The UNCLE BEN'S Brand Names The Five Winners Of The National Ben's Beginners Cooking Contest
Encouraging Families to Get Cooking, UNCLE BEN'S Brand Awards $225,000 in Prizes to Five Winners and their Schools
RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, Calif., Dec. 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The UNCLE BEN'S® Brand, the number-one global rice brand, is excited to announce the five winners in the national Ben's Beginners™ Cooking Contest. Now in its fifth year, the contest has inspired parents and kids to cook together, with families submitting photos showing a finished rice-based dish they prepared for a chance to win. The following five grand prize winners will each receive a $15,000 cash prize for their family, a $30,000 cafeteria makeover for their school and a hometown celebration:
- Roslyn and Samuel Davis of Shreveport, La.
- Shelia and Nathan Davis of Charlevoix, Mich.
- Tommy and Jesse Gunn of New York City, N.Y.
- Wes and Georgia Holloman of Pearland, Texas
- Trisha and Cinnamon Lee of Kaneohe, Hawaii
The five 2016 winners were selected following public voting on the top 25 finalists, who were chosen out of nearly 2,000 photo submissions featuring kids in Kindergarten to eighth grade from across the U.S. To qualify for the Ben's Beginners™ Cooking Contest, entrants had to submit a photo capturing themselves cooking a rice-based dish while showcasing their enthusiasm for cooking together as a family. New to this year's contest, the UNCLE BEN'S® Brand offered interactive cooking lessons and family-friendly recipes at beginners.unclebens.com to increase kitchen confidence and encourage families to cook together more often.
"This year Ben's Beginners™ inspired more families to cook together and gather around the dinner table together," said Andrew Cops, Vice President of Marketing, Mars Food North America, the parent company of Uncle Ben's®. "We're thrilled to celebrate our five winners. Each of these families embody the spirit of Ben's Beginners™ and they all helped raise awareness and show their communities about the value that comes from cooking and eating together."
Starting on November 28, the UNCLE BEN'S® Brand honored each of the five winners by celebrating their culinary achievement in their hometown. At all of the five hometown celebrations, representatives from the UNCLE BEN'S® Brand and supporters from their communities surprised the winners and their schools with a celebration fit for any budding young chef. The celebration included cooking the winning recipe and a large check presentation of the $30,000 grand prize for the school cafeteria makeover.
For more information on the Ben's Beginners™ Cooking Contest, kid-friendly cooking tips and the winning recipes, visit beginners.unclebens.com.
About the UNCLE BEN'S® Brand
The UNCLE BEN'S® Brand, the number one global rice brand, is proud to offer a wide range of rice dishes with flavors and textures that will help bring more to your meals, both for savory main courses and convenient side dishes. The UNCLE BEN'S® Brand offers a wide variety of white, whole grain brown, and flavored rices in cook times ranging from 30 minutes to 90 seconds, as well as rice for food service operations such as restaurants, schools and hospitals. The first mass-produced parboiled rice, UNCLE BEN'S® Brand products can be found in more than 100 countries worldwide. The UNCLE BEN'S® Brand products are manufactured by Mars Food, part of Mars, Incorporated. For more information, visit unclebens.com.
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