories is the always spend a lot of time been together my dad teach me how to fishing,ride a bike and many other things this amazing food we will go en enjoying in the park celebrate it Father Day en be together learning new things or just telling story’s with my daddy.
because the best part of this celebration is be with my dad.I love you Dad
Miriam p.s
I would like to celebrate it with my family and friends.
I would like to celebrate it with my family and friends at home.
My favorite memory with a father figure at Souplantation is watching his smiling face as he tastes the variety of dishes you offer. Souplantaion is one of his very favorite spots!
I would celebrate my REE Souplantation catering party for 10 by inviting friends over to share in the joy! I often use souplantation catering at work. Wouldn’t it be fun to try it at home? What a great idea!
I love going to Sweet Tomatoes and would love to share my FREE Souplantation catering with both my husband’s and my family. We are so lucky to both have both our parents to enjoy life with. Our son is the only grandchild on my side of the family. We all sit at Sweet Tomatoes, specifically choosing a table where we can see the area where you go up to get food. We have watched our little boy evolve from us having to take turns going up and dishing out what we think he would eat, to a very independent 7 1/2 year old (I say 7 1/2, because he corrects me if I don’t), that goes up and not only gets his own food at the line, but even has the options and puts his own spin. He loves the macaroni and cheese, and even sprinkles a little parmesean cheese on it, because at Sweet Tomatoes, he can. He loved trying out the strawberry butter last month on the blueberry muffin and insisted we all go get some to try too. When asked where he wants to go for any special occasion, like just recently the last day of school, he replies, “Sweet Tomatoes”. My favorite thing about going there is sitting and watching our son, Chase go up and be such a big boy, and the memories of when he was so little going up and trying to be such a big boy, and my husband and I catch each other’s eye and know we are both thinking how lucky we are and how blessed we are. We would love to share FREE Souplantation Catering with our wonderful family.
If I were to win, I would celebrate the FREE Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party for 10 at my parents’ house. We would have family and close friends coming over to celebrate my dad because he’s a wonderful dad and he deserves the recognition.
I would take Dad and family to Leo Carillo State Beach in Southern California for our Souplantation celebration. There is nothing quite like good food, family and friends around a picnic table or two near the ocean for making great memories.
My husband and I get our Souplantation fix weekly. It us one of our favorite places to eat. Thus will be my husband’s first Father’s Day. It would be great to celebrate at home with this wonderful meal and have our fathers join us.
My brother is going to be a father soon, technically he already is (baby due Jul/Aug), so celebrating this special Father’s Day moment this year for him would be awesome!
This would be an awesome family gathering.
A great memory that my husband and I have was last year when our son in law asked us for our daughter’s hand in marriage @ sweet tomatoes. He is Canadian and they now live in Vancouver but whenever they come to visit us in California we make sure we eat @ Sweet Tomatoes. It is a very sweet memories for all of us!
My memory is dad taking the family to eat at Sweet Tomatoes after church on Sundays. It is a real treat. He is always saying he is going to pace himself and leave room for dessert which is difficult with the vast salad bar packed with fresh healthy food. He enjoys frozen yogurt with chocolate syrup and cookie crumbles to top off the great meal. If i won I would invite his sister’s family for dinner and go to the neighborhood pool for an outdoor party. Sweet Tomatoes is always top on the list of places to go eat for us!
I met the man who is now my husband & the father of our beautiful daughter Mia way back in high school. Before our very first prom we went to Souplantation with a few friends, dressed to the nines in our gowns and tuxedos, we probably looked so silly but we had the best time! That was my first visit to Souplantation, and we still take our daughter there a few times a month, it’s her favorite :o)
My memory of dad is taking him to lunch & holding the tray while He choes from all the delectable goodies he always loved the sliced mushrooms couldn’t get enough on his salad & his pasta thanks for being ther 4 us
If I was to win,it would be a great gift for my husband,we have been married for 12 years,and this would be,the only surprise gift that I could give him,he deserves the best,because he is the best husband,the best father anyone could have,I love my husband,and we definitely love Souplantation!!!
My favorite memory at Souplantation goes back almost 22 years when, during my pregnancy I couldn’t eat anything but fresh veggies or I would get morning sickness. My husband and soon to be Dad, took me there in hopes of finding relief for me. There always seemed to be so many fresh items to choose from that I absolutely loved. When our first born was old enough to eat, it was Dad that introduced him to artichokes and to this day, you can always find them on salad plate of our first born. You would think that our second child was made of pasta and fruit! Again, the Souplatation was the place that Dad had her try new and different things. Jump ahead 22 years and our children still take me there, as the veggies and soups are still their favorite things to eat. I wonder if dining at the Souplantation, since before birth, has anything to do with that?
As for Dad, he is older now and is in Hospice. We have the opportunity to take him out, when things are good. He now settles in for the soup and always smiles at the healthy eating habits that his family has developed, thanks to him and the Souplatation!
If I were to be chosen for the catered party, I would choose to have it in my home, where Dad and the kids, could all enjoy the time together!
One of my biggest Sweet Tomato memories was when we were in LA. Driving somewhere in the morning, I noticed my favorite buffet on one of the shopping plaza. Definitely the whole day I was thinking about having dinner there. And among all the things we did that day, one I remember the most – enjoying fresh food with my family at Sweet Tomatoes!
Now, after winning the contest, I would have my best friends and us going to a park and having nice lunch near the lake after a day outside.
My only father figure passed 11 years ago, my grandfather. My greatest memories of him are days when things were hard for me. When I was little my Mom hurt her back and was not getting paid so every Friday he would bring us bags of food and toys. When I got married he would give me Santa money for my kids every year. Before he passed he told me he was glad I had a good husband, he could go without worrying about me and the kids. My husband has kept his promise to my grandfather, he works hard everyday to support me and our seven children. He’s a good man and I know my grandfather left me in good hands.
The ideal spot for us to celebrate Father’s Day is right in our own backyard…where a lot of our family memories are made. A perfect day would include family gathering around a wonderful, catered meal from Souplantation while sipping our favorite beverages on a warm, summer day. It doesn’t get any better than that!
We go to souplantation weekly as a family. My children equate our dinners as a family dinner and we can only go when everyone is available. My husband loves beets and when my kids were really little they would call souplantation “the beet place”. Well needless to say we still call it that and it was all because of my husband’s love of your beets!
My favorite memory at sweet tomatoes is taking my Husband there for last year father’s day brunch. He is such an amazing father, takes care of his daughter every day with love and care. I could not think of any other better way to say thank you for being the best dad to his daughter and i picked Sweet tomatoes to treat him on Fathers Day. He was so happy with our choice since he loves sweet tomatoes.
Our daughters, their husbands and our grandchildren all come to our house for Sunday family dinner. On Mother’s Day, instead of the guys preparing our Sunday meal, they took us all to our local “Soup”. We ALL (all TEN of us, coincidentally) loved it, including my “honorary daughter” who was visiting from Hong Kong. To me, the best part of Souplantation is that even the pickiest eaters can build a meal from their favorites (and boy! do we ever have a couple of picky eaters – LOL).
I love going with dad to Sweet Tomatoes because each time we go we have him stack up his finished soup bowls and count them when he’s done. One time we counted 16!!!! Where does he put it all?? Now it’s always a contest of how many he can eat!! Everyone loves to come with us to see how much he can eat of his favorite soups!
If I won the catering for 10 I would have a disc golf family outing and play some of oregons finest courses with the finest people enjoying the finest food. I love Sweet Tomatoes.
I went to souplantation six years ago with my dad, when he to visit me USA. He is over weight and was surprised to see how healthy food can be delicious too.Me, my husband and my three year old daughter go to souplantation atleast once or twice a week .Thnaks to Souplantaion my daughter even enjoys brocolli.This fathers day I will be going to souplantation with my husband once he is done watching the movie Men in Black with his friends. I miss my father even as I am wriitng on this blog.I hope he visits me again soon and has a great fathers day. If I win I will have the catering at my home in my back yard .I will invite my husbands firends, he has been wanting to do that for quite some time. I just dont want to cook for so many people. He is a wonderful father. We have been together for 15 years but I feel like I have fallen in love with him all over again after seeing him as a dad.
