Mac ‘N Cheese Bowl
MAY 6, 2026 | 4:30-7pm
The Mac ‘N Cheese Bowl is Foodnet’s signature event, raising funds to further our mission to provide food and nutritional services to vulnerable older adults and others who are unable to cook or shop for themselves in Tompkins County.
Who makes the best mac ‘n cheese in Tompkins County? You decide!
~20 local restaurants, caterers, food truck and other eateries will be whipping up their versions of everyone’s favorite comfort food. Taste them all and vote for your favorites!
Come enjoy tastings, info booths, raffle baskets, and more!
Locale: Ithaca Farmers Market, Steamboat Landing, 545 3rd St, Ithaca, NY 14850
2026 Competitors
Brookdale Ithaca
Crossroads Bar & Grille
Fittnell Barbeque
Foodnet Meals on Wheels
Greenstar Co+op
Hotel Ithaca
Loaves & Fishes
Longview
Monks on the Commons
Silo Food Truck
Texas Roadhouse
The Strand
Inn at Taughannock Falls
Ithaca College Dining
Ithaca Downtown Conference Center
June’s Cafe & Pizzeria
Kendal at Ithaca
Kiely’s Cooking
Water compliments of Culligan Water!
Sweet treats compliments of Cayuga Health!
Voting & Results
Award Categories:
Best Meat Mac
Best Non-Meat Mac
Best Alternative Mac
Most Creative Mac
Kids’ Choice Mac
Get your Mac Bowl "I Voted" sticker.
Winners announced the next day!
Cast your ballot at the event using the designated Voting Booths.
Entertainment
Big Cheese selfie booth
Kids Corner craft booth
Raffle booths
Raffle Tickets (cash only)
$5/ticket, or arms-length for $20
Winners announced & contacted the week following the event
Information Booths
14850.com
Alzheimer's Association, Central New York
Cancer Resource Center
Catholic Charities Tompkins
Cayuga Health
Fagan Engineering
Finger Lakes Independence Center
Forest Home Chapel
Foodnet Meals on Wheels
Greater Ithaca Activities Center
Homesteady Health
Ithaca Board of Realtors
Ithaca Free Clinic
Love Living at Home
Maguire Hyundai Subaru
New York StateWide Senior Action Council
Racker
Suicide Prevention & Crisis Services
SUNY Upstate Medical-Clark Burn Center
Tompkins County Office for the Aging
Tompkins County Whole Health
United Way of Tompkins County
Unity House of Cayuga County, Inc.
Visions Federal Credit Union
Wegmans
Zach Clark State Farm
Parking & Shuttles
Parking available at the Ithaca Farmers Market, spots fill quickly.
Spillover parking in the Arnot lot next the Farmers Market.
Additional parking at the DMV lot on 3rd Street and Guthrie Ithaca City Harbor on Willow Ave.
Gadabout and Longview shuttles available to and from DMV overflow lot.
2025 Event Sponsors
Big Cheese Sponsors
Gold Plate Sponsors
Cargill
Cayuga Health
CFCU
CSP Management
Elmira Structures
Hearing Aid Consultants of CNY
Ithaca Board of Realtors
Security Mutual Insurance
The Guthrie Clinic
Tompkins Community Bank
True Insurance
Zach Clark Insurance & Financial Services, Inc.
Blue Plate Special Sponsors
Bailey Place Insurance
Cayuga Lake National Bank
Cayuga Landscape
Community Bank N.A.
Complete Payroll
Cornell University
HOLT Architects
Homesteady Health
Illume Projects
Law Office of Sharon Sulimowicz, LLP
Maguire Hyundai Subaru
Taitem Engineering
Silver Plate Sponsors
Bousquet Holstein
Chemung Canal Trust Company
Coughlin & Gerhart, LLP
Fagan Engineering
Finger Lakes Wealth Management
Forest Home Chapel
Pleasant Valley Electric
Schlather, Stumbar, Parks & Salk, LLP
Sciarabba Walker & Co, LLP
Visions Federal Credit Union
In-Kind Sponsors
14850.com
Arnold Printing Corp
Cayuga Health
Cayuga Media Group
Cayuga Xpress
Cornell Print Services
Crossroads the Clown
Culligan Water
Finger Lakes Independence Center
Coleen Foley
Gadabout
Grannie Annie
Guthrie - Ithaca City Harbor
Ithaca College Center for Print Production
Ithaca Police Department
LAP Inc.
Longview
Venue Sponsor
