Save Mart California's Kitchen Applications

These booths frame some of California’s most outstanding commodities and spotlights a variety of produce, products, and beverages made in California, with education, sampling, and sales.

Share your enthusiasm and knowledge for all things food and cooking by becoming a Demonstrator at the California State Fair!

Promote your restaurant, food truck, cookbook, cultural cuisine, web blog, healthy lifestyle message, or personal passion.

The educated consumer is a powerful tool to increase sales of high-quality California products. Industry Professionals are invited to lead tasting and experience classes for fair guests on topics such as California olive oil, wine, beer, cider, cheese and more!

New class topic proposals are welcome!

Who knows quality California ingredients better than the employees of Save Mart Supermarkets? Teams of 2 current employees of Save Mart Supermarkets stores are invited to compete in a live cooking challenge to prepare a 3-course meal, in front of a live fair audience and a panel of qualified Judges.

We are looking for the Mail Carrier who can really deliver… in the kitchen!

Teams of two US Postal Service employees will use mystery ingredients to prepare a 3-course, home-style meal in front of a live fair audience and a panel of qualified judges.

Point of Contact:
Ralph Petty
petty-r@pacbell.net

Military, Veterans, and First Responders face off in a live cooking challenge at the California State Fair.

Teams of two Military, Veterans, Firefighters, Police Officers, and Emergency Medical Technicians will use a mystery ingredient to prepare a 3-course meal in front of a live fair audience and a panel of qualified judges.

California is bursting with rising star chefs who make our state’s bounty really shine!
Professional chefs will use a mystery ingredient to prepare a 3-course, restaurant-quality meal in front of a live fair audience and a panel of qualified Judges.

California Youth, ages 10-17, are invited to design a contest theme for 1 of 3 rounds of the 2024 California Junior Chef Cooking Challenge. If selected, our young theme designers will receive tickets to the fair and an opportunity to be an official State Fair Judge!

California’s Kitchen Trivia Information

Prove your culinary cognition with a morning of California Culinary Trivia. Teams of up to four produce fabulous food experts will compete for ribbons in this pub-style trivia event, MC-ed by Your Produce Man, Michael Marks.