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Meet the Best Fair Food Contest judges

Volunteer cook Barry Newman lets a cooked elephant ear drain before placing it on a rack to be buttered and sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar in this 2016 file photo. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)

The Spokane County Interstate Fair is hosting its Best Fair Food Contest at noon Saturday, Sept. 8.

Judging takes place on the North Stage.

Meet the judges:

Danielle Gonzales is an Inland Northwest Culinary Academy graduate. She works at Three Peaks, the restaurant and lounge at the new Spokane Tribe Casino.

Carl LaPrath is also an Inland Northwest Culinary Academy graduate. He works at Kalico Kitchen, a Zags-themed breakfast and lunch spot on North Division Street.

Cynthia Monroe, another Inland Northwest Culinary Academy graduate, is the executive sous chef at Pantry Fuel.

The fair runs Friday through Sept. 16 at the Fair and Expo Center, 404 N. Havana St., Spokane Valley. On the web: www.spokanecounty.org/972/Interstate-Fair.