Pizza! Pizza! Real California Pizza!
With California Ag Today, I am Haylie Shipp. This is the Ag Information Network.
Like pizza?
Like California products?
Like cold hard cash?
Check, check, check. The California Milk Advisory Board is once again hosting the Real California Pizza Contest. It’s year six for the competition which highlights recipes using Real California cheese and dairy. There’s a money component. The contest, which is open to professional chefs and culinary students throughout the U.S., will award prize money totaling $28,500 for the most innovative uses of cow’s milk cheeses from California.
It's a simple structure this year with just two categories: protein and produce. All entries will be evaluated with the top four recipes in each category selected as finalists. The eight finalists will receive an all-expense paid trip to compete head-to-head at a bake-off event on August 7, 2024, at the Culinary Institute of America at Copia in Napa, Calif.
Professional chefs and culinary students can review the contest details, official rules, and submit entries at pizzacontest.realcaliforniamilk.com. They’re now accepting entries and the deadline to submit yours is May 17.
