PICS: Feeling Grate: 2019 Mac n' Cheese Fest

Chef Scotts Creole BBQ cooks up some hot sausage mac and cheese at the NOLA Mac N Cheese Fest in Louis Armstrong Park Saturday, October 12, 2019 in New Orleans. The 3rd annual festival presented by Waitr featured local restaurants and include performances by the Red Hot Gentilly Peppers, DJ Doug Funnie, Big Chief Juan Pardo,
J & The Causeways, and Robin Barnes. A portion of proceeds from the event will benefits Special Olympics Louisiana. Photo by Matthew Hinton

PICS: Feeling Grate: 2019 Mac n’ Cheese Fest

by Matthew Hinton | October 14, 2019

The Third Annual Mac n’ Cheese Fest was held Saturday October 12, 2019, in Louis Armstrong Park.

The fest, presented by Waitr, featured local restaurants and include performances by the Red Hot Gentilly Peppers, DJ Doug Funnie, Marigny Street Brass Band and Big Chief Juan Pardo.

Erika Sholz Van proves she is the cheesiest as she wins the NOLA Mac N Cheese Fest eating contest in Louis Armstrong Park Saturday, October 12, 2019 in New Orleans. The 3rd annual festival presented by Waitr featured local restaurants and include performances by the Red Hot Gentilly Peppers, DJ Doug Funnie, Marigny Street Brass Band, Big Chief Juan Pardo, J & The Causeways, and Robin Barnes. A portion of proceeds from the event will benefits Special Olympics Louisiana. Photo by Matthew Hinton

The Marigny Street Brass Band performs at the NOLA Mac N Cheese Fest in Louis Armstrong Park Saturday, October 12, 2019 in New Orleans. The 3rd annual festival presented by Waitr featured local restaurants and include performances by the Red Hot Gentilly Peppers, DJ Doug Funnie, Big Chief Juan Pardo, J & The Causeways, and Robin Barnes. A portion of proceeds from the event will benefits Special Olympics Louisiana. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Let Us Cater for You cooks up some seafood mac and cheese at the NOLA Mac N Cheese Fest in Louis Armstrong Park Saturday, October 12, 2019 in New Orleans. The 3rd annual festival presented by Waitr featured local restaurants and include performances by the Red Hot Gentilly Peppers, DJ Doug Funnie, Big Chief Juan Pardo, J & The Causeways, and Robin Barnes. A portion of proceeds from the event will benefits Special Olympics Louisiana. Photo by Matthew Hinton

A cheesehead listens to the Marigny Street Brass Band perform at the NOLA Mac N Cheese Fest in Louis Armstrong Park Saturday, October 12, 2019 in New Orleans. The 3rd annual festival presented by Waitr featured local restaurants and include performances by the Red Hot Gentilly Peppers, DJ Doug Funnie, Big Chief Juan Pardo, J & The Causeways, and Robin Barnes. A portion of proceeds from the event will benefits Special Olympics Louisiana. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Food lovers line up at the NOLA Mac N Cheese Fest in Louis Armstrong Park Saturday, October 12, 2019 in New Orleans. The 3rd annual festival presented by Waitr featured local restaurants and include performances by the Red Hot Gentilly Peppers, DJ Doug Funnie, Big Chief Juan Pardo, J & The Causeways, and Robin Barnes. A portion of proceeds from the event will benefits Special Olympics Louisiana. Photo by Matthew Hinton

The Oceania Grill cooks up Mardi Gras Mac in Cone at the NOLA Mac N Cheese Fest in Louis Armstrong Park Saturday, October 12, 2019 in New Orleans. The 3rd annual festival presented by Waitr featured local restaurants and include performances by the Red Hot Gentilly Peppers, DJ Doug Funnie, Big Chief Juan Pardo, J & The Causeways, and Robin Barnes. A portion of proceeds from the event will benefits Special Olympics Louisiana. Photo by Matthew Hinton

The Marigny Street Brass Band performs with Big Chief Juan Pardoners at the NOLA Mac N Cheese Fest in Louis Armstrong Park Saturday, October 12, 2019 in New Orleans. The 3rd annual festival presented by Waitr featured local restaurants and include performances by the Red Hot Gentilly Peppers, DJ Doug Funnie, Big Chief Juan Pardo, J & The Causeways, and Robin Barnes. A portion of proceeds from the event will benefits Special Olympics Louisiana. Photo by Matthew Hinton

The mac n smash burger was featured by the House of Blues Bar Grill is seen at the NOLA Mac N Cheese Fest in Louis Armstrong Park Saturday, October 12, 2019 in New Orleans. The 3rd annual festival presented by Waitr featured local restaurants and include performances by the Red Hot Gentilly Peppers, DJ Doug Funnie, Big Chief Juan Pardo, J & The Causeways, and Robin Barnes. A portion of proceeds from the event will benefits Special Olympics Louisiana. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Crawfish mac and cheese balls with remoulade was featured by the House of Blues Bar Grill is seen at the NOLA Mac N Cheese Fest in Louis Armstrong Park Saturday, October 12, 2019 in New Orleans. The 3rd annual festival presented by Waitr featured local restaurants and include performances by the Red Hot Gentilly Peppers, DJ Doug Funnie, Big Chief Juan Pardo, J & The Causeways, and Robin Barnes. A portion of proceeds from the event will benefits Special Olympics Louisiana. Photo by Matthew Hinton

The Frey Smoked Meat Co. cooks up some mac and cheese for brisket at the NOLA Mac N Cheese Fest in Louis Armstrong Park Saturday, October 12, 2019 in New Orleans. The 3rd annual festival presented by Waitr featured local restaurants and include performances by the Red Hot Gentilly Peppers, DJ Doug Funnie, Big Chief Juan Pardo, J & The Causeways, and Robin Barnes. A portion of proceeds from the event will benefits Special Olympics Louisiana. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Food lovers enjoy mac and cheese at the NOLA Mac N Cheese Fest eating contest in Louis Armstrong Park Saturday, October 12, 2019 in New Orleans. The 3rd annual festival presented by Waitr featured local restaurants and include performances by the Red Hot Gentilly Peppers, DJ Doug Funnie, Marigny Street Brass Band, Big Chief Juan Pardo, J & The Causeways, and Robin Barnes. A portion of proceeds from the event will benefits Special Olympics Louisiana. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Food lovers watch the NOLA Mac N Cheese Fest eating contest in Louis Armstrong Park Saturday, October 12, 2019 in New Orleans. The 3rd annual festival presented by Waitr featured local restaurants and include performances by the Red Hot Gentilly Peppers, DJ Doug Funnie, Marigny Street Brass Band, Big Chief Juan Pardo, J & The Causeways, and Robin Barnes. A portion of proceeds from the event will benefits Special Olympics Louisiana. Photo by Matthew Hinton

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Matthew Hinton

Matthew Hinton is a New Orleans area freelance photographer whose work has been recognized by the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) Best of Photojournalism Awards in 2014 and 2016, and by numerous awards from the Press Club of New Orleans, including the Hal Ledet President's Print Photography Award, the highest honor the Press Club can bestow upon a photographer.
Matthew Hinton has previously been a staff photographer at both of the daily newspapers in New Orleans. His work has appeared nationally and internationally through freelance work with the Associated Press and AFP, Agence France-Presse.

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