Get cooking for Batavia Viking Ring Lodge Chili Cook-off
Do you make a chili that wakes up everyone's taste buds? If so, share it with the world - or at least the fourth annual Chili Cook-off at the Batavia Viking Ring Lodge 18.
The event takes place on Saturday, Oct. 4, at the Viking Lodge, 104 N. VanNortwick Ave. in Batavia. Public festivities begin at 1 p.m.
The Vikings are collaborating with Batavia United Way to support local nonprofit agencies and the Illinois Fire Safety Alliance Burn Camp. Tasting tickets cost $5 each and are available at the door.
The chili cook-off organizers welcome anyone who would like to try their hand at cooking chili.
Because the Chili Appreciation Society International Inc. sanctions this event, the cook-off will use CASI's competition chili rules. This means cooks will prepare the chili on site and from scratch, with no fillers. The entry fee to cook is $20. Besides the best tasting chili winners, cooks can earn a showmanship award.
To learn more about this year's event, call Bill Pierson of Illinois' local CASI chapter, the Chillini Chili Pod, at (630) 879-7934. You can also contact John Dillon, Viking Lodge member and board member of the Batavia United Way, at (630) 502-8335 or dillon60119@att.net.
Get out your favorite chili fixings, dust off your secret recipe, and sign up as a cook. Or, at least mark your calendar to join the Batavia Viking Ring Lodge and Batavia United Way for a hot event on Oct. 4.
The Batavia United Way is a nonprofit community based organization that raises funds for programs that directly benefit Batavians. It envisions a community where all individuals and families achieve their human potential through education, income stability and healthy lives. The group values all members of our community as well as its volunteers, donors and partners.
The goal is to have a measurable lasting impact in the community and do so with accountability and integrity. An all-volunteer board and a part-time executive director run Batavia United Way.
Visit BataviaUnitedWay.org for more information, or call the office at (630) 877-2780.
Learn more about the Chili Appreciation Society International, Inc. at chili.org.