My father passed away when I was 14, so, the only Dad, that I know and respect is my husband, father of 3. He has been a wonderful father teaching my two oldest (much older than my youngest), how to bowl, swim,and have fun! For my youngest, he has been there with her softball practice or games, and looking forward to more sports. With that said, all of our family loves Sweet Tomatoes! How could you not? We especially love how you can choose from their huge salad bar, to choosing a baked potatoe, or sweet baked, to their soups, pastas, unlimited drinks, and finally, fruit or other dessert items! My husband (as I call hime Dad) has been there for me too, especially when I have multiple surgeries, in the past, has had to feed the family. He would take them out to eat! Sometimes Sweet Tomatoes, and sometimes, other great restaurants! Everyone knows, that you can’t eat at the same place, all of the time! If I was to win, I would have my children, & grandchildren, over to my house, and have a great time, without any of us having to cook, for each outher!
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If I won the Sweet Tomatoe’s catering for 10 I would celebrate the fathers in our lives at a celebration at our home to honor the fathers of my children and daughter-in-laws. My son and daughter-in-law have been out of the country since August 2011 and we would celebrate our family being reunited with their fathers when they return from overseas later this month. Sweet Tomatoes is the best and so are our dads!
Our father died in March of this year. His favorite restaurant was SoupPlantation. We have been going to SoupPlantation since the three San Diego State students opened the first restaurant as part of a school project in Grantville on Mission Gorge back in the late 70s. If we won a party we would have a nice way of remembering our father as well as enjoying the food that we have enjoyed for over 30 years and now our children and grandchildren enjoy.
I would treat all the Daddy’s in my family to a wonderful supper !!!!!!
I went to souplantation with my son fathers quite often , matter of fact after church on Sundays !!
If I won the Sweet Tomatoes catering, I’d celebrate Father’s day with with my family (4) and several other people who are less fortunate.
This is not really my favorite memory (there are so many they tend to blur), but it is my most powerful memory of dad at Souplantation. Mama was in the hospital – she had been brought into the ER the previous day and was now in the ICU, we had had a long night hanging out in the ICU waiting room, Dad hadn’t slept – he was going in and visiting mama every chance they gave him, usually accompanied by myself or one of my sisters (we were taking turns). We were well into day 2, and the sisters decided that dad needed to get away from there. So, while a couple of sisters stayed at the hospital, the rest of us headed out to get fresh food and a short break away from the hospital. Souplantation was not the nearest restaurant but it wasn’t too far and it was certainly the freshest in both food and atmosphere. Somehow we managed to get dad talking and even laughing a little. Sharing family memories over fresh salad and soup can be very healing. That was many years ago, We have had many meals at Souplantation since then, and while my dad and I both prefer having my mama along, that very special meal will continue to hold a special place in my heart.
I have nmade Vegies a part of my live, my blood presures is down and I am a lot happier, Thanks for such great fool, My dad always enjoyed the great salads also, he loved to see the smiles on the people leaving. Thanks OC
Ever since I was a little girl in kindergarten, our family visited Sweet Tomatoes in the Bay Area every Saturday night for dinner. 20 years later, our family parted ways for college and relocation, but we always find ourselves living in a place relatively close to Souplantation here in LA. We visit Souplantation here every Saturday night for dinner. It’s become such a great tradition where there is always something for everyone. Instead of my parents always taking me to eat at Souplantation/Sweet Tomatoes, I’d like to take them out instead and host it right at home. Thank you!
I would celebrate at SP in Brentwood, CA 90049
My dad’s birthday is July 6th. If we won a Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party for 10, I would have my local Sweet Tomatoes cater our friends-and-family Fourth of July / Birthday Party at my father’s house! We would enjoy the delicious food, fireworks, and celebrate my wonderful dad’s 50th birthday.
Souplantation has been in the lives of my family for over 20 years, and we love it! Now my children are Souplantation connoisseurs. If I were to win I would bring the wonderfully catered meal to the home of my in-laws. I have known my in-laws since I was 16 years old and we have created some wonderful dinner moments and lasting memories.
Within the last year and a half my father had to have both of hips replaced so I am especially grateful that my father (he’s 64) is well and can walk. Just recently my father in-law had to go on disability because he lost the feeling in his right leg and he may have to retire, (he’s73) he enjoys working. My mother in-law has been at his side tirelessly and I think this would give her a nice break and a wonderful chance to get together with our family and the fathers who have graced our lives!!
Blessings to all the Father’s for you to are truly special~
My dad loved to go to souplantation and enjoy all his favorite foods.He couldn’t believe how well everything tasted.After my dad passed away we continue to enjoy all great tasting food.Thank You for the memories.
My father is an amazing man/father. He was the main cook for our fam. growing up and even til this day. He’s been battling bone cancer for 13 yrs.! A blessing, but his nutritional needs are high now, to be able to get the best quality of food. If I were to win this offer, I’d host a dinner in Dallas, TX at my parent’s home with family and friends. To celebrate his life and service to us all. Thanks!
I would have this delicious meal at my house. My big family would love it.
I would celebrate by sharing the meal with the families in our small group from church. All of the men in our group are fathers. My husband being the newest father in the group. This is only his 2nd father’s day and it is also the 3rd father’s day without his dad.
I would host a dinner at my house for my husband (father of 5), my father (father of 5) and my brother (father of 11) along with their families. Fathers play an important role in families and our society. We should thank them and celebrate them every chance we get!!! We have a special plate that we use for special occasions: The YOU ARE SPECIAL plate. That would be part of our dinner…..
The greatest father figure moment I recall at souplantation/sweet tomatoes was here in las vegas (where I would be celebrating with the winning catering for 10!) with my kids and my husband. It is clear that daddy is favorite in this house, and mommy is just a passable second place. Sometimes I reap the benefits! My husband, (then) 18 months son, my sisters, and I were at sweet tomatoes and we noticed the lemon flavored sugar free mousse. We loaded up a mini cone with the goods and handed it over to my son. He proceeded to poke, lick, splat, smear, spread, eat, and rub the lemon mousse until he was nothing more than a giant mousse monster haha! To be the favorite, you have to give a few extras here and there. In this case, my husband decided to give my son 3 or 4 more tiny cones filled with the delicious goop. After my son was unrecognizable, it was time to clean him up. Lucky for me, he loves daddy more!!! So he made a go for my husband, who regretted his decision to load the kid up with yummy mousse… you could tell by the face he made as our son pushed a giant glob of it all over his face and hair!!!
It would mean so much to us to get this opportunity. We LOVE sweet tomatoes, but it can be a little overwhelming to go with a 2 year old and a 6 month old. we try and go as much as we can, but sometimes have to live with out for a bit 🙁
If I were to win, I would have my kids have a party for their Dad for Father’s Day at our house. Even though we are divorced, he is a wonderful Dad and person and this would be a great way to let him know how appreciated and loved he is to his kids. I couldn’t afford to pay for this on my own, so this would be a great present for them to give to him. He absolutely loves going to Sweet Tomatoes, so this would the best Father’s Day present for him.
If I were to win, I would have my kids have a party for their Dad for Father’s Day at our house. Even though we are divorced, he is a wonderful Dad and person and this would be a great way to let him know how appreciated and loved he is to his kids. I couldn’t afford to pay for this on my own, so this would be a great present for them to give to him. He absolutely loves going to Sweet Tomatoes, so this would the best Father’s Day present for him.
My husband and our children have been eating at Sweet Tomatoes for almost 12 years. My father lives in Ohio and his has passed, but our small family loves all the choices we can have from your restaurant. We have 2 non meat except fish eaters and all of us have are own favorites. If we won we would invite my sister and her children and a couple others to our house.
Thanks:)
If I win, I’d take my Dad and the rest of the family for another great meal in Schaumburg. He is recovering from major heart surgery in April. The 1st time I took him there was in the 1980’s to the Point Loma location !
The catered event for 10 would include 3 fathers…my husband, his dad, and his brother along with the entire clan!
We love the Midvale, UT location. It is right in the middle so all the family can meet. Everyone there is so friendly. It is always clean and fresh. We would definitely have a catering party at my parents house, where many of the father’s in our family could enjoy themselves and their families together.
I wish I had a father figure in my life I don’t neither a father-in-law
I would like to win it for my husband instead we can celebrated with a house full of girls 4 girls and I
If I won I would have a family get together with my wonderful husband, my two sons, and their families at the Sullivan Ranch Clubhouse. All three of the men in my life are amzaing fathers!
I took my father for the first time to Sweet Tomatoes last year. He was amazed at the selection, though he often says he never met a buffet he didn’t like.
My husband looks a bit like Santa Clause- big bushy white beard, light grey hair and a bit rotund. Whenever we are at Sweet Tomatoes, and kids are acting up I will say something that infers that Santa is here loud enough for the child and his attending adult to hear. One time I asked “Santa” if he had is naughty and nice list with him and looked at the one who was acting up. Kids in the entire area went absolutely quiet and remained so for a good 20 minutes.
