Annie Bea’s Chili team, represented by John Tully, Martin Tully, Laura Dabare and Peteris Priede made their Annie Bea’s Chili a winner at the 18th Annual Chili Cook-Off hosted by AmCham on October 30 at Wellton Riverside Hotel. The people’s choice award determined by the public vote also went to the Annie Bea’s Chili team.

The Annie Bea’s Chili team received the title Best Chili Riga 2024 and a special Chili Pepper Trophy.

The jury consisted of expert chili tasters: Andrew Byrley, Economic and Commercial Officer at the U.S. Embassy, Liga Upeslace-Kukaine, winners' representative of last year's cook-off, and Rolands Kirsteins, Chef at Reaton Food.

7 cooking teams participated in this year’s contest including:

• Annie Bea’s Chili team: John Tully, Martin Tully, Laura Dabare and Peteris Priede with Annie Bea’s Chili
• The Capsaicin Crew team: Amanda and Jason Romey with Traditional Tried and True
• Latvia Tours team: Pauls Gusts and Lasma Guste with A High Season Jet-Setter Chili
• Chili Roja team: Justin Bancroft and Denis Gorshkov with Chile de la Diversidad
• Mogotel Hotel Group team: Laura Karklina-Cimdina and Rima Sorokina with Flame-kissed Chili by Mogotel
• The Chili Troopers team: Christian Shults and Adam Bernier with Mean Green Machine
• Ellex Hot Chili Peppers team: Filips Klavins, Inese Freivalde, Zane Miglane with Hunter's Heat Chili

We would like to sincerely thank all the chefs for making these delicious and creative chilis!

The Annual Chili Cook-Off is a traditional autumn event where AmCham members and friends compete for the Best Chili in Riga award.

Thank you to our supporters!

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