MacChilifest Crowns Chili Champs at Yesterday's Competition

The votes were tallied at the annual MacChilifest competition held at Bedford Middle School in Westport on Sunday Feb. 7, 2016  and the event has crowned three champions including one for the best mac 'n cheese:

Classic Beef Chili Category:

•          1^st Place:  Chilibomb in Fairfield for their “Texas Peacemaker” Chili 
•          2^nd Place:  The Weston Fire Dept. with their “SmokeEater” Chil
•          3^rd Place:  Southport Brewing Co. with their “Maple Stout” Chili

Creative Chili Category:

•          1^st Place:  Little Pub of Wilton with their “Moroccan Picadillo” Chili
•          2^nd Place (tie):  Liquid Lunch of Shelton for their “Pumpkin Brisket” Chili
•          2^nd Place (tie):  Old Post Tavern of Fairfield with “Pat's Smokehouse” Chili 

Mac 'n Cheese Category:

•          Simply Delicious of Norwalk with their “Jack Mac”
•          Chilibomb of Fairfield for their “Pulled Pork Mac”
•          DrewbaQ Food Truck with their “Q Bowl” Mac

The Weston and Westport Fire Departments were filmed for a future episode of the popular Firehouse Kitchen TV program, showcasing the firefighters competing head to head with seasoned chefs from local area restaurants.  The Weston Fire Department not only earned bragging rights over their neighbor department of Westport but they beat four restaurants in their category finishing second. 

Attendees sampled over 200 gallons of chili and mac 'n cheese  Topped it with cheese and sour cream supplied by Cabot Creamery. Sampled artisan bread from Chabaso Bakery dipped in queso from Geronimo restaurant plus enjoyed the tiramisu samples made by The Greens at Cannondale.  After so much chili, event goers welcomed the water station sponsored by Stop & Shop and the breath mints from Volvo of Westport.  The crowd was put in a super bowl mood with the football sounds from the Sacred Heart University band.

MacChilifest was supported by over 100 student athletes volunteers from Sacred Heart University who were directed by a volunteer staff from the Unitarian Church of Westport and raised funds for the Shelton based Turtle Shell Fund.  Final attendance and donation numbers are still being finalized.  For more information, please visit: www.Macchilifest.org or contact event director Jim Keenan at 203-216-8452.