Take twenty or so crock pots of chili, add sample size cups and spoons, stir in cornbread and other accompaniments, liberally add a hungry crowd of over one hundred; cook together for 3 hours and what do you have? The 1st Annual Trial by Fire! Chili Cook-Off, held Monday December 14th in the National City Center to benefit Toys for Tots. Legal professionals donated a pot of their favorite recipe of chili in 5 different categories and were judged based on how many $1 votes they received. Kristin Bilinski of Barrett & McNagny brought in the most votes, and was the overall winner. She takes one year possession of a travelling trophy cooking pot, inscribed with her name and firm, and receives a keepsake trophy for her recipe that she describes as a delicious combination of “a secret Texas recipe, and my own additions to it.”
Over $750 was raised for Toys for Tots. The Chili Cook-Off committee plans the second chili cook-off for next November.
Certificates of Accomplishment were awarded in five categories. They were:
Fire Alarm -Toni Salek, Stiles Law Office
Meek & Mild -Joe Bonahoom, Bonahoom & Bonahoom
Vegetarian -Tom Richardson, Stewart Richardson Deposition Services
White Chili -Kathy James, Beers Mallers Backs & Salin
You Name It -Alex Jokay, Hunt Suedhoff Kalamaros
