2025 Pickling: Amateur

Welcome to the 2025 Pickling Competition hosted by The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair!

Specials for the 2025 Pickling Amateur Competiton include:

Premier Pickling Exhibitor (Amateur)

One winner will be selected from among all Pickling entries ( Amateur), whose entries in the pickle classes earn the highest cumulative number of points. Exhibitors from both sections are eligible for the award, and it is not necessary that they compete in all classes. Youth classes do not accumulate points towards the Premier Piclking Exhibitor Award. Tie-Breaker: In case of a points tie, the person with the most firsts or seconds, etc. will be the Premier Pickling Exhibitor.

Prize Money: $100

Judges' Choice Pickling Award

One winner will be selected from all first place entries (both Amateur and Professional) by the competition judges. Selection is based on the specific pickle product's quality, taste, apperance, as well as the reciepe's creativity and uniqueness - those elements that, in the judges' view, create a "Best Of Show" for Pickling.

Prize Money: $50