Peach Pie Competition in Jersey City!

Yesterday, I received an email announcing a statewide peach pie contest! There will be competitions in south Jersey, central Jersey, and north Jersey with one of the competitions being held at our very own Riverview-FiskPark in Jersey City Heights at the weekly Riverview Farmers Market on Sunday, July 21st.  Winners will go on to present their pies on Good Day in New York or Pennsylvania and two grand prize winners will be chosen.

I am so excited about this – I love peaches, it’s a fun competition for the whole state to participate in, and we in Jersey City get to feature the event and enjoy it!  In addition to the competition and normal farmers market, there will be other fun peach-themed activities and events. This is being sponsored by the New JerseyPeach Promotion Council and the Market is organized by Farms in the Heights.  This is such a great community activity and so worth our support.

The competition will only allow peach pies and cobbler (which I’m actually curious about; there are a lot of definitions of cobbler and I’m going to see if I can get clarification), nothing else, and they must be made with Jersey peaches.  If you decide to participate and register for the event, please let me know! I’d love to feature you and/or your pie here.

Here is the content of the email I received with more details, including registration information:

Riverview Farmers Market Hosts “Perfect Peach Pie Contest”

Jersey City, NJ -- On Sunday, July 21st, 2013, the Riverview Farmers Market will

take part in the first statewide Perfect Peach Pie Contest, sponsored by the New

Jersey Peach Promotion Council.

Only 6 farmers markets in New Jersey will be contest venues: 2 in south Jersey, 2 in

central Jersey, and 2 in north Jersey. One winner will be selected at each of the 6

farmers markets. After a final judging, two grand-prize winners (one from

south/central Jersey, one from north/west Jersey) will be awarded a choice of

overnight stay with dinner for two in either Atlantic City or Cape May.

All participants must be amateur bakers and must use New Jersey peaches.

Participants can make either peach pie or peach cobbler; no other dishes will be

accepted.

At the Riverview Farmers Market on July 21st, the Perfect Peach Pie Contest judging

and tasting will be held at noon. The contest judges will include Michael Yun, City

Councilman for Jersey City’s Ward D, and Mory Thomas, Jersey City resident and

Director of Culinary Development for the Food Network.

Additional programming at the Market will include peach-themed events and

activities for adults and children, beginning at 10:00 a.m.

There will also be a free musical performance by local band The Benson Ridge

Project at 1:00. The Market will be open, as usual, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. with all its

local vendors.

Once all 6 venues have completed their local contests, the 6 winning bakers will take

their pies to Fox Television Good Day in New York and Philadelphia for final

judging by morning show hosts, with prizes awarded on-air. (Three winners will

present their pies in New York for final judging; 3 will present in Philadelphia.)

Two grand prizes will be awarded—one for south/central Jersey, the other for

north/west Jersey. Each winner will receive an overnight visit for 2 to Atlantic City or

Cape May, with dinner included.

To register, interested participants can e-mail farmsintheheights@gmail.com

Thank you, Jessica, for sending this to me!