Apple Pie & Dessert Contest Returns to Art & Apples Festival

Fritters, cookies and pies, oh my! Paint Creek Center for the Arts is calling all inspired, creative apple pie and dessert bakers in the region to compete in the Apple Pie & Dessert Contest with their crowd-pleasing recipes. The contest will take place at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016, during the 51st annual Art & Apples Festival in Rochester Municipal Park.

“Due to popular demand, we are excited to bring back the Apple Pie & Dessert Contest after a year hiatus,” said Tami Salisbury, executive director of Paint Creek Center for the Arts. “This feature has prompted many talented home pastry chefs and dessert enthusiasts to put the ‘apple’ in Art & Apples Festival, making it a great way to bring the community together and a tasty addition to the other attractions at the festival.”

Local celebrity judges will be in attendance to sample pies and desserts and award first, second and third place winners in each category. First place winners of each category will have their recipe and story featured on the official Arts & Apples website and receive a one-of-a-kind artist made dessert/pie dish. First through third place winners receive ribbons during the award presentation on the festival’s Main Stage.

While entries do not necessarily have to be apple pies, all participants are required to use apples as the main ingredient in their entries. Interested bakers can download and complete an application, available online at www.pccart.org, and mail it with a $5 non-refundable payment payable to PCCA to: Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Pie & Dessert Contest, 407 Pine St., Rochester, MI 48307. Applications must be received by Friday, Aug. 26, 2016.

For more information about Paint Creek Center for the Arts or the Art & Apples Festival, visit www.pccart.org.

2016 Media Sponsors include Community Lifestyles Newspaper, Downtown Publications, Detroit Jewish News, C & G Newspapers, Fox 2 Detroit, Rochester & Rochester Hills Gazette, Neighborhood SEEN, Oakland County Moms, The Oakland Press, The Macomb Daily, WWJ-AM and WXOU-FM.

The Art & Apples Festival is a program of Paint Creek Center for the Arts (PCCA), a regional nonprofit art center located in Downtown Rochester. Since 1982, PCCA has been dedicated to enhancing life in the region by promoting, encouraging, and creating opportunities to participate in and appreciate the arts. The Art & Apples Festival is ranked in the TOP 15 of Sunshine Artist Magazine’s Best in the Nation.