2010-2011 Recipe Contests, Cook-Offs, Bake-Offs, Food Video Contests TV Casting Calls. For both amateur cooks & professional chefs

Most of these contests have very good prizes, some up to $1,000,000 in cash for the grand prize winner. If you like to cook, and have a great recipe, why not enter? You just might win!  The links are in the names, so check them out!  Send us a post if you win!





Bays English Muffins Quarterly Recipe Contest - Quarterly Deadlines

A different theme for each quarterly contest. One First Place Winner will receive a $500 cash prize.
Mixing Bowl Monthly Recipe Contest - Monthly Deadlines

A new theme and details for each monthly contest.  One $250 Grand Prize for each contest.
Foodie Kitchen Recipe Contest - Monthly Deadlines

Recipes that use natural ingredients. 1st, 2nd & 3rd place: $50, $30, $20 gift certificates.
Monthly Fillo Recipe Madness Contest - Monthly Deadlines

Each month beginning March through December 2010, www.phyllo.com will feature a new recipe contest with a timely monthly theme, a must-have monthly ingredient, four monthly categories and 4 $100 monthly prizes. The recipe must include Athens Fillo Dough and Athens Mini Fillo Shells.
9th Jif Most Creative Peanut Butter Sandwich Contest - Deadline: Oct 22, 2010

The first 250 "Early Bird" entries received by September 15 will receive a Jif gift pack with product and back-to-school essentials.

Sandwiches will be judged on the following criteria: creativity, taste, appearance, nutritional balance and ease of preparation.

Five semi-finalists will be selected to compete at a live judging event in New York. 

One grand prize winner will win a $25,000 scholarship fund. 

Four runners up will each receive $2,500 scholarship funds. 
Jif Moms Voice Their Choice Contest - Deadline: October 22, 2010

gives moms (or those inspired by one) a chance to share stories about the choices they make for their families.

oAdults can submit an essay ? 250 words or less ? answering one of the following questions:

1. How do you, as a Mom, make the best choices for your family?

2. How have you observed a Mom making the best choices for her family?

One grand prize winner will win a trip to New York City to serve as a judge at the final 9th Annual Jif Most Creative Peanut Butter Sandwich Contest event in March 2011.
Everyday Cooking with Annie's Naturals Recipe Video Contest - October 31

Film a video of yourself creating an original recipe using any Annie's Naturals product.  Upload your video to YouTube, and enter the online form. All recipes will be displayed on our website, and 100 winners will receive a Flip Mino video camera.
Top (Secret) Ramen Noodle Recipe Contest - Deadline: October 31, 2010

Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Winners

The Prize is Fame

Your Recipe Ranked Daily and the Best of the Best Published in The Top 200 Colleges and Universities "Ramen Noodle Collegiate Cook Book"

Any one may enter their own original ramen noodle recipe.

Judging based on the whiffs, whims, and good taste, of a panel of celebrating chefs.

Humor may be considered as a recipe ingredient.
ZESPRI Kiwi A-Go-Go Bloggers' Contest - October 31, 2010

Win a Trip for 4 to New Zealand!

To enter the Contest, gather your creative juices to blog about the benefits of the nutritious kiwifruit or why New Zealand's Bay of Plenty is appropriately named. We're leaving the content up to you ? whether your forté is prose, the moving image (video), or still life via the camera? the choice is yours. Or create a recipe, a drawing or a painting... surprise us with your imagination!

A semi-finalist will be chosen monthly, with a total of six semi-finalists advancing to the final contest to be chosen by our panel of judges. 

In order to enter, you will need to:

1) Post your entry on your blog and notify us by email with the link to the post.

2) Provide your readers a link to www.thegreatkiwiadventure.com where they can enter the consumer contest for a chance to win.
Asian Home Cooking Recipe Contest - Deadline: October 31, 2010

In the spirit of bad weather and holing up at home, we're holding a  contest to find the very best Asian home cookin' recipe out  there. The  contest rules are simple -- share your original Asian home cooking recipe and photo, the best recipe author wins a $100 Amex gift card 
Bealls Recipe for Victory Contest - Deadline: November 4, 2010

Attention, football fans!

