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July 12-August 11: It’s All About the Food at the 2013 OC Fair

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　Costa Mesa, Calif. (June 25, 2013) – Just as dinner bells would call hard-working farmers to the table for meals, the OC Fair is ringing the metaphorical dinner bell for Fairgoers to “Come& Get It” July 12 to August 11, 2013.

With plenty of food vendors and culinary activities, the OC Fair has something for every palate. Here’s what the Fair is cooking up this year:

• Chicken Charlie: Chicken Charlie is churning out new food with Krispy Kreme Sloppy Joes, Deep-Fried Bacon- Wrapped Pickles and Waffle Dogs (a hot dog wrapped inside a waffle and all on a stick). Plus, don’t miss deep-fried cookie dough!
• Bacon A-Fair
: This year’s new additions at Bacon A-Fair include Truffle Gouda Bacon Fries, Bacon Beer (root beer) and Cheesy Bacon Bombs. Plus, wild boar bacon on a stick will be served exclusively at the OC Fair.
• Biggy’s Meat Market
: Channel your inner cave man (or woman) and come to Biggy’s Meat Market for the returning 17-inch The Big Rib plus the new Biggy Sausage, a 2-foot-long smoked sausage on a stick, and the Big Chic, 24 ounces of chicken breast on a stick of course.
• Ten Pound Buns
: The mad scientists at Ten Pound Buns have added ground bacon, whipped butter and Nutella on top of their famous sourdough “pizza” for the Bacon Nutella Bun.
• Pink’s Hot Dogs:
Long known for their innovative hot dogs named after celebrities, the Ghiradelli hot dog takes it to a new level. It is a beef dog topped with cream cheese, honey mustard, crumbled bacon and dark chocolate.
• More New Food:
There are new tastes to be found throughout the OC Fair this year including deep-fried strawberries, a macaroni and cheese hamburger, fried bacon ice cream, deep-fried lobster, cream cheese on a stick, mango & chamoy popsicle (spicy- sweet lemon chile flavoring), heart-shaped funnel cake, Dirty BBQ Tasti Chips and more.
• OC Fair Foodies:
New this year, the OC Fair is introducing food- themed mascots including Scoop, Carl, Dip and their foodie friends all inspired by iconic Fair and farm foods such as ice cream cones, cotton candy, corn dogs, vegetables, fruit and more. Costumed characters, plushes and signage will be representing the foodie friends throughout the Fair.
• $2 Taste of Fair Food
: Every Friday from Noon-4 p.m., Fairgoers can sample the best the Fair has to offer for only $2 each sample. Fun-sized samples include funnel cake, BBQ tri-tip, lemonade, cinnamon rolls, corn dogs, tacos, gelato, cotton candy and more.
• Celebrity Chefs
: The 2013 OC Fair presents two shows in The Hangar featuring charismatic celebrity chefs demonstrating their culinary prowess.
Scheduled appearances include

  • the owners and chefs of the award- winning La Casita Mexicana Restaurant Jaime Martin del Campo and Ramiro Arvizu (July 20, 4 p.m.) and
  • award-winning chef and owner of Bottega in Napa Valley and Coqueto in San Francisco Michael Chiarello (August 1, 4 p.m.)
  • Free with Fair admission.

• Culinary Presentations: In addition to celebrity chefs, the 2013 OC Fair is also featuring local professional chefs from some of the county’s top local restaurants and other culinary artisans in the OC Promenade. Presentation days and times vary.
• Food Truck Fare at the OC Fair: On top of traditional and new Fair foods, Fairgoers can purchase gourmet fare from their favorite food trucks from inside the OC Fair gates every Thursday from Noon-10 p.m. Access is free with Fair admission and prices for food and drinks vary per truck.
• Kitchen Challenge: Watch local culinary professionals show off their chops and go head-to-head in a series of live cooking challenges set to various themes every Thursday in the OC Promenade: Meatheads (July 18), Time to Make The Donuts (July25), Firehouse Chefs (August 1) and Vegan (August 8). Winners will receive bragging rights and an award to commemorate their culinary victory. Viewing is free with Fair admission.

