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WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM JUNE 29 - JULY 5 10, 2022 UCW 17 Summer has officially started, and the Fayetteville Pie Company wants to ensure everyone is mak- ing the most of it. eir event calendar is undoubt- edly full for this month, with excit- ing new events involving plenty of delicious pie. e first big event will be an Apple Pie Baking Contest on July 16. People can bake two apple pies and bring them in to be judged by other bakers, community members and people who love food. e new co-owners of Fayetteville Pie Company, Kerry and Jennifer Washburn, were inspired to hold their pie contest after judging for the MacPherson House Pecan Pie contest. "We were judges in their contest last November, and we were just thinking of events that we wanted to start offering with our space, and I had the thought that apple pie is really popular," Jennifer told Up & Coming Weekly. "So we reached out to Katy [Stevick] with MacPherson House and started comparing notes and figuring out how we can kind of start working together, and we may work to- gether." But the fun doesn't stop with baking the pies. People can buy tickets to taste and even judge the pies too. Each $30 tasting ticket includes two three-inch savory cutie pies, a beverage of choice, and the oppor- tunity to taste ten apple pies. "e judges are going to vote and reward prizes for the best tradi- tional and the best nontraditional [pies]. And then we're going to do our best overall, which is going to be a combination of the judges' votes, plus all the people that buy tickets to come to the event will have a chance to vote on their favorite pie, and that'll determine the grand prize winner," Kerry said. e grand prize winner will receive a two-hour private party rental with a pie bar for 20 guests. To enter the baking portion of the pie contest, email pies@ fayettevillepiecompany.com with your name, phone number and the name of your apple pie. Only 10 people will be allowed to enter the contest. Apple pies must be dropped off by 2 p.m. on July 16. Judging will start at 3 p.m. and end at 5 p.m. ere will be a total of five judges. ose judges will include the chefs from Fayetteville Pie Company and representatives from MacPherson House, Sweet Tea Shakespeare and Coffee Roasters. Bakers entering the contest will receive a complimentary tasting ticket and be able to taste their competitor's pie and even vote for their favorite. ose who buy a tasting ticket will arrive at 5 p.m. and will be able to taste the pies until 7 p.m. ey then can vote for their favorite pie. Tickets are available at https://bit. ly/3xJOWNc. e next big event at the pie shop will be a pop-up market that will be entirely Christmas-themed. Christmas and holiday pies will be available for sale, while the up- stairs portion of the restaurant will hold several vendors. "Eight vendors selling anywhere from tea to glass, jewelry, all sorts of things that you might want to check out," Jennifer said. "Cel- ebrating the halfway mark until Christmas." e vendors will be Nature's Cup, Scentsy, Nellement, KnotEM Macrame, Maven Haven Creations, StephAllyn Designs, Crochet items and Dual Designs. is free event will be held on July 23, kick-off at 11 a.m. and end when the restaurant closes at 3 p.m. e last event closing out the month will be a Wine and Pie Pair- ing. e Washburns were inspired to create this event after working with Bright Light Brewing Compa- ny for a Beer and Pie pairing event this past December. Event-goers will get to pair three wines with two savory and one sweet cutie pie. After the tasting, participants can receive a glass of their favorite wine from the pairing. Outside the tasting and pairing, a photography gallery from Michael Hine and live music by saxophone player Domi- nic Hunter have been organized to entertain. is event will take place on July 28 from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tickets are available for $25 at https://bit. ly/3bbnhxd. If the event does well, Jennifer Washburn says they may continue the pairing events. "We may do different drinks like Beer and Pie or Coffee and Pie in the future." ese special events are just a start for the Fayetteville Pie Com- pany. e Washburns hope to con- tinue ticketed and special events throughout the year. "We're trying to get to where we have events going on pretty much every week is what we're build- ing up to, whether it be music or trivia or we do music bingo once a month," Kerry said. "We're going to start having live music with brunch every Sunday. So we're working to get artists lined up for that. And that all could become a normal thing where with our Sunday brunches, we have live music." e Fayetteville Pie Company will announce any new and up- coming events on their Facebook page and website, fayetteville- piecompany.com. Fayetteville Pie Company to host event-filled month by HANNAH LEE EVENTS HANNAH LEE, Assistant Editor. COMMENTS? Editor@upandcom- ingweekly.com. 910-484-6200. Above: An apple pie baking contest is set for July 16. Left: On July 23, Fayetteville Pie Com- pany is hosting Christmas in July, a vendor and shopping event. Below: Fayetteville Pie Com- pany hosts a pie and wine pairing, July 28. ( Images courtesy of Fayetteville Pie Company)