Thursday, May 5, 2022

Butter Tart Festival 2022 Rules and Conditions

 

The contest will be open for entry on August 15, 2022.  Entry forms will be available at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Caledonia or on our website: stpaulsbuttertartfestival.blogspot.ca. Contest entry fee is $5.00

Contest entry deadline is September 16, 2022.  Completed forms and entry fee can be mailed or dropped off in person during our office hours (Mon to Thurs 9 am to 12 pm).

Butter tarts for the contest must be delivered in person to St. Paul’s Anglican Church, 27 Orkney St. E., Caledonia on Friday September 23, 2022 between 3pm and 7pm.

The judging will take place September 24, 2022.  Winners will be notified by telephone.

Contest open to amateur/home bakers only.  If you make your living making and selling baked goods, you do not qualify as an amateur/home baker.

Categories: 
Traditional – plain, raisin, nut, maple
Wild Style – still a butter tart, but you’ve added a twist with a non-traditional ingredient or two

1.       The contest is open to any amateur/home baker who is 18 years of age or older.

2.       Tarts must be made by the person listed on the application.

3.       Entry applications must be accompanied by the entry fee.

4.       The entry fee is $5.00 per flavour, with a limit of one entry per baker per flavour.

5.       Each entry will be assigned a number, thus enabling a “blind” judging.  No judge or contestant may be privy to their assigned number during the contest.  Contestants who attempt to learn their assigned number(s) will be asked to leave, forfeiting their entry and entry fee. 

6.       Entries will be disqualified for the following reasons, and at the sole discretion of the festival staff and judging panel:
 Branding or identification on butter tarts
 Indication that tarts submitted have not been prepared by the entrant whose name appears on the   application
 Indication that the pastry is not homemade
 Tarts are not regular size (no mini or bite-size)
 Tarts are not delivered to the contest by an adult
 Fewer than the specified number of tarts submitted
 Incomplete contest entry form or unpaid entry fee

7.       Butter tarts will be evaluated by a panel of judges on Saturday September 24, 2022 at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Caledonia.

8.       Evaluation will be determined based on a pre-determined written judging criteria.  First, second and third place winners will be selected from both categories.  Best overall butter tart will be chosen from all winners.

9.       No contestant tarts will be sold.

10.   Entrants unconditionally grant the corporation of St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Caledonia the rights to all image media of their entry and of the accompanying adults in whole or in part, for any advertising or promotional purposes whatsoever in any and all types of media.  The entrant’s name will be included whenever it is used.

11.   Entries should be delivered in DISPOSABLE CONTAINERS.  Please do not submit your entries in anything other than a disposable container as we will not be responsible for returning any Tupperware, service trays, muffin tins, etc.  Please have your entry packed and ready for submission PRIOR to your arrival at St. Paul’s.

12.   Entrants must deliver 4 of the same butter tart per entry. 

13.   Registration will take place by delivering your application to St. Paul’s Anglican Church Caledonia either in person or via mail and must include payment of the entry fee.  There will be no refund of entry fees if a registrant does not deliver their tarts on the appropriate day and/or time or cancels their participation in the contest.  Entry forms and payment must be received by September 16, 2022.

14.   Questions regarding the contest, contest rules or entry registration procedure may be directed to stpaulscal@rogers.com or 905-765-2779.


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