May 31, 2008

Moofest Information


Admission: $3
(Children under 6, FREE)

FREE Parking

FREE Trolley to and from Mayfield Dairy and tours of the plant.

Festival Hours:
11 a.m. - 7 p.m. EDT


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Rules for Ice Cream Crankin Contest

Enter your best homemade ice cream to be judged and then shared with the public.

We will accept the first 60 entries postmarked by May 15, 2008 and accompanied by a $10 entry fee mailed to:

National MooFest Crankin
P.O. Box 370
Athens, TN  37371-0370

Entry forms are available online at by clicking here, published in the local Daily-Post Athenian and available at the Mayfield’s Visitor Center. The contest is open to the public. Along with the $10 entry fee, a copy of the recipe must be included with the entry form. One entry per person.

Categories:

A.   Chocolate
B.
   Vanilla
C.
   Specialty – may include other ingredients
D.
   Fruit

Prizes:

Overall Grand Prize: $500 and becomes a Mayfield Ice Cream flavor if it is able to be mass produced and marketed.

Category Winner: $125 and a White Mountain Ice Cream Churn

Runner up:  $75

RULES

  1. One entry per person.

  2. NO ENTRIES WITH RAW EGGS.

  3. Only “real dairy products” such as milk, cream butter, butter, non-fat dry milk, sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, buttermilk, etc. may be utilized to meet the dairy ingredient qualifications. Non-dairy and imitation dairy products such as imitation spreads and refrigerated whipped toppings are not allowed and will disqualify the entry. Any recipe containing eggs MUST be thoroughly cooked to avoid threat of salmonella.
  4. All entries must be homemade.
  5. A winner and runner up will be chosen in each category. One Grand Prize winner will be chosen from the category winners.
  6. All entries must be delivered to the parking lot across from the Mayfield Visitor Center on Eastanallee Avenue between 1:00 – 1:30, May 31, 2008 to be entered into the competition. Signs will direct you. The ice cream will be stored in a freezer truck until judging.
  7. Judging begins promptly at 1:30.
  8. All dashers, cranks, and motors must have been removed and the ice cream kept in its original freezer container. The freezer must be at least a four quart freezer, 2/3 full.
  9. Each contestant must provide a regular size poster board with the contestant’s name and name of ice cream to be displayed in front the contestant’s ice cream station in the tent. It may be decorated.
  10. Each contestant will serve a small taste of their ice cream to the public for a free tasting. MooFest will provide spoons and containers.
  11. Winners will be announced at 3:30, Saturday, May 31 at the MooFest Crankin Tent.

 

Sponsors

Cream of the Crop
($10,000+)


Banana Split
($5,000+)

Parfait
($2,500+)
Ice Cream Sundae
($1,000+)

The Daily Post-Athenian
Triple Scoop
($500+)

Double Scoop
($250+)
Single Scoop
($100+)
Interested in becoming a sponsor?  Contact Meredith Willson for more information

 

The mission of the MooFest is to increase the public’s awareness of the extensive role the dairy industry plays in our past, present and future while providing sustenance and giving us economic independence.

Contact us:

National Moofest
PO Box 370
Athens, TN  37371-0370

www.nationalmoofest.com

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