Butter Tart Competition

2025 BUTTER TART COMPETITION

DATE: Wednesday November 5, 2025

LOCATION: RAWF Ballroom

JUDGES: TBD

Competition Information

Entry Deadline: Monday October 6, 2025

Entry Fees: $12.00 per entry

Exhibit Arrival Time: Sunday November 2, 2025 to Tuesday November 4, 2025. Office hours are 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, except Saturday and Sunday 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM.

Entry Delivery Address:

Agriculture Show Office, Royal Agricultural Winter Fair
39 Manitoba Drive (Use Door #33 for drop offs), Exhibiton Place
Toronto, ON, M6K 3C3

RULES AND REGULATIONS:

1. Entries must be made via AssistExpo, RAWF's online entry system.
2. ALL exhibits, whether shipped (prepaid) or delivered in person, must arrive at the RAWF between the entry delivery dates listed above. Please ensure you provide your courier with the office hours above when scheduling your shipment.
3. If you are hand delivering your entries, please call the Show Office at (416) 263-3418 upon arrival.
4. All exhibitors entering the Homemade division must be individuals who are home bakers. Tarts submitted to this division must be prepared by the individual whose name appears on the entry. They do not need to be prepared in a commercial kitchen.
5. All exhibitors entering the Professional division must be a professional, retail or wholesale baker by trade. Tarts submitted in this division must be prepared in the commercial kitchen of the business whose name appears on the entry.
6. After the entry closing date, the RAWF will send each exhibitor a confirmation letter outlining their entries as well as labels for their products.These labels will contain the section #, class # and ID # for each entry. Please place the label on the top of containers. All entries will be anonymous and the origins of the entry will not be shared until all of the judging has been completed.
7. Exhibitors may enter multiple tarts into the competition as long as they are individual varieties as per the limits listed below. Each variety should have its flavour identified (ie. plain, raisin, chocolate, etc.) but no other identifications will be allowed with the entires. The flavour identified will be what is published in the results and promoted through RAWF media.
   1. Entry limits per class are as follows:
      1. CLASS 1: One (1) entry per exhibitor
      2. CLASS 2: Three (3) entries per exhibitor
      3. CLASS 3: Five (5) entries per exhibitor
8. Entries should be delivered in disposable unmarked containers. The RAWF will not be returning or holding onto any containers that entries arrive in.
9. All leftover entries will be the property of the RAWF. No entries will be returned.
10. A minimum of 6 tarts must be submitted for each entry for judging and champion feature. No mini or bite-sized tarts will be accepted. All entries must be full-sized tarts.
11. Placing of tarts and award decisions by the judging panel are final. Any protests should follow rule #36 in the General Rules and Regulations.

Tarts will be judged on the following criteria:

Specials

New in 2024, RAWF food competition champions (Honey, Maple, Butter Tarts, Cheese & Butter, Ice Cream, Ready To Eat Meats, Jams, Jellies, and Pickles) will be invited to The Fair for the opportunity to sample and sell their product to the general public - please note this is restricted to producers who use a commercial kitchen to prepare their products. The RAWF Show Office will contact champions with further information on the Showcase.

We look forward to crowning this year's Royal Champions!