Sugar Festival to feature baking contest

Posted 1/22/24

Do you have what it takes to be the best in the Sweet Taste Baking Competition at the 38th Annual Clewiston Sugar Festival?

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Sugar Festival to feature baking contest

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CLEWISTON – Do you have what it takes to be the best in the Sweet Taste Baking Competition at the 38th Annual Clewiston Sugar Festival?

The annual baking competition showcases home-cooked sweet treats.

​Contestants must be amateurs. Professional chefs, cooks or businesses may NOT enter the contest. Contestants may compete in more than one category. Submissions must be home cooked.

Categories are:

  1. Cakes, Cupcakes, and Pies;
  2. Cookies, Brownies, Candies & Sweet Breads;
  3. Youth (ages 7 - 17 only for any recipe that uses sugar);
  4. “Cake Wars” Cakes (category judging based on appearance and theme);
  5. Dudes Who Bake - Guys only baking.

Register online at  clewistonsguarfestival.com by Friday, March 10. Registration closes at 11 a.m.

The competition will be on Saturday, March 16 in the St. Margaret’s Catholic Church Parish Hall, 318 Osceola Avenue. Drop off is 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Judging will be between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Public viewing of entries will be 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Each entry must be brought to the contest in a disposable container. The quantity of any entry must fulfill one full recipe, and single service items such as cookies, brownies, candies must be able to serve 12 people. Contestants must be present to win.

The Sugar Festival will be held Saturday, March 16 at the festival grounds, 110 Oseola Avenue in Clewiston. Entertainment will feature Jordan Davis, Austin Snell, The Frontmen, Dalton Dover and Ella Langley.

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