Ice Cream

Registration Ends: Monday, Sept. 5, 11:59pm
Entry Drop Off: Saturday, Sept. 10, 10am-12pm
Winners Announced: Sunday, Sept. 11, 12pm

Ingredients List Due: Wednesday, Sept. 7, 11:59pm

Winners will be announced on the Fair Main Stage and on the DC State Fair website.

DC Gateway Pavilion
St. Elizabeth’s East
2700 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE
Washington, DC, 20032

 

Awards Given 

Blue, red, and white ribbons will be awarded in the following category:

  • Best Ice Cream

Judging Criteria

  1. Appearance and Color: 20%

  2. Melting Quality: 20%

  3. Flavor: 30%

  4. Body and Texture: 30%

 

Contest Rules

You must be an amateur ice cream maker. 

  1. You can enter up to two separate entries. Complete one form per entry.

  2. Your ice cream must be made from scratch. 

  3. You must make the whole batch yourself. One batch = one pint.

YOU CANNOT ENTER IF

  • Your batch contains any of the following: uncooked cream, Jell-O/gelatin, raw eggs, or other products that are high risk for spoilage. 

  • You are a food professional including a licensed baker/caterer; oversee/supervise the preparation of food in a restaurant, bakery, carryout, grocery, deli, cafeteria, food truck, or anyplace where food is prepared and sold; own a food making/baking business; or a professional food writer who writes recipes for pay.

The DC State Fair organizers are not accountable for lost items, so we recommend either using a disposable container. Entries and containers will not be returned to you.