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• Bays English Muffins Quarterly Recipe Contest - Quarterly Deadlines
  A different theme for each quarterly contest. 1st Place Winner receives a $500 cash prize.
• Mixing Bowl Monthly Recipe Contest - Monthly Deadlines
  A new theme and details for each monthly contest.  One $250 Grand Prize for each contest.
• Foodie Kitchen Recipe Contest - Monthly Deadlines
  Recipes that use natural ingredients. 1st, 2nd & 3rd place: $50, $30, $20 gift certificates.
• Frank's Sauerkraut "Search for Sweetness" Contest - Deadline: Unknown
  Frank’s sauerkraut is looking for new faces for our labels.  Send a photo of your self, your family or your group “making everyday sweet” with Frank’s Sweet Sauerkraut and a short sentence describing what you’re doing in the photo and who we’re looking at.
• Better Recipes Weekly Recipe Contest: Weekly Deadlines
  There is a new theme each week and each weekly winner will receive $250.  At the end a grand prize winner will be chosen from among the weekly winners for $5000!
• Club Mum Rewards Contest: Weekly Deadlines through May 31, 2011
  Share your best secret in "Topic of the Week" discussion and you could win a $250 gift card.   

• Mangia Italiano Fall/Winter Italian Recipe Contest - Deadline: March 15, 2011
  Calling all Italian food lovers!  Great Chicago Italian Recipes.com, Chicago’s No. 1 Italian recipe site, has launched there third and largest “Main Dish” recipe contest.
  The contest gives a chance to professional chefs and home cooks to showcase there best Italian recipes.  It’s no secret that Italian food is enjoyed by many people all over the world.  So, this contest helps discover new family recipes that people are proud to share.
  Grand Prize Winner will receive “An Italian Gift Basket with Keepsake Colander” filled with an assortment of great products.
  Second Place will receive a “CucinaPro 150 Imperia Pasta Machine” so you can make fresh pasta every day.
  Third Prize will be a beautiful “Deruta Orvieto 10 inch Pasta Bowl”.
  Fourth Prize will receive “The Spiaggia Cookbook: Eleganza Italiana In Cucina” by renown Chicago Chef Tony Mantuano
  Fifth Prize will be a “Great Chicago Italian Recipes Cooking Apron” 

• The Sorcerer's Apprentices Contest - Deadline March 15, 2011
  CONTEST FOR FOOD BLOGGERS.
  To enter the Contest, create a blog post with an original elBulli inspired recipe. In the blog entry, include (1) one photo of the dish the recipe refers to OR one (1) video showing how the recipe was made and post the link to the blog entry on our website (http://pages.simonandschuster.com/thesorcerersapprentices/)
  1 Grand Prize winner will receive (i) an All-Clad stainless steel starter set, which includes a three quart sauté pan, a ten-inch fry pan, and a three quart sauce pan; (ii) a kit with 12 samples of Texturas products from Albert y Ferran Adria molecular gastronomy line; and (iii) a copy of The Sorcerer’s Apprentices.  Approximate Retail Value of Grand Prize: $330.
  2 First -Prizes: Each First Prize winner will receive (i) a kit with 12 samples of Texturas products from the Albert y Ferran Adria molecular gastronomy line and (ii) a  copy of The Sorcerer’s Apprentices.  ARV of each First Prize: $30.  

• National Pie Championships, AMATEUR - Deadline: March 17, 2011
  American Pie Council Crisco National Pie Championships.
  CATEGORIES:  Apple, Crisco Classic Chocolate, Crisco Classic Cherry, Crisco Innovation, Citrus, Cream, Cream Cheese, Custard, Fruit/Berry, Gluten Free, Nut, Peanut Butter, Pumpkin, Raisin, No Sugar Added, Sweet Potato, and Open.PRIZES:
  One Grand Prize:  A check for $5,000, a Sears Kenmore Range and a large Crisco gift basket.
  One Crisco Innovation Prize:  A check for $2,000 and a large Crisco gift basket.
  Seventeen First Place Prizes:  A check for $200 and a Crisco gift basket.
  Seventeen Second Place Prizes:  A check for $150 and a Crisco gift basket.
  Seventeen Third Place Prizes:  A check for $100 and a Crisco gift basket.