Are you the ultimate tailgater? Party host? And chef? Prove that you're the MVP on your team. Cook up, grill up, or serve up the best football party dish and you could score a prize! Simply upload a close-up image & your recipe and get your friends to vote. A panel of Bealls employees will judge the five contenders with the most votes and award the Grand Prize, Second Prize and Third Prize to the top three recipes.

Your friends can vote for your entry once per day during the Public Voting Period.

One (1) Grand Prize: a $500 Bealls gift card.

One (1) Second Prize: a $250 Bealls gift card.

One (1) Third Prize: a $100 Bealls gift card.
Healthy Halloween Recipe Contest - Deadline: November 5, 2010

Submit relatively healthy recipes (without any artificial coloring and not many artificial additives). You can send any recipes you wish for Halloween including dessert recipes. Just remember the most important thing in this competition is to be creative !!!  As many entrees as you want (The more times you enter, more chances for you to win). Just remember 1 recipe per 1 entree.

You must also enter 1-4 original photos of the dish.

1st prize: $50 Amazon gift card

2nd prize: $30 Amazon gift card

3rd prize: $20 Amazon gift card
Easy Kids Recipes Halloween Recipe Contest - Deadline: November 6, 2010

Contest open to any cook, kid or adult (no professional chefs please).

Just add a picture, recipe ingredients, step-by-step instructions, tips and ideas of how to prepare your Halloween recipe, and share the story behind your recipe.

Winners may choose a Gift Card from one of the following: fatbraintoys.com, walmart.com, or amazon.com

First Prize: $200 Gift Card.

Second Prize: $100 Gift Card.
Real Women of Philadelphia Recipe Contest - Deadline: November 7, 2010

Paula Deen and PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese are teaming up to give away a total of $40,000 as part of the "Real Women of Philadelphia" recipe contest. Men and women nationwide can enter for a chance to win $500 and the opportunity to contribute to the Real Women of Philadelphia cookbook by submitting their favorite recipes made with PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese.  Each week there will be a new recipe category and theme requirement for entries. One recipe will be chosen daily Monday - Friday from July 19 through November 7 for a total of 80 winners.
RiceSelect 'A World of Flavors Recipe Contest' - Deadline: November 8, 2010

We are looking for the most creative, best tasting and easiest-to-prepare rice recipes.

Submit your original rice recipe made with Texmati® white, brown or light brown long grain rice products, along with an image of your entry. A panel of culinary professionals will determine the top 10 submissions, based on taste, ease of preparation, appearance and creativity.  The top 10 finalists will then be put to vote among the company's Facebook fans to decide the first place winner.  Fans can vote until November 30.  The winner will be announced on December 6, 2010.

Prizes:

One Grand Prize Winner will be awarded $500.

One Finalist Will be awarded $250

Third Through Fifth Place Finalists will receive a RiceSelect gift pack.
3rd Annual New York Gingerbread House Competition - November 13, 2010

Details may be found on the competition webisite.

The Event's mission is to bring the community and local businesses together with the goal of raising money and awareness for a local non-profit organization. This year the proceeds will go to the Chemung County Habitat for Humanity, a locally run affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International.
Aetna Healthy Food Fight Contest - Final Event November 18, 2010

Are you America's healthiest cook?

Aetna wants you to join us in spreading the word...recipe by recipe, city by city, cook by cook. That's why we're bringing you the Healthy Food Fight. So send us your recipes. Attend one of the regional cook-off events we have scheduled. Get your friends and relatives involved. A healthier country is good for all of us.

1) Enter your healthiest recipe.

2) The Culinary Institute of America will review recipes and select entrants for the regional events.

3) 10 regional cook-offs will be judged by local VIPs and celebrity chefs. 48 chefs in each market will be chosen to cook live.

*) The winner of each regional cook-off moves up to the finale ? an all-expense-paid trip to L.A. to cook for celebrity chef judge Bobby Flay as they compete for the Grand Prize: $10,000 in kitchen appliances donated by Lowe's®/KitchenAid®.
Dei Fratelli's Ripened Recipe Contest - October 1 to November 30, 2010

To celebrate National Tomato Month in October, Dei Fratelli has cooked up a recipe contest that's sure to please your taste buds. Share your favorite recipe(s) ... and you could win Dei Fratelli products for an entire year!

