The Friends of the California State Fair Scholarship Program is a collaborative effort between the Friends of the California State Fair, the California Exposition and State Fair, the California State Fair Agricultural Advisory Council, the Ironstone Concours Foundation, Blue Diamond Growers, and Western Fairs Association. They have 14 scholarships including the Culinary Cooking or Hospitality Management or Event Planning Scholarship. In order to qualify students must have a declared program/major of culinary cooking, hospitality management, or event planning. Students also must be a California resident and attend a 4-year accredited college or university, a California culinary specialty school, or an accredited community college in the state of California.