• National Pie Championships, JR. CHEF - Deadline: March 17, 2011
  American Pie Council Crisco National Pie Championships.
  CATEGORIES:  Apple, Fruit/Berry, Cream, and Open.PRIZES: One Grand Prize: One $2000 Scholarship (awarded as a check) and a large Crisco gift basket.
  One First Place Prize will be awarded in Each Of The Four Flavor Categories.  First Place Prizes: One $100 gift certificate for Emile Henry USA, one $100 gift certificate for Cuisipro USA and a Crisco gift basket.

• National Pie Championships, PROFESSIONAL - Deadline: March 17, 2011
  American Pie Council Crisco National Pie Championships.
  CATEGORIES:  Apple, Crisco Classic Chocolate, Crisco Classic Cherry, Crisco Innovation, Citrus, Cream, Fruit/Berry, Nut, Peanut Butter, Royal Wedding, Raisin and Open.PRIZES: One Grand Prize:  A check for $5,000, a Sears Kenmore Range and a Crisco gift basket.
  One Crisco Innovation Prize:  A check for $2,000 and a large Crisco gift basket.
  Twelve First Place Prizes:  A check for $200 and a Crisco gift basket. 
  Twelve Honorable Mention Prizes:  a Crisco gift basket.

• National Pie Championships, COMMERCIAL - Deadline: March 17, 2011
  COMMERCIAL ENTRIES American Pie Council Crisco National Pie Championships.
  See contest website for complete details.

• National Pie Championships, INDEPENDENT - Deadline: March 17, 2011
  American Pie Council Crisco National Pie Championships.
  See contest website for complete details. 

• North Carolina Sweet Potato Recipe Contest - Deadline: March 21, 2011
  Sweet n' Healthy Blogger Recipe Contest
  Gracing the top of every 2011 food trend list, sweet potatoes are all the rage. Are you a sweet potato purist or do you jazz them up? The North Carolina Sweet Potato Commission invites you to show us what you got! Create a unique sweet potato recipe, blog about it and enter to win cash prizes.
  Why sweet n' healthy? We all love sweet potatoes for their dense, creamy sweetness, but their nutritious qualities are a huge bonus, too. So this year we challenge you to create something tasty and healthful by letting the sweet potato's natural sweetness shine for a chance to win $2,000.
  CATEGORIES: Kid Friendly - Vegetarian - Sugar-Free
  PRIZES:
  $2,000 for one winner in each category - awarded as a check
  $200 gift card for one runner-up in each category - awarded as a gift card 

• TBT Recipe Contest - Deadline: March 31, 2011
  Do you have a great recipe your family and friends ask you to make all the time? Do you have a heartwarming memory or family story that comes to mind when making or eating grandmas recipe? Well we want to let the world know about it!
  Submit your recipe in one or all of the categories, Appetizers, Dinner, and Dessert. Each submission will be entered in for the chance to be included in our TBT Family recipes from around the world cookbook as well as chance to be chosen to make your recipe on air with us. 

• Devo Olive Oil Recipe Contest - Deadline: March 31, 2011
  We are very pleased to announce our first recipe contest!
  Winners in the following categories will receive a $50 Devo Gift Certificate and will be nominated for the Grand Prize: Appetizers, Soups, Salad, Vegetables, Meat, Poultry, Seafood, Grains/ Starches, Dessert, Beverages, Miscellaneous, and Best Photograph.
  The Grand Prize Winner will receive a 3 Day/ 2 Night Branson Vacation, complete with show tickets, dinner certificates, and a $100 Devo Gift Card! 

• 2nd Annual “PB my way” Recipe Contest - Deadline: March 31, 2011
  Southern Peanut Growers (SPG) is challenging peanut butter lovers to enter a “quick and easy,” yet inspired, main entrée that takes less than an hour to make, includes ten or fewer ingredients, and, of course, features peanut butter.
  For each recipe received, SPG will donate a jar of peanut butter (up to 4,000 jars) to hunger relief organization Feeding America. Prizes: The top ten entrants who submit the most creative and delicious recipes will receive a one-year supply (one case) of peanut butter.
  The top three recipes will be photographed and shared on Facebook, where consumers will have the chance to vote for their favorite.
  The top recipe will receive a $200 Visa gift card. 

• Imperial Sugar Recipe Contest - Deadline: March 31, 2011
  Imperial Sugar Company invites you to submit your favorite homemade recipe and your photo using any Imperial Sugar product including Steviacane or Baker’s Supreme Frosting.
  All recipes will be judged by world-renowned Chef Eddy Van Damme.
  Winner will be selected based on use of Imperial Sugar product (listed above), originality, taste and texture.  Decisions of Eddy Van Damme are final and binding in all respects.Prize: One grand prize winner will receive an prize of a gift card to Williams Sonoma with a value of  Five Hundred Dollars ($500).
   

