Thursday, August 9, 2018 DAILYDEMOCRAT.COM FACEBOOK.COM/DAILYDEMOCRAT @WOODLANDNEWS DAILY DEMOCRAT DAILY DEMOCRAT ARCHIVES Chefs from Nugget Market participate in a previous Top Tomato Chef competition. The Woodland Tomato Festival is set to return this Saturday. TOMATO FESTIVAL 11th annual event returns to downtown Woodland. PAGE 2 YOUR SOURCE FOR LOCAL ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT LOCAL DINING & ENTERTAINMENT LISTINGS | LOCAL EVENTS TO LIVEN YOUR WEEKEND | LOCAL CELEBRATIONS | LOCAL TV LISTINGS 2 | E A+E | DAILYDEMOCRAT.COM AUGUST 9- 15, 2018 WOODLAND Tomato Festival returns downtown By Sonia Mora Special to The Democrat The 11th Annual Wood- land Tomato Festival is al- most here. Mark your cal- endars for Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in down- town Woodland. The Woodland Farm- ers Market invites people to join the free family fun event on Main Street from College to Third streets. This Festival was started 11 years ago as an event to attract more peo- ple to our local Woodland Hundreds turn out for the Woodland Tomato Festival each Farmers Market that was year. The festival is set for this Saturday from 9a.m. to 2p.m. started 21 years ago. The market was origi- nally located at The County park, so we worked with will be kicking off the Fair Mall. The Farmers the city of Woodland to morning from 9 to 11 a.m. Market grew annually and move it to Main Street at the Main Stage at Heri- DAILY DEMOCRAT ARCHIVE PHOTOS moved a couple of times un- which is where we are to- tage Plaza. Get your danc- Lex Orzalli tries a liquid nitrogen frozen tomato whipped cream during the 2015 Tomato til finding its forever home day. This event has been ing shoes on because this Festival Chef Competition. on First Street in front of exclusively hosted by The group will be rocking Main the Woodland Public Li- Woodland Farmers Mar- Street. Then at Noon, get brary between Court and ket for the last eight years ready for the Latin Touch tomato you even like to cide who has the best Peo- know if you will be one North streets. and we now have about as Band. This band will get eat? Check out the Mas- ple’s choice salsa in 2018! of the lucky ones to get to The idea for The Wood- many as 80 vendors and you back on your feet and ter Gardener Booth where This contest will start at taste the dishes too! There land Tomato Festival grew bring 3,500 people to our have you singing and danc- you will be able to taste 9:30 and will continue un- should three to five local after we had a salsa tast- Historic Downtown for ing all the way home. 10-15 different kinds of to- til one of the salsas is de- chefs competing to see ing competition one day at this fun-filled five-hour For the second year in a matoes and cast your vote pleted. who will be the Top To- the farmers market and re- festival. We decided years row, we have added the ad- for the best tasting to- This is a blind taste test, mato Chef for 2018. Will alized how fun this could ago to end this festival at dition of the “Yolo Idol try- mato. The Master Garden- so no one will know which Father Paddy’s keep their really be. 2 p.m. since we have some outs” to this festival. This ers have been part of this salsa belongs to which res- Top Chef Plaque for a third Woodland did not have Hot August Days. is a way for some of our festival for all 11 years of taurant until the end of year in a row? any “festival” it could call So, this year, as in past local talent to try out for the festival. Their tomato the festival when the votes There will be some to- its own, so this would years, The Woodland the “Yolo Idol” contest. Fi- tasting booth is just one of are counted, and the rib- mato foods available for also be great way to bring Farmers market vendors nalists will participate in the main events and one bons are distributed. purchase like Fried Green a fun event for Woodland will be selling all their the final competition at of the most popular booths The Top Tomato Chef Tomatoes, Tomato waffles to embrace. Back then, we freshly picked, read to eat the Yolo County Fair the each year. Once you have Competition will start at and all the fun festival joined forces with a local fruits, vegetables, baked following weekend. Judg- tasted all the tomato vari- 11 a.m. Local chefs will food everyone loves to eat! nonprofit, the Hispanic good, honey, olive oil, fresh ing will be based on vo- eties, head over and pur- be bringing their three- This is a fun family Chamber of Commerce, to herbs, soaps and lotions cal quality, difficulty of chase your favorite tomato course meal that they cre- event so bring the kids, bring this idea to fruition. that you have enjoyed so performance, stage pres- from the farmer’s market ated at their facility and plenty of things for them It took us a couple of years far this season. In addi- ence, appropriateness of vendors. This event will will serve it to the judges too. Free face painting and to get a few of the kinks tion to the farmers mar- the song selection and ap- get your taste buds ready at the festival. Each course a kid’s area with a train worked out, but Woodland ket, there as many as 80 pearance. for the free Salsa tasting must have the tomato as ride, bounce houses, fun seemed to enjoy the festi- additional booths filling The winner will take booth which will start a main ingredient. The art activities, tomato toss val since it was a free fam- up the streets from local home $250 and the sec- around 9:30 a.m. judges will score each chef and more. ily even. crafters and artisans, in- ond and third place con- The salsa tasting com- on presentation, taste and Remember, this event The first festival was formational booths, busi- testants will take home petition is another main creativity at using the to- is on Main Street and is held in Freeman Park nesses, healthcare booths $100 and $50, respectively. event and is the most pop- mato. Some of the dishes free! There are plenty of since that was where the and so much more. To register for obtain ular. Attendees of the festi- that our local chefs have local businesses and res- Farmers Market was lo- Live entertainment for more information, go to val get to taste salsa made created in the past have taurants open and ready cated back then. This fes- the entire family too. Our yolocountyfair.net. by as many as 12 local res- been amazing! Come and to welcome you to the fes- tival quickly outgrew the very own Kiss N Tell band Not sure what kind of taurant and you get to de- check it out. You never tival as well. AUGUST 9- 15, 2018 DAILYDEMOCRAT.COM | A+E E | 3 Sports this week Thursday, Aug. 9 Noon ESPN Baseball Northwest Qualifying Corrigan Oil 200. Junior NBA World 11:00 p.m. FS1 Basketball Girls NBA World Championship. Regional Semifinal Little (Live) (1:30) Championship. (Live) (1:15) U.S. FinalJunior NBA World (Live) (1:15) 8:00 a.m. ESPN Baseball League World Series.(Live) 6:55 a.m. NBCSN EPL Soccer 2:00 p.m. ESPN Baseball Great Championship. 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