<UPDATED NOV. 9, 2024

LONG BEACH BAKE-OFF & CHRISTMAS COOKIE CONTEST | LONG BEACH, CALIF.

Christmas Cookie Contest and Long Beach Bake-Off with tasting reception in Belmont Shore, after the free 5 p.m. holiday concert hosted by Justin Rudd! & his nonprofit Community Action Team. It's a FREE (tickets required) 90-minute concert at 5 p.m.


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12th ANNUAL BAKE-OFF
Sat., Dec. 21, 2024: Long Beach Bake-Off & Christmas Cookie Contest for Charities. Enter for FREE.

DOZENS OF BAKERS are expected to bring cookies and other baked goods for the contest hosted by Justin Rudd and his nonprofit Community Action Team (CAT). 

Each of the winners' favorite local charity/school/place of worship will receive a $50 donation from the Community Action Team.  Winners will also get bragging rights for a year! 

The evening also includes a 25-piece brass and percussion Christmas Concert at 5 p.m. (tickets required) while judging is taking place. After the concert, the general public will be able to sample the cookies at the tasting reception ($5 donation requested). The concert is FREE for everyone with a ticket. Organizers are hoping that concertgoers will bring canned good/peanut butter to donate to a local food bank and/or a pack of new socks that will go to a charity serving the homeless.

Schedule
- Deliver cookies and baked goods 4-4:45 p.m., fellowship hall
- Private judging: 4:45 p.m.
- Christmas Concert: 5 p.m., sanctuary
- Tasting Reception/Awards: 6:30 p.m., fellowship hall

Quick Links
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• prizes
• entry form
• judges
• concert tickets

2025 Judges
TBA

Judging Criteria
- taste
- appearance
- quality
- first impression

Sponsor
Justin Rudd’s nonprofit 501c3 Community Action Team (C.A.T.).

6 Prizes
The 3 winners of the Long Beach Bake-Off and the 3 winners of the Long Beach Christmas Cookie Contests will get $50 to give to their favorite local charity, school, or place of worship. Not to mention, winners get bragging rights for a year!

Rules
Bring one plate or platter of at least 24 cookies. Entry forms available online and/or at the event.

All cookies in the contest must be made at home (not bought). You may enter multiple recipes.

A separate entry form must accompany each cookie. Recipes do not have to be original. This contest is for individuals, not teams (partners cannot enter together). The contest is open to anyone in Southern California. Decisions of the judges are final in all matters relating to this Contest. Entrants will agree to release the Justin Rudd, the Community Action Team (C.A.T.), the judges, and all who participate in the production of this event from any liability without limitations. Baked goods must be entered in the name of the person who made it. It is possible to win more than one award if you enter more than one cookie recipe.

Deliver each entry on ONE plate/platter/dish. Be sure to put a piece of tape on the bottom of your serving plate/platter/dish and write your name/email/phone on the tape/index card, so we can make sure each dish is returned to the right person at the reception. We will not be responsible for lost, broken, and/or eaten items. Contestants agree to be quoted and/or photographed and to use of their names, photographs and recipes without compensation.

Email addresses will be added to our bake-off/cookie database. After judging, goods will be served at the tasting reception. You do not have to be present to win.

More
We are not able to mail any awards/prizes/checks for those who can not attend the awards/reception, but we can arrange a date/time for you to pick them up in Belmont Shore. We will not be responsible for lost, broken, and/or eaten items. Youngsters may enter, but they must prepare, bake and present by himself/herself.

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