Gulf Coast Mac Down

Gulf Coast Mac Down Mac Down celebrates the South's roaring food scene and timeless tradition of this beloved staple.
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This event is family friendly with music, games, and LOADS of mac and cheese. Benefits The Cookery Project's Tackling Out of School Hunger Initiative. The event is family and pet friendly with vendors, music, gaming truck, laser tag, and more for a full day of fun. Presented by Spire Energy, Mac Down celebrates the roaring Gulf Coast food scene and timeless tradition of this beloved staple. The proceeds of Gulf Coast Mac Down benefit The Cookery Project, a local 501c3 nonprofit.

This holiday season our reach extends beyond our Tackling Out of School Hunger Initiative! If you or someone you know d...
11/12/2025

This holiday season our reach extends beyond our Tackling Out of School Hunger Initiative! If you or someone you know doesn't have the means to get food for the holidays, please attend or share.

Get meals and supplies to help make sure everyone in our
community can celebrate with a warm meal. Let’s take care of each other. NO ONE SHOULD GO HUNGRY THIS SEASON!

Thanks to a very generous wristband sponsorship from Mobile Area Water & Sewer System (MAWSS), we had record breaking pe...
11/11/2025

Thanks to a very generous wristband sponsorship from Mobile Area Water & Sewer System (MAWSS), we had record breaking people's choice voting for our 🧀4th Annual Gulf Coast Mac Down. Our customized wristbands had 3 pull tabs that ticket holders literally had wrapped around their wrists throughout the day until they were ready to cast their votes for spirit award, kids people's choice, and overall people's choice.

Each year, the wins and 5 star kid chef awards wouldn't mean near as much without Liz Miller Creations stunning, custom ...
11/09/2025

Each year, the wins and 5 star kid chef awards wouldn't mean near as much without Liz Miller Creations stunning, custom awards. She is super talented! Make sure to checkout all of her decor, art, unique gifts, awards, and more.

SHOUT OUT to the very talented, Jerri's Balloons & Inflatables! She can create just about anything with her balloon art...
11/08/2025

SHOUT OUT to the very talented, Jerri's Balloons & Inflatables! She can create just about anything with her balloon art, and she is a ninja at set up. She is responsible for the highly sought after macaroni entrance arch and mac and cheese bowl photo ops at Mac Down. Make sure to checkout her work and follow her at Jerri's Balloons & Inflatables.

Thank you again to our new and long time sponsors for your commitment to enriching our community. The support of our sp...
11/03/2025

Thank you again to our new and long time sponsors for your commitment to enriching our community. The support of our sponsors have allowed us to create a unique, fun, and family friendly fundraiser for locals to enjoy as well as grow the event into a destination cookoff + festival that draws ticket holders from Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi.

Aaaaaannnnnnnd the winners of the 🧀4th Annual Gulf Coast Mac Down through blind judging and people's choice voting are.....
11/02/2025

Aaaaaannnnnnnd the winners of the 🧀4th Annual Gulf Coast Mac Down through blind judging and people's choice voting are... 🥁 🥁 🥁

𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐒
🏆OVERALL WINNER - The Golden Noodle award goes to Airbus for their asian inspired mac
🏆RUNNER UP - Faith Academy - Rams culinary team’s jalapeno popper pulled pork mac


𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐆𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐒
Best Classic Mac
🧀Springhill Medical Center - Mobile, Alabama cafe team
🧀Runner up - Digestive Health Specialists of Mobile aka the Cheeky Impastas

Best Beef Mac
🥩Chef Brandy McGill for her chuck roast birria mac
🥩Runner up - The Landscape Experts for their brisket mac

Best Poultry Mac
🍗Vigor High School/Official’s culinary team for their fried chicken hot honey mac
🍗Runner up - Chef Brandy McGill for her jerk chicken mac

Best Pork Mac
🐖Faith Academy Rams culinary team’s jalapeno popper pulled pork mac
🐖Runner up - Top Fin Marketing for their conecuh sausage mac