• Contests and Competitions: Most of the traditional Culinary Arts competitions have closed their registrations but the Culinary Arts department is again hosting live contests that offer late registration with the Special Culinary Contests held the last four Saturdays, including the popular OC Cupcake Classic on August 3. Registration for these contestsis the Wednesday before each contest. New this year is the Salad Daze contest, which is judging for the best picnic-ready salads. For a complete list, visit
ocfair.com/competitions.
• Food As Art: Chef Ray Duey is an acclaimed food sculptor who was a gold medal winner from the Food Network’s Challenge Team and will be creating works of art out of fruits and vegetables daily in the OC Promenade. Award-winning Shaile Socher creates masterful floral arrangements out of sugar and will be demonstrating her intricate and dazzling talent in the OC Promenade daily. Demonstrations are free with Fair admission.
• Centennial Farm: Experience being home on the range in this year-round, three-acre demonstration farm complete with crops, livestock and the Millennium Barn. Check out educational exhibits, agricultural organizations and the fruit and vegetable competitive entries. Visit ocfair.com/competitions for details on the Garden and Floral competitions offered.The 2013 OC Fair, themed Come & Get It, is July 12 – August 11 and brings 23 days of food, rides, exhibits, animals, music, action sports and fun, as well as the Toyota Summer Concert Series at the Pacific Amphitheatre, The Hangar and Action Sports Arena. The Fair is open Wednesday-Sunday. Concert tickets, action sports reserved seats and single-day general admission are available for purchase online at ticketmaster.com or from the on-site Box Office. The popular Super Pass, which offers the passholder 23 days of admission, is available for purchase online at ocfair.com from the onsite Box Office.
The OC Fair & Event Center is located off the 405 and 55 freeways at 88 Fair Drive in Costa Mesa. For more information, please visit ocfair.com, become a fan at Facebook.com/OCFair, follow us at twitter.com/ocfair or call (714) 708-1500. Also, download the free OC Fair iPhone and Android apps featuring a Food Finder and schedules of events.

GFTS at San Onofre Through Labor Day

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San Clemente, CA – April 5th, 2013 – San Onofre State Beach welcomes gourmet food trucks today to provide breakfast and lunch service now through Labor Day (Monday, September 2nd, 2013).
One gourmet food truck will be parked at Surf Beach every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 8am to 2pm through the end of May.

Beginning Memorial Day (Monday, May 27th, 2013) one gourmet food truck will be on site daily from 8am to 2pm.  

The State of California Department of Parks & Recreation has contracted with Curbside Bites (http://www.curbsidebites.com/) to schedule and manage the daily gathering. Curbside Bites currently manages over 14 other weekly gourmet food truck gatherings in Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego Counties.

 
The weekly truck schedule can be found at http://www.curbsidebites.com/calendar/. Local favorites like Calbi Asian Fusion Tacos & Burritos (http://calbitacos.com/) and Food Network’s “The Great Food Truck Race” veteran Crepes Bonaparte (http://crepesbonaparte.com/) are scheduled to make regular stops at the beach.
    
Location: Basilone Rd & Old Highway 101, San Clemente, CA 92672

Food Trucks every weekend at Rogers Garden

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Roger’s Gardens will be hosting food trucks this spring, with different trucks scheduled on weekends beginning March 10. “It’s a really fun idea,” said Sarah Hansen, events and seminars coordinator for Roger’s Gardens. “It’s great that you can say, ‘Let’s go eat at Roger’s Gardens!’”
All food trucks will be parked at the Victory Garden in the back parking lot from approximately 11AM to 2PM.

May Schedule 
SATURDAY, May 25
Lobsta Truck and The Tailgate Truck

SUNDAY, May 26
Waffle-icious

SUNDAY, May 27
GD Bro Truck

June Schedule 
SATURDAY, June 1
Bite Me Foods

SUNDAY, June 2
Waffle-icious

SATURDAY, June 8
Chomp Chomp Nation

SUNDAY, June 9
SoHo Taco

SATURDAY, June 15
The CravOn Truck

SUNDAY, June 16
SoHo Taco

SATURDAY, June 22
Cousins Maine Lobster

SUNDAY, June 23
SeaBirds

SATURDAY, June 29
Lobsta

SUNDAY, June 30
Cousins Maine Lobster

For more information, visit Roger’s Gardens’ website. Roger’s Gardens is located at 2301 San Joaquin Hills Road. Food trucks have become a popular dining option nationwide. Last summer, the city of Newport Beach arranged for several food trucks to serve as concessionaires at Big Corona State Beach while the concessions stand remained vacant; read an earlier story here.
Click here for the calendar of trucks

From the creator of @TheLimeTruck, new GFT @CravOnFries

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Daniel Shemtob (founder of The Lime Truck and winner of season 2: Great Food Truck Race) has a new venture!  Its CravOn, a new, better-for-you french fry, made with all of the goodness and none of the fried-ness!

CravOn Never Fried French Fries are literally not fried. Instead, they are partially cooked in a blanching process and tossed in olive oil and sea salt prior to being frozen, resulting in a better-for-you french fry made with five natural ingredients, half the fat of regular fries (and none of the remorse), and a delicious, crispy texture that preserves the real potato taste consumers crave (is your mouth watering yet?).



Asiago Fries



Check out this video to see what its about.

Where can you find @CravOnFries?  The truck will be all over the OC, so follow @CravOnFries on twitter for their next stop, and tweet using #Cravontruck when you spot them.

