2009 Pillsbury Refrigerated Pie Crust Baking Championship

PILLSBURY® REFRIGERATED PIE CRUST PIE BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP

2008 National Grand Prize Winner: Denise Pounds, Hutchinson, KS; Merry Cherry Plum Berry Tart

Celebrating America’s Pie Bakers at State Fairs

Category: Two-crust fruit pies using Pillsbury Refrigerated Pie Crusts

 
 
808 Pillsbury Refrigerated Just Unroll Pie Crust  $200  100 50
     
Cash prizes will be sent directly from the Blue Ribbon Group . Taxes are the responsibility of the winner. 1st Prize will receive a commemorative gift and a chance to win a $1,000 grand prize (as selected from all first place state fair Refrigerated Pie Crust Championship winners) plus, each winner will receive a ribbon, an award certificate and a Pillsbury apron.

 

CONTEST RULES

General Mills Sales, Inc. (General Mills) invites you to participate in a special pie baking championship to create and submit your recipe for your favorite two-crust fruit pie using Pillsbury Refrigerated Pie Crusts. You simply unroll the ready-to-use refrigerated crusts in the pan to bake a perfect pie.

1. Your pie recipe must use one package of Pillsbury Refrigerated Pie Crusts (two crusts), include fruit in the filling and be baked in a nine-inch pie pan or a nine- or ten-inch tart pan.

2. Recipes will be judged on taste, appearance, creativity, ease of preparation, and general appeal.

3. Each contestant may enter only one pie/pie recipe.

4. Your pie recipe must be typed on an 8-1/2 x 11” sheet of paper along with contestant name, address and phone number. All recipes must be submitted with an original UPC label from one package of Pillsbury Refrigerated Pie Crusts.

5. The Contest is intended for amateur bakers only. Professional bakers or those who earn a significant portion of their livelihood from baking may not enter the contest.

6. By submitting your pie and recipe, you accept all Contest rules and agree to be bound by the judges’ decision, which will be final. You also agree that your recipe will become the property of General Mills and General Mills reserves the right to edit, adapt, copyright, publish, and use any or all of them including for publicity, promotion, or advertising in any form of media, including websites, without compensation to you. This includes publishing winner names and city/state of residence, in any form of media, including websites. Winners will be asked to sign a release before receiving their cash prize.

7. The contest is intended for amateur bakers only. Professional bakers or those who earn a significant portion of their livelihood from baking may not enter the contest.

8.  Employees of General Mills, its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, agencies, and members of their immediate households are not eligible to enter or win.

9. The contest is void where prohibited or otherwise regulated by law.

10. The 2008 first place winner is not eligible to enter or win the 2009 Contest.

$1,000 GRAND PRIZE

The Pillsbury Refrigerated Pie Crust Championship will award $1,000 to one grand prize winner selected from all first-place winning recipes from its contests nationwide. The grand prize winner will be selected by a team of food professionals at General Mills based on the same criteria. The winner will be notified on or about January 31, 2010. Sponsored by General Mills Sales, Inc.; Minneapolis, MN