The Development category, which funds grantees with promising but relatively untested ideas, has been the most popular of the three
grant categories throughout the previous three i3 competitions.
Open to amateur pie makers, professionals and commercial pie manufacturers from
throughout the country and Canada, judges
grant awards based on appearance, taste, consistency, crust, and the overall product, offering opportunities for companies to get their pie in the limelight — and substantially increase their sales and market share in that
category.