Gilroy Garlic Festival 2009

It smells of garlic, once again. This week, California is yet again celebrating the Gilroy Garlic Festival, one of US’ largest annual food fests. It... More Below... Posted by on Jul 26th, 2009 and filed under Entertainment, Featured.

It smells of garlic, once again.

This week, California is yet again celebrating the Gilroy Garlic Festival, one of US’ largest annual food fests. It runs from July 24-26, 2009 in, where else but at Christmas Hill Park in Gilroy, California.

Gilroy Garlic Festival is known to be the ‘best’ garlic festival in the world, with over a hundred thousand people attending every year to sample garlic-ky creations and cuisines, a bit of music fun, celebrity cooking demos and culminating in a most exciting garlic cook-off.


Garlic Bread

Held al fresco, the Gilroy Garlic Festival is a place of family fun, as it features a children’s area, interactive displays, and a lot more main attractions.

This year’s festival got Bravo TV Network’s “Top Chef” celebrity, Fabio Vivani to host the garlic cook-off. See winner of cook-off here.

The yearly tradition, which started in 1979 was founded by Dr. Rudy Melone, Don Christopher and Val Filice.

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