This years' date: October 14, 2023. Stay tuned for more information.

Downloads: Vendor Registration Form (PDF)

ChiliFest is the West Virginia State Chili Championship sanctioned by the International Chili Society. This year’s event will be the 39th year of presenting this championship in Huntington. We are proud of the fact that ChiliFest is a fundraising event benefiting the Ronald McDonald House in Huntington. To date we have raised over $600,000 for the house. ChiliFest is an event that brings chili cooks from all over the East Coast and the Midwest to compete in salsa, homestyle chili, chili verde and traditional red chili. We also provide local groups and organizations to participate in the People’s Choice category, which is awarded to the group that raises the most money for the Ronald McDonald House via chili sample ticket sales.

There is a limited amount of vender space available at ChiliFest for both commercial and non-profit vendors. Commercial vendors selling products are allocated a premium space located along the north-side of 3rd Ave. in front of Pullman Square. The spaces are approximately 15’x10’ and have the availability of electricity. An 8’ table is provided with the space. The cost for the space is $250.00 payable by August 15, 2023 to ChiliFest 2023. Non-profit groups working to distribute information about their organization are allocated space on the south-side of 3rd Ave. between 10th St. and 9th St. There is no charge for non-profit organizations that wish to participate in providing information to the crowd that attends ChiliFest. However electricity is not available on that side of 3rd Ave. unless provided by one of the merchants. No fundraising, selling of products or raffling can take place with non-profits, since ChiliFest is a fundraising event for the Ronald McDonald House only. We do not provide tables to the non-profits area, but arrangements can be made for a table to be provided for $25.00. If you are interested in participating as a vendor at this year’s ChiliFest please fill out the form and mail it to the address at the bottom. If you have any questions please contact Ron Smith at (304) 634-4857.

There are two types of registration for ChiliFest 2023. The West Virginia State Chili Championship. First, for community teams and businesses who wish to participate there is an attached pdf form to fill out to register.You may send this back to the address listed with your payment. For all ICS cooks, you must register on-line with the International Chili Society and not use a mail-in registration form. This is convenient for both us and cooks and allows anyone who may not be cooking on the circuit for a full year the chance to pay $10 for one cookoff registration; $25 for a three cookoff registration; or $45 for a full year. This also allows us to go on-line to see all those registered and place them into their tent locations. As always, you may email us at ron@chiliwilli.com with any special instructions you may have regarding tent locations and such. You must however register for ChiliFest via the ICS web site at: https://www.chilicookoff.com.

At registration the morning of ChiliFest, if you have not registered with the ICS via their site you will need to use your smartphone to go on-line and register before paying for your ChiliFest registration. Registration for all teams begins at 8:00a.m. at the 8th St. and 3rd Ave. location at the Judging Tent area. From there you will learn of your tent location and proceed to unload. All vehicles will need to be moved out of the cookoff site by 9:30a.m. Parking is available at the Pullman Square parking facilities or at your hotel location downtown.

We look forward to seeing all our cooking teams both community and ICS for this year’s ChiliFest 2023 after a long year of pandemic delay. Good Cooking!

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