The Great 2008 Dynamite Cook Off at the French Farmer's Market
Have you got what it takes to make mouths explode?

2007 Dynamite Photos

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Prizes will be awarded and your recipe becomes the official one to be bottled for resale!

Become the Dynamite King or Queen

Saturday, September 13, 2008
At River Island Park
Woonsocket, Rhode Island 02895

Prizes will be awarded
and your recipe becomes
the official one to be bottled for resale!

Help us decide who makes the best Dynamite in the world.

Join us for fun, prizes, music, fresh farm produce at the Northern Rhode Island Council on the Arts' French Farmer's Market, on the banks of the Blackstone River and for more fun than one city can handle at the Great 2008 Dynamite Cook-Off.

Discussions continue to rage throughout the community over who makes the best Dynamite. Bring your Dynamite and Calise's Bakery will provide the Dynamite rolls. Li’l General will again provide hats and aprons for the contestants and judges. Let the judges and public decide who has the best recipe! It's simple to participate. Sign-up today!

Join us and have fun offering Dynamite to the uninitiated and the initiated.

Sponsored by

  • The Blackstone Valley Tourism Council
  • The Northern Rhode Island Council on the Arts
  • Jen's Dish Radio Hour
  • The Call
  • Narragansett Beer
  • Calise Bakery
  • Lil' General Stores
  • The City of Woonsocket

Awards and Prize

  • 1st Place - Dynamite Recipe-$200 (Crowned Dynamite King or Queen) and will participate in Woonsocket’s Autumnfest Parade
  • 2nd Place - Dynamite Recipe - $150
  • 3rd Place - Dynamite Recipe - $100

Instructions and Information

  • Open to all cooks (professional and non-professional) at least 18 or older or you must be sponsored by an adult 18 or older.
  • Contestants must be present for cook-off judging.
  • The winning contestant shall provide a written recipe for their Dynamite.
  • Contestants must arrive at River Island Park by 11:00 a.m.
  • Judging begins at 12:00 noon.
  • Dynamite will be placed on authorized tables only.
  • Dynamite will be judged on taste and consistency.
  • Dynamite rolls, paper plates, napkins, tables and tablecloths, chaffing dishes with Sterno will be provided by Cook-Off organizers.
  • No electricity is available for cooking.
  • Contestants must make 4 quarts.

Dynamite Cook-Off 2008 Registration Form

Contestant Number (Assigned by Committee)

Name:
Address:
How long have you been making Dynamite?
 		Recipe's origin (if known)
Are you an:
Amateur Restaurant   Organization 		Name of Restaurant or Organization
Phone Number
 		Email Address
Can you tell us a bit about you and any stories we can share with the audience?

I have read the above and agree to follow the Dynamite Cook-Off rules and furthermore release the sponsors, presenters, hosts and their agents and employees from any and all claims or liabilities arising out of or in connection with the undersigned's participation in the September 15, 2007 Dynamite Cook-Off. My recipe, if chosen as a winner, becomes the property of the Dynamite Cook-off.
 
Signature
 Date
Entry fee: $20.00

Entry fee made payable to:

Dynamite Cookoff 2008
Blackstone Valley Tourism Council Inc,
175 Main Street Pawtucket, RI 02860
or you may use VISA, Master Card, American Express or DISCOVER
 
Method of payment:  Credit card Check

If credit card, you may fill out the information on our secure web page below, or call the Tourism Council at 401-724-2200.
 
Visa    Mastercard    Discover     American Express
Name on Card: Card Number    Expiration Date 

Once your completed registration is received, you will be contacted by The Blackstone Valley Tourism Council. Proceeds available after expenses from the Dynamite Cook-off.

Questions, please contact:

Lorraine Provencher
Blackstone Valley Tourism Council Inc
Blackstone Valley Visitor Center
175 Main Street, Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02861
E-Mail: bvfootsteps@aol.com

Cook-Off sanctioned by:
The Woonsocket Dynamite Advisory Board and
The Sustainable Tourism and Development Laboratory

 

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