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2024 awards
TOP SAUCE BOSS
Introducing the winner of the top sauce boss award... hot n saucy's black garlic n peri peri hot sauce!! Congratulations!
The top sauce boss award was judged on a 15 point system. Learn more about our competition & our judges.
You can view the top sauce boss entries with links to the sauces here! (coming soon)
Scovillier Award
Introducing the winner of the SCOVILLIER award... OUR CROWD FAVORITE VENDOR, REDACTED!! Congratulations! Learn more about this award.
All of these sauces were excellent! grab your own from their website, and follow them on Instagram!
Brewer's Fire
Truffle reaper double ipa hot sauce
Dragonzorde's Finest
Introducing the winner of dragonzorde's finest... the staff pick, brewer's fire's truffle reaper double ipa hot sauce!! It's equally as spicy as it is delicious! Learn more about this award.
grab your own and learn more about this hot sauce maker on his website, and follow them on Instagram!
Announcing the awards
(Left) Woody - site ops, (2nd left) Dani - graphic designer & marketing, (mid left) Paula - project manager, (mid right) Drew - vendor/sponsor coordinator, (2nd right) Cortney - judge & Argosy head chef, (right) Ryan - judge & 97 estoria head chef, (back) Ian - MC, sound engineer, and performer.
View the Top Sauce Boss sauce entries and standings (coming soon)! Learn more about our judges and our competition!
SCHOOL OF ROCK ATLANTA HOUSE BAND 2024
hOT SAUCE FEST atl IS PROUDLY SPONSORED BY sCHOOL OF ROCK ATLANTA. tHESE KIDS sound so good and always play the hits!
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OUR 2024 VENDORS
No longer accepting applications
Where passion and tradition blend to create their renowned hot sauce blends celebrating the essence of authentic Cuban taste.
Atlanta local & Small batch fermented hot sauce.
Big Red’s Hot Sauce is a family owned company, based out of Phoenix, AZ. Don't be intimidated by their selection, go ahead and take the hot sauce quiz. They'll let you know which of their sauces if just right for you!
Recipes centered around Thai chili peppers, Bruce's brings a unique quality to sauce!
A new and unique Rocoto! hot pepper sauce. Hot but full of flavor. Makes a great spicy steak or wing sauce, too.
Dry Your Eyes Foods is a consortium of food businesses bringing the heat to Atlanta and the greater Southeast region.
This company was built from passion of horror films and professional craft beer brewing knowledge. Locally grown, these sauces were designed with purpose and aren't meant to sacrifice flavor for heat.
Helliott’s Haunt Sauce is a horror themed hot sauce company that creates a delicious variety of sauces made from all natural locally sourced ingredients. Their sauces are geared towards being flavor forward and to have a option for every palette.
Made with authentic Caribbean flavors, this hot sauce is perfect for adding a kick to your dishes. Use it as a condiment or sauce to enhance the taste of your favorite meals. Sauce crafted in Marietta, GA.
No additives, no filters, no pepper mashes, just unbridled flavor handmade with love, right here in Atlanta.
This local candle company produces exquisite, somewhat sarcastic scents that set the tone for any occasion.
Handcrafted in Tampa, FL, "Your taste buds don’t always know what’s in their best interest, which is why we’re willing to do the dirty work for them."
Our 2023 award winners, Sway Sauce is a must have hot sauce!
Try a Lustful Explosion of the Fruit Bound Flavors of Lemonade!
Wildfire in Wonderland aims to provide authentic Cajun flavors with a variety of heat levels that surpass anyone’s expectations, regardless of cuisine.
Growing their own fresh ingredients, this local craft sauce maker packs some powerful peppers.
Petreaux's has been making hand crafted hot sauces in GA for 14 years. They have won multiple awards and have been featured on the Hot Sauce Show out of Jacksonville, FL. Recently, Petreaux's is now available in select Publix grocery stores around GA. This is not your grandma's hot sauce.
Made with fresh ingredients, habanero & scotch bonnet peppers and seasoned to perfection, this sauce has been passed down generations bringing a part of the Caribean with it!
Born from brewing, Brewer's Fire offers uncommonly crafted Georgia grown hot sauce varieties.
Defiant Sauce Co specializes in award winning spicy BBQ sauces, uniquely flavored hot sauces, and dry rubs.
OUR 2023 VENDORS
Hot Sauce Sensei's Tasting Table Experience
John Hollner is your hot sauce guide. author of the online blog hotsauce cookbook and winner of 2023 people’s choice award, its easy to say he knows his way around sauce flavors & pairings. these varieties of sauces were featured at the tasting table! Some of them have even entered into the competition to find the top sauce boss. Hot n Saucy ended up winning the award with their Black Garlic n peri peri sauce!
A hot sauce company that traces it's roots back to Colonel Sanders, founder of KFC.
Obsessed with craft heat, its health benefits AND dedicated to making life better for our oceans and their sharks.
Indie foods, made like those we make for ourselves. No compromises, no cut corners. Rochester, NY. 2 sauces featured on Hot ones - Burn After Eating & cosmic Disco.
More than a brand; it's a journey of passion, community, and the relentless pursuit of flavor. Bold Texan twist for any dish!
All natural, small batch, and locally sourced products are a spicy balanced sensation like no other. You'll be craving MORE!
From mild to wild these sauces are begun from seed, raised in Indiana’s Wabash River valley and naturally fermented for months.
Woman owned and operated by Julz. Small batch artisan hot sauces, pickles, Chicago-style giardiniera, mustard, and BBQ sauce utilizing North Carolina grown produce.
Classic hot sauce, reimagined by Chef Sam Davis-Allonce. All sauce, all natural and now at Firehouse Subs nationwide.
Hot sauce for hot girls (and spicy kings). All-natural, woman-owned, & made in the USA Available in Mild, Med, & HOT Can you take the heat?
Small batch, artisan hand-bottled, big flavor! A Pick Tennessee certified hot sauce company that uses fresh, locally-sourced peppers to ensure the best quality ingredients are used to blend their smoked hot sauces, bringing you – heat you can taste!
Founded by local Atlanta chef and sauce boss, Ben Reardon. Benny Sauce balances spice with apricots- never too bland or hot to enjoy!
A perfectly balanced gourmet hot sauce based in California, all peppers and spices are from local, organic-certified farmers. Cosmic dumpling won international hot sauce of the year in 2022 from the specialty food association.
2024 Sponsors
A film studio who provided the amazing venue, and will continue to partner with us for years to come! Located at 135 Krog St NE Atlanta, GA near the beltline and Krog St Market.
Craft Standard will be sponsoring the festival and Mobile City Bev with beer, alcohol, and Coca-Cola products.
Bovino After Dark is sponsoring all food at the festival. Don't miss out on eating some of their fine oysters and caviar!
Mobile City Bev will be curating your beer and cocktails for this spicy event.
Hot Sauce Sensei is sponsoring and running our tasting table experience. He does hot sauce consulting and recipe development. He will also be one of our judges for Top Sauce Boss!
Ian Live is our MC and will also perform!
Come see the School of Rock play at Hot Sauce Fest! They ROCK!
Stagesmith works with HSF's management team and handles production and entertainment for the festival.
Dani Does Design is our graphic designer & marketing coordinator. You may recognize some of her work from King of Pops. Visit her website to learn more about her brand packages and designs.
DP&Co works with Hot Sauce Fest's management & production team.