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Winners

For 18 years, this free and family-friendly event has been a community favorite for exploring downtown Kalamazoo, sampling yummy chili, and crowning the winner of Overall People’s Choice.

A map to all the sampling locations.

START

TASTE

  1. Start your chili adventure by visiting participating businesses (see below).
  2. Taste & Enjoy
  3. Scan the QR code placed throughout the event to open the voting app and rank each chili as you go.

VOTE

  • To vote, simply scan the QR code at each chili stop or on your bingo card. When you’re done tasting, simply click submit.
  • Winners will be crowned and given their trophy at 2:30pm.
  • 4 trophies being awarded: Best Retail, Best Restaurant, People’s Choice and Judges’ Choice.

Participants

Click the button below to purchase your commemorative spoon(s) in advance.

Spoon(s) will be available for pickup at Chili HQ - KVCC Center for New Media and Arcus Gallery. DIRECTIONS

Sponsors

Questions?

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