Twelve skilled and eager recipe contestants visited Cooking Light headquarters this summer for a chance to win $10000 and an active family vacation valued at $5000. What was it like to participate in the 2005 Cooking Light Ultimate Reader Recipe Contest? We interviewed the four category winners to find out.
Grand Prize Winner - Entrees
Karen Tedesco, Webster Groves, Missouri
Category Winner—Desserts
Anna Ginsberg, Austin, Texas
Category Winner—Salads and Sides
Bev Jones, Brunswick, Missouri
Category Winner—Starters and Drinks
Sabine Zempleni, Lincoln, Nebraska
About the contest:
More than 2,500 creative cooks from across the country sent us recipes for the first annual Cooking Light Ultimate Reader Recipe Contest. Entrants developed recipes for one of four categories: starters and drinks, entrées, sides and salads, and desserts. Recipes included one of four Golden spoon sponsor products: Ronzoni Healthy Harvest Whole Wheat Blend Pasta; Swanson Broth; 3-A-Day Milk, Cheese, or Yogurt; and Hellmann's/Best Foods Mayonnaise.
The top recipes were prepared in the magazine's Test Kitchens to determine the finalists, who traveled to Birmingham, Alabama, to make their recipes for a panel of outside judges. Following a long day of tasting and intense discussion, the judges chose category winners, who each received $5000. And one of those winners took home the grand prize of $10,000 and an active family vacation valued at $5000.
What was the contestants' schedule?
Get a better understanding of the cook-off by looking at the two-day itinerary.
Enter the 2007 Ultimate Reader Recipe Contest
