Central Valley Pizza Festival hits yet another high mark at 18th anniversary

Monday, April 16, 2018 - 9:54am By The Leader Staff

The Lemoore Chamber of Commerce put on yet another excellent show April 13-14 with the 18th Annual Central Valley Pizza Festival. Lemoore's Downtown Park was jammed Friday night as the event opened with music and a beer garden.

The fun continued Saturday as hundreds of pizza enthusiasts converged on the park for a day of pizza making and pizza eating. The highlight was Saturday's annual pizza-making contest pitting various organizations against each other with one goal in mind: to make Kings County's largest and most creative pizza slice. 

Attendees also enjoyed a carnival, plenty of food booths, and a day-long festival of music and entertainment. 

The winner of this year's pizza contest was Olam, a local agricultural food processor. Second place went to a Leprino Food's  East Plant Team while Leprino's West Plant Team captured third place.

The pizza-making teams had about 20 minutes, using only a handful of dough and various toppings to create their artistic versions of a pizza. However, attendees were warned not to eat the final product.

The big winners in the pizza-eating was a pair of pizza enthusiasts from the Empire Car Club. Tuff Enough Car Club took second while Pepperoni Homies too third.

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  • Todd Barlow, a local educator and candidate for Kings County Superintendent of Schools, displays his pizza-making skills as he and his team competed in the annual pizza contest Saturday afternoon in Lemoore's Downtown Park.
  • The final product, an impressive collaboration of pizza makers. The winning slice came from Olam, a local agricultural business.
  • Lemoore City Councilmember Dave Brown pitches in, delivering dough to the pizza contestants.
  • The big winners in the Central Valley Pizza Festival's "pizza-eating" contest Saturday afternoon in Lemoore's Downtown Park. A team calling itself the Empire Car Club won the event.
  • This young lady takes a break from all the fun at the Central Valley Pizza Festival held April 13-4 in Lemoore's Downtown Park.
  • Lemoore's Lucas Mynderup listens to instructions as his team prepares for battle in the annual pizza making contest.
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