YOU GUYS. If you've never been to the Puyallup Fair, this is the year to go. Just take a gander at all of the baking (and, ok, one Spam)-related contests! As the press release goes,
Taking home the coveted blue ribbon is the dream of cooks and bakers who enter their creations at the Puyallup Fair, and this year is no exception. A NEW online registration is required in advance if culinary artists want to vie to make their dream a reality. The Puyallup Fair runs Sept. 9-25.
Here are the contests; rules can be found at the bottom of the post.
Dillanos Coffee Biscotti Contest
Online Registration By: Thursday, Sept. 1, 10 p.m.
Bring Your Entry: Wednesday, Sept. 7, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
If your friends love to come over and enjoy your just-baked biscotti with a hot cup of Dillanos coffee, then you may be a step away from winning a blue ribbon. The first place receives $100, second place $50, and third place $25.
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Dillanos Best Quick Bread Coffee Cake Contest
Online Registration By: Thursday, Sept. 1, 10 p.m.
Bring Your Entry: Wednesday, Sept. 7, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
If your family or friends love to wake up to a piece of your quick bread coffee cake with their cup of Dillanos coffee, then you’ll want to enter this competition. The blue ribbon first place brings home $100, second place $50, and third place $25.
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Fleischmann’s Yeast Bake For the Cure® Contest
Online Registration By: Thursday, Sept. 1, 10 p.m.
Bring Your Entry: Wednesday, Sept. 7, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
If you bake a first place recipe in the yeast bread or whole grain bread category, your recipe will advance for a possible $1,000 grand prize national award! For every entry, Fleischmann’s Yeast (ACH Food Companies) will contribute $10 to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Themes and decorations are encouraged for your recipe using Fleischmann’s Yeast.
1st Category: Yeast Bread of Any Type or Flavor - First place receives $150, second place receives $75, and third place $50. All three winners also receive a ribbon, an award certificate and an apron.
2nd Category: Whole Grain Bread –Any type of recipe with yeast may be submitted from bread or rolls to pizza or cakes. Recipes should contain at least 50 percent whole grains, such as whole wheat flour, rye flours, and/or other whole grain ingredients (oatmeal, flax seed, bran cereals, bulgur, etc). All-purpose or bread flour should be limited to 50 percent or less of the flour in the recipe. The first place honoree receives $100, and second place $50, and both receive a ribbon, an award certificate and an apron.
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King Arthur Flour “Great Cake Contest”
Online Registration By: Thursday, Sept. 1, 10 p.m.
Bring Your Entry: Wednesday, Sept. 7, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
This year King Arthur Flour Company is hosting the “Great Cake Contest”! All entries must use King Arthur Flour. The first place winner takes home a $200 gift card, second place is a $150 gift card and third place wins a $100 gift card. King Arthur Flour Company will also choose a grand prize winning cake out of 15 blue ribbon cakes at official host fairs, offering the grand prize winner the choice of either a $500 shopping spree online at www.KingArthurFlour.com or a complimentary trip to Vermont for a one-day class at the King Arthur Flour Baking Education Center.
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Pillsbury Refrigerated Pie Crust “Dessert Pie” Championship Contest
Online Registration By: Thursday, Sept. 1, 10 p.m.
Bring Your Entry: Wednesday, Sept. 7, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Got a great pie? Pillsbury® invites pie lovers to enter their best dessert pie made with Pillsbury refrigerated pie crust (one or two crusts). Make a pie to marvel at with meringue, cream, custard or fruit.
The first place winner will also be in the running to receive a $5,000 award selected from all the first place winning recipes from Pillsbury’s contestants nationwide. Last year’s Puyallup Fair blue ribbon winner, Angie Battle won the online voting contest choosing “America’s Favorite Pie” from all first place winners for her recipe, Triple-Threat Coconut Cream Pie.
The Puyallup Fair first place winner receives $200, a commemorative gift, ribbon, award certificate and Pillsbury apron, and a chance to win the national prize. Second place receives $100, and third place $50, and both receive a ribbon, certificate and apron.
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Wilton Decorated Cake and Cupcake Contests (Amateur)
Online Registration By: Thursday, Sept. 1, 10 p.m.
