Division 500 - Class 009
Ghirardelli Chocolate Championship


Date:  November 7, 2009
Time: 12pm
Place: South Hall Coliseum
Ghirardelli Chocolate Company invites you to participate in a chocolate championship with your most decadent chocolate recipe for a dessert or treat.  Create your best entry using at least one of the Ghirardelli premium baking products (chocolate chips, bars and/or cocoa).  Enjoy baking in Ghirardelli’s chocolate intensity for the opportunity to win $150.00 and a beautiful Ghirardelli chocolate gift basket!

Prizes:

  • 1st Place: $150 and Ghirardelli Gift Basket
  • 2nd Place: $50 and Ghirardelli Gift Basket
  • 3rd Place:  Ghirardelli Gift Basket
  • Each winner also receives a ribbon, apron and award certificate.
  • Bonus Prize - Enter the contest for a special surprise! An additional Ghirardelli prize will be awarded to one randomly selected contest entrant.

Judging Criteria:
Taste (overall and chocolate taste) 40%
Appearance  20%
Originality/Creativity  30%
Ease of preparation  10%

Contest Requirements:

  1. Recipe must be original.  For baking tips, recipe ideas and product information, go to www.ghirardelli.com.
  2. Any person age 18 or older may enter; limit one entry per person.
  3. Create your best recipe using at least one Ghirardelli baking product and no more than 10 other ingredients.
  4. Each recipe must be homemade (no mixes), named original, unpublished, the sole property of entrant and not previously submitted to any other contest.
  5. Entries must be submitted with 1) Ghirardelli label, and 2) the recipe typed on an 8 ½” by 11” sheet of paper with the contestant’s name, street address, and phone number.
  6. Recipes should list ingredients with measurements and state preparation instructions with baking/cooking times and number of servings.
  7. All recipes become the sole property of Ghirardelli.  Ghirardelli reserves the right to edit, adapt, copyright, publish, and use any or all of the recipes including for publicity, promotion, or advertising, with no compensation.
  8. Ghirardelli is not responsible for lost, stolen, illegible, misdirected or late entries.  By entering the contest, exhibitor accepts and agrees to these requirements and the decisions of the judges, which shall be final.
  9. The Contest is intended for amateur bakers only.  Professional bakers or those who earn income from baking may not enter the contest.  Ghirardelli employees and their family members are not eligible to compete.
  10. Taxes are the responsibility of the winner.  Contest is void where prohibited or otherwise regulated by law.
  11. The 2008 first place winners are not eligible to compete in 2009.
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