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Suwanee Chili Cook Off & Music Festival
Suwanee Chili Cook Off & Music Festival
  • Welcome to the 3rd Annual Suwanee
    Chili Cook-Off & Music Festival

    Saturday, November 9, 2024
    Festival: 11am - 5pm
      -  Chili Tasting 1pm - 4pm

    Suwanee Town Center Park at 330 Town Center Avenue, Suwanee, GA 30024


    Chili Tasting Armbands will be available onsite at the event for $15 each.  Each Armband comes with one People's Choice Chili Voting Chip.  Additional voting chips can be purchased for $5 for two or $10 for five.

    The Suwanee Chili Cook Off & Music Festival is a fundraiser even for Project Green, a local 501c3 children's charity that helps sponsor kids to annual summer camps.  Your participation in this event helps raise much needed funds and Helps Us Help Kids!

Calling All Chili Cooks and Chili Lovers

Come to have Fun, Come to Eat or Come to Compete!  We welcome ALL.
Your don't have to be a professional Chef to compete!  We are looking for Amateur Chefs, Police and Fire Stations, Teams and Junior Cooks to compete in the event. 

The Suwanee Chili Cook Off is a Certified event of the International Chili Society (ICS) and all top winners will automatically be submitted and will qualify for the World Open category at the next year’s WCCC (World Chili Cook Off).   Ready to compete?  We look forward to seeing you there!  

Our Past Winners...


3rd Annual Suwanee Chili Cook Off and Music Festival - November 9, 2024


Qualifiers for the World Open Amateur Division at the ICS Cook Off in Murtle Beach 2025

Best Homestyle: Bad Apple Chili      Best Traditional: Mad Mike's Killer Chili


2nd Place Homestyle:  Todd Lemoine Real Estate    

2nd Place Traditional: Bob's Spicy World

3rd Place Homestyle: Damn Good Chili        

3td Place Traditional: Taste of Love BBQ

People's Choice Winner:  T Bax & Grill



2nd Annual Suwanee Chili Cook Off and Music Festival - November 11, 2023


Qualifiers for the World Open Amateur Division at the ICS Cook Off in Murtle Beach 2024

Best Homestyle: Bad Apple Chili         Best Traditional: The Scoville Units


2nd Place Winners:

Homestyle:  Taste of Love BBQ        Traditional: Rodney Smith

3rd Place Winners:

Homestyle: Jeffery Racine                Traditional: Bad Apple Chili

People's Choice Winner:  T Bax & Grill



1st Annual Suwanee Chili Cook Off and Music Festival - November 2022


Best of Show Winner and Qualifier for the World Open Amateur Division at the ICS Cook Off in Murtle Beach 2023

Kaleidoscope Bistro & Pub


Runner Up Winner - Bad Apple Chili

People's Choice Winner - Todd Baxter


THANK YOU TO ALL OUR PARTICIPANTS in the 1st ever Suwanee Chili Cook Off & Music Festival.  We look forward to hosting you again next year!



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