{"id":104969,"date":"2026-02-04T15:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T15:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/104969\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T15:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T15:18:09","slug":"want-to-heat-up-how-to-get-tickets-to-eastons-chili-cookoff-a-more-than-30-year-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/104969\/","title":{"rendered":"Want to heat up? How to get tickets to Easton\u2019s Chili Cookoff, a more than 30-year tradition."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"QEBJVKWN7VBC3O4IS5COIYOI4U\">Easton restaurant chefs with a fire chili recipe will have the chance to compete for a cash prize. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"2NDM6IR7NRHGJD62UD45D6MWNE\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lehighvalleylive.com\/easton\/2024\/02\/muellers-kitchen-riegelsville-inn-emerge-victorious-at-pearly-bakers-chili-cook-off.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.lehighvalleylive.com\/easton\/2024\/02\/muellers-kitchen-riegelsville-inn-emerge-victorious-at-pearly-bakers-chili-cook-off.html\">The annual Easton Chili Cookoff<\/a> will return from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 8, at the Bank Street Annex, according to a press release from the Greater Easton Development Partnership. The annual event began in 1994 at Pearly Baker\u2019s Alehouse and has since become a recurring pre-Super Bowl tradition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"CM6EVQ7NYFFNBLXC26LBUUCU5M\">The event brings together local restaurant chefs to compete for People\u2019s Choice and Judges\u2019 Choice awards, along with cash prizes. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/p\/Muellers-General-Store-Kitchen-100063646358115\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mueller\u2019s General Store and Kitchen<\/a> has won the Judges\u2019 Choice award two years in a row, and <a href=\"https:\/\/porterspubeaston.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Porters\u2019 Pub<\/a> received the People\u2019s Choice award last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"KTHAAMX23FB2FKAGMHUYBNTZOM\">The cookoff is a gathering that invites residents and visitors to sample a variety of chili styles, from mild to spicy, while supporting Easton\u2019s food scene, according to the press release. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"I6YYRZ6GZZDEVDNFOFMLHRHHU4\">\u201cThis event is all about friendly competition and community pride, and of course delicious chili,\u201d Jared Mast, executive director at the Greater Easton Development Partnership said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"WL5C2SUY7NA33ATWYUOGUPXKZQ\">While Pearly Baker\u2019s Alehouse historically hosted the event, this year marks the first time GEDP will take over.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"BIHS4E7FKVAQ7BJ4BUPMEEQVBM\">For those who want to spectate and taste some chili, tickets purchased in advance cost $7, while day-of tickets will be $10. Find tickets <a href=\"https:\/\/eastonpartnership.ticketspice.com\/easton-chili-cookoff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"UGRN35YMEZGPBK7MLKZMMDC77A\">Restaurants interested in competing and community members seeking more information should contact GEDP\u2019s Joe Dimeck at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lehighvalleylive.com\/easton\/2026\/02\/mailto:joe@eastonpartnership.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">joe@eastonpartnership.org<\/a> or Kerry at Bank Street Annex at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lehighvalleylive.com\/easton\/2026\/02\/mailto:info@bankstannex.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.lehighvalleylive.com\/easton\/2026\/02\/mailto:info@bankstannex.com\">info@bankstannex.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Easton restaurant chefs with a fire chili recipe will have the chance to compete for a cash prize.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104970,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-104969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}