Fancy Feast to give away free samples of new entrée on Facebook

Fancy Feast is giving some lucky cats the first taste of its new Yellowfin Tuna & Shrimp Recipe with Wild Rice in Gravy months before it hits the shelf.

The cat food brand is giving away 17,500 free samples, while supplies last, of the new entrée — inspired by Joan Spector’s winning entry in the 2011 Fancy Feast TasteMakers contest — starting March 13 at noon on Fancy Feast’s Facebook page, Facebook.com/FancyFeast.

Consumers and guest judge Carla Hall — co-host of ABC’s “The Chew” and a finalist on Bravo’s “Top Chef” — selected Spector’s entry, titled “Purrrfect Sushi” as the winner of the contest and awarded her with $10,000 and a one-year supply of Fancy Feast Elegant Medleys cat food.

“My cats — Ginger and Wasabi — go crazy for tuna and shrimp, so I used that as inspiration to create the perfect recipe,” Spector said.

The new entrée will be available in stores nationwide beginning in June.