My fiance & I just found out in April that we will be expecting out first baby in December. The night we found out we were going to go out to dinner. It just so happens we went to Sweet Tomatoes – what better way to make sure I was eating right for out new baby!
I just remember how excited he was about becoming a father, and I know this is his first “unofficial” Fathers Day I know we will never forget it!
We would celebrate at Sweet Tomatoes in Pleasanton, CA. Sweet Tomatoes has been our go-to gathering place for a group of our friends. We were three couples and we’ve since expanded with 5 kids among us (2 are under 2 so we’d still hit the 10 number). What a great way to celebrate our three wonderful husbands that have become wonderful fathers.
Two years ago we celebrated my husband’s graduation at Sweet Tomatoes. Four fathers in my life- My dad, my father in law, my husband’s grandfather, and the father of my children – were there. As always the food was great and we created some happy family memories.
We all love family get togethers and healthy food we have two new daddys in the family and we will celebrate the blessing of being a dad a person who leads, loves and laughs. We would all get together at gradmas house like always but this time she can just sit and enjoy instead of cooking.
My found memories with my husband and kids, is when we would see my husband on duty at work protecting out town. He is a retired policeman and when we would see him all dressed up our hearts would swell with pride! If dad wins he would eat at the Lombard IL place!
Happy Father’s Day to all dads!
I would share the win with my family! I would invite them all down to the oldest city in America where I live, and we could share a picnic at the old fort, with a view of the bay, the breeze in our hairs, and wonderful conversation.
If I won the the catering – we would have a family outing. We enjoy Sweet Tomatoes…actually our church is going there for a community lunch this coming Sunday for Father’s Day!
Hi everyone. I’m Stacy and if I won the catering event, I’d celebrate with my family. Maybe I’ll even take the step to introduce my boyfriend to my parents :O Anxiety-inducing thoughts aside, I think a family gathering catered by Sweet Tomatoes sounds like a great idea.
Good luck to everyone who entered.
I would love to take my dad to Sweet Tomatoes for Father’s Day! He’s not been feeling well and I’d like to cheer him up with some of ya’lls great “comfort” food! We’d celebrate at the Sweet Tomatoes in Arlington, TX!
I would celebrate at my parent’s house. This would be wonderful to win!
I would celebrate a free catered meal at my dad’s house. He recently has been diagnosed with an illness which affects his mobilty. This would be perfect because I could bring the celebration to him!
I would celebrate at mount woodson where my dad would climb the mountain with me and afterwards have a party to celebrate our accomplishment as well as to thank him for being the best dad in the world.
Our first experience with Soup Plantation was in San Diego. I forget the year. I just remember going to different round tables for the various food offerings. We were so happy when they opened in St. Louis, first in Creve Coeur and then down on Watson in Crestwood.
We attended the grand opening of each restaurant when they were testing the employees.
Now we visit the Creve Coeur restaurant regularly and the Watson one when a friend comes in from Florida every year.
The employees are very helpful and friendly and do their best to help two old people on walkers get there food and supply us with all of the utensils.
Hope we win!!
I would celebrate my catering party at a mini baby shower for our first child! It would be co-ed so my husband could enjoy his favorite restaurant – Souplantation!
We will enjoy the special meal for ten in the gazebo at our home along with our friends with whom we frequently visit Souplantation.,
My father is a good guy and i remember one time we were at souplantation and we had a great quality family i think he deserves the dinner and we would have a family dinner together at by the ocean
I would celebrate this with my dad at home just having some family time along with my mom together if I won this blog contest. My favorite memory together with my dad would be when we used to stroll down the neighborhood together just talking and having some daughter-father time when I was little.
If I won the catering party for 10, I would celebrate at our local park for my daughter’s graduation.
If I won the drawing, my wife and I would have a family party inviting my Son (and his fiance’), and my three daughters (and there husbands). I am excited already….hope we win!
My most touching memory of my dad is when I was 10 years old and it was Christmas.
I received a bike that year, but my dad had it hidden at a friend’s house 12 miles away. Christmas eve he drove over to this friends through VERY dense fog. He picked up my bike and drove back through the dense fog just so I would be surprised come Christmas morning. I was and my new bike had hand brakes on it! Couldn’t have been better.
The next day my dad got sick, but never mentioned the long drive to and from our friend’s house.
He dad many more selfless things just for me. A very special father and husband to my sick mom.
My most touching memory of my dad is when I was 10 years old and it was Christmas.
I received a bike that year, but my dad had it hidden at a friend’s house 12 miles away. Christmas eve he drove over to this friends through VERY dense fog. He picked up my bike and drove back through the dense fog just so I would be surprised come Christmas morning. I was and my new bike even had hand brakes on it! Couldn’t have been better.
The next day my dad got sick, but never mentioned the long drive to and from our friend’s house.
He did many more selfless things just for me. A very special father and husband to my sick mom.
We would enjoy our SoupPlantation in our beautiful flower garden on a beautiful sunny summer day. Thank you.
The last time I went to Sweet Tomatoes with my dad was seven months ago. The night before I left the state to go to school, my family gathered at Sweet Tomatoes to feast (healthily!) and enjoy each others good company. I miss my mom, dad, and little brother, but I call nearly every day, even if it’s just to say “hello!”
The best memory I had was with my grandfather. He was over 100 years old and he loved going to the Souplanation so he could eat all of the wonderful yummy foods he loved. He said it was great because he didn’t have to feel guilty filling up his plate with his favorites when everyone else was doing the same.
Best memory is watching grandpa trying to keep up with the 1 1/2 year old twin grandbabies as they ran around the Souplntation looking for a free balloon during sunday brunch!
Our best memory with Dad at Souplantation was a tough decision. After taking a unanimous vote this afternoon, we decided on this delicious memory. We had just moved to California from Texas and spent the day exploring and biking through the dirt trails in the San Bernardino Mountains. Driving home we were hungrier than a pack of wild monkeys. We were dirty too, I had skinned my knee, and I am positively sure we smelled like feral river weasels in need of a river. Despite all those factors that would make us terrible dinning guest, we started looking. We did not want to make a poor dining choice after a day of exercise, and the kids asked for the one place back home that we loved, Sweet Tomato. We were shocked to find Souplantation, which was our Sweet Tomatoes in disguise!! We were greeted with smiles and courtesy despite our lack of elegance and had about the best meal of our lives! We laughed over our biking adventures and all the trails we conquered that day. We went home with full tummies and happy hearts over a fun day with the finish of great meal. If we were able to celebrate with a catering party, we would love to go to our local park with our family and friends to enjoy the fresh air, a day of biking and a delicious healthy meal.
I would have a party for my brothers and brother in law who have been there not only for their kids but for me as well. Our dads are gone but I know they would be celebrating with us. My 3 brothers and brother in law are Awesome.
What a great contest idea! I would love to win to do something special for my two grandsons.. They are being awarded their Eagle Scouts next month. They are fine young men and have worked hard. They deserve this recognition. Grandpa is having surgery and will be unable to attend a ceremony so having a party at the hospital or, hopefully, at home with my 3 favorite “men” would be extra special.
Every memory is a great memory for us. My fiance passed away this past April 2012 and this is our first Father’s Day without him. My five boys and I cherish every single moment we had with him because we used to pick the favorites but now we don’t get anymore and we really didn’t appreciate what we had and we really should have taken more moments to do so.
Sweet Tomatoes was one of the first places he and I went to when I came to visit Phoenix to check out the area to move and where I moved from I didn’t have one and I fell in love <3.
It was during Strawberry Month and was divine. We relied on Sweet Tomatoes when we were doing weight loss too. ST is a great place for families and I'm glad you are part of my many memories.
Thank you!
If I won the catering party for 10, this would bring everyone in my family together. We could all eat at Sweet Tomato on a Sunday after church. We all don’t get to see each other very often because of our own lives and busy schedules but we always try to get together each holiday. We visited Sweet Tomato in Arlington for Mother’s day and really enjoyed the healthy food and atmosphere.
We would celebrate at our house, have family come together and party in the backyard
I would love to have a nice dinner at home with my family and friends!
If I won, I would treat my Uncle Ray with family and friends to Souplantation at my home. I have taken Ray to Souplantation when he has come and visited me. Ray has been a father figure. We have a common bond with both being Navy veterans. I stayed with him and his family while attending Arizona State University. Since I becamde a parent, Ray has taken an interest in my children and helped them while my daughter was a student at Boise State. He would come and visit with her, take her to breakfast and make sure she was ok. Ray has also taken my son on a hiking trip.Ray has been there to help me out along the way with day to day challenges.
I would like to take my family with me to your location in Coral Springs, Florida. On University Drive!
