Hey bakers! Join us & show off your best Chocolate Chip Cookies in an epic competition for the chance at a Ribbon, Cash, & Bragging Rights.
About this Event🍪 The First-Ever Columbus Cookie Classic: Baker Registration
Calling all Columbus-area cookie makers!
Do your chocolate chip cookies have what it takes to win a blue ribbon? Want constructive feedback from qualified judges? Want to meet other passionate bakers in the community? Or maybe you’re just ready for bragging rights as the best chocolate chip cookie baker in Columbus?
Join us for the first-ever Columbus Cookie Classic—a fun, tasty, and community-focused amateur baking contest hosted by two ribbon-winning bakers who wanted to build a better contest for Columbus bakers.
-Heads up! There will be a questionaire after you register here to collect your baker info- it may take about ~8 minutes to complete.
🗓 Event Details- Date: Sunday, November 2, 2025
- Location: Antiques on High, 2nd Floor
- Cookie Drop-Off: 12:30–1:30 PM
- Event Start: 2:00 PM People's Choice Voting: 3:00-3:15PM
- Winners Announced: 3:30 PM
- Wrap-Up: 4:00 PM
🏆 Prizes & Perks- Blue, Red, and White ribbons for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place, plus a People's Choice Ribbon
- Cash prizes, plus Gift Cards from Seventh Son for all ribbon winners.
- Constructive feedback from local expert judges
- Bragging rights as one of Columbus’s best cookie bakers
📋 Rules & Entry Info- Bakers must live in the Columbus, OH Metro Area.
- Amateur bakers only (no pros, food business owners, or formally trained pastry chefs).
- Entry fee: $20 (non-refundable), which includes one tasting ticket for you to sample all entries and help choose the People’s Choice winner!
- One entry per person. You must make the cookies yourself, it must contain chocolate chips, and the recipe should be uniquely yours.
- Contestants must be 18+.
- Bring 18 Chocolate Chip Cookies in an airtight container labeled with your name. You’ll choose your best 4 for display/judging.
- Provide a complete ingredient list (we will provide a form).
- By entering, you agree to allow photos/video from the event to be used for celebration and promotion (cookie fame is fleeting, but cookie pics are forever!).
- Contestants must stay until winners are announced—we want everyone to enjoy tasting, meeting fellow bakers, and celebrating together!🎟 Space is limited to just 20 bakers, so don’t wait—register today and claim your spot in the first Columbus Cookie Classic! The deadline to register is Monday, October 3 at 10PM
🔍 Judging Rubric💡 Why Enter?This is more than just a contest—it’s a chance to:
- Build community with fellow bakers and have some delicious fun on a Sunday afternoon
- Receive real feedback to grow your skills
- Support our food-insecure neighbors (all net proceeds benefit a local nonprofit!)
Also check out other Contests in Columbus, Meetups in Columbus, Food & Drink events in Columbus.
