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BETTY'S LAST CONTEST ALERT
COOKING CONTEST CENTRAL
CONTEST ALERT
For anyone who planted a seed
early in the season, whether in a garden or
a window box it doesn't get any better than
this. The crops are in and its time to reap
and savor those wonderful rewards.
DEADLINE CONTESTS
SIZZLER & CRAISINS "GREAT AMERICAN SALAD
SHOWDOWN"
Enter a winning salad recipe using
Craisins Dried Cranberries and have it
served at Sizzlers salad bars for a year
plus a chunk of change.
Recipes will be evaluated by a panel
of four Sizzler judges based on the
following criteria:
• Taste – overall taste and flavor
(20%)
• Originality – creative use of pantry
ingredients and Craisins (20%)
• Appearance – visually appealing (20%)
• Viable in a restaurant environment –
appearance and taste maintained for 60
minutes on the Salad Bar (20%)
• Clarity of recipe instructions (20%) –
directions and preparation easily followed.
Some voting involved.
PRIZES:
One Contest Winner will receive $1,000, free
Sizzler Salad Bar for a year (awarded as a
$600 Sizzler Gift Card), a set of six
Sizzler Steak Knives, a Sizzler Chef Coat,
and their salad and name featured on Salad
Bars at participating Sizzler Restaurants in
the U.S. from 11/21/11 – 1/2/12. Approximate
retail value (“ARV”) of the Contest Winner’s
prize package is approximately $1,651.
Two Finalists will each receive $500, a set
of six Sizzler Steak Knives, and a Sizzler
Chef’s Coat (ARV $551).
DEADLINE
September 18, 2011
MARTHA WHITE "MUFFIN MIX
CHALLENGE"
Martha White is challenging you once
again to send in an original recipe
prepared with at least one pouch of
Martha White Muffin Mix.
The
Grand Prize Winner will be determined on or
about March 19, 2012, by the combined scores
of the Initial Judging Scores (70%) and the
Online Voting Scores (30%).
PRIZES Grand
Prize—$5,000
cash and a special Martha White gift
basket worth $50. Four First Prizes—$1,000
cash and a special Martha White
gift basket worth $25.
DEADLINE:Nov.
30, 2011.
Start with one of your own great
healthy recipes and select the region in
which you want to compete. Enter your
recipe into the Healthy Recipe Analyzer
to determine if it meets the nutritional
requirements to be included in the
voting for the semifinal cook-off. If
your recipe receives a score of C+ or
higher, it will be officially entered.
Voting begins. Up to 48 people with the
highest-rated
recipes will qualify to compete in
person. The three top qualifiers from
each region
will travel to their Semi-Final recipe
cook-offs.
PRIZES:
The Grand Prize Winner will receive a
gift card for $10,000.00 worth of
groceries at a major retail grocery
store near Grand Prize Winner's
residence
Each of the four (4) Finalists will
receive, for each Finalist plus one
guest: Two roundtrip coach class travel
certificates (each a "Travel
Certificate") on American Airlines or
its "Airline Associates" from the
closest city to Finalist's residence
served by American Airlines or its
Airline Associates in the forty-eight
contiguous United States to New York
City
DEADLINES:
Los Angeles
begins: August 22, 2011
Los Angeles ends: September 4, 2011
Dallas Entry begins: September 1, 2011
Dallas Entry ends: September 14, 2011
Atlanta entry begins: September 9, 2011
Atlanta entry ends: September 22, 2011
Philadelphia entry begins: September 23,
2011
Philadelphia entry ends: October 6, 2011
JUST A PINCH RECIPE CLUB -
FLOUR POWER
Just A Pinch is hosting a
the tastiest, flakiest, butteriest,
comfort foodie-est baking contest.
Send in your qualifying recipe be it
cookies, pies, dinner rolls, etc.
Also, be sure to share a little bit
about the recipe and why it's a
favorite.