Dad died in late 2010 at age 91, but as recently as April of that year, he was matching me plate for plate at Sweet Tomatoes in Pembroke Pines, FL when I’d take him and Mom while I was visiting them.
We would have a family game night at my Mom-in-law’s house… a perfect plan.
If I win, I will have a nice family party at my house and invite my parents and my in-laws. There would be 3 wonderful fathers enjoying your delicious food!
If I won the catering party for 10, I would hold a poolside event in Tucson, AZ for my husband and friends who have been terrific fathers. Some of these men are not biological fathers, but they are terrific dads and grand-dads who have given much to the children they have assisted with rearing. Any man can create a child, but not every man sticks around to be a father, so I would like to celebrate all those wonderful guys who put aside some (or most!) of their free time to love and guide children. They are indeed special and worthy of recognition!
If my husband won the contest I would love to have Sweet Tomatoes cater for 10 people at our house with our children and grandchild. It would be a great day to sit and enjoy company with out all the cooking and cleaning. We would get to enjoy family time.
I would have our lunch at dad’s favorite park, at the ramada next to the fishing pond. Less pressure to catch dinner when we’ve had a fulfilling lunch catered by Sweet Tomatoes!
Favorite Memory of Dad figure–This would be my 19 year old daughter’s father who has not been a true part of of her life for quite some time…and her step-dad who is dear to her but lives out of state. We often remember the good food and good laughs while enjoying Sweet Tomatoes–our all-time favorite–and we still tell the stories. What I would do if I won a dinner for 10 guests–Invite my father who has had many health issues and who has never been to Sweet Tomatoes and would highly benefit from the healthy food. The other guests would be family members and friends who are missing fathers due to seeking work out-of-state & protecting our country in Afghanistan, or who are in heaven.
Catered dinner would be at our home, with family and friends.
We would celebrate at a Sweet Tomatoes and enjoy the great food all together!
We would celebrate in my hometown, Torrance, CA! We are trying to live healthier lifestyles as a family so winning this Souplantation contest would be a dream come true!
The first time my husband and I took our kids to Souplantation was when our son was in first grade. He was doing so well at school and getting good grades plus great comments from the teacher. To celebrate his remarkable achievement in school we took him to dinner at the Clairemont Mesa location. It was like love at first bite. We always go to Souplantation when we celebrate special ocassions. If I win the free catering for 10, we would have it at my son’s favorite park where he and his dad play catch with his baseball and mitt. We will invite his 10 cousins in San Diego!
Souplantation is always a great place for all the families to group together to eat, chat and have fun. Not only the food is healthy and fresh there, they also have a lot of choices for salads and soups. I always remembered my best friends and I liked to take our children’s dads, our lovely husbands to Souplantation to celebrate Father’s Day. Thanks to Souplantation, they enjoyed being there! Of course, we would like to celebrate and enjoy the party of 10 in Brea if my wish will come true!
My father, father-in-law, stepfather & two grandfathers are alive with varying degrees of involvement in my life. However, if I were to win the catered meal I would want to celebrate my loving husband of seven years at a beautiful outdoor local park here in the metro Atlanta area. Our one yr old twin boys are absolutely in love with their father & don’t spend as much time with him as they do with me as I am a stay at home mom and their father works tirelessly to provide for the four of us. Our twins also love the outdoors so it would be a double bonus for them! The four of us have been to Sweet Tomatoes together and we all love it. This catered meal would mean so much for the best father in my life as well as for the rest of us!
My grandpa and I LOVE Sweet Tomatoes!!! I don’t eat animal products and he loves meat and dairy so it’s one of the few places we can eat at together!!! Every memory at Sweet Tomatoes with my grandpa is a cherished memory!!!
I would love to share your wonderful food at a fathers day gathering with my dad! As it is, we are getting together for a home made fathers day breakfast.:) YUM!!! To all you dads out there Happy Fathers Day!!!
Should we be the grateful winners of the Father’s Day catering, we would celebrate at home with a few of our dearest friends, and the few family members we have close to us. My husband is a hard working man who has provided for our family faithfully….he deserves the best!
Sweet Tomatoes is my favorite casual restaurant because of the great food. Every time someone comes to visit me from any part of the world (I have family everywhere) they all have “experienced” Sweet Tomatoes” and it also becomes their favorite restaurant. I have spent many memorable days at Sweet Tomatoes with them. We go at least once a week to our local restaurant, and when I am out of town, I try to locate one in every city. Why? The food is great, price is reasonable and the quality of food and service have always been outstanding. I do not trust eating anywhere else when I’m out of town. If I win, I would invite the “fathers” of the family and my children for a relaxing meal in our backyard.
I would love to have a couple of single fathers over my place with their children I do not have my father around anymore but every single time I eat at souplantation he is present in my mind and my heart. He used to love soups…
I will have my meal at the Iglesia park across from home in Aliso Viejo
I would celebrate with family and close friends. This is a great alternative for our family since we have chosen to make healthier choices in our life when it comes to eating more nutritious foods. Soup Plantation in Fresno has friendly staff and a huge variety of choices that are appealing to all in our party.
Well I think we deserve this catered party!!! Even tho he isn’t my real dad I think my stepdad deserves this catered party. He has always provided for our family has been there emotionally and he really is great. He loves going to souplantation he is the one who introduced us to this place. Well I hope when win thank you and have a blessed day!:)
My dad was the best. I hope my son thinks the same as me.
My favorite memory with a father figure was the day I found out he was cancer free. Over the years, I’ve had many incredible experiences with my father figure but finding out he was healthy and able to stick around for a while really tops them all. If anyone deserves a long, healthy life it is him. I tell him how much of an impact he’s had on me but I don’t think he fully understood until he was diagnosed with prostate cancer and I couldn’t stop crying for the six weeks he was gone for surgery and treatment. I will always treasure the day, one year ago, when he finally beat the cancer.
My two favorite memories of my Dad:
One is that special look he would give me and then wink.
Two is when he would go to Church and make sure that he would greet the elderly and the widowed. He loved seeing their faces light up and they loved to see him coming.
We love Soup Plantation! We had a Sunday brunch for the wedding party at the one in Pont Loma the day after my daughter’s wedding. My presumed but not biological Dad came out for the wedding and during the visit we took him to Soup Plantation twice . Getting hungry thinking about the salads, focacia, muffins and brownie with choc. yogurt. Yogurt is good with he choc. chip cookies too… My daughter’s home in Coronado is the family meeting place so we would eat our catered meal there.
If I were to have a catered meal, I would have it on our deck with some of our friends & family.
If I win, I would celebrate with a party held at my sisters (our father died years ago and her husband has also passed), in Tomball, TX, with her 3 kids and my son and a brother (1st time Dad at age 38) and his wife and baby and my mother.
Thanks and praise to God for the generosity and bounty to be had by one and all- whoever wins!
A couple of years ago (happened to be on Mother’s Day), I watched an active duty serviceman holding his child who had a severe muscular disease, who allowed the rest of his family to eat while he coddled and adored his little girl. When everyone was finished eating, he got up to get his own plate of food. It showed me that this father’s courage is linked to that humble spot called home – sacrificing always to keep his family and neighbors safe in our nation’s humble communities.
Sweet Tomatoes has been our favorite restaurant since we first ate at one in Houston TX back in 2000. Our family enjoyes eating there because we can all eat things we enjoy. We try to eat as healthy as possible. Unfortunately living in Hialah, Fl now we can only go occationlally to the closest Sweet Tomatoes in Pembroke Pines. We as a famly have decided to change our eatng habits since loosing my husbands dad this past May 15th to heart disease. Winning this giveaway would give me the opportunity to introduce the rest of the family to a healthy fresh option, and honor my father-in-laws memory.
When I went away to college in San Diego at 17 years old, it was difficult to be away from my family for the first time. My parents visited me once a month and every time my dad would take us to Souplantation because he knew that I would at least get to eat a yummy, healthy meal, and we could spend time together. We were never rushed out from our meal by the staff and we could sit there and take our time talking while we ate. Those meals at Souplantation got me through and helped me to survive my freshman year away at college, and now that I’m married with my own 2 children, we still love to eat there frequently now, over 20 years later.
If I won a catering party from Souplantation, I would invite my family to our home and remember those days long ago when we used to eat there together, I met my husband at college so he eventually joined our visits at Souplantation back then too!
My awesome Dad from Pittsburgh passed away a few years ago. Now that I live in Naples, FL, I have been “adopted” by my best Friend’s extended family, including his Dad and his 3 Brothers! They consistently include me in their family events, even Thanksgiving and Christmas when I can’t travel up North to be with my remaining family. If I won, I would host the party in their honor as a great token of appreciation for being my second “family” and acknowledging the great Dads that these 4 brothers have become!
