Wild Game Extravaganza

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It’s time to show off your wild food cooking skills!

Our first annual Wild Foods Cooking Contest.

Hosted by Nash and Edgecombe Counties Family and Consumer Sciences Program. Event will be held at the Eastern Carolina Livestock Arena.

Categories

1 – Dished prepared with Wild Meat

Big Game, Small Game, and other Mammals, Wild Fowl, and Fish, and Reptiles & Amphibians.

2 – Dished prepared with Wild Fruits, Nuts, and Vegetation

3- Desserts prepared with wild ingredients

-Two age groups

Youth 18 and under

Adults 19 and over


  • The contest will be held on Friday, October 4, 2024 at the East Carolina Agriculture and Education Center at 1175 Kingsboro Road in Rocky Mount.
  • Dish must be turned into Wild Game Cook Off Table by 5:45 p.m. to be in the competition with recipe attached , No dishes will be accepted after 6:00 p.m.
  • Voting is done through people’s choice judging where everyone who participates gets to vote on their favorite dish.
  • The dish with the most votes from each of the three categories in each age group will win a prize. 

Contest Rules:

  • Anyone can participate.
  • Game may be from anywhere; NC or out-of-state.
  • The dish must be fully prepared abiding by food safety guidelines.
  • Dishes should be able to provide 8 or more servings, so everyone can have a taste.
  • In the event of a tie, a food safety question will be asked to decide the winner.
  • Please bring your utensils to serve the dish.
  • Dish must be turned into Wild Game Cook Off Table by 5:45 p.m. to be in the competition with the recipe attached.

Registration is $10. Children under 4 free.

Register by September 26, 2024.

Registration and payment must be at the Edgecombe Extension office by 5 p.m. September 26, 2024. Make checks payable to Edgecombe Extension Fund and mail to Edgecombe Cooperative Extension Office PO Box 129 Tarboro, NC 27886. Payment can also be brought to the Edgecombe Extension Office in Tarboro.

Register Here

Event includes

Taste tests, Wild Game cooking demonstration, Wild game cook off, Wild game preservation, Safe food handling with wild game, Free cookbook, and more!


Food Safety Guidelines for Wild Foods Cook-Off

  • Make sure you wash your hands before and after every different task in the kitchen
  • Use separate equipment for raw and ready-to -eat foods to avoid cross contamination
  • Cook foods to the correct temperature: Remember poultry is anything with wings! See the chart below!
  • That foods correctly- in the refrigerator, under cool running water, in the microwave or part of the cooking process.
  • Refrigerate foods promptly after cooking- do not let foods sit at room temperature before the cook-off because bacteria will start to grow quickly!
  • Bring foods at the temperature that they should be served- we will not have reheating capabilities.

Wild Game Cook off flyer