Welcome to the 75th Arroyo Grande Valley Harvest Festival Bake-Off 2012!

Dust off those aprons, find your favorite recipes & start baking!

We have TEN contests to choose from & participants can enter as many times as they would like. We invite you to try your luck in all categories & there is no entry free.

The contests offered for the 2012 Arroyo Grande Valley Harvest Festival Bake-Off: Ice Cream Makers Delight, Country Canning Competition (Jams, Jellies/Any Other),

Autumn Pie Review, Apple Pie Exhibition, Harvest Gone Wild, Pumpkin Bread, Zucchini Bread, Central Coast Cake Classic & Best in the West Honey Contest!

Drop your entry off at 126 S Mason Street in Arroyo Grande at the Historical

Society. Drop-off times are Saturday, September 29th from 8:00am to 12:00pm. A completed entry form & a copy of your recipe must accompany each entry. Forms can be down loaded on this website. Please see below for a form. Forms will also be available on the day of the contest at the event site or call me & I will mail you one.

All entries have to be in or on a disposable container only. No Plates returned. All entries once entered are property of the Arroyo Grande Valley Harvest

Festival. All judges’ scores are kept confidential & are not available to the public. Due to limited refrigeration no cream or meringue pies please. There will be a

freezer on site for Ice Cream Delight entries only!

We will be collecting your entry recipes again for the 2013 Harvest Festival Cookbook that will be for sale at the next Harvest Festival. Proceeds will benefit future Harvest Festivals. Our 3rd cookbook last year made $200.00! If you are interested in purchasing this year’s cookbook, please call or e-mail me to reserve your copy in advance. Cookbooks are $5 a piece & if your company is interested in advertising in the cookbook a business card ad runs $25.00 & is tax deductable. We are also always looking for sponsors!

Winners will be announced at 3:30pm at the SCHS Gazebo on Mason Street. You need not be present to receive your award but we hope you will be there to be part of this great community event! All entries will receive a ribbon & there will also be a Luck of the Draw Raffle with ten prizes up for grabs after the ceremony for those who didn’t place. You must be present at the award ceremony to win a raffle prize! Awards, Raffle Prizes & Ribbons will be given out at the awards ceremony. If you have won an award from a contest you placed in & you can’t make the award ceremony arrangements will be made to get your prize to you! Raffle Prizes are as follows: Gift Certificates for Huckeberry’s Restaurant, Jumba Juice, Doc Burnstein’s Ice Cream Lab, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Sees Candy & Regal Movie Tickets are up for grabs as well as Trader Joe’s Mum’s & a local jar of “Olive U Olive Oil Company” Honey!

2012 Harvest Festival Bake-Off Sweepstakes Prizes

Please stay after the Award Ceremony & the Raffle Prizes have been given out because we have 5 Sweepstakes Prizes this year! This Sweepstakes includes ALL award winners & those who didn’t place-EVERYONE WHO ENTERS IS ELLIGABLE! YOU MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN!

Prize #1: A night at the Avila Village Inn!

Note: Must be 18 years or older to qualify for this awesome prize!

Prize #2: A set of Clark Center Tickets - Arroyo Grande Prize #3: $50 gift Card to Tanner Jack’s – Arroyo Grande

Prize #4: $50 gift Card to Palo Mesa Pizza - Arroyo Grande

Prize #5: $30 gift Card to The Oak Pit BBQ Company- Arroyo Grande

NEW THIS YEAR!

Every person who enters in this years’ Bake-Off will receive a FREE DESSERT & FREE APPETIZER GIFT CARD (good with purchase of any entrée expires 12/31/12 Note: see details on

back of card) from our local Applebee’s here in Arroyo Grande!

COME BY FOR PUBLIC TASTING & SAMPLE THE ENTRIES! TASTING WILL BEGIN AROUND 2:30PM OR SO. TIP JARS WILL BE OUT AGAIN AT THE TASTING THIS YEAR WITH ALL DONATIONS $$$ GOING TO THE SOUTH COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCEITY!

THANKS TO YOU WE DONATED $50.00! YAY!

2012 Harvest Festival Bake-Off Main Sponsors!

www.advantage-plus.com www.docburnsteins.com www.applebees.com

Ice Cream Makers Delight

Doc’s Ice Cream Challenge

Sponsored by Doc Burnstein’s Ice Cream Lab www.docburnsteins.com

1st Prize: Make your flavor idea in Doc’s Lab & see it sold at the Parlor! Also receive a Doc Burnstein’s Golden Ticket!

2nd Prize: Doc Burnstein’s Golden Ticket

Good for a sundae each month for a year! 3rd Prize: $20 Doc Burnstein’s Gift Card

You may enter as many times as you wish. No entry fee.

1. Bring 1 Quart of your home-made Ice Cream flavor in a disposable container. 2. Include your recipe on a separate sheet of paper & drop it off with your entry

as well as your completed entry form.

3. Drop off your entry at the Historical Society on 126 S Mason, Arroyo Grande. Drop-off times are between 8am-12pm on Saturday, September 29th.