• Idahoan Chasing Supermom Recipe Challenge: Deadline - April 3, 2011
  Submit ANY recipe using an Idahoan foods product (www.idahoan.com).
  One grand prize winner will receive a three month supply of Idahoan products (ARV-$150)
  Two runners-up will each receive a gift basket of Idahoan food products(ARV-$50)! 

• EatingWell My al fresco Recipe Contest - Deadline: April 8, 2011
  Submit your best original, quick and easy, healthy and nutritious recipe made with great tasting, all-natural al fresco Chicken Sausage
  One (1) Grand Prize: includes the choice of a 4 day/3 night stay for two to either the Basin Harbor Club on Lake Champlain, VT or Stoweflake Mountain Resort & Spa in Stowe, VT.  Grand Prize includes a $2,500 cash allowance, an al fresco Grill Kit and a one-year supply of al fresco products as determined by al fresco.
  Two runners-up will each receive an al fresco Grilling Kit and a one-year supply of al fresco products. 

• G-Free Foodie’s Gluten Free Recipe Contest - Deadline: April 15, 2011
  The winner of each category will receive a HUGE prize pack and $50 cash, and the overall winner will receive $250 and their recipe will be featured on G-Free Foodie in the Month of May!
  There are 3 categories:
  Gluten Free Recipe from a Professional Chef
  Gluten Free Recipe from a Home Cook
  Gluten Free Dairy Free Recipe
  Enter your ORIGINAL recipe  (You can also include a .jpg image as an attachment or a link to video if you have one.)
  We’ll be judging the entries in a hurry, because we’re announcing the winner at our first G-Free Foodie Eat Well Event on Saturday, April 30th at Birdstone Winery in Central California! You do not need to be present to win, but you do need to enter! 

• The 45th Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest - Deadline: April 18, 2011
  The 45th Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest is now open for entries and a simple recipe idea can win $1 million.
  Creative cooks from across the country can enter their recipes. 
  100 finalists will win trips to Orlando, FL, March 25 - 27, 2012, to compete for cash and merchandise prizes totaling $1,054,000.
  Enter your recipe in one of these four categories. One overall winner will be selected in each category, and one of the recipe category winners will be chosen as the Grand Prize winner.
  Categories:
  Breakfast & Brunches; Entertaining Appetizers; Dinner Made Easy; Sweet Treats
  PRIZES:
  One (1) Grand Prize Recipe Winner receives $1,000,000 and winner chooses $10,000 in  GE kitchen appliances.  Combined retail value of Grand Prize is approximately $1,010,000.
  Three (3) Recipe Category Winners each receive $5,000 and winner chooses $3,000 in GE kitchen appliances. Combined retail value of each Category Prize is approximately $8,000.
  Other Awards:
  One (1) GE Imagination At Work Award (retail value is approximately $5,000)
  One (1) Jif Peanut Butter Award ($5,000)
  One (1) Crisco is Cooking Award ($5,000)
  One (1) Eagle Brand Signature Recipe Award ($5,000) 

• Win the Way to Your Man's Heart Contest - Deadline: April 24, 2011
  They say that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach… but author Susan Mallery believes that seducing his taste buds is the real secret. What would you cook to win a man’s love?
  Susan will choose the top three recipes, make each of them, and serve them to her personal taste tester (aka, her husband). Keep in mind that Susan is not a gourmet cook, so she will choose recipes that are fairly uncomplicated.
  One Winner will receive a $300 gift card to Williams-Sonoma. 

• Sun-Maid Milk Chocolate Raisins Recipe Contest - Deadline: April 30, 2011
  Share your favorite, naturally irresistible recipe using SUN-MAID Milk Chocolate Raisins. You could win one of several amazing prizes! More
  Show the makers of these bite-sized treats how you use them to elevate recipes to new heights. The prizes for this contest are as irresistible as the recipes promise to be. Prizes:
  One (1) Grand Prize winner will receive $1,000;
  One (1) Second place prize-winner will receive a Red Kitchen Aid 5 Qt. Artisan Stand Mixer (ARV $300);
  Five (5) Third place prize-winners will each receive a one year-supply of Sun-Maid Milk Chocolate Raisins consisting of 52 packages (ARV $100). 

