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BEST LOCAL FOOD RECIPE CONTEST: 2009 Does your institution use locally raised or produced ingredients in its recipes? Share your local pride by showcasing local ingredients in your favorite recipe. The more local ingredients you incorporate into your recipe, the more points you will receive. The goal of the Best Local Foods Recipe Contest is to recognize and encourage the use of locally produced foods in the menus of NACUFS member institutions by showcasing the efforts of members who use locally produced ingredients. Entering is easy: 1) Submit a recipe that uses at least three local ingredients and that has wide appeal to your guests. 2) All entries must include a completed and signed Official Entry Form and must be placed as page one. An entry which does not include a completed and signed Official Entry Form will be disqualified and will not be judged. 3) Each separate foodservice unit at a member institution may enter a recipe. A separate entry form must accompany each entry (duplicate official entry forms as needed). 4) First-, second-, and third-place winners will be asked to email a PDF file of the recipe with optional pictures to Gail Campana to post on the NACUFS Web site [gcampana@nacufs.org]. 5) Each entry requires a typed, cohesive essay of no more than one page and 500 words in length. The essay must address the following points and must be placed as page two of the entry:
6) The recipe must be scaled to make 25 servings. Production steps should be simple and clear, numbered and in logical sequence, include HACCP guidelines, and use standard U.S. weights or measures (no metric please). Local ingredients should be clearly denoted in the recipe. 7) In addition, the entry must include:
8) All descriptive materials should be typed neatly and be professionally presented. 9) No loose materials or audio/videocassettes will be accepted. Do not send glassware, shirts, aprons, or other items that are not an attached part of the entry itself or the entry’s cover. Photographs of such items may be included in your entry. Both color and black-and-white photos are acceptable. Digital photos are acceptable. 10) For an entry which uses copyrighted materials and/or trademarks, the entrant institution must first have obtained written permission from each copyright and/or trademark owner for the purposes reflected in the entry and for further publication and use by NACUFS. Certification that these written permissions have been obtained is required on the Official Entry Form. 11) The contest is open to all NACUFS institutional members in good standing. (The first-place winning school from the previous year’s vegan contest is the judging school for these entries.) Entries must be designed and produced by the school entering the contest. 12) All entries must be carefully wrapped and mailed flat between cardboard to ensure delivery in good condition. All entries must be in scrapbook or notebook form and the exterior measurements may not exceed 18” X 28” nor weigh more than five pounds. Only one entry is permitted per notebook and the entire entry must be contained within a single book. Please mail entries to: UC Santa Cruz Dining 13) All entries must be received by April 30, 2009. Entries not received by the deadline will have one point deducted per late day up to five days, after which time the entry will be disqualified and will not be judged. 14) Entries may be submitted for judging only once. 15) The judges will review all entries upon receipt for rule adherence. 16) All winners will be notified by e-mail following the completion of the judging. Grand Prize winners will be announced in the issue of Campus Dining Today following the national conference. 17) The decision of the judges is final. 18) All entries will be displayed at the NACUFS national conference in Milwaukee. Entries must remain on display until the close of the national conference or the time specified by the Nutrition Committee. They must be picked up by the representative of the school at the close of the exhibit. 19) By entering, permission is thereby given to The National Association of College & University Food Services to publish and/or use in any way the material submitted. 20) The prize for first place will be one free registration for the 2009 NACUFS national conference. The second- and third-place winners will receive a NACUFS travel bag.
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