Crowd picks top Traditional & New Age recipes

DELRAY BEACH, Fla.—People crowded around pots full of chili for all the free samples they could eat at the 13th Annual Chili Cook-Off last weekend at the Delray GreenMarket. The contest featured 10 unique recipes in Traditional and New Age categories.           

Market-goers voted for their favorite recipe to give us the People’s Choice winners in both categories, while two experienced local celebrity judges determined who would take home the Chefs’ Choice trophies.

• 1st Place – “Chili by the Sea”, Bettina and Jason Seifts
• 2nd Place – “Montana Prime Beef Saddlebag Chili”, Peter Arts
• 3rd Place – “Black Magic Chili”, Jennifer Bailey

• 1st Place – “It’s a ‘10’ Chili”, Hank Langa
• 2nd Place – “Caribbean Time Chile”, Jacques deLaguarigue
• 3rd Place – “Jim’s Warsaw Whiskey Chili”, Jim Nolan

• 1st Place – “Loredo Lava”, Joe Ferrell
• 2nd Place – “Black Magic Chili”, Jennifer Bailey
• 3rd Place – “Montana Prime Beef Saddlebag Chili”, Peter Arts

• 1st Place - 1st Place – “It’s a ‘10’ Chili”, Hank Langa
• 2nd Place – “Jim’s Warsaw Whiskey Chili”, Jim Nolan
• 3rd Place – “Pepe O’Reilly’s Chili”, Chef Joe (Browdog)