The 44th Annual Pillsbury Bake Off in Orlando is right around the corner. On April 11 – 13, 100 finalists from 36 different states and the District of Columbia will compete for the $1 million Grand Prize plus $50,000 in additional cash and prizes, including GE Profile appliances. This is the 37th Bake Off to include GE appliances, both in the contestant kitchens and as prizes.
"GE's partnership with the Bake-Off Contest is certainly a great fit," said Jerry Wolff, marketing manager for GE Cooking Products. "Innovation and imagination form the backbone of this competition and create the foundation on which the GE Company stands. Here in this competition are 100 of the most innovative and imaginative culinary minds in the country, cooking on appliances built by a company that continues to bring the best in cooking technology to the market."
Contestants will work at mini-kitchens set up side-by-side on the competition floor. All of the recipe ingredients needed to prepare their recipes will be on hand including the mandatory two products from Pillsbury's lists.
Most of the products on the primary list are prepared doughs, but Pillsbury flour is an option, a basic ingredient in thousands of recipes. The secondary lists includes products from partners like Green Giant Frozen Vegetables, Jif Peanut Butter, and Hershey's cocoa, baking chips or bits and baking chocolate, expanding the possibilities even further.
We're proud of the 17 finalists who live in one of the five states with a
Fine Lines location and wish them the best of luck in the competition.
Florida
"Mamma Mia" Ravioli Bites, JoAnn Belack from Bradenton
Orange-Coconut Tiramisu Tart, Gail Dean from St. Augustine
Apricot-Curry Chicken Sandwiches, Paromita Tomerlin from Flagler Beach
Almond Brownie-Cherry Mousse Torte, Catherine White from West Palm Beach
Ohio
Dutch Apple Breakfast Bake, Linda Bibbo from Chagrin Falls
Chocolate-Cherry-Pistachio Brownies, Yolanda Sue Bowser from Solon
"O My Ganache" Cherry Macaroon Torte, Dennis Deel from Wooster, OH
Buffalo Chicken Crescent Puffs, Beth Durnell from Columbus
Four Cheese-Veggie Lasagna Cups, Cindy Egersdorfer from Cuyahoga Falls
Pesto-Quinoa-Spinach Quiche, Katie Erbeck from Cincinnati
Blueberry Muffin Tops, Susan Spicko from Newton Falls
Deep-Dish Chicken Cordon Bleu, Amy Warren from Maineville
North Carolina
Sesame-Crouton Asian Chicken Salad, Katie Long from Summerfield
Java-Glazed Cinnamon Rolls, Tammy Love from Dallas
Rancheros Crescent Rounds, Amy Murphy from Huntersville
Mediterranean Breadsticks with Roasted Red Pepper Coulis, Sonalee Trivedi from Pineville
Alabama
Hot Fudge-Marshmallow Monkey Bread, Bebe Williams from Huntsville

The Grand Prize Winner will receive $1,000,000 and a GE Profile Induction Free-Standing Range, plus the winner's choice of an additional $7,000 in additional GE Profile kitchen appliances.
Three Recipe Category Winners will each receive $5,000 and a GE Profile™ Induction Free-Standing Range.
GE has also sponsored the GE Imagination at Work Award for the most innovative recipe. The winner will receive a set of GE Profile™ stainless steel kitchen appliances.
See all of the GE Profile and Monogram appliances at
Fine Lines, the source for creative cooks.