Yahoo! Food will host the official 43rd Pillsbury Bake-Off® Contest web site at bakeoff.yahoo.com. Creative cooks must enter online between now and April 22, 2007, for their chance at the million-dollar grand prize. Only entries submitted via the web site electronic form will be accepted. All rules and eligibility requirements can be found on this site as well.
There are five contest categories, and the judges will award the top recipe in each category a prize. One of the five category winners will win the $1 million grand prize and a GE Profile(TM) Double Wall Oven with PreciseAir(TM) Convection, plus their choice of $7,000 in additional GE Profile(TM) kitchen appliances. Combined retail value of Grand Prize is approximately $1,010,000. The four remaining Recipe Category Winners each receive $5,000 and GE Profile(TM) Double Oven Freestanding Range with PreciseAir(TM) Convection and two self-clean ovens. Combined retail value of each Category Prize is approximately $7,000.
Three additional awards will be presented to winners chosen from any of the recipe categories: The recipe with the most consumer votes receives the America's Favorite Recipe Award of $5,000, sponsored by Yahoo! Food. The GE Imagination At Work Award recognizes the most innovative recipe, and its winner receives a GE Profile(TM) Double Oven Freestanding Range with PreciseAir(TM) Convection and two self-clean ovens, plus the choice of $3,000 in additional GE Profile(TM) kitchen appliances. The Jif® Peanut Butter Award recognizes the finalist who has the best recipe using at least ¼ cup of Jif® Peanut Butter. The winner will receive $5,000.
Five recipe categories define the kinds of recipes consumers should submit for the Bake-Off ® competition. These include Breakfast & Brunches, Pizza Creations, Entertaining Appetizers, Old El Paso® Mexican Favorites and Sweet Treats.
"Our web site provides recipe examples that illustrate the kinds of entries for each category," said Jann Atkins, the Bake-Off ® kitchens manager. "Two recipe ideas for the Breakfast & Brunches category include Grands!® Breakfast Brûlées and Sausage Breakfast Cups. Both recipes are easy to prepare and taste great."
Contest officials have created two lists of eligible products. Contestants must use two or more different eligible products in their recipes, with at least one ingredient from the primary list of products and a second from either the primary or secondary list. Many of these eligible products are available in a variety of flavors, allowing people to choose their favorite ingredients from throughout the grocery store to use in their recipes. The official contest rules are available at bakeoff.yahoo.com and list the specific eligible products and the amount of each that must be used in a recipe entry.
America's most prestigious cooking contest, the Pillsbury Bake-Off ® Contest originated in 1949. The $1 million grand prize has been awarded since 1996. The last Pillsbury Bake-Off ® Contest was held March 2006 in Orlando, Fla.
ABOUT THE SPONSORS
General Mills is a leading global manufacturer and marketer of consumer foods products. Its more than 100 U.S. consumer brands includes Pillsbury, Green Giant, Old El Paso, Cheerios and other Big G cereal brands, Yoplait, Nature Valley, Totino's, and Progresso, among others. For more than 130 years, families have trusted Pillsbury to make mealtimes special times. Favorite Pillsbury products include refrigerated cookies, crescent dinner rolls, breads, biscuits, pie crusts and sweet rolls as well as frozen biscuits, breads, rolls, pie crusts and breakfast items. For product information and great-tasting recipes, visit www.pillsbury.com. Log on to www.generalmills.com for company information.
For nearly a century, Old El Paso® has been helping and inspiring consumers to bring fun and flavorful Mexican food to their dinner tables. Trusted to create delicious Mexican meals with mainstream appeal, Old El Paso spices up meal planning. Popular Old El Paso products include dinner kits, taco shells, seasonings and a complete line of Mexican meal components. Old El Paso brings families and friends together for a fun and lively meal. For more information and delicious recipes, please visit www.oldelpaso.com
GE Consumer & Industrial spans the globe as an industry leader in major appliance, lighting and integrated industrial equipment, systems and services. Providing solutions for commercial, industrial and residential use in more than 100 countries, GE Consumer & Industrial uses innovative technologies and "ecomagination," a GE initiative to aggressively bring to market new technologies that help customers and consumers meet pressing environmental challenges, to deliver comfort, convenience and electrical protection and control. General Electric (NYSE: GE) brings imagination to work, selling products under the Monogram®, Profile(TM) GE®, Hotpoint®, SmartWater(TM) Reveal®, Edison(TM) and Energy Smart(TM) consumer brands, and Entellisys(TM) industrial brand. For more information, consumers may visit www.ge.com
The J. M. Smucker Company (NYSE:SJM) is a leading marketer and manufacturer of fruit spreads, peanut butter, shortening and oils, ice cream toppings and health and natural foods beverages in North America. The Company's wide variety of icon brands and products have been part of home-made family meals for generations, and include such trusted favorites as Smucker's® jams, jellies, preserves, fruit spreads and ice cream toppings; Jif® peanut butter; Crisco® oils, shortening and sprays; and Pillsbury® baking mixes, ready-to-spread frosting and flour. For more information and delicious recipes, please visit www.smuckers.com, www.jif.com, www.crisco.com and www.pillsburybaking.com
Eggland's Best is the No. 1 branded egg in the U.S. They are the recipients of many awards, including The Best Tasting Egg Award from the American Culinary Chefs Best for five consecutive years, the Men's Health Top Pick as the Best Eggs in their 2006 Nutrition Awards, The Crystal Egg Award from the International Egg Commission, and the National Health & Wellness Club Stamp of Approval. This year, Eggland's Best became the official egg of the 43rd Pillsbury Bake-Off® Contest. The distinctive "EB" stamp on the shell indicates that the eggs meet high standards of taste, nutrition and quality. Eggland's Best hens are fed a strictly controlled, high-quality, all-natural, all-vegetarian diet without added hormones, antibiotics or steroids of any kind. Sold in supermarkets throughout the country, EB eggs are also available in cage-free and organic varieties, and are certified as Kosher. For more information, visit www.eggland.com
Land O'Lakes, Inc., a Minnesota-based food and agriculture company, is a leading supplier of quality dairy products. In 1921, Land O'Lakes began making butter from sweet--not sour--cream. Ever since that breakthrough, the company has been a leading producer of butter and other pure, wholesome dairy products that deliver simple goodness to consumers. Today, the tradition of innovation continues with a complete line up of butter and spreads products. Visit www.landolakes.com anytime for great recipes and meal ideas.
For more than 100 years, Domino® Sugar and C&H® Sugar have joined millions of Americans in their kitchens to help bake something special and create memories that last a lifetime. Share the joy of baking with family and friends by using 100% pure cane Domino® Sugar or C&H® Sugar. For classic recipes, baking tips, product information and so much more, visit Domino® Sugar's Web site: www.dominosugar.com or C&H® Sugar's Web site: www.chsugar.com
Since 1920, Fisher® Nuts has prided itself in providing only the freshest and highest quality nuts. Fisher Chef's Naturals® are a favorite with at-home chefs looking for an easy and nutritious way to add flavor and pizzazz to any dish. Today, Fisher® Nuts continues its tradition of excellence as a John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.(JBSS) brand. Fisher® Nuts and Fisher® Chef's Naturals® nuts are enjoyed as healthy snacks and as delicious baking and cooking ingredients, making everyday meals extraordinary. JBSS, Inc. has been a leading processor, marketer and distributor of shelled and in-shell nuts and extruded snacks since 1922. The company's fresh and delicious products can be found in stores and supermarkets under the Fisher®, Fisher® Chef's Naturals® and Sunshine Country® brand names and under a variety of private labels. For more information on Fisher Nuts, please visit www.fishernuts.com
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