Chili Cook-Off winners at Ocean Beach Street Fair
OCEAN BEACH Thousands of people came out on a sunny Saturday for the OB Street Fair and Chili Cook-Off on June and a good amount of those fest-goers filled their bellies with chili After all the tastings were done and the Tums were taken the judges disclosed the results Amateur Division For the Judge s Choice category the panel of judges uncovered two amateur chili cookers worthy of top accolades First place went to Shaka Chili Brah and second place to Not Joe Mama s Chili The People s Choice Award decided by locality tasters went to the following chili teams First place for California Wild Ales second place to Grate Full Chili and third to Kane s K- Animal Rescue The coveted OB Spirit Award went to Friends of the Taste Buds Restaurant Division For the Judge s Choice category in the restaurant division the esteemed judges decreed that the following chili teams were top tier First place for Banks the Butcher BBQ and second place to Wonderland Ocean Pub The People s Choice first-place award decided by district tasters went to OB Surf Lodge Chili-tasters couldn t help but fall in love with the Friends of the Taste Buds chili as the amateur cookers earned the coveted OB Spirit award Photo By Thomas Melville Peninsula Beacon In the Restaurant Division the judges awarded Wonderland Ocean Pub second place Photo By Thomas Melville Peninsula Beacon California Wild Ales earned first place in the People s Choice category Photo By Thomas Melville Peninsula Beacon The OB Brewers Guild booth kept chili-tasters entertained by spinning a wheel for prizes Photo By Thomas Melville Peninsula Beacon In the Amateur Division Kane s K- Animal Rescue earned a third-place People s Choice award Photo By Thomas Melville Peninsula Beacon Hot dog chili was a staple for plenty of growing up in the s a nostalgic twist at the cook-off Photo By Thomas Melville Peninsula Beacon Eating Contest winners In the Dirty Birds Wing Eating Contest Sam Murray representing Dirty Birds out-ate the others for the first-place trophy The runners-up were Jayci Raine Gibbs of Connected Life and Angelo Devlin of the OB Public Foundation The top earners the bulk money raised for charity were Avery Jacoby of Dirty Birds Alison Lyons of the OB Woman s Club and Adi Peron of Collective Dirty Birds Ocean Beach raised more than this year To date the Wing Eating Contest has raised more than for OBMA programs projects and initiatives At the Hodad s Burger Eating Contest Justin Uranga outpaced the other contestants to earn the title
