2012 TEXAS - MARCH 2012 FOOD & WINE FESTIVALS, SHOWS & LOCAL FOOD EVENTS (see also: 2011 - 2008)
March 1-4, 2012 33rd Annual Fulton Oysterfest - Fulton, Texas Each year the Fulton Volunteer Fire Department sponsors Oysterfest, a salute to the tasty bi-valve found in our local waters. Oysterfest features carnival rides, games, food, an oyster eating contest, live music, unique vendor booths and most of all - FUN
March 3, 2012 5th Annual Ballpark Beer Fest - Bryan, Texas This year's festival will include: Over 200 beers to sample; Fajita cookoff; Games and Entertainment; Live music; Wines to sample; Kids Zone with Inflatables; And More.
March 3, 2012 Rodeo Uncorked Champion Wine Auction and Dinner - Houston, Texas The evening includes a reception with cocktails and hors d'oeuvres, a silent auction of champion wines and wine-related items, a sumptuous seated dinner with wines served from the competition, and the excitement of live auction bidding for award-winning and champion wines.
March 3-6, 2012 83rd Semi-Annual CHART Hospitality Training Conference - Austin, TX Council of Hotel & Restaurant Trainers (CHART).
March 16-18, 2012 36th Annual Cowtown Chili Cook-Off - Fort Worth, Texas Chili cook-off, beans and salsa competitions, and cooks' party. Benefits the Search One Rescue Team.
March 17, 2012 10th Annual Wild Hog Explosion - Bandera, Texas Features team competition for all ages in wild-hog catching, a pork rib barbecue cook-off, arts & crafts, piggy pictures and more. Proceeds benefit the Kronkosky Library of Bandera Co.
March 21-24, 2012 RCA Annual Conference & Culinology Expo - San Antonio, Texas Research Chefs Association
March 22, 2012 Taste of Rockport - Rockport, Texas Culinary showcase offering mouth-watering cuisine, a fabulous live auction and live entertainment. Sample food stations from over 15 local restaurants, caterers and chefs, perfectly paired with the latest selection of wines from Martin Ulisse Imports. Benefitting the Charles E. Evans Scholarship Foundation.
March 23-24, 2012 26th Bluebonnet Brew-Off - Irving, Texas The Bluebonnet Brew-off is one of the largest single site homebrew competitions in the United States. The first leg of the Lone Star Circuit of homebrew competitions, it is both AHA and BJCP sanctioned as well as an MCAB Qualifying Event.
March 23-24, 2012 Big Creek Country Cajun Festival - Somerville, Texas Enjoy great Zydeco music, Cajun and Creole food, jambalaya & gumbo cook-off, and so much more!
March 24, 2012 17th Annual Crawfish Festival - Clear Lake, Texas Crawfish eating contests, a gumbo cook-off, live entertainment, a silent auction, arts & crafts booths, games for the kids and lots of great crawfish!
March 24-25, 2012 Texas Onion Fest - Weslaco, Texas Celebrates the world-famous Texas 1015 Onion developed in Weslaco. Includes cooking contests, music, rides, dances, car shows and entertainment.
March 30-31, 2012 Savor Dallas 2012 - Dallas, Texas The 8th annual Savor Dallas celebrates wine, food, spirits and the arts in downtown Dallas, the Arts District, and the Performing Arts Center. Featured is cuisine from over 60 of the area’s top chefs and more than 400 premium wines, spirits and imported beers.
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