The Takoma Park Farmers Market is hosting its annual pie contest on Sunday, September 15th on Laurel Avenue in Takoma Park. The event is a fundraiser for the market’s Federal Benefit Match Program and since its inception, has raised over $10,000 to extend shoppers’ ability to buy fresh local food at the market.
The market invites home bakers and professional bakers to enter their best 1 or 2 crust pies made using seasonal ingredients available at the market – sweet or savory. Celebrity judges taste the pies and winners are named in the following categories: Best Apple Pie, Best Peach Pie, Best Other Pie – Sweet, Best Other Pie – Savory, Best Kid’s Pie, Most Unusual Pie, Yummy Mess Award, and Professional Baker. Following judging, the market slices up the pies and sells them to the public. Tickets for pie slices are sold inside the farmers market which is adjacent to the event.
2024 Celebrity Judges include Nevin Martell, food writer, cookbook author and photographer; Chris Brown owner of Zinnia, Motorkat and Takoma Bev Co; Jeff Harner, owner of Sang Froid Distillery; and Takoma Park Mayor, Talisha Searcy.
Schedule:
Sunday, September 15, 2024
Pie Delivery: 10:30 am -11:00 am
Judging: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Winners Announced: 12:30 pm
Pie Slices Available: 12:30 pm
Pie Delivery: 10:30 am -11:00 am
Judging: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Winners Announced: 12:30 pm
Pie Slices Available: 12:30 pm
About the Takoma Park Farmers Market:
The Takoma Park is one of the Washington, DC area’s oldest, producers-only markets. Every Sunday, the market hosts 27 vendors offering the freshest food produced within 125 miles of Takoma Park, MD.
The Takoma Park is one of the Washington, DC area’s oldest, producers-only markets. Every Sunday, the market hosts 27 vendors offering the freshest food produced within 125 miles of Takoma Park, MD.
9:00 am – 1:00 pm Sundays, year round
Located behind the shops on Laurel Avenue, Takoma Park (enter 6931 Laurel Ave)
Photo credit: Takoma Park Farmers Market