The Cook-Off will be on Saturday, January 28, 2012 from 1:00 to 8:00 pm in the grounds behind Hotel Real de Minas. Chili tasting is from 1:00 to 4:00pm.
Tickets to enter the cook-off are $130 pesos per person if purchased in advance, and $150 pesos at the door. Children under 12 enter for free. The price of your ticket includes free chili tasting and “front row seats” to a full day of live entertainment including musical performances and rodeo ring performances. It’s an afternoon of unbeatable fun AND you’ll be making a much-needed contribution to the charities of San Miguel.
Advance tickets will be available from December 11 through January 27 at:
Keith’s Longhorn Smokehouse (Ancha de San Antonio, across from Hotel Real de Minas)
Casa de Vidrio (Correo #11)
Ticket Centro at the Biblioteca (Insurgentes 25, Monday through Friday between 10 and 5), and
San Miguel Community Foundation (Prol. Pila Seca 91A, Col San Antonio, Monday through Friday between 9 and 2)
Tickets for Beverages & Food
As soon as you arrive, you’ll want to buy some tickets that you can use to buy drinks (water, soft drinks, beer, margaritas, tequila shots, mescal or rum & coke). Drink tickets are $10 pesos each, and drink prices are anywhere from 1 ticket for water and soda, to 4 tickets for shots and mixed drinks. We will also sell tequila, wine and rum by the bottle. If you’re still hungry after the chili tasting ends, you can use your $10 peso tickets to purchase a selection of Mexican-style Cheap Eats from vendors that will be on site all day and into the evening.
Harry’s “Two for One Top Shelf” VIP Tent
This year Harry’s New Orleans Cafe is sponsoring a special VIP tent where you can experience two parties in one! Lounge in luxury, enjoy four free top-shelf drinks from the VIP tent’s private bar, feast on free botanas such as cajun hot tamales, boudin sausage, cajun potato salad and more. The VIP tent will have servers for your convenience, and if you run out of free drink tickets, you can buy more tickets in the VIP tent good for 2 for 1 top-shelf drinks all day. You will also receive a goody bag with special Chili & Charros VIP treats, including gifts from Ablu, Jofreh, a talavera chili tasting bowl made especially for us by San Gabriel of Dolores Hidalgo and, of course, a silver tasting spoon for your VIP chili tasting! VIPs will enter the event through a dedicated line to minimize waiting. VIP tickets are $1,000 pesos each. We only have 100 tickets available, so get your tickets early. They will be available beginning December 15 at Harry’s restaurant on Hidalgo, or at Ablu (Cuna de Alende 15 A), or by contacting us at smachilicookoff@gmail.com.
