The Food City Food Show will return to the Knoxville Convention Center on Friday, September 27th and Saturday, September 28th from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.  Food City is once again teaming with media partners Knoxville News Sentinel, WLVT Channel 8 and WIVK FM 107.7. 

“We would like to thank our loyal customers, associates, media partners and celebrity chefs for making our annual Food City Food Show such a tremendous success.  We have an outstanding line-up planned for this year’s event and we invite everyone to come out and enjoy the festivities,” said Steven C. Smith, Food City president and chief executive officer.

The Food City Food Show will feature live cooking demonstrations with celebrity chefs throughout the day, in addition to product sampling, tasty recipes and exclusive money-saving offers from over 150 food vendors. 

Advance tickets are on sale now at Knoxville area Food City locations for only $8.00.  Tickets will also be available at the event for only $10.  Children 6 and under are admitted free of charge.

Event proceeds will benefit the United Way of Greater Knoxville.  United Way of Greater Knoxville ‘brings together resources to improve the lives of people in our community by helping them achieve their potential for self-sufficiency.’  For more information on the Food City Food Show, visit the website at www.foodcity.com. 

Headquartered in Abingdon, Virginia, K-VA-T Food Stores (Food City’s parent company) operates 132 retail outlets throughout southeast Kentucky, southwest Virginia, east Tennessee, Chattanooga and north Georgia.