Hotel Accommodations: Those traveling from out of town are invited to stay at the Hampton Inn or Fairfield Inn in Boerne.
Festival Activities Schedule:   Friday 6:30 PM Chocolate Dinner at Little Gretel to kick off the Culinary Weekend.  Dinner Menu available at www.littlegretel.com or call 830-331-1368  Saturday 12:00pm-6:00pm Chocolate Festival of Texas Log onto www.chocolatefestivaloftexas.com Sunday 10:00am-5:00pm Dine & Wine BoerneFest
Kolache Eating Contest 2:00PM	Sunday 2:00PM   To sign up call 830-331-1368 Speak to Veronica
U.S. Record Breaking Shish-Kabob We will be breaking our record from last year of nearly 40 feet!  All food from the shish-kabob is donated to guests of the event! So come hungry and bring your camera, this will be an event you won't want to miss.	Sunday 11:30am - 5:00pm
*************************************************************************************************************************************** Bake-A-Cake Contest: Enter your own homebaked cake in our contest and have it judged by our celebrity Chefs.   Bake-A-Cake Contest Rules  The Bake-A-Cake contest is open to adult non-professional and professional bakers. (Two categories) Entry fee: $25.00 Professionals are those individuals who have owned or been employed by a bakery and/or those who have received more than $500 in gross sales from sale of baked goods from their home or any other means. Once entered as a professional, participant remains in that category. All others will be considered non-professional.   - Entries must consist of 1 cake. - Two ways to win: judging on appearance and taste. - Cake entries must be made by one person, not a team. - Applications need to be received no later than 6:00 p.m. on Sept. 30th. - Cakes will be accepted from 1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Oct. 21st -  Judging will begin promptly at 3:00 p.m. -  The winners will be announced at the Festival awards ceremony at approximately 3:30 p.m. at the Welcome Center. - Certificates will be awarded to all entries and will be given to those participants immediately after the awards ceremony. - Contest Appliation must be received in advance of Contest. Click on email address here to request your Contest Application:  littlegretel@gvtc.com.     Awards:       Non-Professionals       Appearance                                                          Certificate & Cash       Taste                                                                     Certificate & Cash         Professionals      Appearance                                                          Certificate & Cash      Taste                                                                     Certificate & Cash *************************************************************************************************************************************** Food Related Photo Contest: Enter your best food related photograph taken during the festival. Food Related Photo Contest Rules  The Photo Contest is open to all ages. Entry fee: $20.00   - Entries must be in a JPEG file format. - Photos must be taken during the DINE & WINE BOERNEFEST. - They must be related to food, wine and/or festival activities. -  Applications need to be received no later than 6:00 p.m. on Sept.30th. -  Three photos of your choice must be emailed to littlegretel@gvtc.com by Thursday, Oct.27th. - Winners will be notified by email and will be given an award following the judging of the entries by Oct.31. - All photos submitted will become the property of  the DINE & WINE BOERNEFEST and may be used for the 2012 festival. - Contest Appliation must be received in advance of Contest. Click on email address here to request your Contest Application:  littlegretel@gvtc.com.           Awards:            Grand Champion                                           Certificate & Cash           First Runner Up                                             Certificate & Cash *************************************************************************************************************************************** Pumpkin Carving Contest: For All Ages: Carve your own pumpkin on-site and have it judged.   Pumpkin Carving Contest Rules         Entries are open to all ages        Entry fee: $5.00 cash   - One pumpkin per entry. Each pumpkin will be coded to identify its owner. - Pumpkins will be provided. - Bring your own carving tools. - Contest will take place at the DINE & WINE BOERNEFEST location. - Registration must be completed between 11:30 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. - Contest will begin promptly at 12:15 p.m. and pumpkins must be completed and returned for judging by 2:30 p.m. - Completed pumpkins will become the property of the DINE & WINE BOERNEFEST and may be used as decorations at our participating restaurants and wine stores. - Contest Winners will receive a gift certificate from one of our participants. - Contest Appliation must be received in advance of Contest. Click on email address here to request your Contest Application:  littlegretel@gvtc.com.	Sunday 11:30am - 5:00pm

 

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A portion of the proceeds of this event will be donated to  an educational scholarship for young men and women to study the culinary arts.