How to Enter

Online: Enter the contest online. Your entry will be sent electronically to the judges at The Pasta House Co. and you can submit your $25 entry fee via our secure online processing system.

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Postal Mail: Download the entry form (requires Adobe PDF Reader), then mail the completed form and your $25.00 check to: Recipe Contest, The Pasta House Co., 1143 Macklind Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110.

Rules and Regulations

Eligibility: Contestants must be 18 years of age or older. Any employee or relative of an employee of The Pasta House Co.or a Pasta House Co. franchise may not enter the contest.

Recipe: Recipe must be a pasta dish. The recipe should yield four servings.

Deadline: The deadline to submit a recipe is August 31st, 2008, at 11:59 p.m.

Fee: The entry fee is $25. All contestants will receive an embroidered Pasta House Co. apron. All additional proceeds will go to Cardinal Glennon.

    Prizes

    Finalists: Ten finalists will be selected, based on the recipes submitted, and will be notified by September 15, 2008. Those ten finalists will be invited to a “Best in Pasta” Pasta House Co. Cook-Off, held on Saturday, October 4th in The Pasta House Co. in The Old Post Office, 9th & Olive, in Downtown St. Louis. Those finalists will win a $100 gift certificate to The Pasta House Co.

    Grand Prize: One grand winner will be selected from the “Best in Pasta” Cook-Off, based on the judges’ scoring of each finalist’s dish. The winner will receive a trip to Italy for two, including airfare and hotel accommodations for one week. Date subject to Altair Travel.

    Judging

    Criteria: Recipes will be judged on the following three criteria:

    • Taste: includes flavor and texture
    • Visual Presentation
    • Feasibility: includes ease of preparation and cost of ingredients

    Recipes will be rated by a panel of celebrity and expert judges including: the Kelley Twins of KTRS Radio and Charter Cable; Guy Phillips of Y98 Radio; John Carney of KMOX Radio; Pat Corrington; Bryan Young; Ellen Scherberg; Elinore Marfisi;Vince Bommarito Jr. and Adriana Fazio.

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