The
Western New York Chapter
First
Annual Chili Cook Off
The
event was held on October 18th 2003, at
the main entrance to Galyan’s at the Walden Galleria Mall in Cheektowaga,
New York.
There
were 6, 2person teams competing, giving the judges 6 hot chili and 3 sweet
chili recipes to sample.
We
had 5 food judges and 1 field judge, they were: Gary Butler; Maleony D’Alesandro;
Donald Seth; Sherry Wagner; Steve Martin (a last minute replacement) from
Boulder, Co.; and Jack Brown.
1st,
2nd, and 3rd prize in each category plus a best overall
were presented.
First
in the hot chili was Bob and Mary Lennartz, second was Marty Odachowski and
third John & Debbie Patrick.
In the sweet category first place went
to Bill Stockwell followed by Jeremy Horton
and Jessica Mathis, and third went to Esther Horton (sorry Dave).
Bob
Lennartz walked away with the best overall.
Galyan’s
and Camp Chef donated all of the prizes,
and we thank them for the help.
Despite
the rain we had a lot of interest from the public and answered a lot of their
questions, plus feeding them samples to show them just how good the black
pot can make a cook look.
Event
coordinator: Ronald Wagner
Ron Wagner & Dave Horton ...
This is where it was happening ...
Jack Brown ... an apron & a clip board ...
something seems funny here. ... :-)
Wee Willy's little girl. What a smile.
... and the Woman behind the Man. You
know there has to be someone showing him how to do this stuff. ... :-)
... she's figuring out how to get me for the
pictures ... oh well. ... :-)
Yes, there really is a Mrs. Wagner.
You know that Wee Willy was singing while
putting up this sign.
Bob & Mary show how to cook ... :-)
"I want one of these & one of those
... how about this?"
The lady from Galyan's that made this all
happen.
This, I couldn't resist. We always see
the TV cameraman from this angle, ...
... or this one. However, every now &
then I've always wondered ...
... what they really look like. ... :-)
Additional Pictures of
the Cook-Off by Stan Kowalski Jr.
... and last, but certainly not the least
... :-)
