Food Network Blended Burger Recipe $10,000 Contest

Enter for your chance to win $10,00 from the Food Network! Create your original spin on a blended burger using at least 25% chopped cultivated mushrooms in the patty for a chance to win $10,000!

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Official Rules: US, 21+. May 3 – June 25, 2021 at 9:00 pm ET. One entry per person.

Submissions for the Promotion must consist of: an original burger recipe that incorporates the required ingredients listed below and a description of how you prepared the dish (including measurements and instructions) of no more than 500 words; and a photo of the completed dish.  The Submission must use all of the required ingredients specified below, although you can use as many additional ingredients as necessary to prepare your dish.

• Mushrooms, which must comprise no less than 25% of the burger patty (by volume)
• Must use cultivated, store-bought mushrooms (no wild mushrooms)
• A list of eligible mushrooms can be found HERE
• A meat or meat substitute

Entrants will be placed into two categories:

• home cooks (i.e. someone who has never been employed as a foodservice professional, such as a professional chef or cook, has never been paid to create recipes (such as cookbook authors, packaged food product developers and commercial recipe developers of any kind) and has never been trained and worked as a chef or food-preparation professional)
• professional cooks (i.e. someone who has been employed to develop, cook, or commercialize recipes in any manner, including without limitation chefs, food preparation professionals, cookbook authors, food product developers, commercial recipe developers of any kind or any other activity Sponsor considers to be “professional” in its sole discretion).

Judging Criteria: 25% based on flavor profile; (b) 25% based on originality; (c) 25% based on crowd appeal; and (d) 25% based on presentation.

Grand Prizes (2): $10,000 presented in the form of a check or wire transfer as agreed upon by Sponsor and Prize Winner.