2026 Pie & Brownie Competitions

It's Pie Time ...
Bakers: Preheat your ovens!

Grab your whisk and oven mitts because the 2026 Amateur Homemade Pie Competition is starting to heat up. The Niagara County Fair is a destination for amateur bakers. Receiving more pie submissions than the New York State Fair, enter your pie here to see if it really has what it takes to be the best. With 8 categories ranging from berry, peach, and cherry to cream and savory there is a pie category for every taste bud. This competition is open to bakers of all ages. You just need to reside in NYS. Soggy bottoms not welcome!

2026 homemade pie competition winners
Best in Show
Specialty
Autumn Rich
Cherry
1st Place
Cynthia McCarver
2nd Place
Jenelle Dengate
Berry
1st Place
Diane Rastoka
Grown in WNY
1st Place
Judy Domagala
2nd Place
McKenna Dempsey
3rd Place
Nick Kester
Apple
1st Place
Katherine Eaton
2nd Place
Carol Petty
3rd Place
Jennifer Gray
Peach
1st Place
Judy Domagala
2nd Place
Crystal Kuch
Savory
1st Place
Cynthia McCarver
Cream
1st Place
Cynthia McCarver
2nd Place
Abby Gratsa &
Beth Kaufman
Specialty
1st Place
Autumn Rich
2nd Place
Skylar Brooks
3rd Place
Lauren Gergich
4th Place
Crystal Kuch
5th Place
Jennifer Gray
6th Place
Mary Laverty
7th Place
McKenna Dempsey
2025 Erie Canal Bicentennial Brownie
Competition winners
1st place
Cynthia mccarver
Amherst, NY
2nd place
Sylvia Gugino
Sanborn, NY
3rd place
Olivia Bidak
Lockport, NY

Rules & Entry Forms

Pie Competition Entry Form and Rules Brownie Competition Entry Form All Photo credits: Andrew Galarneau

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