2nd ANNUAL BLACK-EYE PEA COOK-OFF

Bonifay’s Down Home Street Festival

March 20, 2010

info@bonifaystreetfestival.com

Dear Cooker Participant:

We would like to invite you to participate in the 2010 Black-Eye Pea Cook-off and Bonifay’s Down Home Street Festival in Bonifay.

Please note that the price of entry will be $20.00 this year. We hope to make the event an enjoyable and memorable one for you and your group.

Once you have read the CONTEST RULES, please fill out the attached application and return it with your application fee to -

Teresa Dockery

111 Wedgewood Dr

Bonifay, Fl 32425

Deadline for entry is March 10, 2010.

If you have questions, please contact Teresa Dockery, at 850-373-7537, or Gail Woodham 850-547-3817.

Happy Cooking,

Bonifay’s Down Home Street Festival Committee

2nd ANNUAL BLACK-EYE PEA COOK-OFF

March 20, 2010

CONTEST RULES for COOKING PEAS

(1) Peas and water will be furnished to each team. Each team/contestant is responsible for furnishing kettle, utensils, flavoring and spices to his/her taste along with a closed flame cooker and tent to cover cooking area.

(2) Contestants will cook the 10 pounds peas assigned to his/her kettle. No peas may be removed without Festival Committee approval.

(3) Cooking area will open for participants at 6:45 a.m. Peas, water, and kettles should be ready at this time. The Festival Committee will begin lighting fires at approximately 7:00 a.m.

(4) Judging will begin at approximately 11: OO am (to be determined by the Festival Committee). Awards will be announced after all judging has occurred. Immediately following judging peas should be spooned into given cups to be distributed to the public when the noon whistle blows.

(5) Entry fee for each kettle will be $20.00. Awards will also be given for 1^st , 2^nd and 3^rd place along with Best of show, Cooking Area, and Costumes.

(6) Each contestant will be responsible for cleaning the area around his/her assigned pot at the end of the day's activities.

(7) Only four (4) cooks will be allowed in the roped off "cooking" area at any given time. Participants will be issued badges that will allow them in the area.

NO OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS. FRIENDS. RELA TIVES, LONG LOST PALS or ENEMIES will be allowed in the area and please NO Children under the age of 12 for their safety. This is done to keep the area safe and spill free. Failure to adhere to this rule may lead to disqualification from the Cooking. The Festival Committee has the final decision in this matter.

(8) For sanitary reasons, cookers must use disposable spoons when tasting the beans during cooking. Additionally, no smoking around cook pots.

(9) Entrants may decorate the cooking area as you wish as long as it is not offensive & not too close to the burners for flammable reasons! Prizes may be awarded for best decorated area. Your decorations cannot interfere with safe travel in the area or extend past your cooking area.

(10) This event is intended to be a fun and entertaining event. Committee members for the cooking area are volunteers who do this for enjoyment and have no affiliation with anyone; therefore they treat everyone equally alike and with respect. In return, they should be shown the same respect. Any abusive behavior on the cooker's part during registration or cooking will NOT BE TOLERATED. Applicant will be disqualified from the competition and will be banned from future consideration from any Festival contests for three (3) years.

PLEASE KEEP THESE RULES.

DO NOT RETURN WITH THE APPLICATION.

2nd ANNUAL BLACK-EYE PEA COOK-OFF

Cooker Application

I agree to follow the official rules for the 2010 Black-Eye Pea Cooking Contest. I understand that failure to follow the rules may lead to disqualification from the Cooking and the cooking area. I additionally understand that if am disqualified from the Contest, I will not be allowed to participate in the Cooking Contest for the following three Festivals.

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