Show Us Your Pickle - Home Pickling Contest

Brought to you by Putter's Pickles!

Announcing "Show Us Your Pickle" — The Home Pickling Contest; a unique and flavourful competition with winners announced at this year’s Picklefest™ Food & Drink Festivals in Toronto and Vancouver!

The competition will be spicy with top picklers from across the country putting their pickling talents on display across six categories, with the top overall entry being crowned "Best In Show".

Compete in Six (6) Exciting Categories!

  • Best Dill Pickle
  • Best Kosher Pickle
  • Best Sour Pickle
  • Best Spicy Pickle
  • Most Creative Lacto-Fermented Pickle
  • Most Creative Vinegar Pickle*

*Non-cucumber based entries are welcome in the Creative Vinegar category!

Pickles are judged on four (4) criteria:

  • Flavour
  • Texture
  • Appearance
  • Creativity (for creative categories)

Contest Prizes

The winner of each category will receive a cash prize of $250 (Vancouver) / $500 (Toronto).

Our overall "Best Pickle in Show" will receive a Grand Prize of $500 (Vancouver) / $1000 (Toronto)!!

Entry Requirements

  • Open to all amateur picklers
  • Maximum one entry per category (per participant)
  • Pickles MUST be homemade (can not be made in an industrial kitchen)

How To Enter

  • All jars must be clearly labelled with the entrant’s name, email, phone number, and pickling contest category.
  • Please submit one (1) jar per entry.

  • Vancouver

    Registration Fee: $30/category (Maximum 2 categories per entrant). This fee includes a one-day ticket to Picklefest™ Food & Drink Festival Vancouver (Sept. 6).

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    All jars must be dropped off at Superflux Beer Co. (505 Clark Dr., Vancouver, BC) between August 22, 2025 and September 3, 2025.

  • Toronto

    Registration Fee: $50/category (Maximum 2 categories per entrant). This fee includes a one-day ticket to Picklefest™ Food & Drink Festival Toronto (Sept. 20).

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    All jars must be dropped off at Henderson Brewing Co. (128a Sterling Rd., Toronto, ON) between Septermber 1, 2025 and September 16, 2025.

Winners will be announced at Picklefest Vancouver (Sept. 6, 2025) and Picklefest Toronto (Sept. 20, 2025).

Brought to you by Putter's Pickles!

Since 1948, Putter's has proudly established a typically Montreal heritage as a craft maker of quality fermented products. Their products are natural and free from artificial preservatives, colourings, and flavours.

Putter's Pickles is the Official Sponsor of "Show Us Your Pickle" in Toronto and Vancouver!