Winterfest Chili Challenge

Taste all the chili your heart(burn) desires – and enjoy live music to help the chili go down.

Three classes of competition: Freestyle (chef's best recipe, anything goes!), Restaurant and CASI* ("professional" chili cooks who travel the nation and sometimes the globe competing for chili points to be invited to the International Chili Cookoff in Terlingua Texas). Freestyle competitors receive cash prizes. Restaurant winners will receive the Traveling Chili Trophy, a handmade sculpture by artist, Alex Hallmark, to display in their business until next year. CASI cooks take home chili points and trophies. Every winner gets bragging rights!

Freestyle Prizes: 1st Place: $350 2nd Place: $200 3rd Place: $100

Can your recipe stand the challenge? Chili Challenge Entry Form HERE! Located at the Blowing Rock School Gymnasium on Morris Street. 11 am to 2:30 pm Saturday.

Tickets available at the door or online. Saturday, January 28th, 2012 11am-1pm (or until chili runs out): Local Restaurants and Freestyle Tasting 1-2:30pm (or until chili runs out): CASI Sponsored Chili Tasting "The Chili Appreciation Society International (CASI) , Inc.'s mission is to promote chili and raise money for charity. Involved in over 500 chili cookoffs per year, CASI raises over $1,000,000.00 annually for local charities."

Ticket Prices: Adults: $7 Children(12 and under): $5 Buy tickets here!