Best Seafood Mac
🦞Airbus for their seafood mac
🦞Runner up - Springhill Medical Center cafe team for their lobster bisque mac

Best Veggie Mac
🥦Springhill Medical Center cafe team for their tex mex mac
🥦Runner up - GrillBillies BBQ FL for their french onion mac

Best Funky Mac
🥘Airbus for their asian inspired mac

📝 People's choice voting went to Springhill Medical Center cafe team

📝Kid's people's choice went to Vigor High School culinary team

📣Spirit award went to Airbus

A heartfelt thank you to all of the sponsors, teams, and ticket holders that made the day a HUGE success! We had record breaking attendance! Make sure to tag with all of your pics from the day. Until next year. Until then stay cheesy 🧀!

10/30/2025

Just one of the fun activities included with your general admission ticket to the 🧀4th Annual Gulf Coast Mac Down. Also included is🎂cake walks, 🖌️crafts,🎮gaming truck, 🔫laser tag, 🏃🏽obstacle course, 🎨face painting, 🍪cookie decorating, 🧀 over 20 mac and cheese samples, and more. Kids under 6 enter for FREE.

Get your tickets at https://tr.ee/GCMD.

📆 November 1
⌚ 11 am to 3 pm
📍 Mardi Gras Park

WELCOME! Denise Curtis is the TikTok creator behind https://www.tiktok.com/, where she highlights local small businesse...
10/30/2025

WELCOME! Denise Curtis is the TikTok creator behind https://www.tiktok.com/, where she highlights local small businesses, restaurants, and family-friendly adventures across the Gulf Coast and beyond. A mom of three, she’s passionate about finding fun, attainable travel ideas, and hidden gems that make everyday life feel like vacation.

By day, Denise serves as Director of Communications for the Mobile Chamber, helping tell Mobile’s story and spotlighting the people and businesses that make the region thrive. Whether she’s behind a camera capturing a great bite of mac and cheese or discovering her next favorite weekend spot, Denise loves sharing authentic stories that celebrate community and connection.

The Cookery Project exists to whip up the next generation of foodies, chefs, restaurateurs, food scientists, and home ch...
10/30/2025

The Cookery Project exists to whip up the next generation of foodies, chefs, restaurateurs, food scientists, and home chefs, so we love having culinary programs from around the area compete in 🧀4th Annual Gulf Coast Mac Down. Please welcome Baker High School Hornets Mobile, Al's Hornet Hospitality 👏👏🏽👏🏽👏🏿! They are entering Mac Down with a pork mac that they say is so GOUDA that you will keep coming back for more.

We currently have over 20 mac and cheese 🧀entries for sampling that are included with your general admission ticket:
Asian Inspired Mac
Brisket Mac
Carnival Style Mac
Carribean Pernil and Plantain Mac
Conecuh Sausage Mac
Four Cheese Classic Mac
French Onion Mac
Hot Honey Chicken Mac
Jalapeno Popper Mac
Jerk Chicken Mac
Pulled Pork Mac
Chuck Roast Birria Mac
Seafood Mac
Smoky Bacon Gouda Mac
Steak and Taters Mac
Tex Mex Mac

📆 November 1
⌚ 11 am to 3 pm
📍 Mardi Gras Park

Join us in welcoming Sophia Tombrello back to our lineup of judges for our 🧀4th Annual Gulf Coast Mac Down. Sophia has ...
10/30/2025

Join us in welcoming Sophia Tombrello back to our lineup of judges for our 🧀4th Annual Gulf Coast Mac Down. Sophia has been in The Cookery Project's kitchen for more than 10 years as a student and volunteer. She loves to help the younger students improve their culinary skills while developing her leadership skills.

Sophia is an honors student at UMS Wright, and when she's not in the kitchen, she enjoys preforming on stage with the UMS theater guild and playing soccer.

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