Pie Baking Competition

Results for the 2022 Amateur Pie Baking Competition!

2022 Homemade Pie Results

Cherry

1st Place	Niagara County Cherry Pie	Dawn Perry
2nd Place	Cherry Pie	Jennifer Dimatteo

Berry

1st Place

Mixed Berry

Gerie Owens-Szatkowski

Cream

1st Place	1950’s Style Butterscotch Pie	Lillie Gollhardt
2nd Place	Lemon Zested Cheese	Dan MacNeal
3rd Place	Cinnamon Crumble Spice	Dan MacNeal
4th Place	Heath Bar Cream Pie	Mary Ellen Nichols
5th Place	Apple Cream	Cynthia McCarver
Honorable Mention	Gluten Free Banana Cream	Robyn Redhawk

Apple

1st Place	Classic Apple	Lillee Gollhardt
2nd Place	Apple Pie	Gerie Owens-Szatkowski

Savory

1st Place

Pate aux Poiraux (leek)

Sylvia Gugino

Grown in NY

1st Place	Sweet Potato Pie	Cynthia McCarver
2nd Place	Rhubarb Custard	Melissa Tower

Peach

1st Place

The Yellow Jersey

Lisa Casey

Specialty

1st Place	Lemon Chess Pie	Cynthia McCarver
2nd Place	Peanut butter Pie	Christopher Frank
3rd Place	Stapplebarb Pie	Syliva Farquharson
4th Place	Fudge Pie	Cynthia McCarver
5th Place	Cherry-Peach Hand Pies	Dawn Perry
6th Place	Caramel Pear Pie	Lillee Gollhardt
7th Place	Pineapple Pie	Kathryn Kindle

King Arthur Flour Results

1st Place	Cherry Pie	Dawn Perry
2nd Place	The Yellow Jersey	Lisa Casey
3rd Place	Cherry-Peach Hand Pie	Dawn Perry
Special Award	Gluten Free Banana Cream	Robyn Redhawk

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2022 PIE COMPETITION FLYER

This competition is open to any amateur pie baker, any age, who is a resident of New York State. No professional chefs or bakers or any other person who regularly makes pies for pay.

No public awards ceremony this year. Closed judging will take place Saturday afternoon (8/6/22). Winners and results will be posted in the 4-H Training Center large meeting room, and shared on our website and Facebook page. Winners will also be individually contacted. 

Contest results will be posted on the CCE website and award winners will be contacted to pick up ribbons.

Judging will be based on the following evaluation categories:

• pre-slice/first impression
• after slice impression,
• first taste
• flavor/closer look
• mouthfeel,
• crust
• overall impression
• creativity

Drop off location: 4487 Lake Avenue, Lockport—CCE Administration building. 

Drop off Times: Friday August 5, between 8am-10pm or Saturday August 6, between 8am-2pm (during the Niagara County Fair)

1. Cherry
2. Berry
3. Cream
4. Apple
5. Savory
6. Grown in NY
7. Peach
8. Specialty/Other

THANK YOU TO OUR 2022 PIE COMPETITION SPONSORS!

New Royal Orchards LLC

Bittner-Singer Orchards

H.A. Treichler & Sons Inc.

Wagner Farm Market

Russell Farms

DiCamillo's Baking Co. Inc.

Last updated August 16, 2022