TUESDAY - Nov. 10, 2009

HARVEST FAIR REGIONAL RESULTS

by Kathy & Mike Stewart

An autumn day in Southern California can be great for cooking chili. Sunday was warm, calm and clear and the public made a good showing at the Harvest Fair event in San Bernardino. The cook-off is part of a 4-day event highlighting the western heritage of the United States. People camp out at the site all week-end long, living as they did back in the late 1800's. It is considered by western aficionados as one of the best western reenactments in the country. Chairman Ken Joswiak puts in a lot of hard work for this event. Alas, his hard work apparantly does not include unlocking the door for the judging area until 9:30, but we managed.
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This year we had 21 teams cooking red chili, 9 cooking chili verde and 7 preparing salsa. We were also graced by a large contingent of past World's Champions, Salsa: Dione Cooley, Barry Steinberg, Barbara Ward and Bonnie Ford-- Chili Verde: Karen Ray, Kathy Stewart and Bob Dyer - Red Chili: Bill Ray and Ron Burt. And because this cook-off was a regional, we may have had the 2010 World's Champion in our midst.
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My thanks go out to my wife, Kathy as Head Scorekeeper and her assistant Sheila Gordon, to all of the judges that came out to help us and to all of the cooks that participated.
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And the Winners are:
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People's Choice - Russell Barnes
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Salsa
3rd - Skip Cooley
2nd - Patricia Sanchez
1st - Charlie Ward
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Verde
3rd - Tish Crawford
2nd - Barbara Ward
1st - Skip Cooley
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Red
3rd - Barry Steinberg

2nd - Ron Burt
1st - Sachiko Brecke

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