Annual chili cookoff scheduled for March 3

By Anna Urbanik
Staff Writer

This year’s Chili Cookoff competition will be held March 3 at noon in front of the cafeteria, where brave chili makers will meet to present the best ever bowl of Texas Red.

Contestants will compete for unbelievable prizes that include tickets to the Las Colinas Symphony, overnight stays at Courtyard Marriott and Marriott Residence Inn, four tickets to “Disney on Ice,” and gift certificates to bd’s Mongolian barbecue.

There’s good news for students, faculty and staff --you can all be a part of the Third Annual Journalism Club Chili Cookoff and enter your own pot of meat, grease and fire. You can prepare everything at home and bring it in a crockpot on the day of competition. Spoons, cups, napkins, tables and electricity will be provided. The entrance deadline is Feb. 28. Pepito, NLC’s god of chili, returns to reign over the event.

Kathleen Stockmier, Journalism Club sponsor, has decreed an “anything goes” policy for the Devil Soup production. So feel free to use your special secret recipe spiced up with imagination and passion. Then, let the judges experience the red delight and select the masterpiece.

The judging is blind and jury members cannot be employed by DCCCD. The Journalism Club has invited chili experts from outside the college to judge the event.

Besides the grand prize for the best chili there’s also a chance to be awarded in other categories, such as best-decorated table, best presentation and most spirited cook (the one who seems to have the most fun).

Everyone is invited to join the chili adventure and dig in. There’s also a People’s Choice Award which gives the participants an opportunity to vote for their favorite team.

To enter, call the News-Register at 972-273-3498 or e-mail Stockmier at kls7420@dcccd.edu