Mango Recipe Contest

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Interested in becoming a SPONSOR for the Mango Recipe Contest? Click HERE to learn more about being a sponsor for the 2019 Mango Jam Honolulu Mango Recipe Contest, the premier summer recipe competition for home cooks featuring everyone's favorite summer fruit, the mango! You won't want to miss out on this opportunity to sponsor this year's Mango Recipe Contest!

Start preparing your best MANGO dishes NOW!!!

Does everyone tell you that you make the best mango bread they’ve ever had? Are you the fourth generation to make your family’s famous mango pie? Or, have you created a mango chicken katsu inspired by all of those extra mangoes from your yard? We’re looking for your BEST mango recipes to enter The Ono Mouthful of Mango Contest! Submit your unique, inspiring, and ono-licious mango infused recipes! This year’s Mango Jam Honolulu will feature a MANGO RECIPE CONTEST with two categories competing for cash prizes! The “Sweet Mango Delight” and “Savory Mango Masterpiece” categories are open to all Hawaiʻi residents of all ages. Submit your mango recipes!

CONTEST RULES

ELIGIBILITY:
This Contest is open to any individual or group residing in the City and County of Honolulu. All ages are welcomed. The Mayor’s Office of Culture and the Arts reserves the right to:

disqualify any recipe that does not comply with the contest rules or division specifications.
disqualify any recipe submitted in which the contestant does not meet the eligibility requirements.
disqualify any recipe registered in the wrong division/category.

HOW TO ENTER:
Here’s how to enter!

Submit your recipe (via email or mail) to the Mango Recipe Contest
- Photos are appreciated but not required
- Your recipe must be CLEARLY outlined and you must CLEARLY state which category you are submitting your recipe to:
  - Sweet Mango Delight
  - Savory Mango Masterpiece
- Your recipe MUST contain the following:
  - Title
  - Ingredient List with measurements
  - Instructions
Your entry MUST contain the following:
- Name
- Address
- Category you are submitting to (Sweet Mango Delight or Savory Mango Masterpiece)
Bring your Mango dish to Mango Jam Honolulu on Saturday, June 22, 2019 at 12:00pm for tasting and judging by our esteemed panel of judges. A minimum of five portions must be prepared and brought for tasting/judging.
OPTIONAL: Tell us the story behind your favorite mango recipe! Was it passed down for generations in your family? Did you alter a different recipe to include the mango during the summer to use all of the mangoes from your tree? We want to know!!!

The Mango Recipe Contest will open on Monday, April 1, 2019 at 8:00am (HST) and close on Monday, June 17, 2019 at 4:00pm (HST). All recipes must be submitted within the open contest times and each entrant MUST be able to bring their dish for judging on Saturday, June 22, 2019 at 12:00pm.

All recipes must be owned by, and the original work of, the entrant and not previously published. You may use other recipes for inspiration, but you must make your own unique ingredient and cooking instruction changes in order for the recipe to be considered. Each submitted recipe must not infringe upon the copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity or other intellectual property rights of any person or entity. All entries become the physical property of the Mayor’s Office of Culture and the Arts and will not be returned. By submitting a recipe for this Contest, you grant MOCA unrestricted use of the submitted entry without time limitation. MOCA reserves the right to edit, modify, translate, reproduce and distribute the submitted material in any medium and in any manner as it deems appropriate.

Recipes and photo(s) will be accepted via email to moca-info@honolulu.gov or mail to the following:
Mayor’s Office of Culture and the Arts
Attn: Mango Recipe Contest
550 South King Street
Honolulu, HI 96813

DIVISIONS AND AWARDS:
There are two (2) categories in the Mango Recipe Contest. Entrants must choose one (1) category to submit each recipe. Recipes cannot be submitted in both categories. Recipes submitted into both categories The Contest will choose one (1) winner from each category: Sweet Mango Delight, Savory Mango Masterpiece.

SWEET MANGO DELIGHT
Recipes in this category must be predominantly “sweet”. Discretion is left to each entrant. Recipes cannot be submitted in both categories.
FIRST PRIZE WINNER - $250
SECOND PRIZE WINNER - $100

SAVORY MANGO MASTERPIECE
Recipes in this category must be predominantly “savory”. Discretion is left to each entrant. Recipes cannot be submitted in both categories.
FIRST PRIZE WINNER - $250
SECOND PRIZE WINNER - $100

JUDGING:
The winner of the Contests will be determined by judging all qualifying entrants’ submissions based on the following criteria:

CRITERIA	% of Score	Possible Points
TASTE - The ono factor! Was this dish a delicious mouthful of mango? Does this recipe incorporate interesting ingredients and a balance of great flavors?	50%	10
USE OF THE MANGO - How well did the dish showcase the mango? Is the dish a creative use of the mango? Is the recipe reflective of a unique twist to or an interesting use of the mango? Was the mango showcased in the dish (not an afterthought)?	25%	5
EASE OF RE-CREATION - How easily can home cooks everywhere re-create this dish? Does the dish appeal to the general public? Would the general home cook be able to re-create this dish based on the recipe provided and the dish presented?	25%	5
Total Possible Points -	100%	20

All entries will be judged using the criteria stated above. In the event of a tie, the highest scoring entry in the USE OF THE MANGO category will be the winner. All judging will be accomplished by a panel of food experts. The decision of the judges is final and binding on all matters relating to this Contest.

