Enjoy Life Symposium June 4. Learn More
now accepting sauce entries
May 3, 2025 | 11 AM – 12 PM
728 E Pleasant St., Milwaukee
Capri Communities is once again searching for the best homemade Italian Red Sauce in town! Think your sauce (or a loved one’s) has what it takes? Enter the contest and put it to the test! This year, we’re spicing things up with two categories—meat and meatless.
TIMELINE
- Now – April 30: Enter Your Sauce
- May 3: Initial Judging Round held at St. Rita Square
- There will be two categories – meat and meatless red sauces
- Contestants should bring one quart of sauce in slow cooker with ladle
- Top 3 finalists in both categories will be named to compete at Fest Italiana on June 1
- June 1: Festa Italiana, MKE Best Sauce Competition at Aurora Pavilion on Summerfest Grounds
- Finalists will need to provide 3 gallons of sauce
- A heated Nesco container will be provided for you to prepare and transport
- $40 gift cards will be provided to finalists to offset ingredients
Cost is $10 per sauce entry.
AWARDS & PRIZES: The top 3 finalists in each category will receive certificates at the prelims held at St. Rita Square on May 3. Both a People’s Choice Champion and Judge’s Choice Champion will be crowned in each category at Festa Italiana on June 1.
In addition to bragging rights, the People’s Choice and Judge’s Choice Champions in each category will each take home the coveted Golden Ladle Trophy, along with a $200 cash prize!
May the best sauce win!
Back by popular demand! St. Rita Square is again on the hunt to find the best homemade Italian red sauce that our city has to offer. If you or a loved one makes a pretty darn good sauce, this contest is for you!
TIMELINE
- Now – April 27: Enter Your Sauce
- May 3: Initial Judging Round held at St. Rita Square
- June 1: Top 5 Compete at Festa Italiana at Henry Maier Festival Park
AWARDS & PRIZES: Both a People’s Champion and Judge’s Champion will be crowned at Festa Italiana on June 1. We will also recognize the 2nd and 3rd place People’s Choice winners. In addition to bragging rights, winners will receive cash prizes, certificates, and trophies for 1st place, medals for 2nd and 3rd place. The People’s Choice and Judges’ Choice 1st place winners will receive the coveted Golden Ladle trophies. People’s Choice winners receive: 1stplace = $200, 2nd place = $100, 3rd place = $50 cash prizes. The Judge’s Choice Winner will receive a $200 cash prize.
May the best sauce win!
Please complete the below form to enter your sauce.
Enter your sauce by Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Questions – Contact Julie Gey at jgey@capricommunities.com or 414-485-6605
728 E Pleasant St.
Milwaukee, WI 53202
414-485-6600
Located on the vibrant and historic Lower East Side, St. Rita Square has raised the bar for senior living in Milwaukee. Residents are just steps away from the city’s best restaurants, shopping, sports and entertainment. Offering a full continuum of housing options for active aging adults, St. Rita Square has its own distinct style and personality, so whatever your needs may be we have a place for you!
