THE INTERNATIONAL BISCUIT FESTIVAL SELECTED BEST FOOD FESTIVAL!
The International Biscuit Festival was selected the Best Food Festival in the nation by Livability.com. Topping the recently released Top 10 list after only it’s second year, the Biscuit Festival rises above a number of great food events occurring across the United States.
“Songs are written about it. Stories revolve around it. What better thing to celebrate than food? And what better way to celebrate than a community-wide festival, bringing together favorite foods and local culture?
Turns out, the saying is true, “You are what you eat.” Communities can be defined by their food. Whether it’s comfort food from the heart of the South or a chili kick from Colorado, food can turn a small town into a tourist destination or earn a big city high praise. And that, friends, is cause for celebration.
From the weird and wacky RC and Moonpie Festival to the elegant Oregon Truffle Festival, we’ve scoured the country to give you a taste of some of the best food fests in the most livable cities. So go on, dig in.”
The complete Top 10 Food Festivals list:
1. The International Biscuit Festival Knoxville, TN
2. Loaf ‘N Jug Chile & Frijoles Festival Pueblo, CO
3. Dudie Burger Festival Tupelo, MS
4. Barbecue Festival Lexington, NC
5. RC and Moonpie Festival Shelbyville, TN
6. Happy Harry’s RibFest Fargo, ND
7. Soul Food Cook-off Muskogee, OK
8. Gingerbread House Festival Provo, UT
9. Oregon Truffle Festival Eugene, OR
10. Tomato Festival Newark, OH
Livability.com features the best places to live in America, with an emphasis on quality of life.
The best places to live aren’t always the biggest ones. You won’t find New York City, Chicago or San Francisco on Livability.com. We’re all about the great places in between the big cities.
The staff of Livability has spent more than 20 years finding the good stuff in small to mid-sized communities all across America. The result? A resource of more than 500 of America’s best places to live, work, play, explore and belong.
THE INTERNATIONAL BISCUIT FESTIVAL SHARES BISCUIT LOVE WITH THOUSANDS!
The International Biscuit Festival brought between 15,000-20,000 Biscuit lovers to downtown Knoxville, Tennessee this Memorial Day weekend.
Guests enjoyed food, fun, music and more throughout the three days of the Festival. More than tripling the attendance of last year’s inaugural event, the 2011 celebration of the Biscuit also added new restaurant participants, more vendors and more performers.
Congratulations to our Biscuit Bake Off Grand Prize Winner, Kim Randall, for her Sweet Potato Casserole Biscuit. Full results are posted below.
Cafe 4 is the winner of the 2011 People’s Choice Award for the favorite Biscuit on Biscuit Boulevard with their Orange Cranberry Streusel Biscuit!
Also, congratulations on Miss Biscuit 2011- Sarah Quall, whose poise, fashion sense and Biscuit song stylings made her the judge’s favorite.
Jimmy Brown Johnson’s “Hawaiian Biscuit” took top prize in the Biscuit Songwriting Competition.
The winners of the Biscuit Bake Off categories were:
Grand Prize Winner: Kim Randall of Hixson, TN for her Sweet Potato Casserole Biscuits
Traditional Biscuit Category winners:
1st place : Doris Bolalek of Greensburg, PA for her Buttermilk-Yogurt Biscuits
2nd place: Mat Merten of Knoxville for his Atomic Biscuits
3rd place : Jody Currin of Erwin, NC for her Mrs. Picky’s Spritzy Biscuits
Kids’ Biscuit Category winners:
1st place: Parker Davis of Knoxville, TN for his Garlic Cheddar Biscuits
2nd place: Miela Hurst of Knoxville, TN for her Salmon-Nori Biscuits
3rd place; Becca Dailey of Knoxville, TN for her Angel Biscuits
Dessert Biscuit Category winners:
1st place: Kim Randall of Hixson, TN for her Sweet Potato Casserole Biscuits
2nd place: Casey Littell for her Drunken Sweet Peach Biscuit Shortcake
3rd place: Jack Walker for his Maple Shack Bacon Delight Biscuits
Most Creative Biscuit Category winners:
1st place: Jackie Hardin of Sevierville, TN for her Bacon, Lettuce and fried green tomato biscuit with chipotle mayonnaise
2nd place: Shawn Banks of Alcoa, TN for his Blackened Steak and Eggs on a a Blue Cheese Biscuit
3rd place: Jocelyn Roberts for her Chikin Faheeter Biscuits
Hear our guests talk about their experience at the Festival.
This year, we were also proud to join with Share Our Strength and Second Harvest to raise funds for programs to eliminate childhood hunger in this country.
Thank you to our guests, our partners and our participants for making the International Biscuit Festival such a huge success.
The International Biscuit Festival celebrates the heritage of home cooking through that most perfect of foods – the Biscuit.
Want to learn more? Check back here for more details as they come out of the oven. Or you can email: john@biscuitfest.com