DEADLINE:
November 15, 2011
PRIZES:
One Grand Prize will be available to
be awarded in the Contest,
consisting of a Nashville vacation
for two (2). Prize will include
airfare, three days and two nights
lodging accommodations, two tickets
to a Grand Ole Opry performance a
$1,000 retail value shopping spree
at the Viking Kitchen Store in
historic downtown Franklin, TN
INTERNATIONAL ALGAE FOOD
DEVELOPMENT COMPETITION
This is an international
competition that has three parts
- landscape design, productions
and food. CCC of course is
spotlighting food and recipes.
You are asked to create menus,
new foods and food products
incorporating algae as a
featured ingredients. Food
Development Ideas and Categories
include: main course. dessert,
ice cream, cereal, nutrition
drinks, appetizer, chips, snacks
bread, pasta, soup, stew dips
condiments, salad gourmet and
fresh algae. An international
judicial panel with expertise in
consumer behavior, food and
restaurants will select
finalists in each category.
The entry fee is waived for CCC
members.
On the online registration form
select "$00 for scholarships by
invitation: no charge".
DEADLINE:
October
11, 2011
PRIZES:
Over
$10,000 in cash prizes will be
awarded to winners. Finalists
will receive international media
recognition and will be included
in books, publications and
exhibitions to be held around
the world in 2012.
RELISH.COM - MAD ABOUT
OLIVES
Do you have an extra special
olive dish? The California Olive
Committee wants your best quick and easy
dinner dish using black olives. The
entries will be judged by Claire
Robinson, the 5 Ingredient Fix
diva you no doubt recognize from TV,
Relish Editor Jill
Melton and Denise Junqueiro of the
California Olive Committee.
PRIZES:
A two-day bootcamp
from The Culinary Institute of America
in the heart of Napa Valley; A three-day
stay in a private cottage at the Wine
Country Inn in St. Helena, Calif.;
Airfare and car rental
DEADLINE:October
31, 2011
GO TO:
http://recipecontests.com/cccmembers/list/deadline.html
COUNTRY WOMAN - PERFECT PIES
This contest is easy as pie.
Just send in your most enticing pie
recipe whether its an upper-crust
creation reserved for holidays and
special occasions or everyday pies your
family loves. Crusts of all kinds, from
flaky rolled pastry to cookie-crumb or
graham-cracker, will make the cut.
PRIZES:
Grand Prize: $500; Pie Contest in a Box
by Gina Hyams, containing everything you
need to host a pie contest of your own.
2nd Prize: $300; Pie Contest in a Box by
Gina Hyams
3rd Prize: $200; Pie Contest in a Box by
Gina Hyams
Runners-Up: A free year of Country Woman
for themselves or a friend.
DEADLINE:
February 01, 2012
BETTER RECIPES WEEKLY RECIPE
CONTEST
Better Recipes is have weekly
contests until the end of December.
Themes change weekly.
PRIZES:
Each Weekly Finalist will receive
a $250 gift card.
One grand prize winner will receive a
$5,000 check.
DEADLINE:
December 31, 2011 (weekly thru)
Week 1: 8/28 – 9/3/11 Recipe with
Tomatoes
Week 2: 9/4 – 9/10/11 Recipe with
Blueberries
Week 3: 9/11 – 9/17/11 Recipe with
Peanut Butter
Week 4: 9/18 – 9/24/11 Pizza Recipe
Week 5: 9/25 – 10/1/11 Recipe with Apple
Week 6: 10/2 – 10/8/11 Recipe with Bacon
Week 7: 10/9 – 10/15/11 Recipe with
Cheese
Week 8: 10/16 – 10/22/11 Recipe with
Pumpkin
Week 9: 10/23 – 10/29/11 Soup or Stew
Recipe
Week 10: 10/30 – 11/5/11 Recipe with
Maple
Week 11: 11/6 – 11/12/11 Stuffing or
Dressing Recipe
Week 12: 11/13 – 11/19/11 Dessert Recipe
Week 13: 11/20 – 11/26/11 Side Dish
Recipe
Week 14: 11/27 – 12/3/11 Cookie Recipe
Week 15: 12/4 – 12/10/11 Brunch Recipe
Week 16: 12/11 – 12/17/11 Slow Cooker
Recipe
Week 17: 12/18 – 12/24/11 Recipe with
Peppermint
Week 18: 12/25 – 12/31/11 Recipe with
Cinnamon
HUNGRY JACK "USE UP THE BOX"
RECIPE CONTEST
Tap your creativity and create
an original recipe using Hungry Jack
products for one of these categories:
1.Brunch
2.Comfort
Food 3.Appetizers
4.Sweet
Treats. Voting involved.
