2007 World's Championship Red

WOW!!! Another awesome World's Championship Chili Cookoff!!

1st WORLD CHAMPION - Jerry Buma $30,000
2nd - Peter Skwiers $2,500
3rd - Diane Lentz $1,000
4th - Mike Kropp $700
5th - Richard Chauvin $500

2007 World's Champion - Jerry Buma

Back Row (l to r): Carol Hancock ICS CEO, Mike Kropp 4th,

Richard Chauvin 5th, David Hipskind ICS Chief Judge

Front Row (l to r): Peter Skwiers 2nd, Jerry Buma World's Champion, Diane Lentz 3rd

Finals Table

• Mike Kropp
• Richard Chauvin
• Georgia Weller
• Dan Bauer
• Paul Whitney
• Richard Dowling
• Lynea Jones
• Ed Pierczyski
• Mike Hulka
• James Rasey
• Kit Hoff
• Peter Skwiers
• Bob Plager
• Bob Alexander
• Al Henry
• Kim Eckley
• Mick Joplin
• Richard Drum
• Darol Wetzel
• Carrie Lentz
• Rich Omerza
• Dick Swenberger
• Bill Donovan
• Sachiko Brecke
• Jerry Buma
• Diane Lentz
• Gail Donovan
• Faye Mulligan
• Scott Ruff
• Nancy Swenberger
  

People's Choice - Sunday

The people of Omaha came out in droves to taste some great chili and to watch a World's Championship Cookoff! There was a lot of great chili and a lot of tasting and when the votes were counted here is who the people selected:

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1st - Mark Johnson $300
2nd - Bill Dudzik $200
3rd - Lynea Jones $100

Thanks to all of you for coming out to the cookoff and taking the time to vote for your favorite cook!

Red Chili - Restaurant Division

1st - Alex Becker - Texas Roadhouse
2nd - Josh Benson - HyVee
3rd - Harry Poulos - Katie's Restaurant

Best Booth

One of the great traditions at chili cookoffs is to pick a theme and decorate your booth and wear a costume. The ICS cooks love to have fun and the judges picked these cooks in the Best Booth contest:

1st - Bill Donovan $500
2nd - Domino Ireland $200
3rd - Peter Skwiers $100
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Other Contests

We had a great turnout for our fun categories and here are our winners:

Miss Chili Pepper
Makayla Patrick $100

Mr. Hot Sauce
Wayne Turner $100

Shoot-N-Holler sponsored by Corazon Tequila
Armando Sanchez $100

Grand Masters & Masters

Congratulations to our new Grand Master Cooks:
(11th time cooking in the World's Championship)

• Les Eastep
• Jim Stoddard
• Judy Wedemeyer
• Bob Wetzel
• Darol Wetzel

Congratulations to our new Master Cooks:
(6th time cooking in the World's Championship)

• Bill Donovan
• Ken Horn
• Erika (Tomasek) Knutson
• James Richards
• Nancy Swenberger
• Greg Virant
• Lynn Kost Virant
• Paul Whitney

Hat Trick Winners

Hat Trick winners - those people that qualified for the 2007 World's Championship Chili Cookoff in all 3 categories: Red Chili, Chili Verde and Salsa.