BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — The Greek Food Festival is coming up. I was able to get a sneak peek into the kitchen this year to see all of the preparation that goes into an event like this.

If you're looking for tradition, flavor, and fun — I know just the place. The Greek Food Festival is back for its 51st year here in Bakersfield. But before the gyros are served and the music starts, there’s a lot of work happening behind the scenes.

In the kitchen at St. George Greek Orthodox Church, volunteers have been chopping, mixing, and baking for weeks — preparing hundreds of trays of authentic Greek dishes.

Liz Rodgers is one of the cooks and co-owners, of Lemonnikis Taverna and she tells me, “We usually start in September — in the beginning of September — and we are cooking pretty much every

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