Food Network Name the Dish Contests 2025

Have a knack for puns or wordplay? Love food as much as clever captions? Then it’s your time to shine in the Food Network’s Name the Dish Contest—where a slice of creativity could score you $500 in cold, hard cash.

Here’s the challenge: whip up the most imaginative, witty, or crave-worthy name for Food Network’s latest cake recipe. Whether you're channeling your inner pastry poet or flexing your foodie branding skills, this is your chance to get your voice heard—and rewarded—by one of the biggest names in culinary entertainment.

It’s not just a baking contest. It’s a wordsmith showdown for dessert lovers, pun pros, and food fans across the nation. Submissions are simple. Prizes are sweet. Your name might just go down in food history.

Limit: One entry per person throughout the contest period. Entrants must have reached the age of majority in their state at the time of entry.

How to Enter the Food Network Name This Dish Contest:

To enter, visit foodnetwork.com/namethisdish and complete the entry form with your name, address, email, and submit your creative name for the featured recipe in the June/July 2025 issue of Food Network Magazine.

To enter, send your best recipe title to [email protected].

Food Network Sweepstakes Winner selection and notification:

The winner will be selected within 10 days of the last day of the Contest on the basis of following judging criteria:

• Originality (50%)
• Creativity (50%)

Food Network Name This Dish Contest Prizes:

One Grand Prize winner will receive a $500 check.

Three Runners Up Prize winners will each receive a $50 check.