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Chef Laidy “The Reigning Champ” Impeachment Secrets ChiliLaidy has spent much of the year touring Canada and United States sharing photo ops with adoring fans with the Oliver’s Groundhog Day Chili Cookoff Trophy. While in the USA, she was asked to testify in Congress about President Trump’s request that she use her recipe as enticement with the Ukrainian Government to investigate Hunter Biden. |
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Chef Laidy “The Reigning Champ” Impeachment Secrets ChiliLaidy has spent much of the year touring Canada and United States sharing photo ops with adoring fans with the Oliver’s Groundhog Day Chili Cookoff Trophy. While in the USA, she was asked to testify in Congress about President Trump’s request that she use her recipe as enticement with the Ukrainian Government to investigate Hunter Biden. |
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Chef Min “Love” Love Impeachment Secrets ChiliL
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Chef Min “Love” Love Yummy-Yum ChiliYeah, I got that yummy chili Is this annoying Bieber song stuck in your head yet? |
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Chef Dave “Wilkie” Wilkins Murdoch Mystery ChiliHaving won once David spent 6 months in Kingston Penitentiary under cover searching for a long forgotten recipe. Eventually with the help of William Murdoch, David uncovered the recipe deep in the tunnels of Kingston Pen under the solitary confinement wing. It was said that knowing that the chili was so close was deemed to be cruel and unusual punishment for the inmates and rumour has it that that was the reason that KP was eventally closed. |
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Chef Dave “Wilkie” Wilkins Murdoch Mystery ChiliHaving won once David spent 6 months in Kingston Penitentiary under cover searching for a long forgotten recipe. Eventually with the help of William Murdoch, David uncovered the recipe deep in the tunnels of Kingston Pen under the solitary confinement wing. It was said that knowing that the chili was so close was deemed to be cruel and unusual punishment for the inmates and rumour has it that that was the reason that KP was eventally closed. |
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Chef Dave “Wilkie” Wilkins Murdock Mystery ChiliYeah, I got that yummy chili Is this annoying Bieber song stuck in your head yet? |
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Chef Paul “Darbs” Darby Motherland HAGGIS ChiliComing off yet another podium finish in the 2019 Oliver Chili Bash I was tempted to rest on my laurels. Multiple medals, trophies, accolades, press coverage etc. year after year after year will do that a man. Yet there is one more mountain to climb- the quest for the elusive white jacket. So should I just show up, mail it in and get yet again another 2nd or 3rd place and the Real People’s Choice or push myself to get up that last mountain. WWSED? So there you have it up the mountain and swing for the fences I shall go. On my trip back to the Motherland this fall I was reintroduced to the global delicacy of HAGGIS. (That’s right homies- BAAAAAAA!) FAQ’s Q: Darbs, does it get tiresome year after year cooking awesome chili? Q: Darbs, it has come to the Chili Academy’s attention that you hold the longevity record for most consecutive Chili Cook-offs attended? Q: Darbs- is it true that the Oliver’s plan to recognize your longevity record with some kind of Lifetime Achievement Award? Q: Darbs, was it embarrassing watching your 49’ers manhandle the Packers twice this season? Q: Darbs, when your Motherland Haggis Chili wins will you pass the baton and allow others to participate in the glory? Q: Darbs, are you really going to use Haggis as an ingredient? # GO NINERS 1. What Would Sir Edmund Do? |
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Chef Min “Love” Love Yummy – Yum ChiliYeah, I got that yummy chili Is this annoying Beiber song stuck in your head yet? |
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Chef Dave “Wilkie” Wilkins Murdoch Mystery ChiliHaving won once David spent 6 months in Kingston Penitentiary under cover searching for a long forgotten recipe. Eventually with the help of William Murdoch, David uncovered the recipe deep in the tunnels of Kingston Pen under the solitary confinement wing. It was said that knowing that the chili was so close was deemed to be cruel and unusual punishment for the inmates and rumour has it that that was the reason that KP was eventally closed. |
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Chef Curt “Tomatoz” Geneau GENEAUZ Chili 57Who says chili can’t come in a squeeze bottle? Curt is re-inventing how people all around the world will enjoy their chili! After putting his life’s savings into manufacturing his own line of chili, Curt hopes to soon attract some investors on his up and coming appearance on the Dragon’s Den. With a first place finish at the 2020 Oliver’s Chili Cook Off under his belt, how could he not strike a deal?! Curt’s closely guarded recipe and his secret ingredient will put him on top of the chili game! People everywhere will soon be enjoying ‘Geneauz Chili 57’ which is particularly tasty on french fries, and hot dogs!! |
