The West Coast’s premier Fresh Chicken Cooking Contest is inviting home, amateur and professional chefs to stir up locally-inspired cooking creativity with the call for entries for the third annual Foster Farms Fresh Chicken Cooking Contest.
Entries are now being accepted until June 3. The winner will receive a grand prize of $10,000 plus a one-year supply of Foster Farms fresh chicken.
Foster Farms is encouraging Washington residents to submit their favorite, original, fresh chicken recipes for consideration for a chance at the coveted grand prize.
Recipes must feature Foster Farms fresh chicken and should be inspired by fresh ingredients grown on the West Coast as a testament to Foster Farms’ commitment to foods that are fresh, locally grown and always natural.
The scoring structure will be weighted to reward contestants whose recipes highlight truly fresh and local ingredients.
Foster Farms will host regional semifinal events in San Diego, Calif., Portland, Ore., and Seattle, Wash., in August and September where contestants will compete for two spots at the Finals event.
The contest culminates with the Finals on Sept. 28 at The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone in St. Helena, Calif. Entries will be judged by a panel of leading food media and culinary professionals. All events are attended by media and a select number of consumer spectators.
Fifteen semifinalists – five from each state – will receive $100 and compete in person at regional competitions held at prestigious culinary venues in Seattle (Kathy Casey Food Studios), Portland and San Diego (The International Culinary School at The Art Institute of California – San Diego). Six regional winners – two from each state – will receive $1,000.
The six regional winners will head to the Finals in St. Helena to compete for the grand prize of $10,000 and a one-year supply of Foster Farms fresh chicken. The six finalists will receive travel and lodging accommodations in the Napa Valley.
Special “People’s’ Choice Award” winner will be selected by consumers.
The contest is open to all Washington residents over the age of 18.
For complete contest rules, please visit www.fosterfarms.com/cookingcontest. No previous grand prize winners of the Foster Farms Fresh Chicken Cooking Contest are eligible to participate.
Entries can be submitted online at www.fosterfarms.com/cookingcontest, by email at cookingcontest@fosterfarms.com or by mail to Foster Farms, Cooking Contest, P.O. Box 306, Livingston, CA 95334.
Visit www.fosterfarms.com to learn more.
