Challenge Yourself this New Year to Enter the 2021 National Festival of Breads

January 12, 2021 Julia Debes for Kansas Wheat

Looking for a creative challenge to start 2021? Brush off your mixer, don your apron and develop your own original recipe for the 2021 National Festival of Breads. Entries are accepted January 8 through February 22, and winners will receive cash prizes and baking bundles from sponsors Kansas Wheat, King Arthur Baking Company and Red Star Yeast.

Will You Be America’s Next Top Bread Baker?

December 18, 2020 Kansas Wheat

The holidays are the perfect time to turn pandemic baking projects into entries for the 2021 National Festival of Breads. The event is going virtual for 2021, further expanding the opportunities to compete in the premiere yeast bread baking contest for youth and adults. Winners will receive cash prizes and baking bundles from the event’s sponsors: Kansas Wheat, King Arthur Baking Company and Red Star Yeast.

Kansas Wheat Commission 2020 Recipe Booklet Now Available

September 18, 2020 Kansas Wheat Commission

The Kansas Wheat Commission annual recipe booklet has been a tradition that has gone on for the past 58 years, representing Kansas as the wheat state and Breadbasket of America.

National Festival of Breads Featured at Kansas State Fair

August 29, 2019 Kansas Wheat

Kansas Wheat will once again host a special tribute to the wheat industry in the Pride of Kansas Building during the entirety of the Kansas State Fair. This year we will be celebrating the National Festival of Breads, which is sponsored biennially by the Kansas Wheat Commission, King Arthur Flour and Red Star Yeast.

National Festival of Breads 2019 Finalists Selected

March 18, 2019 Kansas Wheat

A panel of judges has selected the recipes that will be represented in the sixth National Festival of Breads, sponsored by Red Star Yeast®, King Arthur Flour® and Kansas Wheat. The baking competition will be held June 8, 2019, in Manhattan, Kansas.