La Luz Del Mundo Paso Robles & Gus the Chihuahua, Big Winners!
On Friday and Saturday, January 17th & 18th, the City of Atascadero hosted the 5th Annual Tamale Festival with over eighty-five vendors in attendance! Thirty of these vendors specialized in tamales of all kinds attending both from San Luis Obispo County as well as across California!
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Each year, the festival hosts a “Best Tamale” Contest, a Tamale Eating Contest and a Chihuahua & Pet Costume Contest! Following are the results:
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BEST TAMALE CONTEST!
BEST OVERALL TAMALE: La Luz Del Mundo Paso Robles!
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TRADITIONAL TAMALE WINNERS: ➢ 1st Place Non-Profit ~ La Luz Del Mundo Paso Robles; 2nd Place Non-Profit ~ La Luz Del Mundo Santa Ana;➢ 1st Place Commercial ~ Mary’s Cuisine Catering, San Luis Obispo; 2nd Place Commercial ~ Beth’s Tamales/ Old Town Mexican Cafe’ Santa Ana
GOURMET TAMALE WINNERS: ➢ 1st Place Non-Profit ~ La Luz Del Mundo Santa Ana; 2nd Place Non-Profit ~ La Luz Del Mundo Paso Robles;➢ 1st Place Commercial ~ Mary’s Cuisine Catering, San Luis Obispo; 2nd Place Commercial ~ Me Gusta Gourmet Tamales, Napoleon Pacoima
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TAMALE EATING CONTEST!➢ Winners (12 & Over): 1st Place ~ Charles G. Bill of Indio California; 2nd & 3rd Runners up: Mark Bartolucci & Joshua Russel;➢ Winners (11 & Under): 1st Place ~ William Maynard; 2nd Place – Brenden Edwards
CHIHUAHUA & PET COSTUME CONTEST!➢ 1st Place ~ Best Costume: Gus, Owner Paige Foss➢ 1st Place ~ Best Overall Costume/ Most Creative: Gus, Owner Paige Foss;➢ 1st Place ~ Owner/ Dog Look-a-like: Bean, Owner Ava Kershner
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The City of Atascadero sends out a sincere thank you to this year’s sponsors: Presenting sponsor Metro by T-Mobile; Supporting sponsors Supervisor Debbie Arnold, Coastal Communities Physicians Network (CCPN), H&R Block; and our In-Kind sponsors Kennedy Club Fitness, Woods Humane Society, Garcia’s Restaurant Atascadero and Kenneth Heating & Air and Waste Management. Special thanks to Medina Light Show and Designs – Manuel Medina; Emcee Francisco Ramirez; Ranchero ArtistManuel Enrique and the Famous Dancing Horses; Mariachi Voces Tapatias, Mariachi Mexicanisimo Band; Los Gatos Locos Band; Steppin Out Band, Brass Mash Band, The Dork Band/ Mindless Entertainment, Grupo Folklorico Dancers of Paso Robles; Friends of the Atascadero Lake; Pyro Spectacular for the Firework show; all of the tamale tasting judges, and our amazing vendors who traveled here from all over California!
Thank you to everyone for making our 5th Annual Tamale Festival a success! We are looking forward to next year!
SAVE THE DATE: January 15-16, 2021