EATING ITHACA: 2009 Downtown Ithaca Chili Cook-Off Results!

Monday, February 23, 2009

2009 Downtown Ithaca Chili Cook-Off Results!

Here are the official results of the competitions held this past Saturday as part of the 2009 Downtown Ithaca Chili Cook-Off and WinterFest:

11th Annual Chili Cook-off Winners

Official Judging (a panel of 14 judges)

Meat Chili

First Place -

Cayuga Medical Center

Second Place -

Cayuga Nature Center

Third Place -

and

Blue Stone Bar & Grill

(tie)

Vegetarian Chili

First Place -

Second Place -

Simply Red Bistro

Third Place -

Collegetown Bagels/Ithaca Bakery

Peoples Choice Chili (Voted by the public)

First Place -

Runner Up -

Cayuga Medical Center

Wings

First Place -

Peoples Choice Wings

First Place -

Peoples Choice Other Item

First Place -

Ithaca Ale House

Beer

Iron Chef

Chef

of

Fine Line Bistro

defeated

of

Simply Red Bistro

, and Patrick Johnston of

East Shore Cafe

.

Chili Idol Karaoke

Robert McPherson (Seattle, WA)

Hot Pepper Eating Competition

Luke Vivian from Brooklyn, 11 peppers in two minutes

Mechanical Bull

*Adult Champion - Ashley Hogan from Port Murray, NJ with a time of one minute, 26 seconds.
*Junior Champion - Oscar Pachasa of Ithaca with a time of one minute, 18 seconds.

Congratulations to everyone who participated! Be sure to check out the story in today's Ithaca Journal for full details.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: So, I guess most of those aren't available outside the contest? Or does the cafeteria at Cayuga Med Center serve it? (If so, perhaps you should add it to the "C's" in your Restaurant List ;-))

-D.E.; February 23, 2009 at 2:37 PM
name said...: thanks a ton; September 24, 2010 at 1:12 PM

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