Cherry Pip Competition - brought to you by the Victorian Cherry Association
Sick of spitting chips? It’s much more fun to spit pips – cherry pips that is! Yes, it’s the most delicious time of the year - the Victorian Cherry Season. To celebrate, the Victorian Cherry Association is running its Cherry Pip Competition at Harvest Picnic at Werribee Park. Win! Be in the running to win a red KitchenAid Stand Mixer valued at $799 generously supplied by KitchenAid PLUS a U-Pick Cherry Experience at a Victorian Cherry Farm close to you (see details below). How to Enter All you need to do is get to the Harvest Picnic and register at the Victorian Cherry Association’s Marquee No. 57. Be quick as there are limited entries! Each contestant will be given 3 cherries to eat to get 3 pips to spit. The contestant who spits their pip the greatest distance will be the 2011 Winner. Times: Heats - 10.00am to 12.30pm. The top ten contestants, who spit their pips the greatest distance, will compete in the Final. Final - 1pm Prize Presentation - 1.25 pm on the main stage. Hear it from the 2010 Cherry Pip Champ - Iain Chaney of Kallista! “It was a great fun day and I still can't really believe that I came home with a shiny new Kitchen Aid! I'm working my way through punnets of cherries in training for this year’s competition and I have taken on a 'spit coach' and have a cherry coloured cheer squad in training – so watch out!” Get Up Get Out and Get Picking! Click here to download the Victorian Cherry Harvest Trail brochure to find a U-Pick Cherry Farm close to you - and gather up friends and family for a wonderful day out meeting the growers and picking the freshest cherries you will ever taste! You’ll also have lots of pips to practice for the Cherry Pip Competition! We hope to see you at the Picnic! Here is the winner from the 2010 Cherry Pip Spit, carrying his shiny, cherry red KitchenAid stand mixer.