2022 Food Festival Featured Items
Savory Servings
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Participating food vendors will have a special Food Festival item for you to eat by yourself or share! There’s something delicious for every palate.
From savory – like sweet BBQ pulled pork, to sweet – like the bacon and pecan cinnamon roll, and fried of course! – deep fried apple pie anyone?
Come visit all of our award-winning Food Festival Pass participants, see their well-deserved ribbons displayed at their booths and taste their delicious entries!
Here’s how it works:
Buy your Food Festival Pass for only $34 (a $48 value!) online.
You will receive 4 Food Festival Pass tickets to be redeemed at the participating vendors for items that have been entered into the Food Festival and Competition.
Food Festival tickets are NOT valid for all food. Tickets may be redeemed for eligible Food Festival items listed online only.
LOOK FOR THE FLAGS to find participating vendors to trade your tickets for dishes!
One ticket is good for one Food Festival item, each valued at $12 or more.
Food Festival Pass tickets are transferable and may be used any day of the CA State Fair & Food Festival.
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| Vendor | Food Item | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Drewski’s Grilled Cheese Truck | Drewski’s Famous Pork Slider with Tots – Slow Roasted Carolina Pulled Pork tossed in our scratch made BBQ sauce on a bed of homemade coleslaw, topped with spicy aioli all in between a sweet Hawaiian bun. Served with our famous tots. | ||
| Drewski’s Hot Rod Chicken Truck | Drewski’s Fried Chicken/VooDoo Fry Combo – Hand Breaded, 24 hour Marinated Chicken Tenderloin, fried to crispy golden brown perfection. Paired with our signature VooDoo Fries. | ||
| Jerry’s Cowboy Jerky | Two wild game sticks (wild boar, venison or elk) | ||
| The Sleek Greek | Greek Fries – Our regular french fries topped with tzatziki sauce, feta cheese and greek spices. | ||
| Wing Mahal | Samosa-wich – A savory pastry, stuffed with Indian spiced peas and potatoes, fried to golden brown perfection and nestled between a toasted brioche bun, accompanied by red onions and smothered in our house made Sweet and Spicy sauce. | ||
| Soul on a Roll | Cajun Chicken Po’ Boi – Our famous Cajun Chicken served on a french roll with housemade remoulade, and topped with a pickled slaw. Served with VooDoo Fries. | ||
| Rainbow’s End | Pepino-Loco aka Crazy Pickle – Jumbo pickle wrapped in fruit roll up dipped in Chamoy and Tajin and stuffed with a fruit gusher. | ||
| Candytown | Cheetos/Hot Cheetos popcorn – Popcorn mixed with cheese popcorn or mixed with spicy cheese popcorn. | ||
| The Dog House | Totchos – Tater tots with Nacho cheese and jalapenos. | ||
| Bula Pies Fiji | Hand pie flavor of the day |
Sweet Summer Faire
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| Vendor | Food Item | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Balance Me Out | Green Eyed Honey – A matcha latte unlike any other. Organic ceremonial grade matcha sweetened with local honey and infused with citrus. This non-gmo almond milk iced latte is loaded in antioxidants, vitamin D and layers of citrus. | ||
| Golden Key – This delicious drink contains a healing blend of spices and herbs matched perfectly with turmeric, black tea, and organic oat milk. This golden latte helps support the health of mind, body, and spirit with the ability to detoxify, strengthen, support and increase vitality. Plant based. | |||
| Perfect Date – Espresso, dates, and citrus are key elements in this oat milk latte. Using California grown dates to elevate this drink without excess sugar. This vegan, double shot iced latte makes any date a perfect one. | |||
| Suck It Up Ice Cream | Butterbeer Milkshake – Vanilla Ice Cream blended with milk, butterscotch and cream soda | ||
| Funnel Cakes | Churro Funnel Cake – Funnel cake with cinnamon sugar | ||
| Pepe’s Aguas Frescas & Fresh Fruit Bar | Mini pancakes in a cup – Your Choice! | ||
| Strawberry Chamango – Blended mango and blended strawberry to make a slush all wrapped up and covered with Chamoy and Tajin. | |||
| Moreliife Ice Italian Ice | Caribbean – Dairy Free Cherry Orange & Pineapple Italian Ice. | ||
| Mangonada – Dairy Free Mango Italian Ice topped with Chamoy and Tajin seasoning. | |||