Winners will be announced at 3:30pm at the SCHS Gazebo on Mason Street.

All entries will receive a ribbon! For more information, call Teri at 546-8520 or 546-1465

teresakelley62@charter.net www.agharvestfestival.com

Country Canning Competition “Jams, Jellies, Preserves and Marmalades” &

Canned Fruits, Vegetables & What the Heck if you “Can” it, give it a shot, WE WILL TAKE IT! ☺☺☺☺

Sponsored by San Luis Farm Supply, Jumba Juice &

Arroyo Grande in Bloom

First, second & third prizes will be awarded.

Entries will be judged on Taste & Overall Presentation of Your Entry. You may enter as many times as you wish. No entry fee.

1. Bring a standard jar designed for canning purposes only. All entries must be labeled with the name of your jam, jelly, or preserve with date of pack. Also any canned fruits & vegetables entered must be labeled as well. Disposable container only please.

2. Please include your recipe for the Harvest Festival Cookbook. Don’t forget to put

your name, address & telephone number on the recipe & complete the entry form.

3. Drop off your entry at 126 S Mason Street in Arroyo Grande at the Historical Society. Drop-off times from 8:00am to 12:00pm on Saturday, September 29th.

Winners will be announced at 3:30pm at the SCHS Gazebo on Mason Street. All entries will receive a ribbon!

For more information, call Teri at 546-8520 or 546-1465

teresakelley62@charter.net www.agharvestfestival.com

Check out Arroyo Grande in Bloom at arroyograndeinbloom.org

Autumn Pie Review Sponsored by

The Suprinski Family Serendipity, The Chocolate Sheep & Rooster Creek Tavern

& The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf Single or Double Crust size of your choice

(No cream or meringue pies, please!) DISPOSABLE PLATES ONLY-NO PLATES WILL BE RETURNED

First, second & third prizes will be awarded. Entries will be judged on Taste & Overall Presentation of Your Entry.

You may enter as many times as you wish. No entry fee. Any pie except apple will be

accepted for this category. Examples: Cherry Pie, Apricot Pie, Nut Pie…YUM!

1. Bring covered pie on disposable plate.

2. Please include your recipe for the Harvest Festival Cookbook. Don’t forget to put your name, address & telephone number on the recipe & complete the entry form.

3. Drop off your entry at 126 S Mason Street in Arroyo Grande at the Historical

Society. Drop-off times are Saturday, September 29th from 8:00am to 12:00pm.

Winners will be announced at 3:30pm at the SCHS Gazebo on Mason Street. All entries will receive a ribbon!

For more information, call Teri at 546-8520 or 546-1465

teresakelley62@charter.net www.agharvestfestival.com

Apple Pie Exhibition Sponsored by

Advantage Answering Plus “Celebrating 20 Years in Business!”

www.advantage-plus.com AVON by Kathleen Rogers & Aprons by Lolita Rose Productions

1st Prize $100 dollars!!!

2nd Prize $50 dollars & 3rd Prize $25 dollars!!! Single or Double Crust size of your choice

(No cream or meringue pies, please!) DISPOSABLE PLATES ONLY-NO PLATES WILL BE RETURNED

First, second & third prize awarded.

Entries will be judged on Taste & Overall Presentation of Your Entry.

You may enter as many times as you wish. No entry fee.

1. Bring covered pie on disposable plate.

2. Please include your recipe for the Harvest Festival Cookbook. Don’t forget to put your name, address & telephone number on the recipe & complete the entry form.

3. Drop off your entry at 126 S Mason Street at the Historical Society. Drop-off

times are Saturday, September 29th between 8:00am to 12:00pm.

Winners will be announced at 3:30pm at the SCHS Gazebo on Mason Street. All entries will receive a ribbon!

For more information, call Teri at 546-8520 or 546-1465 teresakelley62@charter.net www.agharvestfestival.com

HARVEST GONE WILD Sponsored by

FRIENDS OF THE HARVEST FESTIVAL

Trader Joe’s & Verena’s Go Gourmet

“Harvest Gone Wild” is a Baker’s Choice that incorporates the sugar & spice of the fall season!

In other words, you pick your favorite fall recipe and go wild with it! Example: Cinnamon Rolls, Oatmeal Cookies, Wheat Bread, Rice Crispy Treats!!

Go for it! Go Wild!

Entries will be judged on Taste and Overall Presentation of Your Entry.

You may enter as many times as you wish. No entry fee.

1. Bring your creation on a disposable plate. No plates will be returned.

2. Please include your recipe on a separate sheet of paper to drop off with your entry & a completed entry form.

3. Drop off your entry on 126 S Mason Street at the Historical Society. Drop-off times

are from 8:00am to 12:00pm on Saturday, September 29th.

Winners will be announced at 3:30pm at the SCHS Gazebo on Mason Street. All entries will receive a ribbon!

For more information, call Teri at 546-8520 or 546-1465

teresakelley62@charter.net www.agharvestfestival.com

PUMPKIN BREAD CONTEST

Sponsored by Branch Street Deli & Emotions Greeting Cards

ZUCCHINI BREAD CONTEST Sponsored by Chili’s Grill and Bar

& David’s Blue Ribbon Honey

You may enter as many times as you wish. No entry fee.