If I won the contest I would hold a special Dungeons and Dragons style gaming day for my husband and all his friends, where all the people role-playing were rabbits. Sweet Tomatoes would cater their feast and would be the starting point of the adventure!
If I won, I would have it at my fathers house, because he gets so happy when the whole family is around that he gets emotional. Also he is going through a hard time with my step mom having cancer and I belive that having everyone there will not only lift up his spirit but her’s aswell. And giving him a moment to relax, laugh, eat and enjoy everything that i know deserves. So by winning this, would bring our family closer and more photos in the album for us to look back on.
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Our family loves Sweet Tomatoes. My husband is a father of 2 plus about 50 more. As a youth pastor he makes Sweet Tomatoes a part of our annual youth conference’s dinner stops. We have never been disappointed and love the selection. Hope to win this for him!
If I won a free meal for 10 I would share it with my brothers and husband. They are all amazing fathers. We would meet at a the park where we could kick back, talk and play games. We lost our fathers at a young age but all of them have stepped up to be great dad’s to their kids.
My husband and son and I have enjoyed having meals at Sweet Tomatoes for years. My favorite memories are of us together eating, laughing and sharing. My husband has been a great dad to my son who is now grown. The both like getting together for lunch and if its Sweet Tomatoes they can eat healthy and enjoy each others company.
Oh, last year we went to church and a car show after at the church. If I won the catering I would invite family and friends to come with us and enjoy!
We started going to Souplantation in La Mesa, California. It was our family favorite place to eat. There was something for everyone. When I got a job working there, my father and mother came to eat on my first day of work. They could not even wait for 1 day. If I was selected for the catering event it would be in Las Vegas, Nevada to celebrate a birthday for my amazing husband and father to our beautiful boys.
A dear friend from Guatemala is having her father visiting after more than five years without seen him at all, she and her family are so happy!!, (her husband and two boys), that makes a family of four, then we have two more (her father and mother ) plus another couple from Mexico and Spain who are very special friends to them and of course my husband and I. That makes ten!
I think is the perfect opportunity to celebrate fathers day in a one ofo the beautiful park that we are so lucky to have in Utah and enjoy a delicious healthy food from our favorite place to eat, Mmmmm, I can’t wait….
My favorite memory was how my dad would take me to Sweet Tomatoes after orthodontist appointments when I was a kid. We would always get ice cream, macaroni, salad with mandarin oranges and potato soup, since I couldn’t eat anything crunchy with braces on. Then we would drive home playing Beach Boy tapes and dad would sing about “Two salads for every girl!” instead of “two girls for every boy”
I would celebrate this either at my house or at the Orange Park, FL Sweet Tomatoes location.
Hi,
My name is Brianna and I’m 10 years old. The reason I’m writing is because I love my dad so much! He adopted my sister and I when we were tiny. And what makes me really happy is that he chose us. He is the best because he has been there for me whenever I really need him. He also lost weight for my sister and me. My dad almost lost 200 pounds. He did diet and exercising, and one of the places he went was Sweet Tomatoes. Sweet Tomatoes is even on his website (www.gastondiet.com) as a safe place to eat.We’ve gone to Sweet Tomatoes almost every month. Like for my Birthday, just for fun, to treat family and friends, and other special occasions. If I won the contest I would let my dad choose where he would like to go. He would choose to celebrate in our backyard.
My dad loves it when family all get together for one day to enjoy him on this special day. I know my dad doesn’t care of a place to eat and enjoy because he’s laid back and likes to see smiles and laughs instead. I know life takes us on this roller coaster where we feel that we don’t have time to eat a meal together like a family. This will give all of us in the family a chance to enjoy our time together. We have a total of 10 people ranging from 12 to 55! No matter what Souplantation is a place for all ages. I especially love the the chicken noodle soup with the delicious bread sticks and the different combination of salads. To have SOUPLANTATION in our celerbration would be incredible for our family!!! Happy Father’s Day! 🙂
My hubby and I have had the chance to introduce our daughter to many new foods thanks to Sweet Tomatoes. It makes it a lot easier for our picky five eyar old to try things if her even pickier father is eating them. This backfired on her a bit when my husband managed to talk her into trying balsamic vinegar. Not a bad thing on it’s own, but she thought it was CHOCOLATE sauce! Quite a difference in taste between those two, but makes for quite a funny story! 🙂
I love spending time with my dad. Even though we have a language barrier between us we still understand each other and make each other laugh. I remember one time we went to Souplantation just the two of us, and the person who clears away dishes noticed we were Korean (he was white) and started speaking in Korean to us. We were astonished and spoke back to him. He wasn’t fluent, but he said ‘hello,’ ‘thank you,’ ‘you’re welcome,’ and things like that. It was really cool. If I win I would have the meal in our home and invite my family and my friends and their family, have a Father’s Day meal with all our fathers.
If I won the Sweet Tomatoes catering party, we would celebrate by hanging out at the Water Gardens in Downtown Fort Worth and topping of the night with our favorite family restaurant. An awesome night!
I will celebrate father’s day by taking my father and my family to Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes!!!!! Sweet Tomatoes is my father’s most favorite restaurant. Since my father has heart disease, he knows the importance to stay with a healthy cardiac diet. The fresh salad, low sodium pasta, nutritious soup, and to mention the delicious muffins that Sweet Tomatoes offers are just the perfect diet for my father.
If I won the catering party from Sweet Tomatoes, i would celebrate at home with my family and invite my father’s friends to join us!!!!!! 🙂
My husband is a great father can’t wait to celebrate with him and our 2girls! We go to souplantation every Sunday morning for breakfast! I hope we win!!!
If I won the catering for l0, I would celebrate my daughter’s 21st birthday there with family, as we LOVE Sweet Tomatoes! Her birthday is June 30, so the timing is perfect!! This is one restaurant our whole family agrees they love to go to! (And with an l8 year old and a 2l year old, there are precious few things we all agree on at the moment!)
I would love to have a catered Sweet Tomatoes party at the St. Louis Citygarden. I think having a picnic among the fountains and sculptures downtown would be terrific! And it would be even better if it was before a Cardinals game!
Our family just moved back from overseas. Last year was the first time our family had been together in over 8 years. We all decided to meet at Sweet Tomatoes because it was the restaurant our family had been craving since we moved. We had a fabulous time and the food was excellent as always. We still drive almost an hour to get to Sweet Tomatoes almost 1 time a month. If we won the catering for 10 we would gather the family and celebrate good food and AMAZING Dads. Our twin daughters have even requested we go for their 10th birthday celebration!!
If I win the contest, I would love to have it in our back yard and have everyone in our family enjoy a moment together while enjoying good, healthy food.
i would have it at my sons house with my 2 grandsons and the rest of my own kids – not far from the local Sweet Tomatoes – please pick me – i LOVE ST almost more than life itself 🙂
I have many wonderful memories of Dad but none so moving as the time that he literally saved my life. My dad was a landlord who spent many a Saturday or Sunday visiting his property doing repairs or hanging out with the neighborhood there. I was often with him. But sometimes I didn’t go but would hide (when I was small enough to do it) on the floor of the back seat of the car. I don’t know if I ever really fooled him into thinking I wasn’t there but if I wasn’t “discovered” I would go along for the ride. Well, one time when I did that, I decided to exit the car and walk home. But even 50 years ago, south central LA could be dangerous for a pedestrian and soon I was pursued by 3 other kids with knives. I ran as fast as I could but I knew that with asthma and other physical problems, I couldn’t outrun my pursuers. Just then my dad drove around the corner, saw me and picked me up and we went safely home. What a miracle that Dad would show up at the moment I needed him most! If he had worn a “S” on his chest, he wouldn’t have been more of a hero to me than he was on that day. That also was probably the last time I tried to hide in his car. .
My favorite memory of Sweet tomatoes with my Dad is every year for Thanksgiving we travel north to spend time with family. On the way up we as a family stop at Sweet Tomatoes in Atlanta for lunch. Dad and Mom loves the salads I love the soups, pasta and cookies!
If I won I would want the catering for 10 where we could get my family to meet, eat and have fun as a family.
If selected, I would donate the 10 meals to the families staying at the Long Beach Ronald McDonald House in Long Beach, CA. Your delicious, healthy food would help bring comfort to these families, all of whom are dealing with the stress and uncertainty of caring for a seriously ill child. I’m sure your generosity would provide a wonderful Father’s Day and belated Mother’s Day for the families. Thank you for your consideration!
