Everyone has a favorite recipe they love to whip up during the winter holidays – and we’re looking for the one you most enjoy preparing and serving. It doesn’t matter if the recipe is an appetizer, a main dish, a beverage, a dessert, or an item you fix for gifting, if it contains at least four eggs, you can enter it. The possibilities are endless, so we’re expecting Virginia’s eggceptional cooks and bakers to come up with something eggstraordinary – proving that Eggs are Meant to be Broken, Egg-specially during the holidays!

Interested contestants get tips and rules at Virginia Egg Council and contact your local county fair for details.

Recipe Requirements

• The recipe must include a minimum of four eggs and be geared for holiday enjoyment.
• Ingredients must be listed in order of use, in the written recipe.
• Directions, cooking time & temp., pan type and size, and servings must be included.
• If toppings, frostings or fillings are used, those recipes must be included.
• Recipes will become the property of the Virginia Egg Council.
• Recipes will be prepared and presented for judging at local county fairs. *

Prizes at Local Fair Level

1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners will receive gift bags from the VA Egg Council and a chance to compete for top state honors at the State Fair of Virginia on Saturday, October 4, 2025.

Prizes at State Level

• 1st - $400 plus A Dozen Braswell Family Farms’ EB Eggs per week for a year!
• 2nd - $300 plus A Dozen Braswell Family Farms’ EB Eggs per week for six months!
• 3rd - $200 plus A Dozen Braswell Family Farms’ EB Eggs per week for six months!

Braswell Family Farms is Virginia’s supplier of Eggland’s Best Eggs, Nashville, NC

Two separate sets of 6 five-month-old Pullets are up for auction. Birds will be available for live viewing during the fair hours. The auction starts on Friday, Aug. 22 at 5 p.m. and ends on Friday, Aug. 29 at 7 p.m. Bids can be placed online at Fairentry.com, all proceeds go to the 4-H'er that raised the birds.

Payments must be made before removing the girds from the fairgrounds. Birds must be remove by 10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 30. Any birds left after 10 p.m. will become property of the Chesterfield County Fair Association.

Payments can be made n person at the information booth or by credit card over the phone at 804-768-1555. Credit card payments will have an added fee of 3% for processing. There will be an additional $35 NSF charge for all returned checks or credit card transactions.