March
Into Spring - Regional Chili Cookoff Downtown
Mount Airy
April 12, 2008
- Annual Chili Cookoff -
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The Master of Ceremonies
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This
year's March Into Spring Chili Cookoff
was a great success! It was a wonderful
family event that brought hundreds
of visitors into historic downtown
Mount Airy for an afternoon of chili
tasting, great music, and overall
good times! Highlights included:
- Chile recipe search
through participating downtown shops
with a gift basket going to the
winner, courtesy of Cornerstone
Fixturing;
- Wing-eating contest,
courtesy of The Upper Deck;
- A local Restaruant/Firehouse
Chili Cook-Off Challenge;
- Great chili, courtesy
of all the cook-off contestants;
- A beer garden to
raise money for MAMSA to support
more great downtown activities,
courtesy of National Public Distributing;
and
- Reggie the Clown
to entertain the children!
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Charming Molly |
The Caballeros |
The Cooks
Cooks from all over the
region competed in this year's event in
three categories: red chili, green chili,
and salsa.
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2008 Winners:
RED
CHILI
1st: Dick Dietos of Fairfax,
Va
2nd: Les Walter of Baltimore,
MD
3rd: Richard Omerza of Wilkes-Barre,
Pa
GREEN
CHILI
1st: Guy Reinbold of Ellicott
City, MD
2nd: Ghon Eckley of Frederick,
MD
3rd: Monica Parker of Alexandria,
Va
SALSA
1st: Bruce
Baker
of Falls Church, Va.
2nd: Richard Omerza of Wilkes-Barre,
Pa.
3rd: Guy Reinbold of Ellicott
City, MD
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The Wing-Eating Contest
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This
year's wing eating contest had numerous
contestants competing in a few heats.
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Champion!
Todd Kellner won decisively in the
finals for the second year in a row!
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The Crowd
Thanks to everyone in the
community for supporting this event and
making it a great success. Attendance was
so high, all the cooks and the Restaurant/Firehouse
Challenge entries ran out of chili before
the end of the day!
This event was sanctioned by the International
Chili Society and co-hosted by the Mount
Airy Main Street Association and the Damascus
Boy Scout Troop 445.
Photos courtesy of George Brown.
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Check back for more
information and visit the ICS event
for more information about the Mount
Airy cookoff and to register: www.chilicookoff.com
or
contact Barbara Corbalis at corbalis@verizon.net
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2007
Chili Cookoff
> 34 regional
and local chili cooks competed for prizes.
> Congratulations to the
winners of the 2007 cookoff:
Green Chili
- Christine Johnson (Harrisburg, PA)
Salsa -
Kelli Fry (Silver Spring, MD)
Red Chili
- Christine Johnson (Harrisburg, PA)
> Last year's
winners advanced to the ICS 2007 International
Chili Cookoff in Omaha, Neb.
> Proceeds
benefited Boy Scout Troop 445, other local
Boy and Girl Scout Troops, and MAMSA
Read
Frederick Post Article
Poster
from 2007:
