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Annual Pie Contest Returns to Beverly Hills Farmers Market on June 14

For your pie-tasting pleasure, Clementine Bakery and Cafe, located at 9346 Civic Center Drive, adjacent to the Beverly Hills Farmers Market, will be open selling sweet and savory, fresh baked pies including its famous “Clementaschen” hand pie.
For your pie-tasting pleasure, Clementine Bakery and Cafe, located at 9346 Civic Center Drive, adjacent to the Beverly Hills Farmers Market, will be open selling sweet and savory, fresh baked pies including its famous “Clementaschen” hand pie.

The Pie Bake a’la Beverly Hills & Piesta, the pie-loving, pie-baking event of the season, returns to the Beverly Hills Farmers Market on June 14 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at its Civic Center Drive location.   The free event features a curated pie competition, pie-tasting and pie-themed activities, including ingredient juggling, pie-making and decorating and sifting for buried treasure in pastry flour.   Come out and cheer on the competition, engage in fun-filled activities and enjoy the finest selection of California-grown produce, juices, breads, specialty items and more.

Twenty pie-baking participants whose entries are made from locally grown Californian fruit, will be critiqued by judges Mayor Julian A. Gold, M.D.;  Simone Friedman, Recreation and Parks Commission Chairperson; Katie Kelley from Clementine’s Bakery and Cafe, and Joy Mosse, First Place Piesta Winner 2014.  Entries will be graded on appearance, creativity, crust, consistency and flavor.  Cash awards, made possible by supporting sponsor, Clementine Cafe, will be presented to First, Second and Third Place, as well as for the “Most Pieutiful”.

For your pie-tasting pleasure, Clementine Bakery and Cafe, located at 9346 Civic Center Drive, adjacent to the Beverly Hills Farmers Market, will be open selling sweet and savory, fresh baked pies including its famous “Clementaschen” hand pie.

The Pie Bake a’la Beverly Hills & Piesta is featured in conjunction with the weekly Farmers’ Market, located at the 9300 block of Civic Center Drive, between Third and Santa Monica. Free two-hour parking is available inthe Civic Center parking garage. All regular farmers and prepared foods vendors will be featured at the Market as will pony rides and a petting zoo.

The Beverly Hills Farmers’ Market is a weekly outdoor certified market which provides the finest California-grown, fresh and seasonal fruits and vegetables, juices, breads, specialty items and more in a festive outdoor setting. Stay up-to-date by checking out This Month at the Market (PDF) which highlights different fruits or vegetables and upcoming events. Also check out great videos and recipes in the Farm to Table section.

For additional details about Pie Bake a’la Beverly Hills & Piesta and the Beverly Hills Farmers Market, call(310) 285-6830 or visit www.beverlyhills.org/FarmersMarket.

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