Pork Recipe Contest for Food Bloggers!

Congrats to our finalists: Amy McCoy, Karen Covey and Renee Hirschberg

We are looking forward to tasting all of your delicious recipes and selecting the grand prize winner on Wednesday, March 31 6:00pm – 8:00pm.

Our butchers are excited to offer humanely raised pork from Simply Grazin’ Organic Farm.  To celebrate, we are inviting local food bloggers to submit their favorite pork recipes.  The top 3 finalists will be invited to participate in a public tasting on March 30  in the Meat department of the Dedham store at which our esteemed panel of judges will determine the grand prize winner, who will receive a $100 Whole Foods Market gift card.

Share your favorite recipe with us by posting it in the comment section below.   Recipes may also be submitted in person at the Customer Service booth.  Deadline for entering is 10:00pm on 3/21/11.  Limit; one recipe submission per person.  Recipes should meet the following criteria:

• Must use fresh, unprocessed pork (such as rib, belly, chop, shoulder, loin, or fresh ham as the primary ingredient
• Contain no more than 10 additional ingredients (excluding salt & pepper)
• All ingredients must be available for purchase at Whole Foods Market (if in doubt, blogger may post a comment to ask us if a specific ingredient is acceptable)

Recipes should include the following information:

• Recipe Name
• Complete list of ingredients, with the exact quantities in the order they are used
• Complete instructions on preparing the recipe, including cookware description, cooking time and temperature
• Incomplete recipes may be disqualified
• Photos of completed dish are recommended but not required

Contestant Eligibility:

• Entrants must have an active website or blog that is at least 6 months old, link must be included with recipe entry
• Contestants should live within driving distance of the Dedham store (950 Providence Highway, Dedham MA) so they can be present at the Recipe judging event on March 30^th.
• Participation is limited to individuals who are legal US residents, at least 18 years of age.  Officers and employees of Whole Foods Market (The “Sponsor”), their respective affiliates, subsidiaries and agents, and the immediate family members of the foregoing, are not eligible to win.

Prizes: There will be one Grand Prize Winner, who will receive a $100 Whole Foods Market gift card and two First Prize Winners, who will each get a $50 Whole Foods Market gift card.

CONTEST TERMS & CONDITIONS: All recipes submitted become the sole property of the Sponsor, who reserves the right to edit as they see fit. By submitting a recipe, entrant gives Sponsor the rights to utilize submitted recipe, ingredients, and/or comments and entrant names in Sponsor’s future marketing and promotional efforts without further compensation or release. Winner and all entrants agree that the Sponsor, their affiliates, agencies, vendors, and employees shall not be liable for injury, loss or damage of any kind resulting from participating in this promotion or from the acceptance or use of the prize awarded.  Taxes on prize, if applicable, are the winner’s responsibility. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply.

Void where restricted or prohibited by law.

OK, enough with the rules and disclaimers, time to start cooking!  Good luck experimenting and have fun.