One of the most anticipated and competitive displays of artistic skill, ingenuity and finesse returns in the annual Cincinnatian Hotel and Palace Restaurant Pumpkin Carving Contest. For many years the employees of The Cincinnatian Hotel have been proudly wielding their cutlery as they go about the business of creating and carving the most imaginative, original and finely executed examples of pumpkin-carved sculpture the city of Cincinnati is privileged to see. This year will surely prove no different, as already 20 contenders have signed up for the highly coveted crown of Cincinnatian Hotel Pumpkin Carving Champion.
In a post next week the rules of the 2011 contest will be forthcoming; but in order to get the competitive juices flowing I offer the guests and readers of this blog examples of former champions, intersting entries and unforgettable highlights from yesteryear. Some took home the spoils while others just proudly and unforgetably competed.
This Halloween weekend, Friday and Saturday nights, October 28th and 29th, consider spending your trick-or-treat at The Palace Restaurant, dine and you will be given a voting card to choose this years Pumpkin Carving Champion. The stakes are huge as the year-long bragging rights at The Cincinnatian Hotel are just as important as the $400 prize money the winning carver takes home. Second, third place and honorable mentions are also awarded while the voters themselves (the Patrons of the Palace Restaurant and Cricket Lounge) are entered in their own trick-or-trreat drawing for $125 Gift Certificate towards a future visit.
