Come one, come all to Findlay Market’s hottest tasting event of the year! Chili Fest is our annual tasting event centered around all things spicy. Participating businesses whip up their best chili, cornbread, and other spicy dishes so you can sample them one by one.
Participating Merchants:
🌶️Always Canning - Ghost Pepper Jam Chili
🌶️The Arepa Place - Colombian Vegetarian Chili with a Toast Arepa
🌶️Artichoke - White Turkey Chili
🌶️Babushka Pierogi - Cincinnati Lenti Chili Pierogi
🌶️Barlion’s Seafood & Poultry - Smoked Turkey Chili
🌶️Bouchard’s Pasta - Old Fashioned Chili with Cornbread
🌶️Chamaele - Honey Glazed Cornbread
🌶️Churchill’s Fine Teas - Some Like It Hot Black Tea
🌶️Dat’s Ole School Cookin’ - Chili Mac
🌶️Dean’s Mediterranean Imports - Chickpea Chili
🌶️Eli’s BBQ - Brisket Chili w/ Colonel De’s Spices
🌶️The Empanada’s Box - Cincinnati Chili Empanada
🌶️Gramma Debbies Kitchen - Chili (Beef, Chicken, or Vegan)
🌶️The Food Life - Bolognese with Garlic Focaccia
🌶️Fizzy Flamingo - “Chili” Inspired Dirty Soda
🌶️Harmony Plant Fare - Cincinnati Style Grilled Cheese or The Best Damn Bean Chili
🌶️Joyously Sweet - Mini Cornbread Cupcake topped with Cheddar ,Garlic Mashed Potato “Buttercream”, Popcorn Chicken and Hot Honey from Chamaele LLC!!
🌶️Makers Bakers Co. - Cheddar Jalapeno BLT and/or Loaded Chili
🌶️Mama Lo Hizo - Chili Pie (Corn Chips covered with Chili, Jalapenos, and Shredded Cheese)
🌶️Maverick Chocolate - Fahrenheit 513 Hot Chocolate
🌶️Neil Luken Meats - Damn Good Chili
🌶️Pet Wants - Beef Stew for Dogs
🌶️The Rhined - Rhined Chili Mac
🌶️Che's Globally Inspired Cuisine - Vegetarian Chili Beans and/or New Orleans Seafood Gumbo with White Rice
🌶️Ruby’s Chocolate - Dark Chocolate Chili Bark
🌶️Sabor Alaniz - Charro Beans
🌶️Spanky’s Sauces - Sample size spices and/or 2oz Hot Sauce Bottle
🌶️Tablespoon Cooking Co. - Sweet Heat Cookies and Hold Gold Snack Mix
🌶️Taste of Belgium - Belgian Chili
🌶️Wendigo Tea - Cincinnati Chili Spiced Chai
🌶️Yee Mama - Tomato Chili Bean Pasta Beef Chili
Programming:
Hot Pepper Hideout Scavenger Hunt: All Day
Find one of the hidden hot peppers for a chance to win an extra sample ticket!
Red Hot Rumble: 1 PM
Our Red Hot Rumble Hot Sauce Competition is back at Jane's! It’s a battle between Merchants, and the best hot sauce chef wins a homemade trophy and bragging rights until 2027. The sauces will be judged by a mix of Findlay Market Merchants and Local Heroes on the following three categories – taste, heat level, and uniqueness.
Tasting event tickets are sold in bundles. One ticket = one sample. Tickets are 8 for $20 or 18 for $40. Purchase yours today!
https://app.betterunite.com/chilifest
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