The Tennessee State Fair got started with the celebrity hamburger grill off. TV personalities from three local television stations from Nashville and RFD TV participated. The team from News Channel 5 took home champions of champions with their taco recipe.
Thomas Capps
Kicking off the state fair with corn and beef. Hello and welcome to Tennessee home and Farm Radio. I'm Thomas Capps. The Tennessee State Fair got off to a sizzling start Thursday in Wilson County as the celebrity hamburger grill off kicked everything off. News personalities from three local television stations in Nashville and RFD TV participated. It's the Year of corn at the state fair, so bonus points were given if corn was used in some way, it was a close competition but NewsChannel 5's Jennifer Kraus and Levi Ismail took home champion of champions with their special taco recipe.
Jennifer Kraus
It was so much fun. It's always so much fun to celebrate the fair to be at the fair to kick off the fair with such a great opportunity to feature Tennessee products and corn.
Levi Ismail
When you come to one of these things. You want to have a good time but it helps to win, right? I mean, it's exciting. We had a good time. We got to eat some good food. We hope the judges had a good time, and thank you to all of them for making this possible.
Thomas Capps
Three of the four judges are farmers themselves Christina McGee, George MacDonald, and Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation Vice President James Haskew.
James Haskew
Well the most enjoyable part was the variety of the different flavors. There was a different flavor to each entry. Some of them was a little bit spicy. Some of them was a little bit more natural, but across the board this is the flavor of each different entree.
Christina McGee
We had some unusual entry some very tasty entries was that it was a great morning for agriculture. We featured Wilson County beef from Neil farms, which is a huge plus Neil's paymaster coorn.
George McDonald
We enjoy promoting our products. It had beef in it that Tennessee's known for it has corn number two commodity in Tennessee so have better way can we promote our products than eating our products?
Thomas Capps
The Tennessee State Fair runs until August 26. It features lots of Tennessee agriculture. It's a great way to celebrate our state and its most important industry. For Tennessee home and Farm Radio, I'm Thomas Capps.
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