Smucker's® Natural Simple Chef Recipe Contest
Official Rules
INTERNET ACCESS AND A VALID E-MAIL ADDRESS ARE REQUIRED TO ENTER. Smucker's® Simple Chef Recipe Contest ("Contest") begins on January 11, 2010 at 12:00 p.m. (noon) Eastern Time (ET) and ends on March 8, 2010 at 11:59 p.m. (ET) ("Contest Period").
HOW TO ENTER: Visit the Smucker's Natural Peanut Butter Web Site (www.smuckers.com/promotions/simplechef) during the Contest Period to access the Contest Entry Form. Complete Contest Entry Form, including an original recipe using Smucker's Natural Peanut Butter (Creamy or Chunky) as an ingredient, plus a maximum of six other ingredients ("Recipe" or "Entry"). To submit your Entry, you must agree to these Official Rules and then click "Submit Entry." Limit one Entry per person or e-mail address. Multiple Entries will invalidate all Entries from the entrant. All Entries submitted, become the property of The J.M. Smucker Company ("Sponsor") and none will be returned.
ENTRY DETAILS: The finished Recipe must: 1) use Smucker's Natural Peanut Butter (Creamy or Chunky) as an ingredient, 2) use no more than seven (7) ingredients, including the Smucker's Natural Peanut Butter (NOTE: pan preparation, i.e., non-stick cooking spray, butter, shortening, etc., counts as one of the seven ingredients), 3) use at least 1/4 cup of Smucker's Natural Peanut Butter in the Recipe. The Recipe must: 1) include detailed, step-by-step preparations instructions, 2) list each ingredient in exact common U.S. household measurements and order of use in making the Recipe, and 3) indicate cooking times and number of servings. Recipes containing alcohol will NOT be considered. The Recipe may not include ingredients or products bearing trademarks, except for those of The J.M. Smucker Company family of brands (including Smucker's®, Jif®, Crisco®, Hungry Jack®, Martha White®, Pillsbury® (baking mixes, frosting and flour brands), Eagle Brand®, etc.). If a Recipe contains a brand name product or the trademark of any other manufacturer, Sponsor may disqualify the Entry or, at its sole discretion, remove the brand name or trademark from the Entry prior to judging without notice to entrant. The Recipe must be an original work that was created by the person entering the Contest and cannot have previously won a contest or other promotion. Recipe must not have been previously published, must not be awaiting publication, nor may be submitted for publication consideration during the Contest Period.
ELIGIBILITY: The Contest is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and D.C., 18 years of age or older. Void where prohibited. Employees, officers and directors of Sponsor, its affiliates, subsidiaries, distributors, sales representatives, Web Site developers and administrators, advertising, sales promotion and judging agencies and all other service agencies involved with the Contest, and members of the immediate families (parent, child, sibling and spouse of each) or households of any of the above are not eligible. The Contest is open only to amateur home cooks. No Professional Chefs (as hereafter defined) or students applying to or enrolled in a degree program at a cooking school may enter. "Professional Chef" is defined as any person who has received compensation for his/her cooking. Entries from anyone who has been a prize winner in any Sponsor (including Smucker's, Jif, Crisco, Hungry Jack, Martha White, and Pillsbury (baking mixes, frosting and flour), Eagle Brand, etc.) contest in the 12 months prior to the Contest start date will NOT be considered.
JUDGING: Each eligible Entry will be judged by a qualified panel of judges based on written Recipe and will consider the following criteria: taste (1-25 points), use of product (1-25 points), creativity of the Recipe (1-25 points), and ease of preparation (1-25 points). The top scoring Recipes (approximately 10) will be prepared and judged according to criteria above. In the event of a tie, the Entry with the higher score first in the use of product criteria and then in the creativity of the Recipe criteria will be declared the winner. If a tie continues, the tied Entries will be re-judged by a new judge using the original criteria. Winners will be chosen on or about March 19, 2010 and notified via telephone or mail. Winners will be announced to the public on or about April 2, 2010.
PRIZES: ONE GRAND PRIZE: All-Clad Stainless Steel Professional 15-Piece Cookware Set. Approximate Retail Value ("ARV"): $1,800.00. FOUR FIRST PRIZES: a KitchenAid® Professional 600™ Stand Mixer. ARV: $400.00, each. Total ARV of all prizes: $3,400.00. Prizes not redeemable for cash and no substitutions will be made, except by Sponsor who may substitute a prize of equal or greater value. All prizes will be awarded provided they are properly claimed in accordance with these Official Rules and a sufficient number of eligible entries are received. Limit one prize per person, household, or family.
SPECIAL OFFER: Sponsor will send a coupon for 55¢ off one Smucker's Natural Peanut Butter product to the first 1,000 entrants to complete and submit Entry in the Contest. The coupon will be sent by mail to the home address provided on the Entry. Limit one coupon per person or household.
