2010 Any Dessert Pie Using Pillsbury Refrigerated Pie Crust Contest

PILLSBURY

® REFRIGERATED PIE CRUST PIE BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP

 

Saturday, September 11, receiving from 8:00-9:45am, Judging at 10:30am

808 ................................Any Dessert Pie Using Pillsbury Refrigerated Pie Crusts $200    100     50

*Cash Prizes sent from Blue Ribbon Group

*each winner will receive a ribbon, award certificate, and a celebratory apron

 

2009 Winner:  

 Bill Blake of Star City, Arkansas State Fair, Pear Cream Pie

 

Welcome to the PILLSBURY® PIE CRUSTS: PIE BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP! Celebrating Pie Baking at State & County Fairs…Contest Now Open to Any Dessert Pie!

Category: Any dessert pie using Pillsbury Refrigerated Pie Crusts

2010 GRAND PRIZE: $5,000! (Compliments of Pillsbury Pie Crusts)

A grand prize winner will be selected from all 1st place winning recipes from Pillsbury Pie Contests nationwide. The grand prize winner will win "ultimate blue ribbon bragging rights" and a $5,000 cash award from the makers of Pillsbury Pie Crusts for their fabulous pie recipe!

ALSO NEW IN 2010: America’s Favorite Pie Award

At www.pillsbury.com/pie in November, online voters will pick "America’s Favorite Pie" out of all 1st place recipes. The 1st place recipe receiving the most online votes will win a year’s supply of Pillsbury Refrigerated Pie Crusts (2 boxes/month). Approximate retail value of America’s Favorite Pie Award is $95.00.

CONTEST RULES: Make ANY dessert pie with Pillsbury Refrigerated Pie Crusts, a simple way to make something sensational:

1. Your pie recipe must use Pillsbury Refrigerated Pie Crusts (one or two crusts). Make any dessert pie (any flavor/variety/

style): use custards, creams, fruits and/or any other fillings and ingredients, from the classic to the creative, any creation is welcome. Make it sweet, however, not savory; no quiches or main dish pies. Pies should be baked in a nine-inch pie pan or a nine- or ten-inch tart pan.

 
2. The grand prize winner judging will be overseen by General Mills and the Blue Ribbon Group. The winner will be notified  on or before January 31, 2011. The winner of the America’s Favorite Pie Award is still eligible to win the Grand Prize.
 
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. By submitting your pie and recipe, you accept all Contest rules and agree to be bound by the judges’ decisions, 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, videos, photographs, etc. Winners will be asked to sign a release before receiving their cash prize.

 

6. 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.

 

7.  Employees of General Mills, its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, agencies, and members of their immediate households 

 are not eligible to enter or win.

 

8.  Taxes are the responsibility of the winner. This contest is void where prohibited or otherwise regulated by law.

9.  The 2009 Pillsbury Refrigerated Pie Crusts Pie Baking Championship First Prize winner is not eligible to enter the 2010 Contest.

10.  Sponsored by General Mills Sales, Inc., One General Mills Boulevard, Minneapolis, MN 55440.