Photos: 'Great Bonac Chili Cookoff' Fundraiser Draws Crowd

Photos courtesy of Richard Lewin (soniboy@aol.com).

The 2016 “Great Bonac Chili Cookoff,” hosted by the Clamshell Foundation, drew a crowd Sunday at the American Legion Post 419 in Amagansett.

All proceeds from the fun-packed event are used for college scholarships for high school seniors, as well as to provide holiday meals for food programs at local churches.

Guests included Bobby Mott, Kim Kenney, Bob Orr, Carmen Mantione, Henry Blazer, Ray Hartjen, Peg Conklin, Damien O’Donnell, Kate Sheerin, Tom Pontecorvo and his son Nico, East Hampton Town Councilman Fred Overton, Laurie Adler, Pam and Rich Morey, Michael Pour — who filled the Hall with guitar music — Diane McNally, Emily Mamay, and Doris Anderson.

Also present were Terri Novak, representing last year’s winner, Cowfish, P.J. Wizelius, a firefigher for New York City FIre Department’s Engine Company #47, Jim Cuomo, Chili Judge Michael Howell and Ross Perchik, founder and director of the Clamshell Foundation, with Sy Perchik, his dad.

Additional reporting by Richard Lewin.