The Big Cheese: A Harvest of Hope

Join us for the 12th Annual The Big Cheese Mac-N-Cheese Cook-Off: A Harvest of Hope, benefiting The Hope & Healing Place!

📅 Saturday, October 24, 2026
📍 Amarillo Arts Institute - Legacy Room
⭐ VIP Entry: 11:00 AM
🎟️ General Admission: 11:30 AM–2:00 PM

The Big Cheese is getting a fresh new look this year! We’re bringing together the mac-n-cheese cook-off Amarillo knows and loves with the fun and warmth of an old-fashioned fall festival.

Come hungry and enjoy delicious mac-n-cheese tastings from local restaurants, businesses, community teams, and high school culinary programs as they compete to be named The Big Cheese!

But there’s much more than mac-n-cheese waiting for you! Enjoy:

🧀 Mac-n-cheese tastings from competing cook teams
🎶 Live entertainment
🍂 Old-fashioned fall festival fun
🌾 Little Harvesters Patch activities for kids
🎁 Who Moved the Cheese mystery prize game
🍽️ Never Cook Again Raffle
🏆 Cook-off awards and friendly competition
❤️ Opportunities to learn more about the mission of The Hope & Healing Place

More Than a Cook-Off

The Big Cheese is one of the largest annual fundraisers benefiting The Hope & Healing Place. Every ticket purchased helps us continue providing grief support services at no cost to children, families, and individuals throughout the Texas Panhandle.

When you attend The Big Cheese, you aren't just coming for great food and a fun afternoon—you are helping create a place where grieving families can find support, connection, and hope.

Come gather with us. Come have some fun. Come help us grow A Harvest of Hope.

We can't wait to see you at The Big Cheese! 🧀🍂💛

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