Mother-daughter team win California Avocado Festival’s Guacamole Contest

CARPINTERIA, Calif.-The California Avocado Festival in Carpinteria included a guacamole contest on Sunday.

Spencer Barnitz of Spencer the Gardner fame entertained a rowdy crowd with a song about guacamole while judges tasted 15 guacamole entries.

While organizers tallied the scores the emcees auctioned off giant avocados and avocado trees that helped raise $1200 for Future Farmers of America (FFA).

Then Rebecca Brand and Arthur von Weisenberger announced the 2023 winner.

Kelsey Crouse and her daughter Sadie won.

They credited Kelsey's mom , Sadie's grandmother known as Gigi for the recipe and homegrown avocados for the tastes.

"It means so much because this isn't just about myself, this is about my parents and how I grew up in Carpinteria, my daughter helped me make it, it is a multi-generational win. We are beyond thrilled."

Sadie listed off the ingredients including avocados, limes, chili powder.

The judges included musician and record producer Alan Parsons, winemaker Fred Brander, morning anchor Alys Martinez, with a little help from her son Patrick, just to name a few.

Crouse shared Gigi's recipe as follows:

7-8 medium ripe Hass avocados

2 limes-juice from

1 tsp chili powder

1 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp Spike Vege-Sal seasoning

Salt and fresh cracked pepper to taste

"Honestly we won because the avocados were so ripe, oily, and delicious," said Crouse.