A traditional fish taco should be gluten-free from the start, but there are so many restaurant variations — some with fried fish, some with flour tortillas, and a whole host of other ingredients that can render them inedible to a celiac.

Here’s your chance to show Border Grill Chefs Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger what you know about making an awesome Fish Taco and better yet doing something that is gluten-free. It’s the 1st Ever Wild Alaska Fish Taco Recipe Contest. Their rules are simple: taste, creativity, and ease.

The Grand Prize is a 3-day/2-night trip to sunny Santa Monica, California with hotel accommodations and the luxurious Oceanfront Loews Hotel. You’ll then get to ride along and serve the winning taco recipe from the Border Grill Taco Truck with Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger. There’s even more to the grand prize as well as a first prize of an Apple iPad. Check out the rest here.

Enter the contest »

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Gluten-free favorite Udi’s has a new contest titled, We’re Bringing Sandwich Back. Just share your favorite sandwich featuring Udi’s gluten-free bread and you could win Udi’s bread for a year. How simple could it be?

Show off your culinary skills and celebrate the fall season with National Foundation for Celiac Awareness (NFCA) and Thai Kitchen. Submit an original gluten-free recipe using your favorite Thai Kitchen products, and be eligible to win one of 5 fabulous prizes!

Grand Prize (one winner – $250 value):

* Electric Rice Cooker

* Thai Kitchen Gluten-Free Products

* Thai Kitchen Polo Shirt

* Thai Kitchen Apron

* Thai Kitchen Wooden Rice Paddle

* Thai Kitchen Refrigerator Magnet

PLUS: The Grand Prize winner’s recipe will be featured on Thai Kitchen’s website!

Runner-Up Prizes (four winners – $75 value):

* Thai Kitchen Gluten-Free Products

* Thai Kitchen Polo ShirtPad Thai

* Thai Kitchen Apron

* Thai Kitchen Refrigerator Magnet

Recipes will be judged on:

Flavor

Visual Appeal

Ease of Preparation

Creativity

More information and the rules and regulations can be found on the NFCA’s Website.

Event Website »

I love baking and recipe contests — especially those that enable gluten-free artisans the chance to compete with their “gluten-enabled” colleagues. Maybe I have a chip on my shoulder, but I’m always looking to show people that gluten-free can and often times does taste better than the ordinary gluten-filled stuff. It might be a little more challenging to get there, but it’s definitely possible.

Well, here’s another contest that’s a perfect fit for this scenario. The Scharffen Berger Chocolate Adventure Contest. This time around they’re theme is cupcakes. Besides the obvious of using Scharffen Berger chocolate, they have a list of “Adventure Ingredients” the contestants must use at least one of. One of the Adventure Ingredients happens to be Almond Flour — something that lends itself to some amazing gluten-free cupcakes. I am truly looking forward to see what comes from the gluten-free community for this event.  I will undoubtedly be following this event and sharing the best of the gluten-free entries.

Until then…

Scharffen Berger Chocolate Adventure Contest: Cupcakes!

This year, the Chocolate Adventure Contest is all about cupcakes. So go ahead — bring cupcakes to new levels of delicious. There’s $20,000 in prices and the chance to fly to New York City to bake and share your cupcake from a beloved Sweet Truck. Plus — the winning recipe will appear in Food Network Magazine.