PEACH COUNTY, Ga. — Saturday is day two of the 38th Annual Georgia Peach Festival. People got to enjoy the refreshing activities in downtown Fort Valley.
On Friday, they had a kickoff party with DJs and vendors. On Saturday, they cooked up and served their colossal cobbler.
Volunteers get up at 2 a.m. to make the cobbler fresh from scratch, and at 2 p.m., it is cut and served to a hungry yet happy crowd.
They spent their morning making an 11 by 5-foot and 8-inch deep peach cobbler in a brick oven.
The volunteers cook it at 350°F for five hours before cooling it and serving up the sweet goods.
Tisa Horton is the CEO of the Georgia Peach Festival.
"It's delicious. It's yummy to their tummies, and it's all about peaches," Horton said. "We got 150 pounds of sugar, 150 pounds of flour, and then we have, of course, our peaches so we have 75 gallons of peaches. And then you have your 36 gallons of milk and then a lot of love."
Bill and Pam Nida traveled from just outside of Atlanta for the peach cobbler.
"I just think this is a great thing for the community," Bill said.
They watched the parade and waited patiently for the peach cobbler to be served.
"Just going to try this one out and see how it goes," Bill said. "I got my big bowl ready for them."
They said the peach cobbler was awesome!
Chris Smith has been helping make the peach cobbler for 16 years.
He says there is a huge assembly line of six to eight people when they are prepping the ingredients and making the cobbler, but he loves being involved in the community.
"We mix those ingredients together with oars like you're paddling a boat with and rakes," Smith said. "It's crazy but it's fun though. The peach cobbler brings us all together."
Next year, the festival plans to invite the community to help make the peach cobbler.
If you missed the festival this weekend, next weekend you can enjoy local talent, vendors and activities in Byron.