School has begun and there’s a touch of fall in the air. It feels like chili season!!! Do you have a special chili recipe people rave about? Do you like to feel the heat in the kitchen with a bit of spicy flair? Are you more of a cool as a cucumber soothing bowl of white chicken chili type of person?
Share your culinary talents and enter the Chili Cook-Off that will be held Thursday, September 25, 4-6 p.m. in downtown Wadena.
Pre-registration is required. Additional information and rules are available in the online registration form.
Thursday, September 25
4 to 6 p.m. | downtown Wadena
Deadline to register is 5 p.m.
on Tuesday, Sept. 16.
Sample bowls and spoons provided by the Chamber. This will allow for consistent portions from all contestants — and your team doesn’t run out of chili so quickly!
Each team will need to supply the following:
- An 18-quart roaster of chili
- List of chili ingredients posted on table
- Napkins
- Crackers, cheese or whatever condiments to put on your table
- 6-foot serving table
- Extension cords
- Booth advertising (ie: banner or signage)
- $20 entry fee
Entry fee payable to “Wadena Area Chamber of Commerce” can be:
- Dropped off at the Chamber office located in The Depot.
- Mailed to Wadena Area Chamber, PO Box 107, Wadena MN 56482.
- Paid the day of the event at Chamber’s check-in table located in front of Greiman’s Printing.
Gather your chili-cooking team together for this annual challenge and bring on your tastiest chili for the community to sample and vote for their favorite one! Top chili will win $200 in Chamber Bucks! Will Wadena Rotary Club hold the title and keep the traveling trophy or will the honor go to someone new? You can’t win if you don’t enter!
Deadline to register is 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 16