LOCAL FAIR PRIZES

1st Prize:  $200, a commemorative gift and a chance to win a $1,000 grand prize

2nd Prize:  $100           

3rd Prize:  $50

Plus, each winner will receive a ribbon, an award certificate and a Pillsbury apron.

$1,000 GRAND PRIZE

The Pillsbury Refrigerated Pie Crusts Championship will award $1,000 to one grand prize winner selected from all first-place winning recipes from its contests nationwide.

CONTEST RULES

General Mills Sales, Inc. (“General Mills”) invites you to participate in a special pie baking championship to create and submit your recipe for your favorite two-crust fruit pie using Pillsbury Refrigerated Pie Crusts.  You simply unroll the ready-to-use refrigerated crusts in the pan to bake a perfect pie.  

•      Your pie recipe must use one package of Pillsbury Refrigerated Pie Crusts (two crusts), include fruit in the filling and be baked in a nine-inch pie pan or a nine- or ten-inch tart pan.

•      Pies must be baked at home and brought, along with the pie recipe to the__________ Building by __________ on __________. *

•      Recipes will be judged on taste, appearance, creativity, ease of preparation, and general appeal.

•      The grand prize winner will be selected by a team of food professionals at General Mills based on the same criteria. The winner will be notified on or about January 31, 2010.

•      Each contestant may enter only one pie/pie recipe.

•      Your pie recipe must be typed on an 8-1/2 x 11" sheet of paper along with contestant name, address, and phone number. All recipes must be submitted with an original UPC label from one package of Pillsbury Refrigerated Pie Crusts.

•      By submitting your pie and recipe, you accept all Contest rules and agree to be bound by the judges’ decisions, which will be final. You also agree that your recipe will become the property of General Mills and General Mills reserves the right to edit, adapt, copyright, publish, and use any or all of them including for publicity, promotion, or advertising in any form of media, including websites, without compensation to you. This includes publishing winner names and city/state of residence, in any form of media, including websites. Winners will be asked to sign a release before receiving their cash prize.

•      The Contest is intended for amateur bakers only.  Professional bakers or those who earn a significant portion of their livelihood from baking may not enter the contest.

•      Employees of General Mills, its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, agencies, and members of their immediate households are not eligible to enter or win.

•      Taxes are the responsibility of the winner. This contest is void where prohibited or otherwise regulated by law.

•      The 2008 Pillsbury Refrigerated Pie Crusts Pie Baking Championship First Prize winner is not eligible to enter the 2009 Contest.

 Sponsored by General Mills Sales, Inc., One General Mills Boulevard, Minneapolis, MN  55440.

 FAIR PRIZES

1st Prize:  $200

2nd Prize:  $100

3rd Prize:  $50

Plus, each winner will receive a ribbon, an award certificate and apron.

CONTEST RULES

General Mills Sales, Inc. (“General Mills”) invites you to participate in a special pie baking championship to create your favorite dessert pie with Pillsbury PET-RITZ Pie Crusts.  It’s as easy as pie. Just fill it, bake it and take it.  

•      In your dessert pie (any flavor/variety), use either the PET-RITZ frozen 10-ounce regular size or the deep dish 12-ounce Pie Crust. Use one (or two) of these frozen pie crusts and the provided aluminum plate. Make it sweet, not savory; no quiches or main dish pies.

•      Prepare your pie at home in the provided aluminum pan and bring it in the same aluminum pan, along with the pie recipe to the__________ Building by __________ on __________.*

•      Recipes will be judged on taste, appearance, creativity, ease of preparation, and general appeal.

•      Each contestant may enter only one pie/pie recipe.

•      Your pie recipe must be typed on an 8-1/2 x 11" sheet of paper along with contestant name, address, and phone number. All recipes must be submitted with an original UPC label from one package of Pillsbury PET-RITZ Frozen Pie Crusts.

•      By submitting your pie and recipe, you accept all Contest rules and agree to be bound by the judges’ decisions, which will be final. You also agree that your recipe will become the property of General Mills and General Mills reserves the right to edit, adapt, copyright, publish, and use any or all of them including for publicity, promotion, or advertising, in any form of media, including websites, without compensation to you. This includes publishing winner names and city/state of residence, in any form of media, including websites. Winners will be asked to sign a release before receiving their cash prize.

•      The Contest is intended for amateur bakers only.  Professional bakers or those who earn a significant portion of their livelihood from baking may not enter the contest.

•      Employees of General Mills, its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, agencies, and members of their immediate households are not eligible to enter or win.

•      Taxes are the responsibility of the winner. This contest is void where prohibited or otherwise regulated by law.

•      The 2008 Pillsbury-sponsored pie crust First Prize Winner is not eligible to enter or win the 2009 Contest.

Sponsored by General Mills Sales, Inc., One General Mills Boulevard, Minneapolis, MN  55440. Pet-Ritz is a trademark of The Schwan Food Company, used under license.

We will be discussing more details later on. Until then please see this page for more information:

http://www.pillsbury.com/products/pie-crust/default.aspx?wt.mc_id=vanityURL_multichannel_pie&esrc=909

 * Read More about your State Fair here: http://www.pillsbury.com/products/pie-crust/StateFairMap.aspx