Baja Sol Issues Public Challenge to Uncover Next Great Salsa Recipe

“Strut your Salsatude” and earn place on their award winning Salsa & Chip Bar

Do you like it safe & mild?Do you like it hot & spicy? Do you like it a bit unusual?

We’re talking Salsa of course! We want you to give us your best shot!

Baja Sol Restaurants announces the kickoff of their "Strut your Salsatude" contest. The contest runs from March 1st to March 28th to challenge customers and home cooks to submit their best salsa recipes to compete for a chance to win $500.00 (for each category) and to have their salsa featured in all 19 of the Midwestern Baja Sol restaurants. The prize salsas will be featured on the salsa bar for the month of May.

DIRECTIONS:
Recipes can be entered on our "Enter Salsa" page ENTER SALSA, or mailed to the corporate headquarters to the address found at www.baja-sol.com.

RULES:
The contest will be judged from three categories: mild, hot, and unusual. The “unusual” category highlights salsa recipes that incorporate food not typically found in traditional salsas. (Baja-Sol’s customer favorite Peach-Mango salsa serves as an example.) All entrees must be received by March 28th, 2009 to be placed into contest consideration.

On April 1st, 2009 the top ten recipes in each category, determined by taste tests performed at the Baja Sol kitchens by the corporate chef, Bill Roche, will be posted on the website www.salsatude.com for voting by the public. Salsa finalists’ recipes will be available for tastings at several Baja Sol locations. During April, customers can enter a secondary contest to win the positions of salsa judge. Two local customer judges per store will be selected.

The grand finale for the judging will take place on May 5th, 2009 during Baja Sol’s Cinco de Mayo celebration at a Minneapolis Cantina location. A panel of celebrity and customer judges will select the winning three salsas. The winning recipes will be posted online and the festivities and announcement of the contest winner will be streamed live at www.salsatude.com.