Hannaford Supermarkets is joining with ABC’s celebrity chef Mario Batali in a unique recipe contest designed to celebrate home chefs and their cooking inspirations.
The Mario Batali Home Chef Challenge invites cooks to submit a favorite original recipe, along with an inspirational story explaining the significance of the recipe and how its qualities and simplicity can excite others about cooking at home.
One grand-prize winner will receive an all-expenses paid trip for two to New York City to meet Batali on the set of ABC’s “The Chew” and enjoy dinner at one of his acclaimed restaurants. The first-prize winner will receive a $1,000 Hannaford gift card. The second prize winner will receive a $500 gift card.
“Hannaford is ecstatic to partner with Chef Mario Batali, a culinary visionary who shares our passion for food, home cooking and hunger relief,” Hannaford President Mike Vail said in a news release. “We’re looking forward to seeing how home chefs use locally sourced, fresh ingredients that are so incredibly popular in our stores. We know many things inspire home chefs — family tradition and heritage, living strong, healthy and well, and travel. We look forward to hearing exciting stories and eating fantastic food.”
Contest rules
To enter the contest, participants must purchase a Mario Batali pasta or sauce and one additional qualifying item available at their local Hannaford store. At checkout, customers will receive an entry code for submitting their recipe at Hannaford.com/HomeChefChallenge. The participating products available at Hannaford include Mario Batali pasta and sauces, select produce and meats, fresh herbs and cheeses, and seasonings. A handful of other home entertaining meal accompaniments, such as chocolate and sparkling water, are also available as participating products. Participating products do not need to be used in the cook’s submitted recipe.
For a full list of products, visit Hannaford.com/HomeChefChallenge. Participants must submit the full recipe, entry code, and a brief story explaining what inspires them to be a home chef.
An accompanying photo or video is optional. The submission deadline is Oct. 31, 2017, at 12:59 p.m.
Portland to host one tasting event
Nine semi-finalists will be selected to compete in one of three tasting events in Portland; Burlington, Vt.; and Albany, NY.
The semi-finalists will prepare and present their recipe to a panel of local judges, who will determine one finalist from each location. Batali will select the grand prize winner from the three finalists.
The Mario Batali Home Chef Challenge is open to legal residents of Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont and Massachusetts ages 18 years or older. Limit one entry per customer.
The entry must be no longer than 1,500 characters for the recipe and 500 characters for the story. It must be created by the entrant and meet these requirements:
- Not copied from another source
- Not previously published
- Has not previously won a prize or award.
Based in Scarborough, Hannaford Supermarkets operates 181 stores in Maine, New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont and has more than 27,000 employees.