Deanna, I am already (secretly) announcing you as my first choice as soon as I saw you entered the fray, but, I owed it to the process to see what other looks could surface. You totally understand much of my descriptives and I have often been vague in hopes that designers would take a leap of faith and put their stamp on my logo brief description and messages. iRobin (aussie) got the message, but, You are a wolf among the prey and it shows in everything that I have seen you do. You have an intuitive sense and it makes having you in the mix a pleasure. Now that I have stroked you enough...LOL! Can you post with the tagline in a font like #30 in your new entries and I am curious to see "soul" perhaps in a large font that maybe easier read from a distance or when reproduced small. It is not bad and everyone likes it, but, sometimes script hits the eye funny and I want to see an option or two before I say it's over and please.
Thank you and yes I am biased. By the way the earlier designs were awesome...it just reminded me too much of Holy Smoke and I wanted to put some style difference between the two .
I am so glad that you like the submissions.. and by all means; don't hesitate to stroke my ego :D Here are a couple more revisions for you.. If you need anything else please don't hesitate to ask....
I am about to post your design as the winner, but, please make note or copy of all that has been ranked. There are elements to many that we like, and your design most hits the mark, but, there is so much left on the table and we can work out those kinks based on your design and further conversation about little things I liked about others. My new email address is chefkeithtaylor@gmail.com.