• SFSC 1st Annual Recipe Contest - Deadline: April 30, 2011
  Soul Food and Southern Cooking. Enter your favorite recipe for a chance to win 1 of 3 cash gift cards in the amounts of $150, $75 and $25. You can increase your chances of winning one of the top 3 prizes by telling us how you came about the recipe and/or telling us what the recipe means to you, your family, and friends. You can write about anything of interest as long as it relates to the recipe that you entered. Take a picture of your finished dish and send it in along with your recipe to earn bonus points to further improve your odds of winning.  

• Sour Jacks Pucker Face Contest - Deadline: May 31, 2011
  The makers of Sour Jacks want to see the best, wildest and wackiest Pucker Faces you can make! Upload your best Sour Jacks Pucker Face photo for a chance to win awesome prizes, and see your Pucker Face on Sour Jacks promotional materials nationwide!
  Entrants must be eating or holding a box or bag of Sour Jacks in any photos entered. 
  One (1) grand prize winner will receive a $500 “Fandango Bucks” Movie Theatre Gift Certificate, a one year supply of Sour Jacks and a chance to see their winning entry on Sour Jacks promotional materials nationwide.
  Ten (10) runners-up will each receive a one year supply of Sour Jacks (ARV $100).  

• 2nd Annual Foster Farms Fresh Chicken Cooking Contest - Deadline: May 31
  * The Foster Farms Fresh Chicken Cooking Contest is open to all residents over the age of 18 ONLY in the following states: California, Oregon and Washington.
  Recipes must use locally-grown Foster Farms fresh (raw) chicken: a whole chicken, or any part or parts; or ground chicken. The use of fresh, local and natural ingredients inspired by your state or region are encouraged wherever possible.
  -- A total of 15 semifinalists, 5 from each state, will be invited to complete in the regional event hosted in their state of residence.
  -- From the regional level, 6 finalists, 2 from each state, will be selected during the regional event and invited to compete in the final contest in Northern California in September 2011.
  PRIZES:
  15 semifinalists receive $100 upon notification of being a semifinalist.
  6 regional winners receive $1,000 and a trip to the Napa Valley to compete in the final event.
  One grand prize winner receives $10,000 plus 104 vouchers (valued up to $10 each) that are redeemable for packages of Foster Farms fresh chicken at participating locations.
   

• 7th Annual Sweet Rewards Recipe Contest - Deadline: June 7, 2011
  The Louisiana Sweet Potato Commission, along with Louisiana Cookin’ magazine, invites all cooks, amateur and professional, to showcase their culinary creativity with one of the most nutritious and versatile vegetables around. The Commission is hosting its seventh annual Sweet Rewards Recipe Contest for fresh, canned and frozen sweet potatoes.
  Interested cooks can enter an original sweet potato recipe in one of four categories, including Appetizers, Side Dishes, Entrées and Desserts.  Multiple entries from one individual will be accepted. There is no entry fee.
  PRIZES:
  One overall grand prize winner will be awarded $1,000.00.
  One additional winner from each of the five categories will receive $500.00. 

• Smokin in Mesquite BBQ Championship - September 3-4, 2011
  The Smokin in Mesquite BBQ Championship is one of the biggest prize purses in the west.  $40,000 Cash and Prizes. Come and enjoy great competition and a down home weekend in the great city of Mesquite, Nevada at the CasaBlanca Resort.
   

• Foodservice Peanut Recipe Contest - Deadline: December 31, 2011
  The contest is open to any foodservice trained chefs, educator or student 18 years or older.  Sponsored by the Southern Peanut Growers
  Each recipe must use at least 1/3 cup peanuts and/or peanut butter as an ingredient.
  A recipe can be entered in any of the 4 categories:
  Appetizer/Snack
  Main Dish
  Salad/Side Dish
  DessertPRIZES:
  One grand prize will be selected for a cash prize of $2,500.
  One first prize of $1,000 will be awarded in each of the four categories.
   

• Mushroom Cooking Contest - Deadline: January 14, 2012
  Mad About Mushrooms 4th Annual Mushroom Recipe Contest. Put your creative energies to work.  Show us how you use mushrooms to enhance your culinary life.
  You are invited to submit an original a recipe which features mushrooms.  The type of dish is yours to choose:  appetizer, soup, salad/vegetable, main dish, miscellaneous (perhaps even a dessert!).   Local mushroomers will prepare and evaluate the recipes, choosing the winners.
  The grand prize winner will receive a locally made Port Orford Cedar plank and a copy of the Junior League of Eugene's, A Taste of Oregon, sure to delight any contest winner.