Bourbon, Bacon, & Butter Bake Off B3 Bake Off

Our Bourbon, Bacon, Butter Bake-Off Sweet & Savory 2026, Presented by Rusty Rabbit, is in the books! Thank you Rusty Rabbit for sponsoring and thank you Last Stop Brewing for allowing us to use your upstairs for this event! This year's winners are: Best Overall: Marcia (Spicy Candied Bacon on Butter Crackers); Judges Sweet: Tricia Ann (Trifecta Cookies); Judges Savory: Marcia (Spicy Candied Bacon on Butter Crackers); People's Choice Sweet: Tricia Ann (Trifecta Cookies); People's Choice Savory: Marcia (Spicy Candied Bacon on Butter Crackers)! Thank you to everyone who participated and shared their culinary artistry with us! Thank you Steve M for providing the tunes! Thank you to everyone who tasted these delicious treats and voted for your favorite! We'll see you next year!

The Bourbon, Bacon and Butter Bakeoff - Sweet and Savory is the culinary focus of WILD about Shelbyville Arts & Music Festival. Registrants face off with classic local ingredients as they enter a sweet or savory treat for public judging. 

Please remember to include at least two of the three ingredients in your entry – bourbon, bacon or butter! 

Entry categories are either a sweet or a savory treat.  You may enter one or more of each!

You will need to provide 50-75 “bite size” pieces of your entry for public tasting.  

Location information provided soon! Doors will open to the public at 2:00 pm. Winners will be announced at 3:00 pm.

Prizes will be awarded for guest-judged best sweet entry, guest-judged best savory entry, public-judged best sweet entry, public-judged best savory entry and overall best entry.

You will need to bring utensils to cut and serve your entry.  We will provide small paper plates, small bowls, napkins, and forks. 

You may complete a small setup of your assigned area prior to 1:30 pm (you may arrive as early as 1 pm; which is when we will be setting up.)

You are encouraged to stay by your entry to answer questions and talk about your treat.  We prefer you stay until after the winners are announced and then begin your cleanup around 3:30 pm.

There is no cost to enter contest.