American Pie Council

The American Pie Council (APC) is a US-based lobbying organization and club.^[2][1]

American Pie Council

Headquarters	Lake Forest,[1] Illinois , USA
Key people	Linda Hoskins, Executive Director[1]
Website	piecouncil.org

The organization is based in Lake Forest, Illinois, and offers amateur, professional, and commercial memberships.^[1][3]

Activities

The APC sponsors National Pie Day, which is held twice a year on January 23 and December 1.^[4][5][6][7]

It has held the National Pie Championships, a baking contest for amateur, independent, professional, and commercial pie bakers, since 1995.^[3][5][8] It is judged by volunteers.^[9][10] Recipes become the property of the APC.^[10]

The competition is open to members and non-members and is held in Orlando, Florida.^[9][11]

The competition was interrupted in 2021 and 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic; the independent and commercial baking divisions were held in 2023 and all four divisions in the 2024 competition.^[12][8]

Publications

• American Pie Council; Hoskins, Linda (2012). America's Best Pies: Nearly 200 Recipes You'll Love (1st ed.). Skyhorse Publishing. ISBN 978-1620871652.
• American Pie Council; Hoskins, Linda (2014). America's Best Pies 2014-2015: Nearly 200 Recipes You'll Love (2nd ed.). Skyhorse Publishing. ISBN 978-1629146720.

See also

• List of food days
• List of pies, tarts and flans
• Aussie Pie Council