Rivers Casino Pittsburgh Announces Winners Of The 2018 Cookie Table Recipe Contest

2019 Rivers Casino Cookie Table Calendar will feature 12 lucky bakers

PITTSBURGH — Oct. 19, 2018 — Pittsburgh’s casino announced today the winning bakers from the Second Annual Rivers Casino Cookie Table Recipe Contest. The 12 winners will be featured in the 2019 Rivers Casino Cookie Table Calendar.

The Wedding Services Team at Rivers sponsors this unique contest, in recognition of Pittsburgh’s famous “cookie table” wedding tradition.

With so many delicious recipes received, Rivers Casino recruited food experts from local culinary institutions, including Pittsburgh Technical College, Art Institute of Pittsburgh and Manchester Bidwell Corporation, along with chefs from the casino, to taste test each finalists’ cookies. The variety of delectable confections made for a tough decision for the judges. Scoring was based on appearance, clarity of instructions, creativity, taste and cookie table “wow” factor.

All finalists were recently honored with a celebratory luncheon at Rivers Casino’s Grand View Buffet. Each baker brought two dozen of their best batches and a guest to enjoy the fun-filled day. They will each receive 10 copies of the 2019 calendar to share with family and friends and winners will receive $100 Free Slot Play.

The 2019 Rivers Casino Cookie Table Calendar winners are:

January:          Cindy Velt                  Dream Catcher Sugar Cookies
February:        Cindy Hickok              Linzer Cookies
March:             Patricia Kirkwood      Horseshoe Nut Rolls
April:               Joannie Jenkins         Shortbread Cookies
May:                Jane Trimble              Raspberry Shortbread
June:               Christine Reese          Old Fashioned Butter Cookies
July:                Joyce Valiquette        Kolaches (Apricot & Nut Cookies)
August:           Rosemarie Porco       Amaretti (Almond Macaroons)
September:    John Wills                   Fudge Marble Chocolate Chips
October:         Crystal Beahr             Chocolate Butterscotch Crispy Cookie Bars
November:     Sue Polojac                Caramel Tassies
December:     Anne Gasperich         Jane’s Chocolate Mint Cookies

Honorable mention bakers are: Ava Charles, Colleen King, Debbie Danowski, Emily Dreslinski, Joanne Melucci, Judy Cobain, Kevin Porter, Maria Feracioly, Mary Ann Roberts, Mary Mannella and Suzy Silliman.

“We had a great response to this fun contest and would like to thank all the bakers who participated as well as our judges,” said Shannon Redmond, vice president of marketing for Rivers Casino Pittsburgh. “Pittsburghers know a good cookie when they taste one. We hope everyone enjoyed the day as much as we did!”

To learn more about Rivers Casino, including the casino’s dedicated wedding services team, please visit RiversCasino.com.

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ABOUT RIVERS CASINO
Opened in 2009, Rivers Casino has been voted a “Best Place to Work” in the Pittsburgh Business Times, a “Top Workplace” in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “Best Overall Gaming Resort” in Pennsylvania by Casino Player magazine and “Best Overall Casino” in Pennsylvania by Strictly Slots magazine. The casino features 2,823 slots, 124 table games (including 9 Interblock games and a 30-table poker room), nine distinctive restaurants and bars, a riverside amphitheater, a multi-purpose event space, live music performances, free parking and multiple promotions and giveaways daily. More than $767 million in jackpots have been awarded to players at Rivers Casino. For more information, visit RiversCasino.com.

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Hunter Filippo
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