2007 World's Championship Chili Verde

The Final's Table was packed with some awesome chili! The judges scores were counted up and a new World Champion was crowned:

1st - WORLD CHAMPION - Kimberly Mallory, Ohio $3,000
2nd- Dave Lorenz, NJ $700
3rd - James Heywood $300
4th - Charlie Ward
5th - TIE Christian Parker and Rhone Carr

James Heywood 3rd, Dave Lorenz 2nd, Kimberly Mallory WORLD CHAMPION,

Carol Hancock ICS CEO, David Hipskind ICS Chief Judge

James Heywood 3rd, Dave Lorenz 2nd, Kimberly Mallory WORLD CHAMPION

Chili Verde - Finals Table

• Mary Ann Smith
• James Richards
• Sherrie Sutton
• Lynn Pruett
• Harry C. Robinson
• Scott Barrett
• Mary Nicoll
• James Heywood
• Judith Omerza
• Nancy Swenberger
• Raymond Bogart
• Charlie Ward
• Larry Weltikol
• George Swick
• Scott Navaroli
• Jerry Simmons
• Wes Carlson
• Lloyd Wier
• David Schulman
• Dave Lorenz
• Barbara Herrin
• Christian Parker
• Kay Rook
• Diane Gatshet
• Rhone Carr
• Kimberly Mallory
• Larry Lentz
• Diane Lentz
• Chuck Hoff
• Jim Parker

Congratulations to all the cooks!

2007 World's Championship Salsa

Lots of great cooks and lots of great salsas! Here are this years winners:

1st - WORLD CHAMPION - Barbara Ward $1,000
2nd - Bonnie Tomasek $500
3rd - Chris Nicoll $300

Chris Nicoll 3rd, Barbara Ward 1st, Bonnie Tomasek 2nd

Finals Table

• Sherrie Sutton
• Lori Walter
• George Swick
• Diane Lentz
• Bonnie Tomasek
• Chuck Hoff
• Scott Navaroli
• Chris Nicoll
• Kim Swierczek
• Mary Nicoll
• Scott Barrett
• John Jepson
• Dione Cooley
• Skip Cooley
• Jodi Wiseman
• John Ammerman
• Mike Kropp
• Mary Alice Kropp
• Carolyn Roy
• Marian Donato
• Susie Decker
• Butch Sutton
• Christian Parker
• Barbara Ward
• Jackie Golterman

Salsa cooks at turn-in

People's Choice - Saturday

It was a great day, the weather was beautiful and the people of Omaha came out to enjoy of a day of family fun and taste some great chili! Everyone grabbed a sample kit and strolled around to talk to the cooks and taste some chili. Ballots were stationed around the cookoff area and the votes were tallied. Omaha selected the following winners:

1st - Jerry Simmons $300
2nd - Jim Beaver $200
3rd - Leroy Watson $100

Thanks to all the chili cooks and thanks to Omaha for coming out to help judge some chili!

Last Chance Results

What an awesome day! We had over 50 cooks participating in the Last Chance Cookoff. This cookoff provides one "last chance" for cooks to qualify for the WCCC event. The top 10 finishers in this event earned a spot to cook in the Traditional RED competition on Sunday and have a shot at the $25,000 prize money!!!

Last Chance Winners
(in alphabetical order)

• Maureen Barrett
• Gail Donovan
• Ghon Eckley
• Kevin Foley
• Herb Holman
• Mike Kropp
• Christian Parker
• Barbara Ward
• Charlie Ward
• Nibs Waters

Good luck on Sunday!

People's Choice - Friday

The spectators got in on the action and voted for their favorite chili during the Last Chance cookoff. Here are your winners:

People's Choice
(winners and prize money)

1st - Debbie Turner $300
2nd - Rob Wolfe $200
3rd - Vicki Esford $100

Thanks to all of you who voted! Be sure to come back tomorrow for the Chili Verde and Salsa competition and you don't want to miss the Traditional Red Chili Championship on Sunday!

Good Luck Chiliheads!

Over 300 of the best chiliheads in the world are heading to Omaha to take part in the 41st annual World's Championship Chili Cookoff presented by HyVee and produced by the ICS and Downtown Omaha, Inc! We will be crowning our 2007 World Champions in three categories: Traditional Red, Chili Verde and Salsa. We want to wish all our outstanding cooks the best of luck!

We also want to invite all the local Omaha residents to come out and join us! It will be a great weekend of food, music, merchandise and fun! Come taste some great chili and try to pick out the World Champions!

Taking Photos?

We know you all have cameras and love taking pictures. Now you can share those great shots with all the ICS Members. Just email your pics to photos@chilicookoff.com and we will post them on the website. Thanks!!!

Welcome from the ICS Web Team

This year the ICS Web Team will be in Omaha at the 41st Annual World's Championship Chili Cookoff to join in on all the activities. We will be posting winners and pictures to this blog so you can see the results as they happen. Check back often!