Seeking Young Bakers for the Best Cookie Contest!

Oakland, CA - October 24, 2014 - Chocolate chip cookies, sugar cookies with sprinkles, waffle cookies, lemon pie cookies, pumpkin cookies, caramel apple cookies... what’s the best cookie?

On Sunday, November 9, from 2:30 - 4:30 pm, at the Kehilla Community Synagogue kitchen, Cooking Round the World will be holding a cookie bake off to find the best cookie! Young bakers, ages 6 - 13, can compete with their home-baked, award winning cookie.

A panel of 3 East Bay judges (professional bakers), will taste each cookie presented. Cookies will be judged on presentation, taste and originality. Each competing young baker will make a presentation to the judges. They will explain why she/he selected that recipe and the baking techniques used. The best cookie baker will be awarded $100 and receive an award.

Following the judging, young bakers will have a chance to sell their cookies for $1/each to the gathered group. Each young baker will need to provide an ingredients list to post at their sell table before selling.

To enter, children should bake 3 dozen cookies at their home (36 cookies), and bring the cookies with them to the contest. Young bakers may enter as many times as they wish. The cost to enter is $15 per recipe entered into the contest.

To enter the contest, young bakers’ parents should visit:www.cookingroundtheworld.com and click on “Special Events” to register.

The Kehilla Community Synagogue kitchen is located at 1300 Grand Ave in Oakland. Young bakers and their families should enter on the Fairview Ave side of the building, through the courtyard.

For more information, contact Cooking Round the World director, Mindy Myers, at 510-593-5285.