I WOULD CELEBRATE AT MY HOME WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. WE LOVE SWEET TOMATOES. THIS WILL BE A GREAT WIN.
I would celebrate with my family on Labor Day because it’s my Uncle’s 50th, my birthday and my grandparent’s anniversary!
We go to sweet tomatoes once a week. My girls LOVE the food and love the apple/strawberry cobbler. The most fun we have ever had was doing dance dares in line while getting food. If I win, I will share the video of my 8 and 10 year old doing a dance dare behind some random man getting salad.
My dearest memory with a father figure at SWEET TOMATOES was the first time my hubby and I visited Sweet Tomatoes as a family of 3 after my daughter was born 7 years ago. If I was able to get the catered food I would celebrate the ocassion at my home with the 2 most important people in my life, my daughter and lovely husband and some friends and family members: )
When my husband and I got married, and blended our two families Souplantation was the first place we ate together as a “new family”. It has truly become a family favorite over the last 15 years for brithdays and special family occasions, it has become a place where we all get to be together. With 8 children we are always looking for a family friendly resaurant – you have won the prize, and my husband get a great chance to spend specail evening with all his kids.
Our family would love to celebrate at the beach!
My favorite memory with my dad at Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes was when we went for the first time. My mother had told us it was delicious, so we went as a family. My dad and I, being meat-lovers, didn’t really want to go. However, when we got there, it was really good. We ended up eating so much we couldn’t even walk!!! It was a good feeling because finals had just ended. Yay!
If I won this FREE Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party for 10, I would eat it at my grandparent’s house because everytime there’s a special event, we eat there! (:
I Remember great days of sitting on my Dad’s lap and falling asleep in his arms!! I think he always loved having me near. 30 years later I am thankful He still loves me so dearly!! This would be a great win I would do a family get together if I am so luck as to win!!!
thanks for the chance to win my mouth waterat the thought of your yummy salad!!!
I would celebrate Father’s Day at home with Sweet Tomatoes. My father is homebound at the moment and unable to walk but I know that this was one of his favorite restaurants to go to when he was well. He would be elated if we won!
My husband and I were regulars at Souplantation in So Cal and were thrilled to learn that Sweet Tomatoes was the sister restaurant here in Raleigh NC. If he was to win the contest I could see us celebrating the catering prize at one of our local parks here with our 4 yr old , my parents and close friends.
I love eating at Sweet Tomatoes with my husband and sons. My boys love to go with their Daddy to get pizza, mac & cheese, muffins, fruit and frozen yogurt with lots of toppings!
When our only son was moving out of our home to another state to be on his own for the first time ever we all went out for a farewell dinner at Souplantation. When dinner was done my husband handed the keys to his truck to my son and told him he could drive his new truck home. We all thought he was joking, my husband is so “Anal” about anyone driving his truck. Well, it actually touched all our hearts because he wasn’t joking. My son will never forget that day because it was a big deal to him to drive his Dads truck. He knows it was his dads way of saying ” You are a man in my eyes now”. I saw my husband cry for the first time in 35 yrs. when our son was leaving our home to be on his own far from us.
My favorite father memory if gong to major league baseball games as a kid, then as a teen, a young adult, and now with my dad and my kids. I would enjoy the meal for 10 with my family at my parents house for sure!
My sweet husband is the best dad. I was pregnant with our second son and the baby was telling me NOTHING would taste as good as chicken wonton happiness salad. So what does he do? He packs us up and we drive an hour to our closest Sweet Tomatoes. While there he took his firstborn son through the line, and to the restroom when necessary so that I could enjoy my salad craving. If I won, I would share with friends and family at our house while introducing our baby son. Because we live so far away, very few people know about the freshest, healthiest, and most scrumptious salad bar that’s sooo worth the drive!
We would have a family celebration at home. We have nine children under nine years old, a few of them have special needs. Meal times are very busy and a relaxing catered event would be a real blessing!
Unfortunelty my father is on his 3rd knee replacement surgery and cannot bend his leg at all. With the surgeries making his dementia worse, The past few weeks have been filled with staying at the hospital and is being moved to a care faucility & won’t be home for Father’s Day. I would celebrate at the care faucility with my mom (who deserves a break too), my sisters and my hubby and kids. I would just bring all the family to him. Hoping to make as many memories for him as possible with everything that is happening.
When I was little my dad used to always take me to donut wheel and we’d always talk about random stuff. It was our little father-daughter time every Sunday 🙂
If I won, I’d love to spend the day with my parents and friends at home ^__^
When I was little my dad used to always take me to donut wheel and we’d always talk about random stuff. It was our little father-daughter time every Sunday 🙂
If I won, I’d love to spend the day with my parents and friends at home ^__^ thank you for giving this opportunity!
For many years my husband Ed, the FATHER of our three sons, would take me to Sweet Tomatoes to dream talk. We would talk about where we would like to live (Colorado), what kind of house we want (two story) and our children. This started when our first son was a baby. We would bring travel guides, house plans and a notepad. We still live in Florida in a one story house but now our “baby” starts college in the fall…in Colorado.
My father came to visit me in Kansas from Pennsylvania once after I came to US. We went to Sweet Tomatoes because I knew he is going to love the food. And he did love it. Well , my father cannot come to visit me often but my father in law lives with me and my husband. We come to sweet tomato once a week.
If I win the contest, I would either cater is to my father in Pennsylvania, if that is not possible I would request to cater it to my house and I would celebrate with my Father-in-Law
Fave memory is of my dad teaching me exactly when to turn over the pancake. Also,ice his little dancing grooves.
hello there, i love dad and i have so many memories from souplantation now im 23 years old when my dad sence 1992 and u i remenber the first time i went there i was 6 he took are family to eat it was sooo fun i didnt know what too eat all the deserts they had we eat pleanty of ice cream i went home i was thinking about all the food they had sence the day i love souplantion ever sence i been there my dad still works for souplantion now i have a 1 year and 8 months and now his the one going there once in while to go eat there,,,,,,,if i wereto be selected i would take the catering to my parents and surprise my dad and tell him how i won this on are family reunioun that were having tommorrow …..
He is the best at eating what i make.This honors me and honors him.
My family loves Sweet Tomatoes; it’s our favorite place to eat. My father loves their soup and fresh bread, not to mention dessert!
I would invite my dad, my brother and sisters and the whole family to Tucson Sweet Tomatoes!
There is always something for everyone, even my picky autistic granddaughter, who loves the waitstaff there!
My fave memory at Souplantation with my dad was when he would visit from NC with my mom and we’d all go to the Arcadia CA location. He loved buffet style meals, and when he first tried Souplantation he absolutely fell in love with it. We would go there often when he visited and it was always a joyful occasion. If I won the catered party, I would have it at my house. A sweet treat indeed!
My dad lives out of town, so My sisters and I and all of our kids would have a pool party at my mom’s house and Skype my father and all 3 of my brothers who live on the East Coast.
Hubby and I took our daughter to Souplantation for the first time. She had only eaten baby food. We sat her in the high chair. Just for fun we put a few hard boiled egg pieces on her tray. She ate “grown up” food and FED HERSELF for the first time. We were so excited. Eggs are still one of her favorite foods. If you ask where she wants to eat Souplantation is her top pick. We would eat at the Rancho Cucamonga Souplantation with family and friends.
My dad is one of those individuals who you can always count on to be the strong one, no matter what. Well, he just lost his house in the High Park fire here in Colorado and now it’s my turn to support him! He’s trying to be a statue but I know it’s difficult. I know that being there for him, supporting him, reminding him how much I care only helps. I’d love to give him and the family who has graciously shared their home with them a wonderful catered meal!
We’d go to the Soup Plantation in Oceanside. In Hosp Grove across the street from that location, we planted a tree on Arbor Day for my stepdad who had died earlier that year, and a tree for my fiance’s father, who had died a few years before. We could go for a walk to see their trees and afterward go to our favorite Soup Plantation. Thanks.
My favorite memory at soupplantation is eating the little baby corns like regular corn on the cob with my dad. We had a blast! If I won I would like to have my brothers house catered so my whole family could partake in healthy yet delicious food.
I remember having soupplantations chili with my dad! We would eat so much we could hardly make it out of there. If I won I would have my house catered so everyone would have to hang out with me!
It’s really hard to pick one of my favorite memories with Dad because I have been blessed to have my life filled with many, but one of our favorites was when we watched our first movie at a theater together. It was 1996 and we watched Fly Away Home together. I remember he bought me popcorn, and halfway through the movie I wanted more, so I asked him if I could go by myself to buy it, and he gave me the money and let me go. That’s his favorite part. My favorite part is sharing that time with him while watching a great movie.
