Contests
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Contests Prize-winners at the Cornbread Festival
If you were one of the 3,000 folks who packed the Bernice Sculpture Garden and South Main Street on Saturday for the 2nd Annual Cornbread Festival, or even if you weren't, you'll want to know the winners of the cornbread contests, chosen by a panel of celebrity judges and festival attendees.
Best Professional Traditional — Fresh Ideas at Philander Smith.
Best Professional Non-Traditional — Loblolly Creamery.
Best Professional Sweet — Brown Sugar Bake Shop.
Best Professional Overall — Fresh Ideas at Philander Smith.
Best Side Item — The Root.
Best Amateur Sweet — No entries, no winner. And this is my favorite kind of cornbread. Hmph.
Best Amateur Non-Traditional — William Fisher.
Best Amateur Traditional — Terry Wright.
Best Amateur Overall — William Fisher.
Best in Show — Fresh Ideas at Philander Smith, taking home $500.
Amateurs and professionals in the three categories (traditional, non-traditional and sweet) won $100, a T-shirt and a gift basket. Overall winners also won a trophy and a trophy and a cast iron Dutch oven went to The Root for Best Side Item. Best in show also won $500.
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Monday, November 5, 2012
Contests Sweet potato pie contest at Mosaic Templars
The Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, the museum of black Arkansas entrepreneurship at 501 W. 9th St., is accepting entries for its first annual "Say it Ain't Say's" Sweet Potato Pie contest, open to both amateur and professional bakers. (The contest’s name refers to retired restaurateur Say McIntosh, famed for his sweet potato pies.)
Entries must be from scratch and not store-bought. Deadline to enter is Nov. 17; pies will be displayed and judged at the museum’s Holiday Open House 2-5 p.m. Dec. 2. The first eight amateur entries and first five professional entries will be accepted.
Prizes will be awarded for 1st and 2nd choice in each category and there will be a People’s Choice Award presented to the crowd favorite. Contest rules and entry forms can be picked up at Mosaic Templars Cultural Center or downloaded from the museum's website. Call 683-3593 for more information.
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