| Ice Cream | Churro Shake – Caramel milkshake with churros and whipped cream and cinnamon seasoning. | ||
| Churro Banana Split – A banana split with two sliced churros next to the bananas filled with ice cream, caramel, strawberry and chocolate, topped with whipping cream and nuts and cinnamon blend seasoning. | |||
| Pennsylvania Dutch Funnel Cakes | Cinnamon Toast Crunch Funnel Cake – Funnel Cake with cream cheese frosting crushed up cinnamon toast crunch cereal topped with cinnamon and whip cream | ||
| County Fair Cinnamon Rolls | Caramel Crunch Cinnamon Roll – Our famous hot cinnamon roll topped with cream cheese frosting , Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal and drizzled with caramel sauce! | ||
| Pina Colada Smoothie – A smooth and creamy fruit smoothie ( no alcohol ) Blended pineapple, coconut milk , smoothie topped with coconut shavings , whipped cream and a cheery for a sweet and refreshing blended treat. No dairy, vegan, & gluten free. | |||
| Cakes By Jeff The Chef | Banana Pudding Cheesecake – Real Bananas and Homestyle Banana Pudding baked inside Chef Jeff’s Original Cheesecake. Topped with a Vanilla Wafer, drizzled with Banana Pudding Sauce. | ||
| LV Pistachio Cheesecake – Chopped Pistachios and Homestyle Pistachio Pudding baked inside Chef Jeff’s Original Cheesecake! Topped with Whipped Cream with Chopped Pistachios and a Pistachio Cream Drizzle! This is the hottest new flavor you must try! | |||
| S’Mores Cheesecake – A toasted Marshmallow and pieces of Chocolate bars sandwiched between two Graham Crackers baked inside Chef Jeff’s Original Cheesecake, this combination is a blissful harmony you must try! | |||
| California Ice Cream Company | The Sunset Sundae – Made with our creamy soft serve vanilla ice cream, crushed pineapple and strawberry topping. Then topped with whip Cream and a cherry and served with a chocolate dipped frozen pineapple skewer! | ||
| Popcorn! | Super Jumbo Fluffy Cotton Candy – Five fluffy cloud puffs of pink vanilla and blue raspberry cotton candy | ||
| Olde Tyme Ice Cream | Soft Serve Waffle Cone – Your choice of house made soft-serve ice cream in a deluxe waffle cone. | ||
| Ice Cream & Mini Donuts | Soft Serve Waffle Cone – Your choice of house made soft-serve ice cream in a deluxe waffle cone. |
2022 Food Festival Competition Winners
| Category | Award | Concessionaire | Item |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best of Show | Best of Show | Country Fair Cinnamon Rolls | Caramel Crunch Cinnamon Roll |
| Sweet | Best in Division | California Ice Cream Company | Sunset Sundae |
| Savory | Best in Division | Bula Pies Fiji | Chicken Curry Hand Pie |
| Drink | Gold | PePe”s Aguas Frescas and Fruit Bar | Strawberry Chamango |
| Drink | Silver | Balance Me Out | Golden Key |
| Drink | Bronze | Suckitup Ice Cream | Butterbeer Milkshake |
| Dessert | Gold | The California Ice Cream Company | Sunset Sundae |
| Dessert | Silver | Cakes by Jeff the Chef | S’mores Cheese Cake |
| Dessert | Bronze | Mad Hatter Doughnuts | Slice of Heaven |
| Savory | Gold | Bula’s Pies Fiji | Chicken Curry Hand Pie |
| Savory | Silver | Wing Mahal | Samosa-wich |
| Savory | Bronze | Soul on a Roll | Cajun Chicken Po’ Boi |
| Side | Gold | Pepe’s Aguas Frescas & Fresh Fruit Bar | Mini Pancakes in a Cup |
| Side | Silver | The Sleek Greek | Greek Fries |
| Side | Bronze | The Dog House | Totchos |
| Cinnamon | Gold | Country Fair Cinnamon Rolls | Caramel Crunch Cinnamon Roll |
| Cinnamon | Silver | Desirene’s Ice Cream | Churro Banana Split |
| Cinnamon | Bronze | Pennsylvania Dutch Funnel Cakes) | Cinnamon Toast Crunch Funnel Cake |
| Fruity | Gold | Moreliife Ice Italian Ice | Mangonada |
| Fruity | Silver | Country Fair Cinnamon Rolls | Pina Colada Smoothie |
| Fruity | Bronze | Cakes by Jeff the Chef | Banana Pudding Cheesecake |
| Unique | Gold | Rainbow’s End | Pepino Loco (Crazy Pickle) |
| Unique | Silver | Cakes by Jeff the Chef | LV Pistachio Cheesecake |
| Unique | Bronze | Balance Me Out | Perfect Date |
2022 Panel of Judges
- Jess Durfee, Chair of the Board of Directors
- Terrence Burns
- Lorenzo & Diana, SacFoodandBooze
- Dixie, DeetsonEats
- Chef Q
- Chef David Edgar
- Tina Macuha
- Laura McIntosh
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