PRIZES:
One grand prize in each recipe category:
One year’s worth of groceries, awarded
as a check for $6,000.
Two runner-up prizes in each recipe
category: Each runner-up will receive
one Gift Basket of Hungry Jack brand
products.
DEADLINE::
November 2, 2011
"HOMEMADE MEMORIES" RECIPE CONTEST
Enter a family recipe that goes back
generations along with a short story
explaining why the recipe is special
to the you and especially to a
senior loved one n your life. Voting
involved.
PRIZES:
The recipe that receives the most
votes of all eligible entries will
win a $500 USD Visa gift card and a
copy of Sponsor’s Homemade Memories
cookbook. The next forty-nine
entries on Sponsor’s Facebook page
which receive the most votes will
receive a free copy of Sponsor’s
Homemade Memories cookbook.
DEADLINE:
September 15, 2011
"WARM UP YOUR WINTER WITH A
KORBEL BRANDY" COCKTAIL CONTEST
With winter just around the
corner, Korbel Brandy is looking for
delicious cold weather and
holiday-themed drink recipes. All
mixologists - amateurs and professionals
are invited to enter.
PRIZES:
Best “Hot Wintertime Cocktail” -
Korbel Brandy “XS” Bartending Kit
plus $200
Best “Cold/Cream Based Cocktail” -
Korbel California Brandy Bartending
Kit plus $200
Best “Holiday Punch” - Korbel Brandy
Martini Set & Sangria/Punch Pitcher
plus $200
DEADLINE:
September 30,
2011
"LUNCH ENVY CHALLENGE" PARENT
BLOGGER RECIPE CONTEST
Heads up
blogger parents. Biscoff Spread
challenges you and your son or
daughter to combine culinary
forces to create an
envy-inspiring lunch recipe
incorporating Biscoff Spread as
one of the main ingredients.
Whether it's a tasty spin on a
lunchtime classic or an
imaginative new creation,
Biscoff Spread is looking for
fun, inventive and delicious
recipe ideas to help ensure
those lunches are eaten.
PRIZES
One Grand Prize winner will be
awarded: two iPads.
One First Place winner will be
awarded two Amazon Kindles.
One Second Place winner will be
awarded two $75 Amazon.com gift
certificates.
DEADLINE:
October 7,
2011
SANTA MARGHERITA’S "POUR
& PAIR CHALLENGE"
Send in your best
recipe pairing for Santa
Margherita Chianti Classico
Riserva. It pairs well with
red meat, poultry, barbecfue
tomato based dishes and
mature cheeses.
DEADLINE:
October 16, 2011
PRIZES:
A
maximum of three Finalist
Prizes — One case (12
Bottles) of Santa Margherita
wine valued at $300. If
winner is a resident of a
state where Santa Margherita
is unable to ship wine, a
restaurant gift card valued
at $300 will be sent.
THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC 2012
BACON RECIPE CONTEST
This year the Old Farmer is
looking for bacon recipes. Just
bacon, not other cuts or styles
of pork.
PRIZES:
First $250
Second $150
Third $100
DEADLINE:January
27, 2012
OTHER (food related)
CONTEST
Dip Dip Hooray! Your
child can contribute to a
Diptionary which is Heinz
Ketchup's dictionary of all
the best ways to dip Chicken
Nuggets and Ore-Ida French
Fries.
PRIZES:
25
Grand Prizes: Each Grand
Prize Winner will each
receive a trip for two
people; the Grand Prize
Winner and his/her “Guest,”
to Orlando, Florida from
January 27, 2012 through
January 29, 2012 for the
Diptionary book signing
event
50 First Prizes: Each First
Prize Winner will receive
one hard copy of the
"Diptionary.”
DEADLINE:
September 29, 2011
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