Posted on October 4, 2010

Win up to $100 in the Harvest Hootenanny Pie Baking Contest!

Calling all bakers!  If you have a favorite harvest-themed pie in your recipe file, we hope you will enter it in the first annual Harvest Hootenanny Pie Contest this Saturday, October 9th, at the Snow Bowl in Camden.

If your pie wins first place, you will win $100! Second and third place prizes are $50 and $25 respectively.  After judging, pies will be sold by the slice to the crowd attending at the Hootenanny to raise funds for Five Town Communities That Care and The West Bay Rotary Club.

The rules are simple:

1.     Pies must have a fall  (harvest) theme.

2.     Pies, including crust, must be made from scratch. (No pre-mixes, puddings, canned fillings or commercial mixes).

3.     Pies can be one or two crust.

4.     Pies must be 8-10 inches; pie pans are non-returnable.

5.     Pies are to be room temperature at time of judging.  Pies will not be judged when warm.

6.     There must be a list of ALL ingredients (not the recipe)— including the crust— provided with each pie (for allergy reasons).

7.      All pies become the property of Five Town Communities That Care / West Bay Rotary.

8.     After judging, pies will be sold to the general public (by the slice) as a fund-raiser for Five Town Communities That Care and the West Bay Rotary Club.

9.     Pies, list of ingredients, and entry form must be delivered to the Pie Contest Tent at the Camden Snow Bowl between 10:30AM and noon on October 9, 2010 for consideration in the contest.

10.   The judges will award ONE first-place prize of $100, ONE second-place prize of $50, and ONE third-place prize of $25.  Judging will be based on appearance, taste, overall impression, creativity, and use of local ingredients (see sample scoring sheet).  The decision of the judges will be final.

For more information about the contest, you can email info@fivetownctc.org or call the Five Town CTC offices at 236-9800.  Entry forms with rules and judging criteria can be downloaded from the Five Town CTC Harvest Hootenanny event website (http://www.fivetownctc.org/participate/harvest-hootenanny).

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