GENERAL TERMS & CONDITIONS: All potential winners will be notified by telephone and/or certified mail. If a prize is won by an eligible minor, it will be awarded on the minor's behalf to a parent or legal guardian, who must sign any required documents. Potential winners (or his/her parent/legal guardian if a minor) must execute and return an affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release (where permissible) within 7 days of receipt of notification or winner status will be forfeited and an alternate selected on the basis of the criteria stated herein, time permitting. By participating in the Contest, winners agree to release, hold harmless and indemnify the Sponsor, its affiliates, subsidiaries, distributors and each of their respective shareholders, directors, officers, employees and agencies from and against any and all liability whatsoever for any injuries, losses, harm, damage (including but not limited to property damage, personal injury and/or death), claims, actions, costs and expenses (including without limitation, all attorney's fees and court costs) arising directly or indirectly from or in connection with his/her participation in the Contest, acceptance, possession or use/misuse of the prize or participation in any prize-related activity. Winners further acknowledge that the above parties are in no manner responsible or liable for, and specifically disclaim, any warranty, representation or guarantee, express or implied, in fact or in law, relative to any prize or portion thereof, including but not limited to its quality, mechanical condition or fitness for a particular purpose. Submission of an Entry grants Sponsor and its agents the right to publish, use, adapt, edit and/or modify the Recipe in any way, in commerce and in any and all media worldwide, without limitation and without consideration to the entrant. Submission of an Entry further constitutes the entrant's (or his/her parent's or guardian's) consent to irrevocably assign and transfer to the Sponsor any and all rights, title and interest in and to the Recipe, including, without limitation, all intellectual property rights. Each entrant must be the sole and rightful owner and creator of the Entry submitted. Recipes may not have won previous awards, may not have been published previously and must not infringe upon any other person's rights. Acceptance of a Contest prize will further constitute and signify the winner's agreement and consent (or that of parent or legal guardian if winner is a minor) that the Sponsor and/or Sponsor's assignee may use the winner's Recipe, name, photograph, images, likeness, voice, signature, biographical information and/or any other intellectual property materials created or submitted as part of the Contest for promotional purposes in commerce and in all media worldwide (including Sponsor's web sites), without further compensation, except where prohibited. As a condition of being declared a winner, potential winners must agree to make themselves available for media interviews and public relations activities related to the Contest as reasonably requested by Sponsor. Winners are solely responsible for any federal, state or local taxes on prizes. All federal, state, and local laws and regulations apply. Sponsor reserves the right to take such action as it deems necessary to enforce these Official Rules and ensure the fair operation of the Contest, including without limitation, barring and disqualifying entrants who do not comply with these Official Rules. If, for any reason, the Contest is not capable of running as planned by any cause which, in the sole opinion of the Sponsor, corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Contest, Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest and determine winners from entries received prior to action taken, or as otherwise deemed fair and equitable by Sponsor. In case of cancellation, winning Entries will be chosen from all eligible entries received prior to the date of cancellation and if circumstances permit. If due to any technical, production or other error, more prizes are claimed or awarded than are described in the Official Rules at any prize level, the number of prizes identified in the Official Rules will be awarded in a random drawing from all such prize claims received. By entering, entrants agree that all issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of the Official Rules, entrant's rights and obligations, or the rights and obligations of the Sponsor in connection with the Contest, will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of State of Ohio, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules. By entering, entrants consent to the jurisdiction and venue of the federal, state and local courts located in Cleveland, Ohio.
LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY: In the event of a dispute regarding the identity of an entrant, such entry will be deemed to be made by the authorized account holder of the e mail address submitted at the time of entry. "Authorized account holder" is deemed as the natural person who is assigned to an e mail address by an Internet access provider, service provider or other online organization that is responsible for assigning e mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e mail address. Neither Sponsor nor its agencies are responsible for lost, late, stolen, illegible, misdirected, or non-delivered entries or e-mail; or for lost, interrupted or unavailable satellite, network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), Web Site or other connections availability, accessibility or traffic congestion, or miscommunications, or failed computer, network, telephone, satellite, or cable hardware, software or lines, or technical failure, or jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions, or computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or other errors of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic or network, or the incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry or other information or the failure to capture, or loss of, any such information. Neither Sponsor nor its agencies are responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by Web Site users, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest and assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect or delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or tampering with or hacking of Sponsor's Web Site. Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds may be tampering with the entry process or operation of the Contest or Sponsor's Web Site, may be acting in violation of the terms of the Sponsor's Web Site or these Official Rules or may be acting in a non-sportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to threaten, abuse or harass any other person. Any attempt to deliberately damage any Web Site or undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest is unlawful and subject to legal action by Sponsor or its agents.
IN NO EVENT WILL SPONSOR, ITS AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES OR RELATED COMPANIES BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF ENTRANTS ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE WEB SITE OR DOWNLOADING FROM AND OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM SAID WEBSITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON THE WEB SITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME JURSIDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO SOME OF ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY. CHECK YOUR LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS.
WINNERS LIST: For the names of the winners, send a self-addressed business-size envelope with proper postage affixed by May 31, 2010 to: Smucker's Natural Simple Chef Contest Winners List, 6240 Oakton Street, Morton Grove, IL 60053.
SPONSOR: The J.M. Smucker Company, One Strawberry Lane, Orrville, OH 44667
©/® The J.M. Smucker Company. KitchenAid Professional 600 is a trademark of KitchenAid, U.S.A. KitchenAid and All-Clad Metalcrafters LLC are not a sponsor of or participant in the Contest.