Tickets are on sale for the $2K Cookie Contest

Downtown Edmond will be awash in pumpkin flavor on Oct. 29

Good Sunday morning everyone, it' is pumpkin spice season whether anyone likes it or not, so we’re leaning into it in the 405 diningscape with a gourmet pumpkin cookie contest.

Chef Robert Black, who co-owns Twisted Tree Baking Co. with his sister/baker Kassie Joslin, approached me about throwing a party for local bakers that the public would enjoy. He and I approached Alyssa Ulrich, head baker at Harvey Bakery, about starting up a series of cookie bake-offs.

Twisted Tree will host the first later this month, and if all goes well Harvey will follow-up in the spring. Who knows where the bakery trail could lead from there.

To get things started, Foodiciary and Twisted Tree Baking Co. will present the $2K Cookie Contest on Oct. 29 from 4 to 6 p.m. The event was announced a couple of weeks ago, and we’ve feverishly putting together the roster of local bakers since. We’re meeting with them on Tuesday to prepare for their unveiling.

What I can tell you is 16 local bakers and chefs will compete for the $2,000. They will bake their very best iteration of a pumpkin cookie to be judged by a panel of baking professionals and ticket-holders.

That’s right, ticket-holders will not only sample all the cookies, eat for free from a local food truck, and sip a pumpkin latte from Evoke, but they will also have a hand in shelling out the clams with an audience favorite category.

The city of Edmond is assisting with installing a pumpkin patch at the event, and we have a few other surprises to announce as the event nears.

Tickets went on sale this morning, and Food Dood Feed subscribers are the first to get a crack at them!

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