Enter the 48th National Chicken Cooking Contest!
Your original chicken recipe could be worth $50,000!
That’s the grand prize in the National Chicken Cooking Contest, sponsored by the National Chicken Council (trade association for the chicken companies). We want to find America’s best chicken recipes!
Independent judges select the best recipe from each state. The person who entered that recipe wins $100, and it goes to the next level of judging. At the regional level, one winner is selected from each of the nine official (Census Bureau) divisions of the country. (Click here for the list of states in each division.) Each of the nine regional winners will receive $1,000, and those nine will be invited to the National Cookoff to be held in San Antonio, Texas, in May 2009. The nine regional winners will compete at the National Cookoff for the Grand Prize of $50,000 and the Judges’ Choice Award of $10,000.
This is a cooking contest, not just a recipe contest. Each of the nine finalists in San Antonio cooks his or her recipe twice—once for the judges and once for display. An independent judging panel selects the winners based on taste, appearance, simplicity, and overall appeal.
It’s easy to enter. Just send us your best original recipes. (“Original” means that you developed it yourself and that it is substantially different from any previously published recipe.) You can submit as many recipes as you like. Just be sure to submit each one separately because each recipe is judged on its own merits.
You can enter through our Internet portal by clicking here. Or you can send your recipe, with your name, address, telephone number and email address to:
NATIONAL CHICKEN COOKING CONTEST
PO Box 27997
Washington DC 20038-7997
Or fax it to: (202) 293-4005
Make sure your contact information is on EACH recipe.
Good luck, and may the best cook win!
BASIC RULES
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Submit recipe using chicken: a whole chicken, or any part or parts; fresh (raw) chicken; marinated raw chicken; pre-cooked chicken, such as rotisserie; or ground chicken.
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Recipe should be for 4 to 8 servings.
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Recipe must be prepared twice within 3 hour time period.
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Grilling recipes not allowed.
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The entry deadline is August 31, 2008. Your recipe must be original, and other restrictions apply. Click here for the official rules.
STATES BY DIVISION
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New England
Connecticut
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont
Middle Atlantic
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
East North Central
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Ohio
Wisconsin |
West North Central
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
North Dakota
Minnesota
Missouri
South Dakota
South Atlantic
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Maryland
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
East South Central
Alabama
Kentucky
Mississippi
Tennessee |
West South Central
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Mountain
Arizona
Colorado
Idaho
New Mexico
Montana
Utah
Nevada
Wyoming
Pacific
Alaska
California
Hawaii
Oregon
Washington |
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