Food tours and free dinners at Dig IN

• Go behind the scenes of Dig IN Sunday with Liz Biro. Tour start at the top of the hour from 1 to 4 p.m.

What’s there to do at Dig IN besides stuffing your face with some of the most delicious Indiana food ever? Yes, you can drink, too. Between bites and sips, hit up these activities.

1. Food tour

Go behind the scenes of Dig IN: A Taste of Indiana with Indy Star food and dining reporter Liz Biro (that’s me). You’ll hob nob with top chefs and meet the farmers and food producers who supply Indiana’s bounty. I’ll share insider tips about what’s cooking in and around Indy and where to find some of my favorite tastes at Dig IN. Find out where to eat local and why Central Indiana is becoming a foodie paradise. Tours last 15 to 20 minutes each and happen on the hour from 1 to 4 p.m. Sign up at the Indy Star station in Tent 1. Look for it on the Dig IN map you get when you enter the festival.

2. Chef competition

Chefs who never get on television but are probably cooking most of your restaurant meals go skillet-to-skillet at the Ivy Tech Community College Chef Competition. Expect the unexpected. Chefs Night Off Indy and Indy on Deck, two off-beat Circle City supper clubs, helped coordinate the show. Cooks have 30 minutes to assemble a dish for some impressive judges, including Sarah Freeman, food editor for Zagat Chicago. Chefs get a bunch of local produce, but they won’t know what meat, seafood or other protein they must work with until right before cooking begins. The four-round tournament happens on the hour from noon and 4 p.m. Competitors include Adam Ditter of Bluebeard and Justin Runyon of The Libertine Liquor Bar.

3. Best steak ever raffle

Do not miss — I repeat, do not miss — the Joseph Decuis restaurant tasting station. You will get what sounds like an amazing bite — a Wagyu meatball bahn mi (a Vietnamese sandwich) with Mangalitza pork pate spread (Mangalitza is a Hungarian breed of domestic pig prized for its rich, fat-marbled meat), fermented cabbage, pickled carrot, kohlrabi, jalapeno and homemade hoisin sauce on French bread. Plus, you can enter a raffle to win dinner for two at the Roanoke restaurant AND an overnight stay at the inn there AND a ride in a Tesla electric car to get you there. Did I mention Joseph Decuis raises its own Wagyu cattle? Raffle tickets cost $10. Proceeds benefit Dig IN.

4. Make a bucket list

Forty-eight chefs and lots of farmers, brewers and food producers staff Dig IN. Some are return visitors, but many are new. Mark them on your list. Newbies include Scratch Truck, Bea’s Soda Bar, Soulshine Market food truck, Taxman Brewing Co., Fresh Artistry meal delivery service, LaSalle Grill, Spire, Endangered Species Chocolate, Tinker Street, Nourish, Scarlet Lane Brewing, Country Heritage Winery, Heagy Vineyards, Thomas Family Winery, Owen Valley Winery and Blackhawk Winery.

5. Lend a hand

When you arrive at Dig IN, you’ll get a passport. It’s a map that helps you find tastings and track what you’ve sampled and gives details on how to enter Dig IN’s research contest. You get to tell Dig IN what’s important to you on the local food front in in Central Indiana. Participate and you’ll be entered to win gift certificates to restaurants.

Call Liz Biro at (317) 444-6264. Follow her on Twitter @lizbiro, Instagram @lizbirodish, Facebook and Pinterest.

Dig IN: A Taste of Indiana

When: Noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.

Where: White River State Park in Downtown Indianapolis.

Cost: $45. Get your tickets in advance or take a chance at the door. Tickets sales are limited to 4,000 to keep lines under control.

Information:www.digindiana.org or call (317) 454-8516.