• Celebrity Chef Demonstration- Sayda Rapalo – L’epicerie by Quixote

    Creative Arts Building

    For those of you looking for a true culinary experience, the State Fair recommends attending one of its daily Celebrity Chef demos, where popular chefs from some of Texas’ most prominent restaurants show off their skills. Chefs prepare a signature dish, share tips and answer audience questions, also giving audience members a chance to sample... Read more »

  • Celebrity Chef Demonstration- Lance McWhorter – Culture ETX

    Creative Arts Building

    For those of you looking for a true culinary experience, the State Fair recommends attending one of its daily Celebrity Chef demos, where popular chefs from some of Texas’ most prominent restaurants show off their skills. Chefs prepare a signature dish, share tips and answer audience questions, also giving audience members a chance to sample... Read more »

  • Celebrity Chef Demonstration- Matt Dallman – Live Coals

    Creative Arts Building

    For those of you looking for a true culinary experience, the State Fair recommends attending one of its daily Celebrity Chef demos, where popular chefs from some of Texas’ most prominent restaurants show off their skills. Chefs prepare a signature dish, share tips and answer audience questions, also giving audience members a chance to sample... Read more »

  • Cooking Contest: Candy Contest

    Creative Arts Building

    Whether they’re sampling cookies, baking pizzas, or cranking ice cream, the competition is always hot in the State Fair of Texas Competition Kitchen. Each day of the Fair brings a new contest or cook-off to the Fair’s culinary stadium with prized ribbons on the line. Visit the Competition Kitchen to see who will take home... Read more »

  • Celebrity Chef Demonstration- Jaleah Colon – Birdcage Bakeshop

    Creative Arts Building

    For those of you looking for a true culinary experience, the State Fair recommends attending one of its daily Celebrity Chef demos, where popular chefs from some of Texas’ most prominent restaurants show off their skills. Chefs prepare a signature dish, share tips and answer audience questions, also giving audience members a chance to sample... Read more »

  • Celebrity Chef Demonstration- MiMi Johnson – DFW Cooking Parties

    Creative Arts Building

    For those of you looking for a true culinary experience, the State Fair recommends attending one of its daily Celebrity Chef demos, where popular chefs from some of Texas’ most prominent restaurants show off their skills. Chefs prepare a signature dish, share tips and answer audience questions, also giving audience members a chance to sample... Read more »

  • Celebrity Chef Demonstration- Lisa Wright – Living Wright at Home

    Creative Arts Building

    For those of you looking for a true culinary experience, the State Fair recommends attending one of its daily Celebrity Chef demos, where popular chefs from some of Texas’ most prominent restaurants show off their skills. Chefs prepare a signature dish, share tips and answer audience questions, also giving audience members a chance to sample... Read more »

  • Celebrity Chef Demonstration- Carl Conway – U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs

    Creative Arts Building

    For those of you looking for a true culinary experience, the State Fair recommends attending one of its daily Celebrity Chef demos, where popular chefs from some of Texas’ most prominent restaurants show off their skills. Chefs prepare a signature dish, share tips and answer audience questions, also giving audience members a chance to sample... Read more »

  • Butter Sculpture

    Creative Arts Building

    Each year, local sculptors use butter as their medium to create a refrigerated display depicting the Fair's current theme. This thousand pound-plus work of art is a quintessential part of your trip to the Creative Arts building.

  • Produce Carver

    GO TEXAN Pavilion

    Working his magic on fruit and vegetables, Chef Ray Duey travels around the country, teaching the culinary art of fruit and vegetable carvings and leaving spectators and culinary professionals spellbound.

  • Kids Can Cook

    Creative Arts Building

    Kids Can Cook provides a fun and interactive way for kids to learn the basics of cooking, including the importance of cleanliness, how to handle food properly and how to prepare simple meals that are both healthy and delicious!

  • Fuego Azul Ballet Folklorico

    The Women's Museum

    Fuego Azul Ballet Folklorico at the Women's Museum Building -- Mundo Latino Stage