Lumpia Competition
Attention all lumpia aficionados! Show how you roll in the ONLY lumpia-making contest in Central Texas. This competition is open to anyone!
Reasons to enter
Honor - You have been raving about your grandma’s Lumpiang Shanghai recipe for years? It’s time to share your family’s creation with others.
Personal Development - Competition is a great way to enhance your cooking skills, build confidence and promote creativity
Help a Charitable Cause - ALL of the proceeds go to the Philippine American Chamber of Commerce - Central Texas Region Humanitarian Projects
Filipino Food Movement - Your entry will be promoted on our social media channels to bring awareness to Filipino cuisine.
Try Something New - Never made lumpia before? No problem! There are a lot of YouTube videos and Amazon cookbooks to guide you. REMEMBER - you don’t have to be Filipino to enter!
Win - Bragging rights are forever, oh...not to mention CASH prizes!
Prizes:
1st place - $250 + trophy
2nd place - $150 + trophy
3rd place - $75 + trophy
Preparing for the contest
Advance registration is required. Click here to register.
There will be a $20 registration fee for each entry. Registration is non-refundable and non-transferable. The entry fee will include one (1) 2-day pass to the event. You can also purchase additional event tickets for family members at 20% off.
One week before the event, you will be assigned your turn-in time.
Preparing your Lumpia entry
You will be cooking your food off-site, but we will provide an air fryer to warm up your lumpia.
Each entry must have at least 6 6-inch pieces or 12 3-inch pieces of lumpia. You can always include more.
You must turn in your entry in a disposable container. You can use a disposable 9x13 aluminum pan. You will not get this pan back.
Turning in your Lumpia entry
During the day of the competition, please turn in your entry NO MORE THAN 5 minutes BEFORE or AFTER turn-in time on August 11, 2024 at the Schertz Civic Center - 1400 Schertz Parkway, Schertz TX 78154. Your turn in time will be on August 11, 2024, sometime from 2:30 pm-3:30 pm.
Please follow the signs pointing to Competitor Registration
We will then assign a ticket number to your entry and it will be taken to the judges for tasting.
We would love to take a picture of you and your entry for social media, but this is optional and you can decline.
Judging
All lumpia entries will be blind-judged by a selected panel
Judging will be based on 3 criteria
Taste - 50%
Appearance- 25%
Originality - 25%