Hibernian Chili Cookoff for a Good Cause


The Huntington Hibernians AOH Division 4 brought their recipes and appetite for chili to a cookoff Saturday in Northport.

Updated with winners.

Fire Department Bracket
1 Centerport FD – Jack Geffken, cook
2 Halesite FD – Kate Deegan, cook
3 Northport FD – Tony Guido, cook
  Peoples’ Choice Bracket
1 Elaine Dougherty
2 Jamie White
3 Kate Deegan
Grand Champion Bracket
1 Kevin Walsh
2 Kevin Rogers
3 Tracy McAlvin

Offerings featured every kind of ingredient imaginable, all to raise money for scholarships in memory of Hibernian Gerard M. Molloy, who was a pastry chef.

Corned beef and hash, butternut squash, hominy, wasabi, chicken, bratwurst, pork, turkey, beef, beans–red, Great Northern,  yelllow, black– tomato soup, and kashmiri chili power, cumin, jalapenos, cayenne powder–were just some of the ingredients making up dishes with  names such as  Uncle Paulie’s Autumn Chili, Three-Alarm Firehouse Chili and Achili’s Tendon.

One cook presented a large bottle of Tums with his dish.

The Hibernians’ fourth annual cookoff was hosted by Napper Tandy’s Irish Pub.

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