Golden Spurtle
Home of the World Porridge Making Championship, held each year on a Sunday in September at the Carrbridge Village Hall, Inverness-shire, Scotland. Winner receives a trophy and cash awards.
www.goldenspurtle.com Details

Great Wisconsin Cheese Festival
Features cooking contests, eating competitions, a parade, entertainment, and demonstrations. Held the first weekend in June, in Little Chute, Wisconsin.
www.littlechutewi.org Details

Green Mountain Chew Chew Food Festival
Held on the Burlington, Vermont waterfront each June, featuring area restaurants and state food producers. Includes events and music schedule.
www.greenmountainchewchew.com Details

International Rice Festival
Events include rice eating, cooking, and grading contests. Site provides history, ticket and event information, and photographs from past events. Occurs in October in Crowley, Louisiana.
www.ricefestival.com Details

Italian Gusto Festival
London. Advance information for exhibition at the Barbican Centre showcasing Italian food, wine and associated products.
www.italiangustofestival.com Details

Kona Coffee Cultural Festival
Features Hawaiian coffee culture and heritage. Includes the Miss Kona Coffee scholarship pageant, parades, coffee tastings, coffee picking contest, and arts and crafts. Held annually since 1970 in November on the Big Island of Hawaii.
www.konacoffeefest.com Details

Los Angeles International Tamale Festival
Cookoff, eating contest, classes, and entertainment.
www.eastlosangeles.net Details

Los Angeles Tofu Festival
Beer, wine and sake tasting, tofu eating and cooking contests, and 'Taste of Japan'. Includes location, times and entertainment lineup. Held in July or August in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California.
www.tofufest.org Details

Louisiana Pecan Festival
Celebrates the native nut and the farmers who grow it. Events include a Queen and Teen Queen contest. Held on the first full weekend of November each year in Colfax, Louisiana.
www.louisianapecanfestival.com Details