Pie Baking Contest

PIE BAKING CONTEST

Showcase your pie baking skills and creativity in a fun and delicious way. Contest participants will bring

their best homemade peach pie and present it to a panel of judges for evaluation. The criteria for

judging includes overall appearance, crust, filling, flavor/taste.

To enter the pie baking contest, bring your homemade pie to the Romney Coke Plant between 11:00

am – 12:30 pm. Judging begins at 1:00 pm. Winners will be announced at 2:00 pm. Bakers must be

present to win. Contest is open to amateur bakers only. Professional bakers cannot compete. (A

professional baker is defined as someone who works for a bakery, works or owns a catering company, or

someone who sells pies).

Contest Rules & Regulations

• No fee to enter your pie in the contest.
• Pies must not require refrigeration before serving and may not contain raw/uncooked eggs (white or yokes).
• Crust and filling must be made from scratch. No store-bought crust, dough, or canned fillings may be used.
• Pie must be prepared by the individual submitting the pie entry for judging and baked in a 9” covered disposable pie tin or plate.
• A recipe must accompany your pie. Recipes must include ingredient list, instructions and contestant’s name.
• Please do not write your name on the pie tin/plate. Your pie will be assigned a number at registration, which allows anonymity during judging.
• One pie per contestant.

Judging

• Judges will not know the Identity of the pie bakers.
• Judging will begin at 1:00 pm with prizes announced at 2:00 pm.
• Judges will independently assign each piece a score with consultation.
• In case of a tie, judges will judge those pies again.
• All judges’ decisions are final.