Gourmet Salsa
Fresh & fruity, hot & smoky, sweet & spicy – dozens of different flavors of salsa are available for sampling and buying at the Oxnard Salsa Festival.
In the Salsa Tasting Tent, salsa purveyors and restaurants dish up samples of their spicy concoctions – from mild to wild – all weekend long! Salsa Tasting ($5) includes chips and ten salsa tasting tickets.
Interested in selling and sampling your gourmet salsa in the Salsa Tasting Tent? We invite you to reviewdetails on becoming an exhibitor -
click here for food vendor information.
Salsa Recipe Contests
Each year the Oxnard Salsa Festival presents two recipe contests … one for the pros (restaurants and commercial salsas) and one for the amateurs (home-made salsas). Look for details on our 2010 Great Oxnard Salsa Challenge Recipe Contest this May!
Congratulations to all the winners of the Great Oxnard Salsa Challenge!
2009 Professional Division Winners
Best Red- BG's Cafe
Best Green-Cabo Seafood Grill
Best Specialty-Red Hot Foods
Best Mild- BG's Cafe
Best Medium-Jala Foods
Best Hot- Jala Foods
People's Choice - La Dolce Vita
2009 Amateur Division Winners
Best Red: Marie Gutierrez
Best Green: Herminia Velasquez
Best Fruit/specialty: Francine Casillas
Best Hot: Herminia Velasquez
Best Medium: Marie Gutierrez
Best Mild: Roseanne Waltrip
Judges Choice ("Best of the Best”): Marie Gutierrez