Quesoff 2022

Quesoff, a celebration of all things melted cheese, will take place at The Mohawk (912 Red River in Austin, TX) on Saturday, October 8th from noon to 3pm. Restaurants, top chefs, home-cooks, neighbors, brothers, sisters, pets will all go head to head in four categories - Meaty, Spicy, Veggie and Wild Card. A Best in Show will also be awarded to the overall top queso dish as decided by the esteemed panel of judges. DJ uLOVEi will furnish the soundtrack to it all. Franklin Barbecue will be providing the Quesoff house queso this year.

Quesoff is honored to benefit the Central Texas Food Bank.

As always, Quesoff will feature restaurants, chefs, hotels and a whole host of home cooks vying for glory. Past champions Better Half, Eldorado Cafe and Cheesus Queso will be joined by Los Locos, The Cavalier, Chef Flaco's Salsa, Dough Squad’s El Queso, Fundudos, Voodoo Majic, FC Queso, La Condesa, Up To No Gouda, Team Indigo, Vamonos, Cielito Lindo, J.A.M. Catering's The C.U.L.I.N.A.T.O.R.S., Howdy Print Shop, NaughtyPug, OMG Queso, Creole Queso, Trudy's Del Mar, Trudy's Tex Mex, KG BBQ, Burning Ring of Queso (Lenoir, Vixen's Wedding), Distant Relatives, Huckleberry, Carpenters Hall (Thomas Waltz), Team Fairmont Austin, Credo Foods, The Cheese of Late Night (Delray Cafe), Oseyo, Tejas Birria, Summer House on Music Lane, Dirdie Birdie, Hawk's Hot Chicken, ONETACO, Goodburn Sauce Co., Downtown Cheesy Brown and Da Crack Houze.

Aaron Franklin (Franklin Barbecue, Hot Luck Fest, Loro), Luis 'Beto' Robledo (Cuantos Tacos), Matthew Odam (Austin American-Statesman / Austin360.com), Rosa de Lima H (La Santa Barbacha) and Vanessa Fuentes (Austin City Council) comprise this year's judges panel.

Quesoff and the food bank would like to thank our partners Lone Star Beer, Tito's Handmade Vodka, Rambler Sparkling Water & Rambler Energy, World Centric, H-E-B, Hot Luck Fest, #LunchWithAdi & The Mohawk.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Mohawk Austin, 912 Red River Street, Austin, United States