I recently organized the first-ever
Did you know there are barbecue cook-offs, chili cook-offs, cupcake cook-offs, guacamole competitions, pork offs and risotto challenges. There are seafood cook-offs, hummus cook-offs, apple pie cook-offs, cookie swaps and casserole parties. My research on cook-offs exposed some great recipe contests as well. Here are some of my favorites:
Sweet Times with Vidalias Recipe Contest
Jambalaya Throwdown Recipe Contest
Mad about Mushrooms Recipe Contest Wild Boar Recipe Contest
Bundts Across America Recipe Contest
Make it Fabulous with Fillo Recipe Contest
Well, over 1,000 recipes were entered in the Hood New England Dairy Cook-off and this year’s winner was Katherine Stanton of Bath, NH with her Æbleskivers (Danish meaning apple slices, traditional Danish pancakes in a distinctive shape of a sphere. Somewhat similar in texture to American pancakes crossed with a popover, Æbleskivers are solid like a pancake but light and fluffy like a popover). The event was a huge success and we are looking forward to next year.
After experiencing the cook-off mania, I still don’t consider myself a foodie; however, I may enter the following competitions next year:
Guess Mrs. Butterworth’s First Name
American Egg Board 2nd Annual “Search for America’s Worst Cook”
Bon Appetit,
Rainey
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