Sedona AZ (December 1, 2011) – Steaming samples of chili will be featured at the Rotary Club of Sedona’s Great Sedona Chili Cook Off, a special event at Tlaquepaque’s Cinco de Mayo Fiesta, on May 5, 2012. This year the Cook Off will have more space for restaurant booths and a beer garden in the Calle de Independencia at Tlaquepaque. Last year hundreds of people enjoyed tasting varieties of spicy chili.
Verde Valley restaurants and their chefs are invited to compete in the second annual Great Sedona Chili Cook Off. The working definition of a competitive chili is: any kind of spicy, stew-like dish cooked with chili peppers, meat (optional) and/or beans (optional). Various other spices and ingredients may be added with the exception of rice or pasta.
This year the Rotary Club of Sedona is adding a new “Best Decorated Booth” Award. The club will again sponsor a “People’s Choice” Award based on the individual votes of Chili Cook Off attendees plus Rotary will award a perpetual hand forged metal Chili trophy for the “Judges Award” determined by a distinguished panel of judges, based on chili flavor, texture, aroma and appearance.
A restaurant’s participation in this fun event helps Rotary International achieve its goal of total eradication of polio worldwide. For as little as 60 cents worth of oral polio vaccine, a child can be protected for life! Proceeds will benefit the End Polio Now Project and other Rotary charities.
For information contact Chuck Marr at 928-284-9585.
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Three Sedona area officials are readying their taste buds for a return engagement as Judges for The Rotary Club of Sedona’s Great Sedona Chili Cook-Off. Sedona Mayor Rob Adams, Sedona Police Chief Ray Cota, and Verde Valley Fire Chief Nazih Hazime will judge chili prepared by top chefs of the Sedona area at the annual Cook-Off to be held at Tlaquepaque on May 5, 2012.
March 1, 2012 is the deadline for Verde Valley restaurants and chefs to sign up for the Great Sedona Chili Cook-Off, a special event at Tlaquepaque’s Cinco de Mayo Fiesta.
Proceeds from the event will benefit Rotary International’s goal of eradicating polio worldwide by 2014. Polio is a disease that has become a faint memory for many in the United States. Because of Rotary International’s leadership since 1985 the incidence of polio has been slashed by 99% worldwide. But it remains a challenge in four nations: Afghanistan, Nigeria, Pakistan and India.
Thanks to a $355 million challenge grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Rotary Clubs throughout the world are raising $200 million to totally eradicate polio. It is an attainable goal; for only 60 cents worth of oral polio vaccine a child can be protected from polio for life.