Apple Pie Baking Contest
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27th, 2026
Check-in Location: Yellow Market Tent on Wilmington Town Common
Check-in Time: 10am -11:30am
Showcase your pie-baking skills and creativity in a fun and delicious way! Contest participants will bring their best homemade pie and present it to a panel of judges for evaluation.
To enter the pie-baking contest, bring your homemade pie to the contest tent between 10 am -11:30 am on Sunday September 27th, 2026. Pies submitted after 11:30am will not be able to compete. Judging begins at 11:30 am and will be complete after all pies are judged. Winners will be announced at 12 pm.
Contest is open to HOME BAKERS only. Professional bakers cannot compete.
(A professional baker is defined as someone who works for a bakery, works for or owns a catering company, or someone who sells pies.)
Contest Rules and Regulations
No fee to enter your pie in the contest.
Pies must not require refrigeration before serving and may not contain raw/uncooked eggs (whites or yokes.)
Crust and filling must be made from scratch. No store-bought crust, dough, or canned fillings may be used.
Pie must be prepared by the individual submitting the pie for judging and baked in a 9-inch covered, disposable pie tin or plate.
Please do not write your name on the pie tin. Your pie will be assigned a number at registration, which allows anonymity during the judging.
One pie per contestant.
The contest will be held rain or shine.
JUDGING
Judges will not know the identity of the pie baker.
Judging begins at 11:30am with prizes announced at 12pm.
Judges will independently assign each pie a score without consultation.
All judging decisions are final.
Check-in Location: Yellow Market Tent on Wilmington Town Common
Check-in Time: 10am -11:30am
Showcase your pie-baking skills and creativity in a fun and delicious way! Contest participants will bring their best homemade pie and present it to a panel of judges for evaluation.
To enter the pie-baking contest, bring your homemade pie to the contest tent between 10 am -11:30 am on Sunday September 27th, 2026. Pies submitted after 11:30am will not be able to compete. Judging begins at 11:30 am and will be complete after all pies are judged. Winners will be announced at 12 pm.
Contest is open to HOME BAKERS only. Professional bakers cannot compete.
(A professional baker is defined as someone who works for a bakery, works for or owns a catering company, or someone who sells pies.)
Contest Rules and Regulations
No fee to enter your pie in the contest.
Pies must not require refrigeration before serving and may not contain raw/uncooked eggs (whites or yokes.)
Crust and filling must be made from scratch. No store-bought crust, dough, or canned fillings may be used.
Pie must be prepared by the individual submitting the pie for judging and baked in a 9-inch covered, disposable pie tin or plate.
Please do not write your name on the pie tin. Your pie will be assigned a number at registration, which allows anonymity during the judging.
One pie per contestant.
The contest will be held rain or shine.
JUDGING
Judges will not know the identity of the pie baker.
Judging begins at 11:30am with prizes announced at 12pm.
Judges will independently assign each pie a score without consultation.
All judging decisions are final.