Foodies, this one’s for you! Dozens of vendor booths featuring the best local culinary treats, candies and more … top-of-the-line food preparation gadgets, cooking utensils, and baking products.. Ongoing how-to demos, cook-offs and contests. Cooking, baking, canning, pickling, cake decorating… and more. See the blue ribbon winners, and do some shopping for your own kitchen! Be inspired!
The Kitchen Pavilion is sponsored by Village Inn!
50 YEARS of Serving America What America Wants
Come on in today and try one of our new, unique creations or enjoy one of the classics you already love. With breakfast served all-day, mouth-watering lunch and dinner entrees, plus the Best Pies In America®, Village Inn is the perfect place to connect with friends, family or colleagues over a delicious meal made just the way you want it.
Visit VillageInn.com for a list of locations, to view our menu and to join our e-club for special updates and offers.
Cheeseburger Cheeseburger Cheeseburger!
Denver is where the cheeseburger was invented! And we are celebrating! Don't miss our Cheeseburger Eating Competition!
Kitchen Pavilion Partners:
Calk Walk Partner
Highlights of the Kitchen Pavilion
- Charles Phoenix Test Kitchen demos and contests
- Ruby Ann Boxcar Guest speaker and emcee
- Pie-Eating Contests sponsored by Village Inn!
- Cheeseburger Eating Competition
- Many booths sampling food, candy and drinks
- Kitchen Pavilion stage with frequent demos and entertainment
- Vendors selling foods, baked goods, kitchen wares and appliances
- Competition display area for pies, preserves and more
$1 of each comptition entry fee goes to the pavilion charity/nonprofit:
Enter your original culinary creations and recipes in the Denver County Fair Kitchen Pavilion competitions to win ribbons and prizes! The Kitchen Pavilion Grand Champion gets a $200 cash prize! You may also choose to submit your recipe into our Denver County Fair Cookbook – being published this fall. See your name in print!
Kitchen Pavilion Competitions:
Click Here for the Complete Guidelines on how to enter!
Class # - Class Name - Description:
01 Homebrew Beer (Examples: Ales, Stouts, Lager, etc.)
02 Homebrew Cider
03 Homebrew Mead
04 Wine – Specific wine rules coming soon! Stay Tuned!
- Enter the variety in the description field on your entry form.
05 Spirits / Liqueurs
- Enter the variety in the description field on your entry form.
06 Preserving: Jams & Jellies
- Submit one (1) jar to be opened, judged and displayed
07 Preserving: Chutneys & Relishes
- Submit one (1) jar to be opened, judged and displayed
08 Preserving: Sauces
- Submit one (1) jar to be opened, judged and displayed
09 Preserving: Green Chili & Salsas
- Submit one (1) jar to be opened, judged and displayed
10 Preserving: Vegetable
- Submit one (1) jar to be opened, judged and displayed
11 Preserving: Pickles
- Submit one (1) jar to be opened, judged and displayed
12 Preserving: Ethnic Open Class
- Submit one (1) jar to be opened, judged and displayed
13 Honey - Please submit Three (3) 1-Ib jars honey, extracted product from the entrant’s apiary, displayed in mason jars with metal lids, and have been produced after the 2011 Denver County Fair. Entries should not be labeled in any fashion. The exhibitor must choose which classes to place entries in. Judges may adjust classes at their discretion. Key criteria for judging include density, flavor and color.
- Light
- Amber
- Dark
14 Honeycomb
15 Bees Wax
16 Cheese
- Please notify the pavilion manager if your entry requires refrigeration
17 Eggs (from your own food producing animals)
- 6 eggs
18 Cured & Smoked Meats
- 4 pieces on a disposable plate in a zipper seal-type bag
19 Drying, Dehydrating
- 4 pieces on a disposable plate in a zipper seal-type bag
20 Chocolate & Candy
- 4 pieces on a disposable plate in a zipper seal-type bag
21 Fruit Pie – Apple
22 Fruit Pie – Cherry
23 Fruit Pie – Other
24 Cream Pie
25 Pie Open Class – Sweet
26 Pie Open Class - Savory
27 Bread
- One Loaf, any kind of bread
28 Rolls
- Exhibit 4 of one kind
29 Muffins
- Exhibit 4 of one kind
30 Cupcakes
- Exhibit 4 of one kind
31 Cakes
32 Pastry & Cookies
33 Sustainable Cooking Open Class
34 Gluten Free Open Class
35 Sugar Free Open Class
36 Cake Decorating
37 Egg Decorating
38 Vegan Dish
- lease site the reference used if using a recipe
39 Wild Edibles – including weeds!
36. Molded Gelatin Dessert
Kitchen Pavilion Exhibitors & Vendors (More are signing up daily! Check back!)
Affordable Kitchens & Baths
Ben & Jerry's
Ceylon Pearl Tea
Champion Windows and Patio Rooms
Charles Phoenix Text Kitchen
Costco
Dessert Stand, The
Dippity Duo
DirectBuy of Denver
Dove Chocolate Discoveries
DRY Soda
Dun-Rite Kitchens and Baths
Eco Kitchen, The
Eliza Cross Bacon Cookbook ( Saturday only )
-FECTION Gourmet Catering
Flaming Garden
Fresh City Life ( DPL )
Hacienda Maize
Home Depot
Maui Wowie Coffee and Smoothies
MM Local
Nick's icebox
Olde Westport Soups & Spices
Rocky Mountain Orchards
Rogue's Bolder Beans
SameCafe
Sears Home Improvement
Solar Roast Coffee
Tanner Amusements
Velata Chocolate
Village Inn
World Famous Chocolate Dipping Company
Be part of the Kitchen Pavilion!
- Sponsor a Competition
- Get an Exhibitor Booth
- Apply for a Stage Presentation
- Enter a Competition
- Volunteer to Help - Sign up on our email list!