You stop by these locations and pair up your fries with some local OC beer:

The Bruery
·         When: Fri, March 29, 5:30pm – 9:00pm
·         Where: 715 Dunn Way Placentia, CA 92870 (map)

Noble Ale works
·         When: Sat., April 6, 5pm – 10pm
·         Where: 1621 S Sinclair St., Suite B, Anaheim, CA 92806 (map)

The Bruery
·         When: Fri, April 26, 5:30pm – 9:00pm
·         Where: 715 Dunn Way Placentia, CA 92870 (map)

Noble Ale Works
·         When: Sat, April 27, 5pm – 10pm
·         Where: 1621 S Sinclair St., Suite B, Anaheim, CA 92806 (map)
They will also be at Coachella for both weekends it will be in town – April 11-15, and April 18-22.

Fridays: Laguna Food Festival at LBHS

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The “Laguna Food Festival” event will take place at Laguna Beach High School on Fridays in September and October.  It will run from 5:30-9pm during the football games, with a portion of proceeds going to the Laguna Beach Football Boosters

Starts September 7!

Aug 18: Fullerton, Rosary High School

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Rosary Food Truck Feast

Saturday, August 18, 2012 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

This Saturday August 18, Rosary High School will host its first ever Royal Food Truck Feast. What is a food truck feast, you ask? It’s when two or more gourmet food trucks get together to serve their delicious offerings to the hungry masses. And just in case you are not a foodie, gourmet food trucks have been the hottest culinary trend across the country for the last few years.

Five gourmet food trucks will be featured at the Rosary Food Truck Feast this Saturday, August 18 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. offering a variety of gastronomic delights. Most food trucks have a niche menu that defines their cuisine and drives thousands of loyal fans to follow their every move on Twitter. And, unlike traditional brick and mortar restaurants, food trucks often change their menus daily so you can most certainly try something new and exotic. Here is a brief description of what each truck featured at Rosary this Saturday has to offer:

Piaggio – Orange County’s only Argentine gourmet food truck offers empanadas, skirt steak tacos, and some of the most flavorful sandwiches you could ever imagine. Be sure to try the South American signature side, chimichurri fries.

Rolling Sushi – Why drive to the sushi bar when the sushi bar can drive to you? Featuring the freshest fish possible, Rolling Sushi serves up your favorite hand rolls, Nigiri sushi, and cut rolls along with an impressive array of daily specials.

YummmMobile – It has to be good if there are four Ms in a row in the truck’s name, right? If you are a fan of Red Robin restaurants, then you will love the YummmMobile as they bring their most popular burgers to Rosary High School.

Bakery Truck – It wouldn’t be a proper feast without dessert, and Bakery Truck offers a decadent selection of homemade cupcakes, cream puffs, and chocolate chip cookies to tempt your sweet tooth.

Chunk-N-Chip – What happens when a gourmet food truck offers an assortment of freshly baked cookies like snicker doodle, red velvet, and chocolate chip, plus a rainbow of hand dipped ice cream flavors? That’s right, delicious ice cream sandwiches. Whether you choose one from the menu like The Elvis (bananas foster ice cream and warm candied bacon between two peanut butter cookies) or you create your own concoction, Chunk-N-Chip is a perfect summer treat.

In addition to the amazing food trucks visiting Rosary High School on Saturday there will also be music and a collection of race cars, muscle cars, and go carts from Alvis Race Cars on display. Unlike most food truck events, the Rosary Food Truck Feast will feature plenty of shaded seating and restrooms for everyone to enjoy.

The Rosary Food Truck Feast begins at 11 a.m. and runs until 3 p.m. There will be plenty of free parking off Melody Lane. We look forward to seeing you there. For more information about the Royal Food Truck Feast, to see the latest food trucks added to the lineup, or if you are a food truck vendor interested in participating, please contact Mrs. Meagan Flynn, Director of Special Events at 714.879.6302 or via email.

http://bit.ly/RoyalFeast12

Sept 2: Pacific Festival, the Dunes

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Pacific Festival: The Dunes

Tickets are now on sale for Pacific Festival: The Dunes happening Sept 2, 2012. It is a new entertainment experience for coastal Orange County, benefitting Surfrider Foundation over the Labor Day weekend at Newport Dunes.

The festival will showcase live music, local foods, art, various vendors, a seaside stage, and multiple entertainment areas, including the Identity Village, a premium VIP experience, as well as official after-parties with some of the top rated DJs in the world.

With confirmed artists including, Mayer Hawthorne, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Poolside, Fools Gold, Capital Cities, Mr. Little Jeans, and DJ sets by Bag Raiders, Miami Horror, and Yacht, along with a well-curated ensemble of additional acts to captivate guests through the day and into the night; The Dunes is shaping up to be the most unique and compelling Labor Day Weekend event in Orange County.

Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort & Marina
1131 Back Bay Drive, Newport Beach, CA, 92660
www.PacificFestival.com