Gladstone Kinsmen Club to hold a “Great Chili Cookoff”
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- Published on Friday, March 11, 2016
By Kira Paterson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
The Gladstone Kinsmen Club is holding a fundraiser for William Morton Collegiate Institute (WMCI) that will give local ‘chefs’ a chance to show off their favourite chili recipes. On March 17 at 5:30 pm in the WMCI gym, the club will host a “Great Chili Cookoff”.
This is the first time the Kinsmen Club has done this fundraiser, but they hope to make it an annual event if it goes well. Gord Patterson, member of the Gladstone Kinsmen Club, said they had been looking for fundraisers that have never been done or haven’t been done in a while in the community. An event like this hasn’t been put on in Gladstone for about four years.
The funds will go towards the WMCI gym upgrades that the school is planning. Among the upgrades will be new bleachers and a new sound system. Patterson said that if the event raises enough money, they will also donate to the Happy Rock Children’s Centre, which is in the process of raising funds for their new building.
People can enter their chili recipes to be judged by everyone who attends. Each pot of chili will be labeled with a number, so that people don’t know who’s recipe it is and they will be judged fairly. Attendees can taste as many different kinds as they want and write down the number of which one was their favourite. Whoever has the most votes wins a plaque and bragging rights of the best chili recipe in town.
There is a cost to enter, but anyone may submit their chili recipe. All the cooking must be done on site, so if the cook isn’t available to make their recipe, they can send the recipe in and WMCI’s foods class can do the cooking. Anyone interested in entering their chili can call Patterson at 204-385-2792 or Daryl Shipman at 204-385-2353 for details and contest rules.
The cost of admission to the event, which is open to all, includes a drink and all-you-can-eat chili. Tickets will be available at the door.
“We’re only as successful as the community allows us to be,” Patterson said. “We’re just hoping that people can show up and have some fun with it.”