I would have the catering party done at my home. We have some relatives coming all the way from Colombia (South America), and it would be amazing to celebrate this important day with them, eating the food from my dad’s favorite restaurant. It would be a wonderful way to tell him how much he’s loved and how much he deserves to have the most amazing Father’s Day possible.
My family and I have been blessed to be sort of adopted by an older couple in our church who took our family of four out to eat each and every Monday night for 10 years. We went to ST’s at leat one or two times/month. My father figure who did this was named Roy. He LOVED the salads piled high w/ a ton of dressing. 🙂 We still love to eat there and think of Roy who went to heaven 3 yrs ago. He loved us and was a wonderful father figure to my family.
All my siblings live within 20 minutes of my home. I would gather them all to our house for yummy food. This is one of our favorite places to eat. I even got my Mom a gift card for her birthday.
We love Sweet Tomatoes and love going with our stepfather. Every time we go is a great memory. He is a great dad and I would love to win this for him. Thanks for the offer…
We are throwing a graduation party next week at our house for our two kids – one graduating from college, and one graduating from high school. So if I won a catering party that’s where it would be – at our place. How perfect would that be – the party is already scheduled and the guests have been invited – all we need is the catering!
when we went tot sweet tomatoes in san jose, the food was delicious and fresh, the whole family was together.
I would celebrate with my FREE Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party for 10 at my apartment. We just bought a house at Sunnyvale, CA. We would really love to try out the catering services for warm house party. I am one of dummies who buy house at worse timing and let’s try to keep economy going. Let’s celebrate. Thanks to sweet tomatoes, we have chance to celebrate.
My husband, who introduced me to Soup Plantation and is now a father, has an exact order of events whenever we go to eat.every.single.time. I can’t wrap this gift, but I’m sure it’d make his day if we won a catered meal (you know, to change things up a bit)!
My dad and I don’t get to spend much time together as I wirk two jobs and go to school. When we do spend time together, we go eat as we are total foodies. We are big fans of Sweet Tomatoes and frequent this restaurant. I have many times had discussions with my dad there, sometimes the only time we talk in weeks. I am very fond of these times.
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My dad is the best. Unfortunately he lives in Rochester, NY. My Fiance Michael and moved to Las Vegas last August 2011 to help my uncle with open heart surgery. So this Fathers Day I am missing my dad and my Fiance is missing his two daughters in Roseville, CA. But I would like to win the passes to do something nice for him today 6/17/12.
I know exactly what I’d do with the catering!
I’m having friends over for out of town in a few weeks. They’re coming for all over the South East to attend a convention here filled with awful food options and we all lever the show Saturday night feeling heavy and sluggish.
I would you the catering to fix all that. There’s no better fix to a hard day then a healthy filling meal of salad and good things. We’d set it up in the center of the table and spend the rest of the time talking and eating.
We went to Sweet Tomatoes at least once a month, if I got to choose the place for any kind of breakfast celebration I always choose Sweet Tomatoes, and my dad never have problem with that. We usually spend a lot of time there because we meet several people there.
If I win the catering, I will celebrate it with the volunteer in the care center at my church.
When we were kids, my father used to work on his woodshop projects in the basement and we loved to hang out with him and “help”. Sometimes he’d also play the guitar and we’d have sing-a-longs.
I’d have a catered meal at our house and invite the neighbors. Thanks!
Favorite memory of my dad is about teaching me importance to truthfulness, being peaceful and love of God. Thank you!
Favorite memory – my husband teaching the kids how to make brownie sundaes the first time – just the way his dad taught him.
if selected – we would either cater a birthday party for the kids (they love the place) or have a bunch of friends over for a summer get-together.
If won, I would like to invite my friends to my home to enjoy this wonderful meal.
Chris
My husband sees his son every other weekend. We try to make the time we have with him as special as possible. After a wonderful and HOT day at the zoo we went to Sweet Tomatoes for dinner. My step-son loves the pizza and pasta (they are Italian)! We knew this would be the perfect way to end a fun day. We sat there enjoying each other’s conversation for what seemed like hours. The simplest things in life are often the most pleasurable ones. Even though my husband does not live with his son full time, he is one of the greatest dads, a true role model for all. Sweet Tomatoes is like eating a home cooked meal, so if we won this we would enjoy the special treat at home and share with the rest of our family.
In this case I was the father figure. When I was laid off and looking for work, sometimes my friend Sarah would come up from Winston-Salem to visit her boyfriend. She would come over and we would watch Top Gear and then go to lunch at Soup Plantation/Sweet Tomatoes
It would be amazing to give my dad a free 10 people catered meal……..the last time we all sat down and had dinner together was so long ago and It was the best time ever…..and was actually at sweet tomatoes……we use to do this all the time but it hasn’t happened in forever due to everyone working and moving to other states.
I live on a cul-de-sac for about 25 years now. I am the oldest resident in our neighborhood, and there are many younger fathers having younger children, If I win the catering for 10 people, it will be just enough for a celebration on our cul-de-sac… It will be nice to introduce healthy dishes to the children of the families!
Had a great time for Fathers’s Day with my dad at souplantation! Brought the whole family, and has a great time. Loved the Food! We would go to any location in San Diego preferally Mission George
Father’s Day and any other day is great at Sweet Tomatoes in Plantation, Florida. In fact, we are going there right now for lunch.
I would celebrate father’s day by having a picnic in the park with my dad and our family
Even after 47 years my dad and I are still close. He is my rock. When I was little he used to carry me on his shoulders and walk me down the block to go on the rides in Coney Island. He is getting older now and at this point I have to help him walk sometimes. I would love to be able to give him something special for Father’s day and take him to his favorite place- Sweet Tomatoes. He even has a favorite waiter at the Coral Springs, Florida restaurant. So having our group of 10 there would make his day!! Thanks 🙂
I have 5 kids and my husband is a very good father. We would celebrate it at the grand canyon in Arizona. : )
The first time we came to Sweet Tomatoes with my dad was my absolute favorite memory. We were talking and all of a sudden when the person came to pick up our dishes, he ended up dropping all of them and my dad was too busy talking to us and food splattered right on my dad. It was hilarious, although not for him. We laughed throughout lunch and all the way home…
My favorite memories of my father came back to me when I was visiting his grave, which I hadn’t done for about 5 years. It brought back all the fondness, hard work, love, and appreciation that he gave to me over the many years. I will always miss him, no matter how many years have past.
One time at Souplantation, my dad took three plates or filled salad and finished it very quickly. I was like whoa man, slow down! If I win, I would take my dad, mom, sister, my cousin, my other cousin, my other cousin, my aunties, and uncles. We would eat chicken noodle soup and enjoy the blueberry muffins with delight. It would be awesome if I won 😀
Many of our favorite memories took place at Souplantation. For YEARS, this was the ONLY restaurant we took our children to. Now that they’re adults, they always want to celebrate Father’s Day (and all 6 of our birthdays, and Mother’s Day and our anniversary, and . . . ) with their dad and I at their favorite restaurant–Souplantation.
Favorite memory was during my daddy’s first time at Souplantation and he tried to drink a little bit of all the soups!
The family would convince Dad (me) to go to Sweet Tomatoes for a special treat. I would drive by it, pretending we were going someplace else. Then, I would turn around and go there, to the sounds of squeals of delight (especially from my wife!).
I would love to celebrate at the new grand opening one that is located in Clearwater mall Fl or at the nearby largo one that I go to.
We always have lunch at Souplantation for both Father’s Day and Mother’s Day. It’s our very favorite and would love to be able to share some delicious ‘Tation food at our home with some of our friends!
I would celebrate with my parents at the Chula Vista Souplantation at 1810 Main Court! 🙂
We love to to be together with the family, we have very good experiences in Souplantation, my son want to celebrate his birthday there he love all the food that you have, i hope we can celebrate there because my husband don’t have a job, but i wish I can celebrate with my son and my family because we know that families are the most important in the world. My husband always try to do the best for the family, we love a lot and he likes SWEET TOMATOES.
My favorite memory is this year – my daughters are taking me to Sweet Tomatoes for Fathers day instead of me taking them. It doesnt get any better than that. I would use my free Catering to have a meal with them and their friends.
My dad and his family would sometimes go to sweet tomato and take the lead with his jokes without him to tell us the jokes, I don’t think a fathers day at sweet tomato would be a real fathers day.
Before fathers day was my dad’s birthday and we didn’t do much for him, I was hoping fathers day could make up for it but I got nothing in mind. When I saw this contest my mind was like, *click!* We rarely go to sweet tomato because we ‘re poor and can’t afford it, but I love the food and hope we can go again someday. I think it would be the best fathers day and birthday present anyone could ever imagine.
