2026 INDIVIDUAL PUDDING CONTEST
How It Works
*Must be a Georgia Resident to enter*
The Individual Puddin’ Contest will decide who has the very best Banana Pudding in the state of Georgia.
The winner is invited to participate in the National Banana Pudding Contest in Centerville, Tennessee held the first weekend in October.
Contestants must provide a full dish of any flavor or style of Banana Pudding. The judges will look at general presentation, use of basic ingredients, texture, aroma, color and most importantly taste. They will evaluate the entry in a blind taste test.
What to Expect
Set up is between 10:00 am-10:55am with judging starting at 11:00am. Winners will be announced as soon as the judging is completed. Samples of pudding will be available to visitors as the judges deliberate.
Registration opens on November 1 and closes on December 1.
We accept 10 contestants and three alternates. Contestants must be Georgia residents. For an application and a list of submission requirements. Click the yellow box below.
Grand Prize: $500, the annual State Banana Pudding Apron, and braggin’ rights.
WINNER TAKES ALL, we'll spotlight the winner on our website all year and they are headed to the National Contest in Centerville, Tennessee at the National Banana Pudding Festival in October.
2025 Georgia Winner Shyree Brundage WON 2nd In the National Banana Pudding Festival
The 10th annual State Banana Pudding Festival Individual Pudding Contest winner is Shyree Brundage from Milledgeville. Shyree delivered on the banana pudding at the State Festival in April winning 1st place. She went on to bring home 2nd place in the National Banana Pudding Contest in October. Georgia cooks rock Banana Pudding.
2024 Winner Julia Asherman to Compete at UPCOMING National Banana Pudding Festival in October
The 9th annual State Banana Pudding Festival Individual Pudding Contest winner is Julia Asherman from Jeffersonville. Second Place went to ToRonda Heggs from Tennille and our third place winner was Shyree Burndage from Covington.
We are excited to have another of our State Banana Pudding winners go on to compete in the National Banana Pudding Contest in Centerville, Tennessee in October.
2023 WINNER TAKES FIRST PRIZE AT LASt YEAR'S NATIONAL FESTIVAL
Jenn Morris continues the reign of glory for the state of Georgia by winning first prize for her pudding at the 2023 National Banana Pudding Festival in Centerville, Tennessee. Morris makes the fourth Georgia Sate Banana Pudding winner to go on to claim the title of the nations best Banana Pudding. She joins Kathy Tompkins (2019), Suzanne or Ruth Anne Price (2017), and Kelly Crumbley (2016) as a holder of the National title.
LIST OF GEORGIA BANANA PUDDING WINNERS
2024 Julie Asherman
2023 Jenn Morris (also won Nationals)
2022 Cathy Brewer Thompson
2021 Tiffany Smith
2020 NO CONTEST
2019 Kathy Tompkins (also won Nationals)
2018 Kristen Hope ( competed at Nationals)
2017 Ruth Ann Price (also won Nationals)
2016 Kelly Crumbley (also won Nationals)
2015 Faye Swicard (competed at Nationals)
