Cookery Rules and Guidelines

Calling all inspired chefs! Join us for our Cookery Contest on Saturday, November 1, 2025 from 9am-12pm. This contest is open to both 4-H members and Cloverbud members.

4-H'ers can only submit one dish per category

The following commodities and divisions will be offered:

• Louisiana Commodities - Rice
  • Main, Side, or Dessert
• Egg
  • Appetizer/salad, Main, or Dessert
• Poultry
  • Chicken, Processed, or Other Poultry Meat
• Sweet Potato
• • Desserts, or Sweet Potato Dishes

• Rice
• • Main, Side, or Dessert
• Beef
  • Low Calorie Main, Quick and East, or One Dish Meal
• Seafood
  • Crab, Crawfish, Shrimp, Oysters, or Fish and Others
• Sugar
  • Cakes, Candy, Cookies, or Pies

Held at the Blevins Bldg. in Franklin, LA. There will be an awards ceremony at the end! Those 4-H members who placed 1st in their respective category will represent St. Mary at the Area Cookery on April 29th at the Assumption Parish 4-H Office.

Rules are as follows:

1. Contest is open to all members (3rd-12th grade). Not limited to members in the photography project

2. All entries must have been taken by the 4-H member who submits the photo.

3. Only one entry per category. Members can enter in multiple categories.

4. Photos may be in color or in black & white.

5. Submitted photos should be 4x6, 5x7, or 8x10.

6. On each submitted photo, write on the back the member’s name, school, grade, and the category you are entering in.

(Selfies are not allowed)

Categories are:

• Outdoors
• Animals
• People
• Health Living

All entries should be submitted at your March club meeting or turned into the 4-H Office no later than Thursday, March 25th at 4:30pm.

25-26 Cookery Rules and Guidelinespdfpdf

Achievement Day is a fun, educational, field trip opportunity for our 4-H members to celebrate their hard work over the past 4-H year. At this event we have educational activities and booths led by our Jr. leaders and LSU AgCenter staff. These booths/tables focus on different aspects of 4-H topics!

The event is held at the Patterson Civic Center on Wednesday, May 13, 2026.

To attend Achievement Day St. Mary 4-H members have to submit a homemaking project for the fair. Our homemaking fair is one of our favorite contests throughout the year. You do not need to attend Achievement Day in order to enter. Each member is only allowed to enter 1 entry per division. The division will be attached to the newsletter given out closer to the event.

This year we will be bringing back our virtual pumpkin painting contest! This contest is open to all 4-H members. Email submissions to st.mary4hsubmissions@gmail.com by Friday, October 25th to participate.

Rules/Guidelines:

1. Each participant is only allowed 1 entry into the contest
2. In the email submissions, please include student's full name, school/4-H club, what category they are entering, and a clear picture of the pumpkin. If any entry is missing information, it will not be entered into the contest.
3. In the email, CC cparidon@agcenter.lsu.edu or emclement@agcenter.lsu.edu in the submission
4. Pumpkins may be painted and/or decorated with other craft materials

Categories:

• 4-H Spirit
• Animals
• Characters (Movie, Books, etc.)
• Carving
• Other/Miscellaneous