Share your love for cooking and a chance to be a top winner at the SYL Kids Cook-Off Competition!

A few things to know first:

  1. Competitors must currently be in 5th - 8th grades
  2. Entry Drop-Off Date is Oct. 21, 2023
  3. Competitors & guardians must read the KITK-Rules-&-Guidelines
  4. Waiver of Liability and Release signed by parent/guardian
  5. Your Pumpkin Dish will be judged
  6. Photo of your Pumpkin Dish will be posted on social media along with your first name and grade.
  7. Top Winners (first names) will be announced on social media and via email
  8. Registration is very limited and will close once spots are full.

Check out the following 4 Steps:

Step 1: Registration is closed! The Fee of $10. (credit card/cash/check)

Step 2: Make your own Pumpkin Dish. You decide what kind of dish. FMI: See Rules & Guidelines

Step 3: Write a report/essay on the following:

  1. Your First and Last Name
  2. Your Grade
  3. Title of your Pumpkin Dish/Entry
  4. City of residence
  5. Write about what you liked about making this dish and what you didn't like about making it.

Step 4: Drop Off your Pumpkin Dish/Entry

  1. Please drop off your Pumpkin Dish on Saturday morning, Oct. 21 at the McMinnville SYL Office at 1016 NW Adams St. (back parking lot). An email will be sent with time slots. (approx. 9:00-11:00)
  2. You may deliver your Pumpkin Dish on disposable items or wait to take them home or schedule to pick up your trays/plates, etc. at later time. Presentation will be important.
  3. You may bring three individual dishes or one dish for three judges to share
  4. Please bring a copy of your Recipe and Essay.
  5. Be prepared to quickly introduce your dish to the judges and read your Essay.
  6. The Judges may ask you how you made your dish.
  7. We may also take a picture of you and your dish.

Entries will be judged on: (maximum of 20 points)

  1. Overall Taste:: 1-5 points
  2. Texture: 1-5 points
  3. Attention to Theme/Special ingredient: 1-5 points
  4. Presentation: 1-5 points

Prizes will be awarded.

All participants will receive a measuring cup set and a Pumpkin cookbook!

  • 1st Place will win a $100 Amazon Gift Card
  • 2nd Place will win a $75 Amazon Gift Card
  • 3rd Place will win a $50 Amazon Gift Card

Remember, your dish will be judged. Photos of your pumpkin dish will be posted on social media along with your first name and grade. Top Winners will be announced on social media and via email.