The Chili Queen Wins Another Big One!
Cindy Reed Wilkins
is the New Texas State Chili Champion!
HOUSTON,
TX August 21, 2006 - Last Saturday August
12, 2006, Cindy Reed Wilkins proved once again
why they call her the Queen of Chili. 144 cooks
signed up to compete in, the Texas Open Chili
Competition, held at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds,
just North of Conroe, Texas. The temperature was
hot and the competition was even hotter. There
were championship cooks from all over Texas, sweating
and stirring and making bets on who was going
to win. After all the smoke cleared, from the
judging; the best of the best rose to the top.
Cindy Reed Wilkins emerged as the 2006 Texas State
Champion for the CASI organization.
This was the one title that had always eluded
Cindy. Sure she has 2 First Place Bronze Peppers
from Terlingua. She has her First Place trophy
from Texas Ladies State. She has over one hundred
other trophies from various cook-offs; but she
had never been able to claim the Texas State Championship
title before. Cindy's Cin Chili recipe still has
what it needs, to be the best in Texas.
Cindy's success with chili, started with her parents
dragging her to a chili cook-off back in the 1980's.
She started cooking with and competing against
them in chili competitions around Texas. In 1992
she qualified to cook at the International Chili
Competition in Terlingua, Texas. Her mother Maxine
Reed taught her well. Cindy took First place that
year and received her First Bronze Pepper. The
following year, 1993, Cindy returned to Terlingua
to defend her title. Once again she proved she
has what it takes. Cindy became the only person
in history to win The International Chili Cook-off
Competition twice, and back-to-back. There are
only 39 Bronze, First Place Chili Peppers in the
world and Cindy has two of them.
This type of chili expertise doesn't go unnoticed.
This year Cindy was chosen to be on the Food Networks
new series called Throwdown With Bobby Flay: The
Chili Challenge. Cindy's new chili mix called
Cin Chili was featured on the show along with
her culinary expertise with chili. It became a
challenge between Texas and New York, when Bobby
Flay showed up for a Throwdown. Cindy proved once
again that she's unbeatable; although Bobby did
tie her. Watch for re-runs of this fun show.
To sample some of Cindy's chili, visit her web
site www.cinchili.com
and try her many recipes made with Cin Chili.
They're Cin-fully Delicious!