Recipe contests reward you with big prizes for coming up with great new recipes. This cooking contest list is full of current recipe contests that you can enter to win today.
If you need some help getting started, check out my tips on creating original recipes and respecting recipe copyright.
1. Jif - Most Creative Peanut Butter Sandwich Contest
Kids, enter Jif's Most Creative Peanut Butter Sandwich Contest for your chance to win a $25,000 scholarship or other prizes. Judges are looking for a nutritionally balanced and creative twist on the peanut butter sandwich concert.Entry Frequency: One time per person
End Date: November 13, 2009
Eligibility: USA, 6 - 12
2. Pillsbury - Baking Challenge for Canadians
Submit your original recipe into Pillsbury's Baking Challenge for Canadians for your chance to win over $11,000 in kitchen appliances, free groceries, and more, or other prizes.Entry Frequency: Unlimited entry, so long as each entry is unique
End Date: November 15, 2009 at 12:00 a.m. ET
Eligibility: Canada (-PQ), 18+
3. Red Monkey - Fall Flavors Appetizers/Snacks Video/Recipe Contest
Enter a video or a recipe showing your favorite snack or appetizer recipe that uses the flavors of fall and you could win cash, Red Monkey products, and more in the Fall Flavors Video and Recipe Contest.Entry Frequency: Unknown
End Date: November 16, 2009
Eligibility: USA, 18+
4. Boboli - Most Valuable Fan Pizza Contest
Enter Boboli's Most Valuable Fan Pizza Recipe and Writing Contest and you could win $5,000 or one of four Boboli prize packs.Entry Frequency: 1 x daily per person/email
End Date: November 23, 2009 at 11:59 p.m. ET
Eligibility: Contiguous US (-HI, AK), 18+
5. Rias Baixas Albarino Wines - 2009 Recipe Contest
Describe how your favorite recipe is enhanced by Rias Baixas Albarino Wines and you could win a trip to LA for the People's Choice Awards in their 2009 Recipe Contest.Entry Frequency: Unknown
End Date: November 30, 2009 at 12:00 a.m. ET
Eligibility: US (void in CA) who are not professional chefs, 21+
6. Mixing Bowl - Top Turkey Recipe Contest
Is your turkey recipe the best? Prove it and you could win $300 worth of free turkey products in Mixing Bowl's Top Turkey Recipe Contest.Entry Frequency: Unlimited entry, so long as each recipe is unique
End Date: December 04, 2009 at 11:59 p.m. CT
Eligibility: USA, 18+
7. Star Fine Foods - Flavors of the Mediterranean Recipe Contest
Submit your favorite Mediterranean recipe that uses Star Fine Foods and you could win a trip to Spain or other prizes in the Flavors of the Mediterranean Recipe Contest.Entry Frequency: One time per person
End Date: December 20, 2009
Eligibility: Residents of AZ, CT, MD, NJ, TN, and VT, 21+
8. Mama Mary's - Official Pizza Creations Recipe Contest
Submit your best recipe using Mama Mary's Pizza Crusts in the category of Creative Creations Traditional or Dessert Pizzas or Your Mama's Favorite Pizza Recipes and you could win a semifinalist prize of a cappuccino machine and a year's supply of pizza crust, or even a grand prize of cash and a trip to Disney World.Entry Frequency: 100 x daily per person
End Date: December 31, 2009
Eligibility: Unspecified
9. Martha White - Muffin Mix Challenge Recipe Contest
Submit your favorite recipe using Martha White recipe mixes and you could win up to $5,000 cash and gift baskets.Entry Frequency: One time per person
End Date: December 31, 2009 at 11:59 p.m. CT
Eligibility: US residents who are not food professionals (i.e., chefs, food writers, or food home economists who create recipes for pay), 18+
10. Corningware - Simplylite Bakeware Recipe Contest 2009
Submit your favorite lite recipe for your chance to win $5,000 cash or CorningWare bakeware in Corningware's Simplylite Bakeware Recipe Contest 2009.Entry Frequency: One time per person/email
End Date: December 31, 2009 at 11:59 p.m. ET
Eligibility: USA, 18+
