A Community Cook-Off & Family Festival
Saturday, October 25, 2025

4:00 PM – 9:00 PM
2025
About us
Join Us For a Deliciously Good Time!
Get ready for the most flavorful community event of the year! Soul Bowl 2025 brings together chefs, restaurants, city departments, families, and local organizations for a powerful day of cooking, competition, and community.
Guests will enjoy soul food tastings, a live cook-off showdown, a spades tournament, music, family fun, and literacy-focused activities — all while helping raise funds to provide free books and reading support to under-served children in Augusta.
Sponsors & Partners
We’re proud to be joined by amazing partners helping bring this vision to life! But we’re far from done! Your Business/Organization is invited to join this movement today! Click below to view our sponsorship kit and be a part of this epic affair.
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Adroit Comics is a creative publishing and education company committed to igniting imagination, values-based storytelling, and a love of reading through original comic books and literacy-centered resources.Our flagship literacy initiative, the Comic Book Genius Project, helps children unlock their potential as readers, writers, and thinkers through dynamic comics, creative learning tools, and culturally aware literacy programs. Whether they’re reluctant readers or budding storytellers, we meet kids where they are — and help them see themselves as heroes in their own story.Products & Services We Provide
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Comic books and poster sets for classrooms, clinics, or waiting areas
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Comic-based reading resources and challenges
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Virtual and in-person Genius Camps to build reading confidence
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Parent workshops and educator training aligned with our G.E.N.I.U.S. Framework
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Live workshops and author visits to spark creativity and connection
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We partner with: Schools & school districts
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Youth programs & community centers
A Special Shout Out to Our Competitors!
Stay tuned for our latest competitor announcements!
Chef Drexel ClarkCulinary Department Head A.T.C.
Chef Issac RicksIt’s Ricks Catering
Coming Soon!Stay Tuned for More AnnouncementsThink You’ve Got the Best Soul Food in Augusta?
It’s time to prove it.
We’re calling all chefs, city departments, food trucks, restaurants, catering companies, bakers, families, teen/kid cooks, and community organizations to step up and compete in Soul Bowl 2025 — Augusta’s biggest community cook-off and soul food celebration.Choose your battle:Soul Bowl Main Cook-Off – Serve tasting portions of your best dishes to up to 2,000 guestsSoul Bowl Showdown – Live, timed cooking challenge with surprise ingredientsCommunity Cook-Off – Pies, cakes, sides, sauces, and desserts judged for sponsored prizesSpades Tournament – For fun, bragging rights, and a little friendly fireSoul Bowl Cook-Off Categories
Public tasting competition.Categories include:- Best Chicken (Grilled, Fried, Other)
- Best Chick & Waffles
- Best Chicken Wing
- Best Burger
- Best Mac & Cheese
- Best Potato Salad
- Best Coleslaw
- Best Veggie
- Best Pie/Cobbler
- Best Cookie
- Best Cake
Culinary Greatness
Join some of the city's most talented cooks!
Delicious Eats
Your tastebuds will thank you! One taste won’t be enough!
For A Great Cause
All ticket sales benefit free books & reading support!
Feast For Your Ears
Enjoy live local musicians & performers!
Interested in learning more?Entering the competition?Becoming an epic sponsor?
Contact us today!
Email: adroitcomics365@gmail.com