The Tulsa State Fair invites you to take part in the Annual Awesome Eats Food Competition! Join us for a delightful culinary adventure by entering your best Savory Dish or Sweet Treat. Whether it's served on a stick, on a plate, in a boat, baked, deep-fried, air-fried, or grilled, we want to taste your creations.
New this year, we're excited to introduce a special category: State Fair Sips. Use your creativity to concoct beverages that will dazzle our judges' taste buds.
Categories:
Savory Dish
- 1st Place Savory Dish
- 2nd Place Savory Dish
- 3rd Place Savory Dish
Sweet Treat
- 1st Place Sweet Treat
- 2nd Place Sweet Treat
- 3rd Place Sweet Treat
State Fair Sips
- 1st Place State Fair Sips
- 2nd Place State Fair Sips
- 3rd Place State Fair Sips
Best Overall
Entries
Each concessionaire that is contracted to participate in the 2024 Tulsa State Fair is eligible to enter (1) one item per category to be judged in its selected class.
Entry must be printed on your menu to serve to the Fair patrons.
Classes will be limited to (20) entries due to competition time constraints.
Entry forms are available online and will be logged in the order received.
Food entries that have won in previous years are not eligible for resubmission.
When & Where
The competition will be held on Thursday, September 26, and Friday, September 27. Judging for Savory Dishes will take place on September 26, while Sweet Treats and State Fair Sips will be judged on September 27. Judges will visit your booth at scheduled times starting at 2 PM. You will receive a text message approximately 15 minutes before the judges arrive. Please begin preparing your samples at that time, not before, so the judges can observe you in action and capture photos and/or video.
Judging
Please provide a two-bite sample for each judge and one full serving for presentation purposes. Please present your dish in the fashion it will be served to the public.
Scores will be recorded after each sampling and tallied after the judging.
Awards & Media
Participants will be notified via email with the results of the competition. The winner will be notified via text message with a scheduled time to meet at your booth where a photograph and/or video will be taken of you and the winning dish; all winners will be featured on the website and social media.
First-place winners will receive a $200.00 check, second-place winners will receive a $100.00 check and third-place winners will receive a $50.00 check. All winners will receive a trophy and Branded Awesome Eats Merch. Prize money and trophies will be delivered following the contest.
The Best Overall Dish winner will receive a cash prize of $300.00, a Trophy, and Branded Awesome Eats Merch as well as bragging rights for the year!
All entries must be received by midnight, August 15.