Chili Fest
Schedule
Sun Jan 12 2025 at 10:00 am to 04:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
1801 Race St, Cincinnati, OH, United States, Ohio 45202 | Cincinnati, OH
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Join us for our hottest tasting event of the year! Findlay Market’s annual Chili Fest is back on Sunday, January 12th from 10 AM – 4 PM. You’ll be warm from the inside out as you taste spicy samples from participating Merchants in and around the Market House. Plus, we’ll be hosting our second annual Red Hot Rumble, a friendly hot sauce competition between Merchants, live music from local artists, family-friendly activities and more.
Participating Merchants:
🌶️The Arepa Place - Spicy Mini Cheese Arepas
🌶️Babushka Pierogi - Lentil Cincinnati Chili Pierogi
🌶️BanaSun Smoothie Bar - Immunity Shot
🌶️Barlion’s Seafood & Poultry - Smoked Turkey Chili
🌶️Bouchard’s Pasta - Pasta Chili
🌶️Chai For - Extra Spicy Ginger Chai
🌶️Churchill’s Fine Teas - Spiced Chai Rooibos
🌶️Dats Ole School Cookin’ - Chicken Chili or Veggie Chili (vegan)
🌶️Dean’s Mediterranean Imports - Chickpea Chili
🌶️Eckerlin Meats - Harvest Chili
🌶️Eliza Jane’s BakeShop - Spicy Mocha Tres Leches
🌶️The Empanadas Box - Cinci Chili Empanada
🌶️Gibbs Cheese - Cheese Flight featuring Mild, Hot, and Sharp Cheese Samples
🌶️Gramma Debbie’s Kitchen - White Chicken Chili
🌶️Harmony Plant Fare - Cincinnati Chili Grilled Cheese (dairy free & nut free) and/or The Best Damn Chili (gluten free, nut free & dairy free)
🌶️Jane’s - Mexican Hot Cocoa Mole
🌶️Jose Madrid Salsa - Salsa
🌶️Joyously Sweet - Mini Corn Bread Cupcake: Cornbread Cupcake topped with Garlic Cheddar Mashed Potato “Buttercream”, Fried Popcorn Chicken and Hot Honey from Chamaele
🌶️Juniper Seed - Vegan Cincy Style Lentil 3-Way (vegan & gluten free)
🌶️Kiwavi Exchange - Nati Turkey Chili
🌶️Makers Bakers Co. - Mango Habanero Cheesecake or Cheddar Jalapeño Focaccia
🌶️Mama Lo Hizo - Mexican Style Chili served with Chips, Chili, Jalapeños, & Cheese
🌶️Maverick Chocolate - Spicy Hot Chocolate made with Fahrenheit 513 Dark Chocolate Bar
🌶️Neil Luken Meats - Damn Good Chili
🌶️OTR Bagel Bar - Bagel with Carolina Reaper
🌶️Queen Tequenos – Cheese Tequeno with Spicy Garlic Sauce
🌶️Pet Wants - Chili Themed Dog Treat
🌶️The Rhined - Rhined Chili Mac
🌶️Sabor Alaniz - Frijoles Charros
🌶️Taste of Belgium - Belgium Chili
🌶️Tablespoon Cooking Co - “Sweet Heat” Brown Butter Cookie and Hot Gold Crunch Snack Mix
🌶️uGOgelato: Chili Chocolate Gelato and Lemon Tahini Chili Sorbet (vegan)
🌶️Urbana Cafe: Spicy Hot Chocolate
Tickets:
Tasting event tickets are sold in bundles. One ticket = one sample. Ticket pricing is as follows:
🌶️ 8 for $20
🌶️ 18 for $40
Purchase tickets here: https://www.betterunite.com/chilifest2025
There are no refunds available for this event.
Red Hot Rumble Hot Sauce Competition: 1 - 2 PM
🌶️ PLUS, we will be hosting the Red Hot Rumble Hot Sauce Competition at Jane's! It’s a battle between Merchants and the best hot sauce chef wins a homemade trophy and bragging rights until 2026. The sauces will be judged by Local Heroes on the following three categories – taste, heat level, and uniqueness.
Participating Merchants:
🌶️The Arepa Place
🌶️Bouchard’s Pasta
🌶️Colonel De Gourmet Herbs and Spices
🌶️Dean’s Mediterranean Imports
🌶️OTR Bagel Bar
🌶️Kiwavi Exchange
🌶️More to come!
Programming:
🌶️ Canned Food Drive
Saturday, January 11 from 2 - 3 PM and Sunday, January 12 from 10 AM - 4 PM
We will be collecting canned food items throughout Chili Fest for Our Daily Bread, a Market neighbor and Cincinnati’s largest soup kitchen. Donate a canned good at Jane’s at any time during Chili Fest Weekend to receive a raffle entry for your chance to win 8 tasting tickets to Sweet and Savory Stroll on February 16, 2025. A winner will be chosen Tuesday, January 14th and will be notified via email. One can equals one raffle entry, so donate away!
🌶️ “Hot Pepper Hideout” from 10 AM - 3:30 PM
Select Merchants will hide a chili pepper in their space. Guests who find the pepper and tell the Merchant will receive a pepper to turn into Market staff at the ticket tent to claim a prize.
Prizes Include:
🍴Findlay Market Cookbook
🍴Free Drink at Jane’s (2 winners)
🍴Findlay Market T-Shirt (3 winners)
🍴Free General Tour for up to 10 people (2 winners)
🍴8 Tickets to Sweet & Savory Stroll (2 winners)
Participating Merchants:
🍴Barlion’s Seafood and Poultry
🍴Bouchard’s Pasta
🍴Gramma Debbie’s Kitchen
🍴Jane’s
🍴Makers Bakers Co.
🍴Mama Lo Hizo
🍴Market Center
🍴Taste of Belgium
🌶️Music: Tracy Walker performing at Jane’s from Noon - 3 PM
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Where is it happening?
1801 Race St, Cincinnati, OH, United States, Ohio 45202Event Location & Nearby Stays:
