The Great Allentown Fair committee recently announced the deadline for entering the Allentown Fair’s 11 culinary contests has been extended to Aug. 20.

These contests offer cooks and bakers extra incentives for entering their favorite recipes or challenges them to create new dishes.

Allentown Fair Special Culinary Contests sponsored by PenTeleData and The Restaurant Store include:

·PA Preferred™ Junior Baking Cookies, Brownies and Bars Contest sponsored by Newburg Deli & Catering;

·Great American Shoo- Fly Pie Contest sponsored by The Buttered Crumb;

·Holiday Cookie Contest sponsored by SWEET girlz BAKERY;

·The Great Chili Bowl Contest sponsored by Mad J’s BBQ;

·Great Layer Cake Contest sponsored by King Arthur Flour;

·Supreme Cheesecake Contest sponsored by Clover Hill Vineyards and Winery;

·Fruit Crisp-Cobblers Contest sponsored by Pampered Chef;

·Fresh Peach Dessert Contest sponsored by Bechdolts Orchard;

·Best “NO BAKE” Dessert Contest sponsored by A&A Plumbing;

·Homemade Chocolate Cake Contest sponsored by Vynecrest Winery; and

·Blue Ribbon Apple Pie Contest sponsored by Grim’s Orchard & Family Farms.

All contest applications and registration forms are available online on the fair’s website at allentownfairpa.org/contests.