Bring Your Entry: Wednesday, Sept. 7, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
If your friends tell you that your cake and cupcake decorating rival that of a professional, then, you should enter this contest. The first place decorated cakewinner takes home $100, second place $50, and third place $25. The first place decorated cupcake winner takes home $50, second place $30, and third place $20.The best of class winner will receive a choice of one of the following: Pops! Sweets on a Stick! (book), Cookie Exchange (book), or Cake Decorating Basics (DVD).
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Ghirardelli Chocolate Championship
Online Registration By: Sunday, Sept. 11, 10 p.m.
Bring Your Entry: Monday, Sept. 12, 5 - 7 p.m.
Calling all chocolate bakers of treats, snacks, cake, candy, cookies or desserts! Create your mouthwatering recipe using at least one of Ghiradelli’s premium baking products (chocolate chips, bars, and/or cocoa). First place is $150 and a Ghirardelli chocolate gift basket, $50 for second place, or a gift basket for third place. Judging: 7:30 p.m
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The Great American Spam Championship
Online Registration By: Monday, Sept. 12, 10 p.m.
Bring Your Entry: Wednesday, Sept. 14, 10 a.m. – noon
The first meal of the day is the most important one. Let your culinary creativity soar with the Great American SPAM® Championship. Enter your best breakfast entry using at least one 12-ounce can of any variety of SPAM product. There are two categories in this creative Spam contest: Adults (ages 18 and up) and Kids (ages 7-17). First place honor in each category is $150, second place in both categories is $50, and third place is $25. Judging: 1 p.m.
Winning recipes will go on to nationals, where the National Spam Grand Champion Prize is a trip to Waikiki Spam Jam, valued at $3,000. The National “Spam Kid Chef of the Year” grand prize is $2,000.
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C&H Sugar Parent-Child Christmas Decorated Cookie Contest
Online Registration By: Wednesday, Sept. 14, 10 p.m.
Bring Your Entry: Friday, Sept. 16, 10 a.m. – noon
It’s not too early to think about creating a Christmas cooking with your child. A parent (mother, father, grandparent, legal guardian or step-parent) and child (6-16 years) will compete for the best Christmas decorated cookies using C&H Sugar. Parents may enter two different recipes with two different children. The first place team wins $100, second place $50, and third place $25. Judging: 1 p.m.
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Salsa Showdown
Online Registration By: Wednesday, Sept. 14, 10 p.m.
Bring Your Entry: Thursday, Sept. 15, 5 – 7 p.m.
Wake up the judges taste buds with your special salsa recipe. It can be any fresh, healthful, easy to prepare, intensely flavored mixture of vegetables or fruits, herbs and spices. First place is $100, second place $50, and third place $25. Judging: 7:30 p.m.
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Puyallup Fair Peach Pie Contest
Online Registration By: Saturday, Sept. 17, 10 p.m.
Bring Your Entry: Monday, Sept. 19, 10 a.m. – noon
Sweet and juicy peaches come alive when made into a tempting pie. Bakers will compete for the blue ribbon in the Puyallup Fair Peach Pie Cecipe. First place winners receive a $100 cash prize, second place receives $50, and third place receives $25. Judging: 1 p.m.
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The Original Famous Fair Scone Contest
Online Registration By: Monday, Sept. 19, 10 p.m.
Bring Your Entry: Wednesday, Sept. 21, 10 a.m. – noon
This is the 100th anniversary of Fair Scones, so winning this recipe contest using the Original Famous Fair Scone and Shortcake Mix as part of the recipe would be especially memborable. The first place winner receives $125, second place receives $75 and third place receives $50. Each winner receives a ribbon and a gift basket. Judging: 1 p.m.
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Puyallup Fair’s Best Jam and Jelly Contest
Online Registration By: Wednesday, Sept. 21, 10 p.m.
Bring Your Entry: Friday, Sept. 23, 10 a.m. – noon
Whether you like to make jam or jelly, you’re in luck. We’ve got just the contest for you. The first place winner in each category receives a $75 cash prize, second place winner receives a $50 cash prize, and the third place winner receives a $25 cash prize. Judging: 1 p.m.
To obtain the list of conditions of entry and awards and to register online, visit www.thefair.com, and select Exhibit Entries. To review contest rules in the premium book, click on the desired contest. Or, to enter, click On-Line Entries. Then click Login/Logoff and choose your Type (Exhibitor), then Create Entries. You will select the department and division. For further questions, contact the Puyallup Fair Entry Office at (253) 841-5074, M-F, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. or CompExhibits@thefair.com.