Attention all home, amateur and professional chefs!

Foster Farms is encouraging residents of California, Oregon and Washington to stir up some cooking creativity and enter the second annual Foster Farms Fresh Chicken Cooking Contest. Recipes must feature Foster Farms fresh chicken and should be inspired by ingredients grown on the West Coast as a testament to Foster Farms’ commitment to foods that are fresh, locally-grown and always natural. The deadline to enter is May 31, 2011 at 11:59:59 p.m. PDT and the contest will culminate with finals held on September 30 at the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone in St. Helena, Calif., during National Chicken Month.

The grand prize winner will receive $10,000 plus a one-year supply of Foster Farms fresh chicken as well as a trip to the Napa Valley!

The Washington Regional Finals will be held again at my Food Studios! Make sure you enter and stay tuned for more info!