Are your Butter Tarts the best? Enter the Egg Farmers of Ontario Butter Tart Contest!
Any home or professional baker can enter into the contest. Check back soon for 2024 details. You must read the rules and regulations to enter!
Where Ontario’s Best Butter Tart is crowned!
Judging takes place in Rotary Hall inside the Midland Cultural Centre and the public is invited to watch our judges undertake this important task.
10 a.m. – Judging of Traditional Butter Tarts
1 p.m. – Judging of Wild Style Butter Tarts
3:15 p.m. – Judging of Best in Show
3:30 p.m. – Winners are announced

How are the Butter Tarts Judged?
Are you wanting to know how your butter tarts will be judged? You've asked, we've listened. We are releasing the top-secret judging criteria, so that you can make your butter tarts even better for the 2024 competition!
Here is what your sweet treats will be judged on...
Traditional Butter Tarts |
Traditional butter tarts must not contain anything other than traditional ingredients. Adding anything other than traditional ingredients, will unfortunately result in disqualification from this category. Traditional butter tart flavours can only be:
Judging Criteria for Traditional Butter Tarts General Appearance /50
Filling and Taste /50
Total possible points: 100 per judge. |
Wild Style Butter Tarts |
If you can dream it, you can do it. As long as it is still a butter tart, you can add a twist with a non-traditional ingredient or two!
Judging Criteria for Wild Style Butter Tarts General Appearance /50
Filling and Taste /50
Total possible points: 100 per judge. |
Best in Show |
The "Best in Show" competition compiles the first place winner of each of the four categories. The judges then have the difficult task of tasting the four first place tarts and deciding which butter tart is the best of the best and the top winner!
Judging Criteria for Best in Show General Appearance /50
Filling and Taste /50
Total possible points: 100 per judge. |