COOKS WITH COLLARS

Celebrating parishes and serving communities in the Diocese of Allentown

September 1, 2026– September 30, 2026

As we begin to arrive at the half-way mark of Cooks with Collars 2026, the competition is almost to a "rolling boil".

Check the leaderboard...several cooks have taken a commanding lead and are maintaining their lead while other Cooks are steadily gaining slots on the leaderboard!

VOTING EARLY & VOTING OFTEN is accepted and encouraged!

Help your favorite Cook climb the Leaderboard!

Every dollar counts!

In celebration of the 65th Anniversary of the Diocese of Allentown, there is a new award, Commemorative 65th Anniversary Award. This award will go to the Cook of the parish or college ministry who has the highest count of $65 donations from an individual parish or college. All donated dollars stay with those parishes and college ministries.

Remember, your voting dollars go directly to the parish or college ministry of the Cook that earns your votes. Every dollar counts as one vote! (Minimum donation is $10...10 votes.)

Voting closes at the stroke of midnight on September 30, 2026.

For mail-in and offline votes,

please drop your donations in the Sunday collection at your parish.

Competitors are vying this year for new awards:

Top Chef

Most Popular Chef

Commemorative 65th Anniversary Award

Top Chef by Deanery

Top Chef by College

Father Eric Tolentino at Alvernia University (Reading)

2026 Cooks with Collars Supporting Local Parishes & Campus Ministry in the Diocese of Allentown

2026 Cooks with Collars

Father Eric Tolentino at Alvernia University (Reading)

2026 Cooks with Collars Supporting Local Parishes & Campus Ministry in the Diocese of Allentown

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