Mac & Cheese Fest

The Mac & Cheese Fest celebrates the dish by featuring variations spanning continents and cultures. Explore the culinary genius of Chicagoland chefs as they carefully prepare exquisite versions of your favorite rainy day dish. Participating restaurants will forever transform your perception of your childhood favorite; from truffle braised duck mac & cheese to white cheddar and chorizo macarón con queso all paired with beer, wine and spirits! Dressing mac & cheese to impress, chefs compete for your palate’s applause in THE GOLDEN NOODLE competition. THE GOLDEN NOODLE recognizes, like an all-knowing noodle-shaped statuette against the wall, who by far has the tastiest mac & cheese dish of all. Each restaurant will compete for this honor, and it is your mission, should you choose to accept it, to change the game for mac & cheese lovers everywhere. Voting is open to attendees with some help from a panel of foodie judges as well. Mac & Cheese Fest is proud to partner with Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana as charity beneficiary.