Cook! Come! Taste! Vote!
$15.00 admission to sample and vote for your top (3) favorites. (kids 10 and under $5) Enjoy bread too!
Interested in entering your best soup? It’s just $10 to enter! Deadline is 2/14/25
To enter, stop at the library to sign-up and pay, or visit this link to register and pay online: tinyurl.com/soupregister2025
Additional details:
- The Soup Cook-Off will be held Sunday, March 2 from 1:00 pm until soup runs out at the Shaler North Hills Library. There is a $10.00 fee to enter your soup. All proceeds benefit the library.
- Soup is defined as any kind of liquid (hot or cold) made with some or all of the following ingredients; meat, fish, vegetables, and/or pasta. All entries must be homemade; complete commercial soup mixes are not permitted, nor is canned soup allowed. Chili does not qualify.
- Soup must be cooked before arriving at the event. Check-in and set-up for the event will start at 11:30am. Doors open and tasting begins at 1:00p.m.
- Please provide at least 1 Gallon of soup for the tasting or equal to a 6-quart crock pot. In 2024, we sold out in almost 2 hours. Extra soup is very much appreciated.
- Please bring your fully-cooked soup in a crockpot to keep hot throughout the event. Please bring an extension cord.
- You are responsible for bringing all cooking utensils, serving your soup for the duration of the event and cleaning up your area. Appearance is everything—feel free to decorate your table. The library will provide a specific-sized ladle to serve tasters.
- Please have a display with a list of your ingredients.
- Winners will be based on the amount of voting coins collected at each table. It’s the People’s Choice!
- Voting ends and winners are announced when the soup runs out!
- Winners receive bragging rights!
- Tell your friends and family about the event—the more people you invite, the better chance you have of winning and the more the library benefits!
- Most of all: have fun and THANK YOU for supporting your local library through this POPULAR fundraising effort!
- Note: This is a fundraiser for SNHL. Please, if you cannot make it after signing up to bring soup, please let mcraes@einetwork.net know or call the library at 412-486-0211 ASAP. Your soup talent is critical to the success of this event!