Iowa State Fair's 2026 Best New Food Unveiled

Porky Parm Gnocchi wins Iowa State Fair food contest

The Best New Food Contest has been running for 13 years.

Iowa State Fair: Porky Parm Gnocchi wins best new fair food award

The Iowa State Fair named this year's best new fair food Friday afternoon 😋

Iowa State Fair's 2026 Best New Food unveiled

DES MOINES, Iowa -- The best new food for the 2026 Iowa State Fair has been unveiled. On Friday afternoon, officials announced that the Porky Parm Gnocchi from DG-Destination Grille won the Best New Food contest for this year. “We wanted to bring something different to the fair ourselves and being you know gluten-friendly at [...]

Porky Parm Gnocchi Wins 2026 Iowa State Fair People’s Choice Best New Food

DES MOINES, IA (08/21/2026) (readMedia)– The Porky Parm Gnocchi, from Destination Grille, is the winner of the 2026 Iowa State Fair People’s Choice Best New Food Contest. There were 15,954 votes for the People’s Choice Best New Food this year. The Porky Parm Gnocchi received 44.9% of the votes. The All-American Scrambled Egg Roll from Winn & Sara’s Kitchen placed second with 36.5% of the votes, and the Ultimate Minneapple Pie from the Minneapple…