Prizes:

10 Grand Prizes will be awarded.

The Grand Prize consists of an assorted six pack mix of Dei Fratelli products sent monthly, for a 12 month period. Estimated value of the Grand Prize is $300. 
Tonnino Tuna Chef Challenge - Deadline: December 1, 2010

Tuna, America's favorite gourmet tuna, launched the Tonnino Tuna Chef Challenge ? a competition that calls upon aspiring chefs to show off their culinary skills on camera for a chance to be named the Tonnino Tuna Chef Ambassador.

To participate in the competition, contestants are asked to create an innovative and original recipe that showcases tuna fish in a delicious and interesting way.

Participants can enter by creating an innovative and original tuna recipe and uploading a video of themselves preparing it. Consumers will have a chance to 'like' their favorite tuna recipes on the website and the three most 'liked' submissions will be evaluated by a panel of judges from Tonnino Tuna to determine the winner of the challenge.

PRIZES:

The grand prize winner will receive a $5,000 cash prize for the advancement of their culinary education and a one-year supply of Tonnino Tuna ? valued at $500.

Two runner-up winners will also receive a one-year supply of Tonnino Tuna.
"No More Naked Salads" Recipe Contest - Deadline December 1, 2010

How do you dress up your salad?  Mrs. Cubbison's invites home cooks across the country to share their creative ideas in its "No More Naked Salads" Recipe Sweepstakes.

Share your most creative ideas. Submit your brief tip or short salad recipe.

Grand Prize of a year's supply of free groceries ($5,200 value!)

20 First Prize winners will each receive $100 grocery gift certificates.
Hungry Jack Use Up the Box Recipe Contest - Deadline: December 17, 2010

Submit your original recipe in one of the three following categories:

1) Hungry Jack Instant Mashed Potatoes: recipe made with at least 1 cup of any variety of Hungry Jack Instant Mashed Potatoes

2) Hungry Jack Pancake Mix: recipe made with at least 1 cup of any variety of Hungry Jack Pancake Mix

3) Hungry Jack Syrup: recipe made with at least 1/4 cup of any variety of Hungry Jack Syrup

PRIZES:

One Grand Prize In Each Recipe Category:  One year's worth of groceries, awarded as a check for $6,000.

Two Runner-Up Prizes In Each Recipe Category: Each runner-up will receive one Gift Basket of Hungry Jack brand products. Approximate retail value ("ARV") $100 each.
Pillsbury People Essay Contest - Deadline: December 20, 2010

How does your family indulge in a delicious home-baked dessert? Do you love the crunch of a crumbly cookie or do cupcakes take the cake?  Do you love baking and sharing treats with family and friends?

Fans of Pillsbury Baking Mixes, Frostings and Flours are asked to submit a short story about why they love baking and why they consider themselves Pillsbury People.

Prizes:

One Lucky Person Will Win $10,000 Towards A Kitchen Makeover.

Three Runners-Up will receive a digital camera and a Pillsbury Gift Basket with Pillsbury Baking products and branded items.
Martha White Muffin Mix Challenge - Deadline: December 29, 2010

The challenge: create an original recipe utilizing at least one of the 17 varieties of Martha White Muffin Mixes.

Each original recipe will be initially judged on five criteria: taste, creativity, appetizing appearance, ease of preparation and appropriate use of Martha White product(s). After five finalists have been determined, online voting at www.marthawhite.com will help decide the Grand Prize winner.

The Grand Prize winner will receive $5,000 and a Martha White gift basket

Four Runners Up will each receive $1,000 and a Martha White gift basket.
Villa Roma Sausage Company Recipe Contest - Deadline: December 30, 2010

Easy Game Day Party Recipe Contest

? Must use Villa Roma Sausages

? Must use ONLY fresh & natural ingredients in your recipe.

? Must take 45 minutes or less to prepare.

? Ease of preparation is important.

