PURPOSE

• To recognize exceptional culinary skills of school nutrition professionals in Georgia.
• To enhance the quality of school food.
• To develop and provide tested standardized recipes that is acceptable to our customers – students, administration, teachers, and parents.
• To recognize Georgia Grown commodities as a leader in industry.

CATEGORIES

Dessert Cobbler, Crisp or Pie: TOGETHER (Textures – are you crunchy or soft)
Create and prepare a delicious and nutritious Dessert: Cobbler, Crisp or Pie. Dessert must include at least two different fruit and texture combinations. Serving size must credit as a ½ cup fruit and include a Georgia Grown or USDA Fruit. Also, any grains used must be whole grains. Please show crediting documentation on recipe.

Lunch Casserole: TOGETHER (Flavor Profiles – are you salty or sweet)
Create and prepare a delicious and nutritious Casserole Lunch Entrée with different flavor profiles that complement and highlight each other. Lunch Entrée must credit for a 2 M/MA and 1/4 cup Vegetable Equivalent. Please show crediting documentation on recipe

Lunch Side Dish: TOGETHER (Colors – are you red or green)
Create and prepare a delicious and nutritious Lunch Mixed Vegetable Side Dish using the two different types and colors of mixed vegetables. Lunch Side Dish must credit for ½ Vegetable. Please show crediting documentation on recipe.

State Culinary Awards
First Place - $250 monetary award and certificate
Second Place - $175 monetary award and certificate
Third Place - $100 monetary award and certificate

Creative & Innovative Peanut Recipe Contest
The contest is open to any school or system based GSNA members 18 years or older. Employees of the Georgia Peanut Commission, their affiliates, promotional agencies and their families are not eligible.
Recipes must be original and previously unpublished in any cookbook or any distributed recipe or online. Each recipe must use at least 4-cups peanuts and/or peanut butter as an ingredient per 100 servings. A recipe may be entered in the Breakfast category, Snack category, and Lunch category. All entries should be quantity recipes and specify portion size.

Tempting & Tasty Peanut Usage Contest
One prize will be awarded to the school system that uses the most poundage of peanuts and/or peanut butter based on a per student amount. Only one entry per school system.
Only school made recipes using peanuts or peanut butter and USDA Commodity processed items using peanuts or peanut butter should be calculated by total weight of the peanut or peanut butter ingredients included.

USAGE PERIOD: First day of the 2024 – 2025 school year through the last day before your system’s December 2024 holiday break.