Del Monte is one of the country's largest and most well-known producers, distributors and marketers of premium quality, branded food and pet products for the U.S. retail market.  They've recently launched their first ever, Crown the Cook Contest, which offers home chefs like yourself a great opportunity to win some fabulous prizes and possibly even compete for the Del Monte Cook-Off Champion title in San Francisco.

Keep reading to learn more as well as enter to win a Del Monte Crown the Cook Prize Pack!

From now through April 22, 2012, you can enter to win the Del Monte Crown the Cook contest.  Simply visit their Facebook page and enter an original recipe which features one or more of Del Monte's canned fruit, vegetable, or tomato products (Full List of Products Here).

If your recipe is selected as one of the top three finalists, not only will you win a year's supply of Del Monte products (consisting of (4) physical shipments of ninety (90) 14-16 oz cans of Del Monte Foods Vegetable, Tomato, and Fruit product for a total of three hundred and sixty (360) cans), but Del Monte will send you and a guest on a four-day trip to San Francisco to compete in a cook-off against two other fans!

The grand prize winner will take home the title of Del Monte Cook-Off Champion, as well as thousands of dollars worth of professional cookware.  Sound good?  Then, let's get cooking!

Follow These Easy Steps to Enter:

• Visit the Del Monte Facebook Page.
• Click on the "Like" button to like the page and access the “Crown the Cook” recipe contest application.
• Click "Submit Recipe".
• Complete the registration form.
• Upload your recipe photo and enter your recipe.
• Click "Submit".

Del Monte was generous enough to offer one of my readers the chance to win a Crown the Cook Prize Pack in order to inspire your next original food creation.  This prize pack contains everything you need to create an award-winning recipe of your own to enter in the Crown the Cook Contest.  Who knows?  You just might be on your way to San Francisco soon!