Norwalk, Conn., January 18, 2012—For football fans, nothing pairs better with game day than delicious, compliment-worthy recipes to share with fellow fans, family members and friends (and perhaps the occasional team rival). Pepperidge Farm® Puff Pastry—a key ingredient in the creation of truly commendable appetizers, entrées and desserts—is pleased to announce the Great Game Day Recipe Contest. Home cooks and hosts are invited to share their crowd-pleasing, compliment-worthy game day recipes for a chance to score big and win a trip for two to New York City for a private cooking class with Gail Simmons, judge of Bravo’s Emmy-winning show Top Chef, host of the network’s spin-off hit Top Chef: Just Desserts and long-time Puff Pastry fan.

 

To enter the Great Game Day Recipe Contest, consumers should create their original recipe using Puff Pastry Sheets or Shells and upload a recipe photograph along with a brief description to the Puff Pastry Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/PuffPastry). All submissions will be judged on the following criteria: originality, taste appeal, appearance and appropriateness to the contest theme. One lucky winner whose Puff Pastry recipe outplays the competition will receive Gail’s ultimate compliment—a personal cooking experience with the food critic, trained chef, and Food & Wine magazine contributor. Puff Pastry fans are encouraged to visit www.PuffPastry.com to find inspiration in the Game Day Collection, which contains many simple yet undeniably impressive recipes, like Meatball Mini Bites, Touchdown Twists, Loaded Potato Chip Spirals, Jalapeño Poppers in a Blanket and Gail’s exclusive Spinach and Feta Mini-Calzones.

 

Gail considers Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry an essential ingredient when she entertains at home and said, “I can’t wait to see all the satisfying and mouth-watering recipes people will create with Puff Pastry. I just might impress my own guests with some of the recipes shared on Facebook the next time friends gather at my house for some game day fun!”

 

By visiting www.PuffPastry.com, consumers can also gain access to Gail’s complete Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry recipe collection, which includes other show-stopping recipes like Thai Shrimp Spirals, Red Raspberry & White Chocolate Cream Hand Pies, PB&J Doughnuts and Smoked Salmon Blini Puffs, plus more than 350 other Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry appetizer, entrée and dessert recipes that make elegant entertaining easy, new how-to videos, special offers and more.

 

Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry Sheets and Shells are available in the freezer section at major supermarkets, grocery stores and mass merchandisers nationwide for a suggested retail price of $3.69 and $4.72 respectively. Puff Pastry beginners and enthusiasts are encouraged to follow Gail Simmons (http://twitter.com/gailsimmons) and Pepperidge Farm (http://twitter.com/PepperidgeFarm and http://twitter.com/PFPuffPastry) on Twitter for additional Puff Pastry tips and recipes.

Pepperidge Farm, Incorporated, based in Norwalk, Connecticut, is a leading provider of premium quality fresh bakery products, cookies, crackers, and frozen foods. Among the company’s most popular products are Sausalito^® and Milano^® cookies, Goldfish^® and Baked Naturals^® crackers, frozen Puff Pastry, frozen garlic loaves and Texas toasts, and more than 50 varieties of fresh baked breads including Pepperidge Farm^® Swirl, Farmhouse and Whole Grain. The company added Ecce Panis^® gourmet artisan breads to its portfolio in 2009. Pepperidge Farm was founded in Connecticut in 1937 by Margaret Rudkin, an entrepreneurial homemaker who began baking fresh, all-natural bread for her allergy-afflicted son. The company is now a nationwide business with 9 manufacturing facilities and almost 5,000 employees. Pepperidge Farm has been part of Campbell Soup Company since 1961.