USPB’s 50 States of Potato Recipe Contest Is Underway

DENVER (January 22, 2008)— The United States Potato Board (USPB) has invited professional chefs to show off their state’s unique cuisine—and their favorite potato dish—by entering the USPB’s 50 States of Potato Recipe Contest. The Grand Prize winner will win a trip to Napa Valley to attend the World’s of Flavor Conference at the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone in November 2008. Additionally, the first prize winner will receive $500, the second prize winner will receive $250, and the winner from each state will have their (one per state) recipe featured on the USPB’s foodservice website, www.potatogoodness.com.

From Wisconsin Cheese Mashed Potatoes to Alaskan Salmon Potato Cakes, the winning recipes will be those that best showcase the versatile potato in the entrant’s home state’s cuisine. Recipes will be judged on their regional flare, creativity and originality, taste and presentation.

The contest opened January 1, 2008, and entries are due no later than May 31, 2008. For complete rules and entry form, log on to: http://www.potatogoodness.com/Content/pdf/MediaCenter/50%20States%20of%20Potatoes%20Entry%20Form.pdf)  

or write to:

50 States of Potato Recipe Contest
Attn: A. Kleckner
1050 Battery Street
San Francisco, CA 94111

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David Fairbourn is Manager, Industry Communications & Policy, at the United States Potato Board in Denver. The mission of the USPB is to increase demand for potatoes and potato products through an integrated promotion program, thereby providing US producers with expanding markets for their production. David can be contacted at 303-369-7783 or david.fairbourn@uspotatoes.com. For complete information about the programs, ROI results, resources and tools available to all members of the industry through the USPB, please visit www.uspotatoes.com. The United States Potato Board -- Maximizing Return on Grower Investment.