Pillsbury Bake-Off®...  Pillsbury Doughboy™...  Remember the “French Silk Chocolate Pie” from 1951 or the “Tunnel of Fudge Cake” from 1966?  How about the “Poppin' Fresh® Barbecups” from 1968 and the “Dilly Casserole Bread” from 1960?  All a little slice of Americana.  The first Bake-Off® was back in 1949 and the upcoming one marks the 60th anniversary of this exciting contest.

Back in January, Brett started creating some recipes for the anticipated 44th Pillsbury Bake-Off®.  The recipes had to be original, meet certain category considerations, and use appropriate products from Pillsbury® and participating sponsors.  A lot of effort and creativity went into the process and like most everything he does, it’s 100% or not at all!

Well, the effort has paid off:  Last week he received a call informing him that one of his recipes from the tens of thousands they receive, has been selected to move forward to a voting round where consumers select 10 of the final 100 recipes that will get to compete at the 44th Bake-Off® to be held in Orlando, Florida April 10-13, 2010!!  Confirmation from the Pillsbury Bake-Off® team arrived today and he’s one step closer to winning the grand prize of $1,000,000!!  That's ONE MILLION DOLLARS!  The competition is steep and the odds of having the chance of being 1 of the 100 for the chance at a million dollars is mind boggling to say the least!

Brett’s recipe will be paired with another recipe and placed on BakeOff.com for a period of two weeks.  Consumers can vote for their favorite of the two recipes and the recipe with the most votes earns the right to compete at the 44th Pillsbury Bake-Off®.  A total of 10 recipe pairs will post every two weeks.  Voting rounds started on May 14 and will continue through September 17, 2009 officially ending on October 1, 2009.  So, 2 recipes per round going head to head for on-line votes with the winner moving on to secure a spot and compete at the Pillsbury Bake-Off®.  Brett will definitely need your help!

We’ll let you know when his recipe is up for on-line voting but in the meantime, go to BakeOff.com to check out the first two recipes.  Register and vote for Brett’s friend Linda’s Dutch Apple Breakfast Bake, then come back every 2 weeks to check out the competition.  Registration is easy and Pillsbury doesn’t spam.  Also, there’s a lot of great stuff there too--you can even make the Doughboy™ dance (check out Doughboy™ fun at Pillsbury.com)!

Stay tuned...

hoohoo!:)

Thanks for mentioning that my recipe is now up for voting - and thanks to anyone who takes the time to vote! Brett - hopefully we will both be making that trip to Orlando next April!:)

Let the campaigning begin!

Let the campaigning begin!