The Dominican Fry Dog is the Big Tex Choice Award for the best flavor — Tasty to the max State Fair of TexasIt was created by Justin Martinez. Martinez said his father inspired the dish and dedicated the award to him.
This year, celebrity judges were obtuse on the panel’s part, but generally praised the texture and color of the dish. Leslie Brenner, the for a long time Dallas Morning News food critic who currently runs his own food advertising and consulting company, clarified for Donovan Lewis, presenter of Sports Radio 96.7 and 1310 the ticketthat the extra crunchy touch that he found so appealing in the dish was the plantain chips.
The winner of the best sweet treat award is Russo’s Bacon Cotton Candy on a Stick. Isaac Russo introduced his son to the audience as the judges tasted the dish and called it his retirement plan to take over the business.
This dish seemed to stun the judges, and it’s a 12-inch piece of bacon on a stick, so of course he did. Calvin Golden, a veteran Wing stop The Wingstop Charities executive and board member called it “sinful” and said he was speechless at first glance. Nikky Phinyawatanathe founder of Asian Mint and author of an award-winning cookbook, said her “presentation was spectacular.” The overwhelming consensus is that this will be the item people see at the showgrounds and buy immediately.
Ultimately, the winner of the most creative dish award was Texas Sugar Rush Pickles. The dish generated a lot of interesting comments from the judges, but ultimately its creator, Heater Perkins, took home the award, saying she was honored, grateful, and ready for more. Perkins has been making pickles at the fair for the past three years and finally made it to the finals with this dish.
Surprisingly, all the judges loved it and were fascinated. Lewis started laughing as he ate it and told the audience that it was because he found the pickle in a glass filled with cereal, cotton candy, sugar crystals and other sweets.
The State Fair of Texas opens on September 27 and runs through October 20.
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