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!
ALL OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS LIKE SOUPLANTATION. WE LIKE THE SALAD, CHICKEN SOUP, CLAMCHOWDER…… WE LIKE ALL AT SOUPLANTATION
My dad would love if I won him some @souplantation meals!– Free Meal #giveaway. Random winner gets 6 FREE meal passes. RT to win!
Did we win yet? Did we win yet? Did we win yet??? …just one more thing that my Dad endured: endless, repetive inquiries when I knew good and well that we weren’t there yet 🙂
My own father passed away years before Sweet Tomatoes opened. But my kids look at me as the ST Coupon King. When we’re in doubt about where to eat (like tonight!) they say, “Dad, print up an email coupon,” and off we go.
A favorite memory was recently when we took 2 of our grandsons to Sweet Tomatoes. They
had not been there before, 2 and 5 years of age. It was a treat to see the delight in all the selections, and the 5 year old was sure to note how healthy the foods were, mom would be
happy about that. The frozen yogurt with sprinkles topped the night for grandpa and the boys.
Your menu sounds so good !
We have four growing kids at home, ages 15 (girl), 17 (boy), 19 (girl), and 21 (girl).
We would have the catered meal come to our house in Poetry, Texas. Poetry is too small to be on the old-fashioned map, but it’s close to Rockwall, TX, where I’d love to have you put a Sweet Tomatoes Restaurant !
The six of us would invite a family that lives nearby. They are lovely people, and the dad is out of work. They are really struggling financially !!!
Thanks for considering our entry !
Mrs J Gallagher
Hello Souplantation,
Quite honestly, Souplantation is my favorite place to eat. With your great food choices and friendly service, a single man like myself needed to have a place I could call my “Home Cooking”.
If I won the catering for 10, I’d invite all my friends (who I often do already to the Escondido California location) and we’d have a great time!
Thanks always,
Rick
My best memories with my Dad at Souplantation is that we always go to celebrate and gather together as a family. We once had close to 25 people gathered in one place at once. We love the food there and especially the pickles. YUM!!! If I were selected to have a party catered, I would have my dad choose who he would invite and what he would like to do. He has been a great dad and has inspired his 6 children to be great people and do great things.
I would celebrate with my dad at home. Home is where all of our best memories are made. It is where are families can spend time with one another and just enjoy each other’s company!
If I won a Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes catering party for 10, I would have it at my parents’ house and invite my immediate family. That way we could all be together and my mom wouldn’t have to cook. There’s nothing my dad enjoys more than having the family together at their house.
I think the best place for a catered party is at home. Everyone’s comfortable, plenty of seating and you can eat at your own pace – no rushing! Food, relaxing and family are the best!
We enjoy going to Sweet Tomatoes as a family and eating together. It is usually quality time spent together. If we win, we would either have the meal at my childhood home with the whole family, or at our favorite Sweet Tomatoes location.
Our two college age boys and I just celebrated Fathers Day (early) at the Lake Buena Vista Sweet Tomatoes last night with Dad. We especially enjoyed the “cherry” promotion you have running with Cherry Balsamic Blue salad with walnut, Cherry Nut muffins, Cherry butter, Triple Berry Mousse and Cherry Apple Cobbler. Dad loved the fresh food and the “all you can eat” buffet. We have a delightful time.
We would have the catered party here at our home. We love Sweet Tomatoes and we’d invite our friends to join us in sharing a catered meal compliments of your restaurant!
My husband is a picky eater, his mother was not a gentle soul and would more or less force various vegetables on her children’s dinner plates. One did not dare not eat them. Now an adult, my husband will not eat but maybe 3 vegetables (surprise!). So it is wonderful and a bit strange that his favorite restaurant (and mine) is Souplantation!. He will start with the Cesear Salad and add a few select vegie morsels on top. Such nutrition! Thank you for being there, Rancho Bernardo , our favorite Souplantation.
We would love to win a catering party for 10. We would celebrate at my mother and father-in-law’s house. We would love to have a reason for the whole family to get together and what better reason is there than to share a meal from Sweet Tomatoes?
My fondest memory with a father at SouplantationSweet Tomatoes happened abt 5 years ago when my husband went to the restaurant with our oldest daughter…it was after church and clearly he wanted a heavier meal but wanted to make her happy so he ate everthing in sight it seemed! Since that day he has been back several times.
If we won the party for 10, I would use it at my daughter’s apartment which is located across from church; perhaps inviting some of deaf people we interpret for.
The first time I ate at a Souplantation was with my Dad. We were visiting San Diego CA in 2005. My Dad and Grandma went to the store in Mission Valley. They loved it so much he wanted to go back and take me for lunch. He tried all of the soups and pretty much everything elso too : ) We stuffed ourselves so full it was hard to walk out the door. We went back to Indiana and he told family and friends about the new restaurant he had discovered in California. By the way..he was a BIG fan of buffet style restaurants and loved soup, so Souplantion was a dream come true. After that trip I moved to San Diego…would love to say it was all because of Souplantation…but the beautiful weather. Later that year my Dad passed away. I miss him so much everyday. I have many great memories of him and places I go will remind me of him. Souplantation is one of them, everytime I eat at one, I always think of him and how he loved the soup.
My husband, son and I now live in Carlsbad CA and we eat at the one on Marron Rd.
My favorite memory is of my dad taking us fishing to Minnesota. He could sit in that boat all day waiting for the big one! He would take us camping and we learned to appreciate the outdoors. If I won I would take my close friends to Sweet Tomatoes and remember our dads for all they did for us. Sadly, my dad died in January. I miss him dearly.
My dad passed away many years ago so he never experienced Sweet Tomatoes, but I know he would have loved it! I would love to take my son and wife and extended family to Sweet Tomatoes in Lombard, IL. We recently became vegetarians and Sweet Tomatoes has what we like to eat to stay healthy. My favorite memory of my dad was when he put me on his lap and let me drive the car in an empty parking lot.
My favorite memory is my dad taking the volley ball team to Sweet Tomatoes after a big win. My team mates like all the choices we have and my dad likes it because the food is good for us. Eating at Sweet Tomatoes won’t break the bank as my dad says. I would take my family to Sweet Tomatoes in Lombard, IL and treat my dad to show him how much I appreciate everything he does for us.
Family Tradition to go to Sweet Tomatoes every Friday night after a long week of work.
I became Pregnant and still every Friday night…. 🙂 🙂 🙂
It was always so fun to go there and see all the happy children with their parents!
After Baby Jason was born, we were able to bring him so he could be a part of the “happy children scenario!! ”
I will be treating close Friends and Family with the catering gift from Sweet Tomatoes!
Celebrate life! 🙂
If I won, I would use the catering for my daughter’s rehearsal lunch for her upcoming wedding. What a great way to celebrate! I wish my dad could be here to celebrate with us during this special time, but we lost him to cancer 12 years ago. Growing up we always had dinner together and that was the time when we all shared about our day.
This would be at our home!
WE celebrated Fathers Day one year at Sweet Tomatos with our entire family… WE surprised dad with a GONG ! Something he had always wanted. The real surprise was when he gave it a good sounding while we were all enjoying our meal at Sweet Tomatos.. YEAH DAD!!!
We like eating at Souplantation, my son’s birthday is June 24th and my husband is June 26th, it would be a double celebration at my place. So we hope we win, would be a nice Father’s Day gift for my husband.
We would celebrate, with family, at the movies….Dad likes the movies the best!
Memories of my father are rich with color and laughter. But I chose a moment in which my father’s love was so evident. As a child I watched my father smoke cigarettes in our home, in the car, and everywhere in between. Always hopeful that he would quit, I remember asking him over and over to put away his “cancer sticks”. One day at school. my teacher issued “contracts” that we could give to a family member or friend asking them to quit for a day. My father thought it was kind of cute, but he did not take it too seriously. When I got down on my knees and begged him to stop, he knew that I meant business. Years later when he had his first heart attack and quit cold turkey, he remembered that day I got on my knees and asked him to embrace his life. And he thanked me for loving him that much.
If I did win, I would celebrate with friends and family here in Southern California.
We love Souplantation and parties! What a great idea to but them together so….we would have the party at our house because we love to entertain and everyone loves those salads and soups and muffins and baked potatoes and…..well you get the picture 😀
We went to Orlando to visit friends. They took us to Sweet Tomatoes. My husband just fell in love with the chili–all kinds. Then it was a joke that he was going to need new sneakers when we left there cause he kept running back for more. We have visited many Sweet Tomatoes after that and have become regulars at the Fort Myers one. He checks his emails for coupons and menus weekly!