Manhattan's Only Chili Bowl Cook-off Returns To Inwood Church

INWOOD, NY — Uptown chili lovers rejoice. This weekend, the 6th Annual NYC Chili Bowl is returning to the Church of the Good Shepard in Inwood.

Dubbed Manhattan's "only chili cookoff," each year the event attracts the finest chilis from all over the city as hundreds of participants vote for their favorite and crown a winner.

The cook-off will go from noon to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, with the award ceremony happening immediately after.

Admission for adults is $10 and $5 for children under 10.

All proceeds from the event support the Inwood Food Pantry at the Good Shepard Church, which feeds over 3,500 people a month.

The Chili Bowl lists its complete set of goals as the following:

• Raise money and awareness for the food pantry and other community causes
• Bring the community together.
• Bring seniors/elderly to the function (address isolation and dignity factor).

There will be four sets of winners named in the 2021 NYC Chili Bowl: People's Choice, Best Vegetarian/Vegan, Judge's Choice, and Best Team Spirit.

If you're feeling up to the task, you can enter a chili by emailing trbosco@gmail.com or calling 917-671-7600. You'll just have to arrive a little earlier and bring your own chili pot and ladle.

The folks of the Church of the Good Shepard provide a table, tablecloth, a pot stand, heating elements, serving bowls and utensils for all participants.

You can find out more about the NYC Chili Bowl in Inwood on its website.

And since it wouldn't be a chili story without it, hopefully, nobody will have a Kevin Malone moment from "The Office."