Time To Get Chili In The Park

PALOS PARK, IL -- What’s better in the winter than a hot bowl of chili? If you think you make the best pot of chili in your family, then enter “It’s Chili in The Park,” in the Palos Park Recreation Center, 8901 W. 123rd St. The chili cook off is Saturday, Feb. 17.

Cooks arrive at 7 a.m. and start cooking at 10 a.m., doors open for the public tasting at 12:30 p.m. Palos Park’s chili cook-off is a sanctioned event by the Chili Appreciation Society International. CASI cooks come together to compete for prizes and points that will take them to their national competition. Local cooks are encouraged to participate. There is also a $100 People’s Choice Competition which will be judged by festival participants. Prizes and trophies will be presented to the People’s Choice winner and the CASI top three winners.

Those who can’t cook chili but like to it are needed to judge the competition. It’s Chili In Park promises some delicious free chili to taste and judge, and a fun, entertaining time at the event. Applications for cooks are available in the special events section on the Village of Palos Park’s website, call 708-671-3760, or stop by the Recreation Center, Monday thru Friday between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. to register.

Photo: The 2017 Chili In The Park Cook-Off | Palos Park Recreation Center