International Chili Society

NEW YORK STATE CHILI COOKOFF

What a beautiful day for the Arlington Street Festival in Poughkeepsie, NY. They have hosted the New York State Chili Cookoff for the past 2 years and this year was even better. The cooks were not among the vendors, so the spectators knew they were going to taste some good chili in “Chililand”. We had great cooks trying for that last qualification before going up to Manchester for the World’s. The judges were very attentive and worked very hard to pick a winner. Great thanks to Andrew Meade and all the workers from Vassar College in getting this festival and cookoff going.

The winners:

Salsa

3^rd – Joseph Abate, NY

2^nd – Carl Cacace, NY

1^st – Bob Myers, NY

Chili Verde

3^rd – Lee Wood, MA

2^nd – Alison Saccoccio, CT

1^st – Marc Frechette, CT

Red Chili

Tie for 5^th not broken:

Damir Penava, NY

Jim Heywood, NY

4^th – Scott Navaroli, MA

3^rd – Joseph Abbate, NY

2^nd – Bob Myers, NY

1^st – Dave Schulman, CT

We will see everyone at the World’s. Safe travels to NH!!