Truckee Chili Cookoff 2010
The Truckee Sunrise Rotary Club will hold
the 2nd Annual Truckee Chili Cookoff at 11 AM on Sunday,
June 27 at the Truckee Regional Park.
This community fundraiser will provide a
day of family fun with chili tasting, non-stop enter-tainment,
food and beverages and a host of activities for adults
and children alike.
Building on last year’s successful event,
there will be more chili, more food, more beer, more
entertainment and more fun.
The area's best chili cooks will compete
for top honors in these categories: Restaurants,
Non-profits and Individuals plus Best Overall. In
addition, a People’s Choice award will recognize the
chili garnering the most votes from attendees and there
will be an award for best cooking team theme.
A panel of area dignitaries will judge
the chili and make the awards.
All proceeds benefit Truckee-North Tahoe
programs addressing the needs of youth, economically
disadvantaged and elderly. The Truckee Sunrise Rotary
Club has been supporting our community since 1993.
Admission with unlimited chili tasting
will be $ 10 for adults and free for children under 12
accompanied by an adult. Tickets will be available
around the area, from any Rotarian, at the event and
online here.
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Almost 1,000 chili lovers witnessed a
classic contest among 15 competent chili chefs fighting
to the finish for the top prize at the hotly contested
1st Annual Truckee Chili Cookoff.
Taking first place in the Individual
category was Ryan “Happy” Gilmore, successful in his
first outing.
First honors in the Non-profit category
went to the team from Tahoe Forest Hospital led by Matt
Pierz, Executive Chef.
Jax Truckee Diner won in the Restaurant
category which was surprising since the establish-ment
wasn't open at the time. Owner Bud Haley credited
Executive Chef Melinda Dorn with creating the
award-winning recipe. Jax Truckee Diner also won the
People’s Choice award based upon the votes of the
attendees at the event.
The Grand Champion of this first ever
Truckee Chili Cookoff was the young team “Poets on
Payday”, Lyle Poulin, Aaron Oropeza and Michael Kugler.
They say the team name was taken from the chili cookoff
episode of The Simpsons.
Click
here to see pictures from
last year's Truckee Chili Cookoff.
Click
here to catch up
on the latest Truckee Chili Cookoff news and media coverage.
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Contestant
There
will be awards for each category of Chili Contestant
plus a People’s Choice award.
Each
participant will be allocated ample cooking space.
We
will arrange for the provision of tents, tables, chairs,
sampling cups, spoons and other utensils if needed.
There
is no charge to be a Contestant.
There
are three classes of Chili Contestants:
Restaurant
Non-profit
Individual or family
Advantages and Benefits to Contestants
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Low-cost promotion and publicity for organization–
Banners, advertising, booth at event.
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Organization team building.
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Ability to distribute promotional materials.
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Making
a contribution to our community.
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Four
tickets, four t-shirts and drink tokens will be given to
every Contestant team.
For
more information and an application click
here.
Sponsor
Our generous Sponsors under-write the
event and in return are provided community exposure in a
variety of ways.
Sponsor Benefits
v
Provide unique corporate
and product or service recognition
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Recognition as contributor
to community
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Organization team building
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Ability to
distribute promotional materials
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Exposure to
more than 1,000 event participants
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$ 5,000 in
area media exposure and local newspapers and magazines
with combined circulation of over 30,000
v
Web site
exposure on Truckee Chili Cookoff Web site including
logo and link to your Web site
For more information and an application click
here.
Volunteer
The volunteers that we enlist, their
number, dedication and energy are an essential element
of the success of the event. To a great extent, guests’
experience of the event will be determined by the
volunteers.
Volunteers will receive an event T-shirt,
food and beverages and the feeling that they have made a
difference in their community.
Volunteers are asked to wear khaki slacks
or shorts.
For more information and to volunteer click
here.
Tickets
Tickets are available every-where, from any Rotarian, at
the event or on this Web site here. |
