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WINNERS

Chilifest brings people from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Florida, and West Virginia to compete in the International Chili Society Competition. It truly shows dedication and appreciation of these ICS teams that continue to come to Huntington each year. Here are this year’s winners:

Traditional Red Chili

1st Place Lauren Staley, Nicholasville, KY
2nd Place Gail Donovan, Cincinnati, OH
3rd Place Nathan Gramm, Dillsburg, PA
4th Place Sean Heffernan, Columbus, OH
5th Place Kit Hoff, Columbus, OH

Chili Verde

1st Place Amber Willis, Dillsburg, PA
2nd Place Diane Lentz, Nicholasville, KY
3rd Place Larry Summey, Dunbar, WV

Homestyle Chili

1st Place Connor Gramm, Dillsburg, PA
2nd Place Sean Heffernan, Columbus, OH
3rd Place Regan Bonderman, Indianapolis, IN

Youth Division Homestyle Chili

1st Place Cameron Jahson, Huntington, WV
2nd Place Vivian Ahlgrim, Lexington, KY
3rd Place Luciana Parsens, Huntington, WV

Best Booth and Showmanship

1st Place Huntington Fire Fighters
2nd Place Old Colony Realty

People’s Choice (Highest Fundraising Team for the Ronald McDonald House)

1st Place Huntington Fire Fighters
2nd Place Marshall Health Network
3rd Place Ohio Valley Physicians / OVP
4th Place CJ Hughes Construction
5th Place Old Colony Realty

2024 was a record-breaking year for the money raised for the Ronald McDonald House. Between chili sample tickets sold and money raised from the Advantage Toyota RAV4 Raffle, RMH netted $93,504, which goes towards helping pay for operating expenses. Thank you to our community teams, the WSAZ-TV team, our ICS teams, and community members who came out on a beautiful day to set this record amount of funds raised. ChiliFest 2024 was a blast.