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Chef Lianna “Queen Leona” Nelles Valhalla ChiliDrawing on my Norse ancestry and arriving direct from Asgard, I bring you mere mortals my Valhalla Chili. With ingredients hand-picked by Freyja and heat stoked by the flames of Surtr the fire giant, it is unlike anything from this realm! Just like Thor’s magic hammer, only the worthiest of champions or dare I say judges, can lift it to their lips and savour it’s mystical pleasures. |
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Chef Paul “Darbs” Darby Motherland HAGGIS Chili
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Chef Tahn “Master Chef” Chickalo Five Star Chicken Chili
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Chef Karen “Tricz” Boucher Fire in the Ol’ Hole ChiliToo cool for school |
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Chef Amanda “Simmazz” Simmers Simma-Down-Na ChiliAs a previous Champ, I know what it means to breathe the sweet smell of victory (and no Darbs, it does not smell of Rosemary). Let me tell you fellow Chili minions, in the long years since the debut of Simma-Down-Na Chili this Chef has tweaked, altered, modified, and thrown the bacon out with the bean brine. This year’s preparation has involved much soul searching only to realize it’s back to gut instincts and what really matters… and it’s cinnamon-sweet victory! |
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Chef Kent “kMan” Swirsky Chili Good as HellChef Kent has never won this event, no top 5’s or People’s Choice awards… he did once meet a guy with a tattoo that said “Never give up”, it must have been about Chili contests so he took it to heart. Born in a stable during the Calgary Stampede and raised in a Chuck wagon, chili cooking is what I do bests. |
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Peter “The Iguana” Atkinson The Night of the Iguana ChiliI have been outed! Recent family vacations to Mexico have been a ruse. While the kids pranced down warm and breezy beaches I was doing a hard target search of chili vendors throughout the Jalisco region of Old Mexico (pronounced Meʃiko). I have also discovered an exotic meat that adds both the flavour and texture to make this chili a champion! So damas y caballeros park your burro, grab a shot of tequila and enjoy a bowl of the Night of the Iguana. Buen provecho! |
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Mark “Superbowl” Oliver Pigskin ChiliHaving not once even thrown a pass, ran a play or – gasp – tackled a grown ass man, Mark still believes in the theory of football. He likes the pre-planning. He enjoys the hoopla. He thrills in a perfectly executed back-shoulder fade route. Unstoppable. This being the 18th edition of the ultimate in chili cookoffs, “Superbowl” Oliver is calling “Green 18” and Pigskin Chili is going to have plenty of “Play Action”. He knows the chili game will be played hard, and is expecting a tough battle on the literal Grid Iron. You better throw your best Hail Mary’s and pray that your silly on side kick chili tricks work. Because Pigskin Chili is bringing the heat to the field. |
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Chef Peter “The Rev” Yerdon Holy Hell ChiliThe time has come for a Chili of Bibilcal proportions! I have cast aside the meek and mild to bring forth the fire and brimstone and Hell’s damnation. Beware you of little faith it is time to meet the maker and the maker is me! Behold the time has come to bow down and rejoice in the glory of everlasting chili. The time is now for me to reclaim the Kingdom of Chili! Repent and be saved! |
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Chef Brooke “cookwithbrooke” Rutherford Pukka “It’s Cockney for good, mate” ChiliA devout foodie, recipe follower nazi, and minor Youtube celebrity (hello 274 subs), cookwithbrooke never met a chili she didn’t like. Except ghost peppers. Yeah those things will kill ya… Thankfully, where she falls short on heat tolerance, her partner and sous chef, Mark “I eat birdseyes for breakfast” Winterbottom makes up for it. Together they’ll feverishly make you a real proper bowl of pukka chili: musical fruit, spices, and the finest organic beef you can find at The Butcher Shop. |
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Chef Don “Tastes Like Medal” Lewis Billi ChiliThis former winner of the coveted best-dressed is back after a multi-year tour of tiny ski resorts at chili-time sharing his favourite recipes far and wide. He likes it hot and chunky (the chili that is) and aims to keep the heat going on the way in and otherwise as well. |