Chili Cook Off
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time
- Sunday, Oct 26, 2025 12pm - 4pm
Location
Market Square
1 Market Sq
Details
Calling all chili lovers! 🔥 Join Center in the Square for a day full of flavor, fun, and friendly competition as Center in the Square brings back a classic Roanoke tradition… the Chili Cook-off!
👨🍳 What’s Cooking?
$1,000 grand prize for Best Chili 🏆
$150 for 2nd place, $100 for 3rd place 🥈🥉
$125 award for the Most Creative Booth 🎨
People’s Choice Award — YOU decide the winner! 🗳️
🍫 Something Sweet:
Head inside Center in the Square to enjoy our flowing milk and dark chocolate fountains with strawberries, Rice Krispie Treats, and marshmallows. 🍓✨ Chocolate Fountain tickets: $10, or bundle with chili tasting for just $20!
🎟️ Tickets (purchase on site day of):
$15 for chili tasting + voting
$10 for chocolate fountain
$20 combo ticket for both experiences
📩 Want to compete? Contact Winter Blake at wblake@centerinthesquare.org or (540) 666-8156.
