Pick a peck of perfect pies
By News-Argus Staff
Published in News on October 7, 2015 1:46 PM
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Alexandria "Fancy" Strickland, 7, watches with anticipation as her peanut butter cup pie is judged in the junior category during the pie baking contest at the Wayne Regional Agricultural Fair on Tuesday.
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Michael Phillips, LCC culinary student, and his teacher Pat Walston, instructor at LCC, taste a delicious taco pie in the junior category after finishing their judging.
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Wesley Dills, East Carolina executive pastry chef, and Joyce Jenkins, owner of Serving Spoon Catering, discuss and judge the taste of an entry in the custard category.
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Volunteers Kelsey Sanders, left, and Sara Davis award Harry Wood with first place for his lime pie in the other category at the annual fair pie baking contest on Tuesday.
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Pie baking contest adult winners included Donna Countryman, cream category, left, Colleen Warwick, nut category, Lynda Carroll, custard category, Susan Elliott, fruit category, and Harry Wood, other category.
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Junior winners in the pie baking contest included Elijah Lee, 9, cream category, left, Sarah Denlinger, 17, custard category, David Parrish, 18, fruit category, and Megan Baldwin, 17, nut and other categories.
They came from all parts of Wayne County and beyond.
Some were rookies and some, let's say, had been around a while.
All those who entered this year's pie-baking contest at the Wayne Regional Agricultural Fair Tuesday had one goal in mind -- to capture that elusive blue ribbon.
Standing in their way were a bunch of pie professionals -- people who really knew their pies.
So who would win, who would place?
The answer would come after a whole lot of tasting -- and a little bit of friendly competition.