Gilroy Garlic Festival Features Past 'Top Chef' Contestants

Top Chefs attend Gilroy Garlic Festival

Want to meet Fabio Viviani? He's at the Gilroy Garlic Festival!

If you want to attend the Gilroy Garlic Festival in Gilroy, Calif., it’ll cost you $12 per day. However, big fan’s of former flamboyant Top Chef contestant Fabio Viviani would probably pay a lot more than that for a chance to meet the spicy Italian.

Jamie Lauren, who competed against Fabio in Top Chef Season 5, will also be at the Gilroy Garlic Festival. Top Chef Season 4 contestant Ryan Scott, who drew attention with his looks and charm as well as his cooking, will also be at the Gilroy Garlic Festival.

For the love of garlic

Of course, most people don’t attend the Gilroy Garlic Festival because they want to meet celebrity chefs. The festival has been drawing garlic lovers for more than 30 years. This year marks the 31st annual Gilroy Garlic Festival.

People who spend the rest of their cash til payday on garlic need not feel too guilty. The Gilroy Garlic Festival is actually a fundraiser that has raised more than $7 million for various charities since its inception.

Festival events

The Gilroy Garlic Festival runs through Sunday and is held at Christmas Hill Park in Gilroy. Last year more than 100,000 people attended the festival, which is one of the largest food festivals in the U.S. It sounds like tomorrow morning will be a particularly exciting day at the Gilroy Garlic Festival:

Don’t miss the Great Gilroy Garlic Cook-Off, featuring eight contestants from around the country. That gets started at 10 a.m. Saturday, writes Sal Pizzaro from the Mercury News. ... click here to read the rest of the article titled "Gilroy Garlic Festival Features Past 'Top Chef' Contestants"