Cody Lorance of Endiro pours in more chili Saturday at Endiro in the Chili Bowl, sponsored by ELEMY. Seven restaurants competed. Endiro finished in first. The winner of the Judge’s Choice trophy for 2019, is Craft Urban.
One-hundred percent of the ticket sales go to World Relief’s services for refugee and immigrant families in DuPage and Kane Counties. World Relief has been serving immigrants, refugees, asylum-seekers, and churches in the Fox Valley area for 40 years.
Organizer, Joel Frieders, of ELEMY, said, “We want to use the Chili Bowl and our partnership with World Relief DuPage/Aurora as a welcoming to the local refugee and immigrant community. We believe that our area’s single greatest asset is our diversity and that we shouldn’t follow trends involving close-minded rhetoric when we can, instead, choose to set the high standard of worldwide welcome.”
This year, ELEMY’s goal is to raise $5,000 through the event to support a citizenship clinic to help immigrants apply to become United States citizens.
The event featured chili from the following participating restaurants: Gillerson’s Grubbery of Aurora, Endiro Coffee of Aurora, Beebee’s Deli of Aurora, Burger Social of Wheaton, Burger Local of Geneva, Craft Urban of Geneva, and Altiro of Geneva (coming soon to Aurora).
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Endiro Coffee in Aurora was voted Crowd Favorite Chili at the Second Annual ELEMY Chili Bowl to benefit World Relief DuPage/Aurora, Saturday, Jan. 19. Their Kikomando Chili was served by, left to right, Phawla Thoo, Kelsey Cozens, Cody Lorance, and Nikki O’Hara. The winner of the Judge’s Choice trophy for 2019, is Craft Urban. A video of the event can be seen by clicking here.
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Chef Ignacio Garcia, left, from Altiro, a Latin fusion restaurant, serves chili to raise funds for World Relief DuPage/Aurora at the Second Annual ELEMY Chili Bowl, Saturday, Jan. 19. Altiro plans to open its newest location in Aurora inside the Leland Tower in March. Altiro has locations in Chicago, Geneva, La Grange, Oak Park, and West Chicago. Jason Crane/The Voice