Judges: On your mark, get set…PIE!

Join us on Sunday, October 2, for KCRW’s ‘Good Food’ Pie Contest at the Royce Quad at UCLA. We are excited to announce this year’s panel of judges which consists of some of LA’s best tastemakers: 2016 James Beard Awardee for Outstanding Pastry Chef Dahlia Narvaez (Mozza), Meadow Ramsey (Sqirl), the Los Angeles Times’ own Jonathan Gold and test kitchen director Noelle Carter, plus many more! (See the full list below.)

We invite bakers of all levels to register your pies in any one — or more! — of our eight categories: fruit, nut, cooked custard, cream/chiffon/mousse, savory, vegan and Cuban pie. This year, we’ve also added a sweet potato pie category, sponsored by “Almost Christmas,” a Universal Pictures film. ‘Good Food’ Host Evan Kleiman will preside over the day’s festivities, which begin at 11 AM and include public pie tastings, music, food trucks, activities for kids, an artisan marketplace and more.

The deadline to register your pie(s) is Sunday, September 25, at 11:55 PM.

2016 Pie Contest Judges

Adam Perry Lang, Serious BBQ

Akasha Richmond, Akasha

Ann Kirk, Little Dom’s

Little Dom’sAnnie Miler, Clementine

Christina Olufson, Forage

Christine Moore, Little Flower & Lincoln

Clara Polito, Clara Cakes

Clemence Gossett, The Gourmandise School

Curtis Stone, Maude & Gwen

Dahlia Narvaez, Mozza

David LeFevre, MB Post, Fishing with Dynamite, The Arthur J

Genevieve Gergis, Bestia

Gustavo Arellano, OC Weekly

Hourie Sahakian, La Brea Bakery

La Brea BakeryJessie T. Usher, “Almost Christmas”

Jonathan Gold, LA Times

Jonathan Graham, Compartes Chocolatier Gourmet Chocolate

Lindsay Hollister Heffner and Matt Heffner, The Piehole

Meadow Ramsey, Sqirl

Michael Anthony, Gramercy Tavern

Noelle Carter, LA Times

Robert Wemischner, Los Angeles Trade Technical College

Rose Lawrence, Red Bread

Roxana Jullapat, Friends & Family

Sang Yoon, Lukshon and Father’s Office

Sarah Lange, Bearclaw Kitchen

Shannon Swindle, Craft

Sherry Yard, iPic Group

Valerie Gordon,Valerie Confections

Zoe Nathan, Huckleberry Cafe

Photo of lattice pie (above) by Andrew Malone.