Cookoff History

The 2018 winners of the first Ptown Chili & Kale Soup Cookoff:

  • Townie Favorite:  Chip Capelli’s “Jersey Devil Chili.”
  • Best Vegetarian / Vegan: “Rev Kate’s Vegetarian Chili.”
  • Best Kale Soup: “Red Sox Nation Kale Soup.”
  • Best Overall: Chip Capelli’s “Jersey Devil Chili.”

The 2023 winners of the Ptown Chili Cookoff:

  • Mathew Berry “Chuchaki Chili” – winner, “Best Overall” 
  • Dave Hawver “Dave’s Vegan Chili” – winner, “Best Vegetarian or Vegan” 
  • Dylan McGee “The Chili Cleanse” – winner “Townie Favorite”

The 2024 winners of the Ptown Chili Cookoff

  • Best overall: Claudia Cope, Chili Chili Bang Bang 
  • Best Veg or Vegan: Russ Madray, “Madray’s Mean Vegan Chili Renaissance” 
  • Townie Favorite: Stan Hudson “Korean gochujang meat chile”  (한국고쿠창 고기 칠리)