Sweet Corn Festival – Food Contest

It is time to get out your favorite sweet corn recipes….
 
The very popular Sweet Corn Festival Food Contest, sponsored by Ken Otterbach Excavating & Demolition of Mendota will take place Saturday, August 12^th of Sweet Corn Festival Weekend.
The Mendota Area Chamber of Commerce is looking for some creative cooks to serve up special dishes using sweet corn as the main ingredient.
Chairpersons of the Food Contest, Audrey Becker and Kathi Barnard have begun preparations for this special event.
 
“There will be a Grand Prize Winner and a Runner-up chosen by the judges,” announced Becker.  “Prizes will also be awarded for Queen’s Choice, Most Creative and Best Presentation.

• Contestants must prepare the food ahead of time.
• All categories are open to all types of food dishes, as long as the main ingredient is sweet corn.
• Multiple entries from one contestant will be accepted, but only one award per contestant.
• All entries must be taken to the Mendota Elks Lodge, 707 Indiana Ave., Mendota.  They can be dropped off between 1:15 and 1:45 p.m…

Judging starts promptly at 2:00 p.m.

• All entries must bring a recipe card for the Judges.
• There are no entry fees to participate in the SCF Food Contest

 
The Grand Prize Winner will receive $250.00 in Mendota Gift Certificates, which can be used for services or merchandise in over 50 Mendota Businesses. Runner-up and the other awards will be $50 Mendota Gift Certificates.
Applications for the SCF Food Contest are available at the Mendota Chamber Office, from the sweetcornfestival.com website or by calling (815) 539-6507.
Ken Otterbach Excavating & Demolition and the Mendota Chamber ask all creative cooks to come forward and prepare some fantastic dishes for this year’s event.