2025 Maine Lobster Festival Seafood Cooking Contest

Entry Deadline: July 15, 2025
2025 Maine Lobster Festival Seafood Cooking Contest
Venue / Location

Rockland, ME

General Information

Cook-Off – August 12, 2025

Amateur chefs are invited to sign up for the annual Maine Lobster Festival Seafood Cooking Contest. The contest is part of the annual Festival which is held at Harbor Park in Rockland, Maine along the city’s waterfront.

The contest is open to amateur cooks only, 18 years or older. Maine Lobster Festival members or directors, employees of Bangor Daily News and professional food experts are not eligible.

Selected contestants will prepare their recipes on the Festival grounds.

The contest audience will have an opportunity to sample the prepared recipes in the cooking area after awards have been presented.
Prizes / Awards / Medals / Ribbons

First Prize – $200.00
Second Prize – $175.00
Third Prize – $150.00

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