Should you have any further questions, please feel free to contact the Mayor's Office of Culture and the Arts with the contact information at the bottom of the website.

Meet our Judges (2018)

Our esteemed panel of judges will have the difficult task of choosing the most delicious, mango inspiring, and visually exciting dish from both of DK Kodama's restaurants! The battle will be a tough one, but, these judges are up to the challenge! Come down to the MANGO BBQ COOK OFF to listen to all of their insightful commentary and to try samples of the dishes to judge along with our panel!

Michelle Karr-Ueoka

Pastry Chef

Wade Ueoka

Chef

Lynette Lo Tom

Cookbook Author, Food Writer

JUDGES SPOTLIGHT

Michelle Karr-Ueoka
www.mwrestaurant.com

Born and raised in Honolulu, Michelle graduated from Punahou School. While obtaining a degree in Travel Industry Management at the University of Hawaiʻi, Michelle’s passion for cooking was ignited after an externship at Alan Wong’s. Pursuing her dream, Michelle furthered her training at The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, during which she completed a stage at Daniel, and an externship at The French Laundry. She rejoined Alan Wong’s where she spent 6 years on the savory side. Moving again, back to New York, she staged at Thomas Keller’s Per Se, and it is here that she realized she wanted to be a pastry chef. In 2012 Michelle received the Rising Star Chef Award from StarChefs.com as a Pastry Chef.

In October 2013, Michelle Karr-Ueoka and husband Chef Wade Ueoka opened their first joint venture, MW Restaurant in Honolulu where they specialize in Hawaiʻi Regional Cuisine. Both have traveled around the world, and draw inspiration from their journeys, but none bigger than the melting pot of Hawaiʻi, and its exotic local bounty. In February 2014, MW Restaurant was nominated by the James Beard Foundation in the category of Best New Restaurant, and Michelle Karr-Ueoka in the category of Outstanding Pastry Chef. In 2015, Michelle Karr-Ueoka was nominated for the second year in a row by the James Beard Foundation in the category of Outstanding Pastry Chef.

James Beard Foundation
2014 Best New Restaurant (MW Restaurant, nominated)
2014 Outstanding Pastry Chef (Michelle Karr-Ueoka, Semifinalist)
2015 Outstanding Pastry Chef (Michelle Karr-Ueoka, Semifinalist)
2016 Outstanding Pastry Chef (Michelle Karr-Ueoka, Semifinalist)

StarChefs.com – Rising Star Award
2012 Rising Star Chef Award (Michelle Karr-Ueoka, Pastry Chef)

Ilima Award
2014 Best New Restaurant – Critics Choice

Hale ‘Aina Award
2015 Best New Restaurant – Bronze
2015 Best Dessert – Silver
2015 Best O’ahu Restaurant - Finalist
2016 Best Tasting Menu – Silver
2016 Best Dessert – Silver
2016 Best O’ahu Restaurant - Finalist

Chef Wade Ueoka
www.mwrestaurant.com

Wade Ueoka was born and raised in Honolulu, and graduated from Mid Pacific School. Wade took his first job as a fry cook at Zippy’s. Though his beginnings were humble, they did not deter him. Two years after working at Zippy’s, he landed a job as a prep cook at Alan Wong’s, and seven years after that, Wade rose to become chef de cuisine. Wade possesses a culinary degree from Kapiolani Community College, and notable stages at The French Laundry and Las Vegas’ Alex. His biggest inspiration, and the one that continues to drive him to this day are the Asian delicacies he grew up watching his mother cook.

In October 2013, Chef Wade Ueoka and wife/pastry chef Michelle Karr-Ueoka opened their first joint venture, MW Restaurant in Honolulu where they specialize in Hawaiʻi Regional Cuisine. Both have traveled around the world, and draw inspiration from their journeys, but none bigger than the melting pot of Hawaiʻi, and its exotic local bounty. In February 2014, MW Restaurant was nominated by the James Beard Foundation in the category of Best New Restaurant.

James Beard Foundation
2014 Best New Restaurant (MW Restaurant, nominated)

StarChefs.com – Rising Star Award
2012 Rising Star Chef Award (Wade Ueoka, Chef de Cuisine)

Ilima Award
2014 Best New Restaurant – Critics Choice

Hale ‘Aina Award
2015 Best New Restaurant – Bronze
2015 Best O’ahu Restaurant - Finalist
2016 Best Tasting Menu – Silver
2016 Best O’ahu Restaurant - Finalist

Lynette Lo Tom
www.brightlightmarketing.com/lynette_tom

Lynette Lot Tom is the author of "A Chinese Kitchen" cookbook and will have a second cookbook published this October on old-fashioned Hawaiʻi foods. She is a freelance food writer and likes food of all kinds. See her foods on instagram @brightlightcookery