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Saturday, May 3rd at the North Market. Make a good homemade salsa? Enter our salsa contest..we're light on entries right now. How about hot sauce? Openings there too. Or just come to watch our chefs compete in the Taco Taste-off....you get to sample their creations at the end!
For those of you who have disdain for the press release posts....stop reading now. :lol:
Cinco D’Ohio will be the first outdoor festival of the season at the North Market. The farmers’ market will officially open and Ohio Proud vendors will join our farmers in the plaza selling Ohio-made foodstuffs. The Market is known for its festival culinary contests and Cinco D’Ohio will have three: Salsa, Hot Sauce and the Chef Taco Taste-Off! The Amateur Salsa Contest will earn the first place winner $50 in North Market gift certificates and the runner-up $25 in gift certificates. The Amateur Hot Sauce Contest winner will be rewarded with $50 in North Market gift certificates and the runner-up $25 in gift certificates. In the expert category, local Chefs can demonstrate their taco-constructing skills in the Chef Taco Taste-Off. The victorious chef will garner a special trophy and $100 in North Market gift certificates. Robin Davis will be competing in her own Dispatch Kitchen (does she have the home-chef advantage?) along with Alana Shock of Alana's Food + Wine, John Dornback of Basi Italia, Matt Langstaff of Bexley’s Monk and Steve Lawrence of CaJohn’s CaBom Chili Co.
For the kids there will be all kinds of amusement including face painters, a fun show and piñatas to burst and scramble for prizes!
“We had great fun with the Cinco D’Ohio theme last year,†says North Market Executive Director, David Wible. “Our partnership with Ohio Proud enables us to bring in a great assortment of vendors for the event who all create their products within the state.â€Â
Cinco D’Ohio Festival Schedule:
•8 a.m. North Market opens, Ohio Proud vendors open on farmers’ market plaza
•9 a.m. – 3 p.m., Cooking demonstrations in the Dispatch Kitchen (dubbed CaJohns Kitchen for the day) by John Hard of CaJohns Flavor & Fire
o9:00 Culinary demonstration
o9:45Lori Panda of Ohio Proud and Martha Franzel, chile pepper grower
o10:30 Salsa contest
o11:15 Chef Taco Taste-off
o12:00 Hot Sauce contest
o12:45 Culinary demonstration
o1:15 Culinary demonstration
o2:30 Culinary demonstration
•10 a.m. – 1 p.m., music by Willie Phoenix
•11 a.m. – 1 p.m., Columbus Dog Connection showcases adoptable dogs
•1 p.m., kids can take a swing at the piñata full of goodies!
•1 – 4 p.m., Mark Wood fun show, cowboy and magic tricks
•11 a.m. – 4 p.m., Fantasy Faces face painting for the kids
•1 – 4 p.m., live music by Jorge Polo and the Gadabouts
Cinco D’Ohio vendors will include: Anderson Orchard, Buckeye Mustard, Champaign Springs, Chief Cooker Coffee Roasters, Combs Fresh Herbs, Cynthia’s Wing Tongs, Dolce Pizzelles, Gypsy Bees, Heartland Herbs, Little Dipper Company, Louisiana Grill, Make it Like a Chef, Misty Mountain Estate, Montezuma Brand, Ohio Proud, Rhoads Farm, Sauce Cartel, Schmitz Gardens, Shearer’s Potato Chips, Somerset Herbs, Sparky & Spike’s, Steven’s Bakery & Orchard, Summer Thyme Farm, Sweet Louise Sauces, Toby Run Growers, Toad Hill Organic Farm, Urban Chefs, and Wishwell Farms Produce.
The North Market Cinco D’Ohio Festival on Saturday, May 3 is a free event. Festival activities will take place from 9a.m.-5p.m. Market hours are 8a.m. – 5 p.m. To participate in any of the contests and for more information, please call (614) 463-9664 or visit http://www.northmarket.com.
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