1. Bring bread pre-sliced on a disposable plate. 2. Cover properly with plastic wrap or place entry in a clear Ziploc bag. 3. Put your name, address & telephone number on the recipe & complete the entry

form.

4. Drop off your entry at the Historical Society on 126 S Mason Street, Arroyo Grande. Drop-off times are Saturday, September 29th from 8:00am to 12:00pm.

Winners will be announced at 3:30pm at the SCHS Gazebo on Mason Street.

All entries will receive a ribbon! For more information, call Teri at 546-8520 or 546-1465 teresakelley62@charter.net www.agharvestfestival.com

CENTRAL COAST CAKE CLASSIC Sponsored by

Dr and Mrs. Hutton, General Dentistry, Santa Maria Civic Theatre, Willis & Bennett,

& KK’S Gourmet Bundt Cakes

Each year the Harvest Festival Bake-Off will select a special type of “cake” to be featured each year. This year the featured “cake” will be your version of the Pound Cake! Enter

your favorite POUND CAKE and you could be a winner! Judging will be based on Taste & Overall Presentation of your entry. You may enter as many times as you want!

1. You may use a packaged mix or bake from scratch to create your pound cake.

2. Bring your entry on a disposable container & cover properly. No entry Fee.

3. Put your name, address & telephone number on the recipe & complete the entry

form.

4. Drop your entry off at 126 S Mason Street at the Historical Society in Arroyo Grande. Please include your recipe for the Harvest Festival Cookbook. Drop-Off times are Saturday, September 29th from 8:00am to 12:00pm.

5. If you wish to enter another type of cake go for it & please enter it in the Harvest

Gone Wild Category.

Winners will be announced at 3:30pm at the SCHS Gazebo on Mason Street.

All entries will receive a participant ribbon! For more information, call Teri at 546-8520 or 546-1465

teresakelley62@charter.net www.agharvestfestival.com

Best in the West Honey Contest Sponsored by

Richards & Richards Law Office, Miner’s Ace Hardware & Cliff and Jan’s Kettle Corn

Calling all local honey producers we want you! This is a friendly producer’s showcase featuring our counties best local honey

1. Enter a clear disposable jar of your best honey 2. On the top of the jar please attach a label indicating what type of honey you are

entering such as Clover, Organic, Orange Blossom or any other type of honey you would like to bring. Enter as many times as you wish. There is no entry fee.

3. Complete the entry form as it pertains to you.

4. Drop your entry off at 126 S Mason Street at the Historical Society in Arroyo

Grande. Please include, if you can, a recipe using your honey for the Harvest Festival Cookbook. Drop-off times are from 8:00am to 12:00pm on Saturday, September 29th.

5. Judging will be based on Taste, Clarity & Overall presentation of your entry.

Winners will be announced at 3:30pm at the SCHS Gazebo on Mason Street.

All entries will receive a ribbon!

For more information, call Teri at 546-8520 or 546-1465 teresakelley62@charter.net www.agharvestfestival.com

75thArroyo Grande Harvest Festival

Bake-Off Entry Form

2012 Harvest Festival Bake-off: Ice Cream Maker’s Delight, Country Canning Competition, Autumn Pie Review,

Apple Pie Exhibition, Harvest Gone Wild, Pumpkin Bread, Zucchini Bread, Central Coast Cake Classic & Best in the West Honey Contest!

1. Name: 2. Address:

3. Phone Number:

4. Alt Phone Number:

5. Category Entered:

6. Title of Your Entry:

7. E-mail address:

A very big thank you to ALL our sponsors: Avila Village Inn, Applebee’s, Arroyo Grande in Bloom, Clark Center, Palo Mesa Pizza, Tanner Jack’s, The Oak Pit BBQ Company, La Familia Ranch, Emotions Greeting Cards, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Huckleberry’s Restaurant, UPS, Richards & Richards Law Office, Sees Candy, Lolita Rose Productions, Willis & Bennett, Trader Joe’s, Doc Burnstein’s Ice Cream Lab, David’s Blue Ribbon Honey, Chili’s Grill and Bar, Applebee’s, Branch Street Deli, Academy Travel, Costco, Verena’s Go Gourmet, Advantage Answering Plus, AVON by Kathleen Rogers, Miner’s Ace Hardware, Dr. and Mrs. Hutton, DDS, San Luis Farm Supply, Santa Maria Civic Theatre, Olive U Olive Oil Company, KK’S Gourmet Bundt Cakes, Serendipity, The Chocolate Sheep, Rooster Creek Tavern, Dr Jyoti Bhat, DDS, Cliff and Jan’s Kettle Corn, The Suprinski Family and of course The Friends Of The Harvest Festival!

All participants will receive a ribbon!

All entries must be on disposable plates-no plates returned. No entry Fee. All entries once entered will become property of the AG Valley Harvest Festival.

For more information contact: Teri 546-8520 or 546-1465

teresakelley62@charter.net www.agharvestfestival.com