Call for chili entries! Fairfield Tomato Festival August 17, 2008

The Fairfield Downtown Association and Fire It Up Events are calling for entries to find the West Coast’s "Best Homestyle Chili Cook" to compete in the Western Cooking Tour contest on Sunday August 17, 2008 for trophies and prize money. Entry forms must be submitted by August 10, 2008. To get your entry form visit - http://westcoastbbqchampionships.com/forms

If you are a self-proclaimed ChiliHead and live in the Western United States, you owe it to yourself to enter this ICS Homestyle Chili event. This event is open to anyone - ICS membership is NOT required, current ICS chili cooks are encouraged to come out and compete in this event. In Homestyle chili - cooks are encouraged to get creative and are not using the standard chili profile - ANYTHING goes! Any individual or group is encouraged to enter this contest - friends, family, companies, car clubs, church/civic groups, service providers/supporters, volunteer organizations, public service supporters; anyone can compete with just the simplest of equipment that most people have at home.

The chili contest is scheduled for the morning of Sunday August 17, 2008 and is just one part of the Fairfield Tomato Festival & West Coast BBQ Championships. Chili cooks who are also masters of the grill should consider entering the West Coast BBQ Championships Competitor division on Saturday August 16 – chili contestants who also want to enter this contest can do so at a significant discount.

Other activities for people to enjoy include live music, craft vendors, numerous varieties of heirloom tomato to taste, as well as many tomato related items for sampling, and a kids zone. The Fairfield Tomato Festival runs Saturday August 16, 2008 from 10am to 6pm and Sunday August 17, 2008 from 11am until 4pm, in downtown Fairfield, CA (West Texas streets from Pennsylvania to Union). Admission to the festival and plentiful parking are both free of charge.

The Fairfield Downtown Association is a volunteer-driven non-profit organization supporting the revitalization of Fairfield’s historic town center. Fairfield is located mid-way between San Francisco and Sacramento on Interstate 80. In addition to being the corporate homes of Jelly Belly Candy Company and Guittard Chocolate Company, Fairfield is home to Anheuser Busch Brewery and Travis Air Force Base. For more information on the 17th annual Tomato festival go to www.fairfielddowntown.com

Fire It Up Events has numerous years of experience bringing people together and entertaining them. More than 500,000 people have attended events Fire It Up has been involved with in the last year alone! Fire It Up Event’s goal is nothing short of making our events successful, profitable for our sponsors, enjoyable for our guests and memorable. For more info on the upcoming event please visit – www.westcoastbbqchampionships.com

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