Top Turkey Scholarship Contest

Turkey sandwiches, turkey soup, reheated turkey on a plate, still more turkey sandwiches...the annual challenge arises after every Thanksgiving dinner: how do you liven up those holiday leftovers? Well, if you have an original and imaginative answer to that, we have some good news—the idea could earn you a scholarship to The Culinary Institute of America!

Get your creative juices flowing and enter the CIA's Top Turkey Recipe Contest, in which you can compete for up to $15,000 in scholarships, including our People's Choice Award on YouTube.

Send Us Your Top Turkey Idea
There are two ways to submit entries:

• Option 1 Provide a written recipe, 300-word personal statement discussing your creation, three photos of your finished product, and the contest entry form.
• Option 2: People's Choice Award Submit all materials from Option 1, along with a 3- to 5-minute DVD segment in which you talk about your creation and demonstrate its preparation. Only DVDs will be accepted, in the following formats: wmv, avi, mov, or mpg. The DVD must be no more than 100 MB in file size. Any video content that the CIA deems inappropriate will be disqualified from the People's Choice Award, but the recipe may still be considered for the other scholarships.

All entries must be received by November 2, 2009.
Other key dates:

• Finalists will be posted on YouTube.com for voting on November 23
• Voting ends on December 4
• Winners will be announced on December 14

Get in the Mix for CIA Scholarships
There are seven scholarship opportunities available:

• $10,000 scholarship for First Place
• $7,500 scholarship for Second Place
• $5,000 scholarship for Third Place
• $3,000 scholarships for three Honorable Mentions
• $5,000 People's Choice Award

Determine Your Eligibility
To be eligible for participation in the Top Turkey Recipe Contest, you must graduate high school by June 30, 2010 and enroll at the CIA no later than December 2010. The contest is only available to freshmen entering the CIA in 2010; current students are not eligible.

Entries will be reviewed and selected by CIA faculty and staff. The selection committee will review recipes, personal statements, and photos, judging each entry on difficulty and quality of the recipe, as well as quality and showmanship of the final product.

The selection committee will also choose the finalists from the DVDs submitted for the People's Choice Award entries to be posted on YouTube. The CIA may use your first name, city, and state on YouTube for the purpose of this contest. There will be a two-week voting period during which the video with the highest ranking on YouTube will be declared the People's Choice Award winner. In the event there is a tie in the rankings, the video with the highest ranking and views will be chosen.

Please note, since we are not affiliated with YouTube and it is a third party source, the CIA reserves the right to end the contest prior to the posted end date if there is a technical difficulty or evidence of foul play.

All submissions become the property of The Culinary Institute of America and may be used by the college for promotional purposes.
Remember, entries must be received by November 2, 2009. Download your entry form today! (PDF 74 KB)