Grand Prize: One Year Supply of Villa Roma Sausages! Plus featured on our website and in our newsletter. Plus: Master Chef Apron.

3 Honorable Mention Winners: Honorable Mention Chef Apron ? Villa Roma Sausage Fresh & Natural Recipe Contest
TuscanyTonight.com Italian Recipe Contest - Deadline: December 31, 2010

Win a dinner for 4, prepared in your home by Michelin star chef Donatella Zampoli!

Submit your original Italian recipe for a chance to win. Then send an ecard with your recipe, asking friends to cast their vote for you.

The top 10 finalists will be selected by popular vote!

GRAND PRIZE: A dinner for four, prepared in your home by Michelin star chef Donatella Zampoli, who will fly in from Tuscany to cook in your home.
Canadian Albacore Tuna Photo Contest - Deadline: December 31, 2010

"Fishing-Food-Fun" Photo Contest! We all know that Canadian Albacore Tuna is an exceptional high quality seafood. Now its your chance to show the world what you think of our Tuna through photography.

We have SIX cash prizes

Best Overall Photo in the Competition - $250

Second Overall Photo in the Competition - $200

Third Overall Photo in the Competition - $150

Best FISHING Photo - $150

Best FOOD Photo - $150

Best FUN Photo - $150
Better Recipes 2010 Annual Recipe Contest - Deadline: December 31, 2010

Have you created an original recipe? Put your own twist on a timeless classic? Share them with us for a chance to win!

Prizes: 

One grand prize winner will receive $1000

Five first prize winners will receive $400. Provide your best recipe for your chance to win! 
Literal Latté Annual Food Verse Contest - Deadline: January 31, 2011

Send unpublished poems with food as an ingredient. 2,000 words maximum.

All styles and subjects welcome.

All entries considered for publication.

First Prize is $500. 
Amateur Yeast Bread Baking Contest - Deadline: February 7, 20112nd National Festival of Breads Amateur Yeast Bread Baking Contest.

Original yeast bread recipes using King Arthur Flour and Fleischmann's Yeast may be submitted.  Categories include: Ethnic Breads; Rolls; Time-Saving and Easy Breads and Whole Grain Breads.

The Contest is open to amateur bakers 18 years of age or older.

Recipes will be test-baked and judged on the following criteria: originality, taste, healthfulness, ease of preparation and appearance.

Eight finalists will be selected to bake their original recipes in Wichita, Kansas on June 25, 2011.  New this year is a category for Best Yeast Bread Shaping or Sculpting. Submissions for this category require the recipe and a digital photo of the bread, both of which may be submitted via the online form.

Prizes:

One Grand Prize Winner will be awarded an all-expenses-paid trip to a baking class of his or her choice at the King Arthur Flour Baking Education Center in Norwich, Vt.,a year's supply of Fleischmann's Yeast, plus $2,000 cash.

Eight Finalists will be awarded an all-expenses-paid trip to Wichita, Kansas to bake their winning bread recipe. In addition, they will participate in a Wheat Harvest Tour to a working Kansas wheat farm, flour mill and grain elevator plus $500 cash award. 
Mangia Italiano Fall/Winter Italian Recipe Contest - Deadline: March 15, 2011

Calling all Italian food lovers!  Great Chicago Italian Recipes.com, Chicago's No. 1 Italian recipe site, has launched there third and largest "Main Dish" recipe contest.

The contest gives a chance to professional chefs and home cooks to showcase there best Italian recipes.  It's no secret that Italian food is enjoyed by many people all over the world.  So, this contest helps discover new family recipes that people are proud to share.PRIZES:

Grand Prize Winner will receive "An Italian Gift Basket with Keepsake Colander" filled with an assortment of great products.

Second Place will receive a "CucinaPro 150 Imperia Pasta Machine" so you can make fresh pasta every day.

Third Prize will be a beautiful "Deruta Orvieto 10 inch Pasta Bowl".

Fourth Prize will receive "The Spiaggia Cookbook: Eleganza Italiana In Cucina" by renown Chicago Chef Tony Mantuano

Fifth Prize will be a "Great Chicago Italian Recipes Cooking Apron"