Back by popular demand! St. Rita Square is again on the hunt to find the best homemade Italian Red Sauce (meat or meatless) that our city has to offer. If you or a loved one makes a pretty darn good sauce, this contest is for you! Cost is $10 per entry.
TIMELINE
- NOW – May 12: Enter Your Sauce
- Saturday, May 18: Preliminary Judging Round to be held at St. Rita Square – 728 East Pleasant Street, Milwaukee. 11am – 12pm.
- Sunday, June 2: Final Competition at Festa Italiana, Aurora Pavilion on Summerfest Grounds. Arrive with Sauce by 11am.
SAUCE REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Sunday, May 12
PRELIMINARY DETAILS: Saturday, May 18:
- Bring 1 quart of sauce in a slow cooker/crock pot with a ladle.
- Arrive at St. Rita Square between 10:30am – 11:00am for set-up prior to Judges’ tasting at 11am.
- Contestants are welcome to stay and watch or return at noon for results.
- The Top 5 finalists will be announced at 12:00pm. They will join last year’s winner to compete in the finals at Festa Italiana on Sunday, June 6.
- All contestants or their representatives should be at St. Rita Square at 12:00 for reading of results and to retrieve their slow cookers.
COMPLETE DETAILS FOR THE FINALS at Festa Italiana will be shared with finalists on May 18. All Finalists or their representatives will need to deliver 3 gallons of their sauce to Festa Italiana on Sunday, June 2, by 11am and then be present at 2pm for final judging and results. Finalists will receive $40 to be used towards the cost of ingredients.
AWARDS & PRIZES: Both a People’s Champion and Judge’s Champion will be crowned at Festa Italiana on June 2. We will also recognize the 2nd and 3rd place People’s Choice winners. In addition to bragging rights, winners will receive cash prizes, certificates, and trophies for 1st place, medals for 2nd and 3rd place. The People’s Choice and Judges’ Choice 1st place winners will receive the coveted Golden Ladle trophies. People’s Choice winners receive: 1stplace = $200, 2nd place = $100, 3rd place = $50 cash prizes. The Judge’s Choice Winner will receive a $200 cash prize.
May the best sauce win!