Eligibility
An entrant in the contest qualifies for participation if he or she was18 years of age or older as of January 7, 2009, and are a legal United States resident residing in one of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia at the time of the Contest Finals. Entrants had to be registered members of pillsbury.com.
Entrants are not eligible and will be disqualified if:
- Entrants are a food professional, such as a chef, food writer or someone who creates recipes for pay.
- Entrants, their spouses, their parent or children (all regardless of present place of residence) or anyone currently living in your household has been a finalist in three or more Bake-Off® Contests, or has previously been a Bake-Off® Grand Prize Winner.
- Entrants are an employee of General Mills, General Electric Company, The J.M. Smucker Company, Eggland’s Best, Land O’ Lakes, Inc., John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc./Fisher® Nuts, The Hershey Company, Don Jagoda Associates Inc., Hilton Hotels Corporation, or any other sponsors of the Contest or any of their respective parents, subsidiaries and affiliated companies, or any promotion, advertising, judging or public relations company doing business with any of the above, or any of their respective parents, subsidiaries and affiliated companies, or a member of the immediate family (parent, children, siblings, spouse, regardless of where they live) or live in the same household of such employees (whether related or not).