Logan County 4-H Alumni Chocolate/Chili Cookoff winners named

[January 31, 2020]   LINCOLN - The Logan County 4-H Alumni recently hosted a Chocolate/Chili Cookoff where celebrity judges tasted each entry/recipe to determine a winner. 4-H youth were also invited to make entries in the contest.

A total of ten chili entries were received (including two youth) and ten chocolate recipe entries were received (including four youth).

L to r:  Jonathan Wright, Michelle Dawson, Morgan Gleason, Skye Kretzinger

Celebrity judges included Judge Jonathan Wright; Logan County Tourism Director, Morgan Gleason; and Michelle Dawson. Logan County Fair Queen, Skye Kretzinger, tallied the scores during the judging process.

The top entries selected by the judges were Amanda Gray’s chili entry and Hannah Crider’s chocolate entry.

Logan Catterson (front center) and left to right: Hannah Crider, Trisha Tibbs, Amanda Gray, Anna Catterson

Top youth entries selected included Rose Catterson with top chili and Logan Catterson with top chocolate.

Those in attendance were also able to vote for their “crowd favorite” and the winners of crowd favorite voting were Trisha Tibb’s chili recipe and Logan Catterson’s chocolate recipe.

To find out more about the Logan County 4-H Alumni group, future Alumni events, or to join the planning committee, please contact the Logan County 4-H Office at 732-8289.

[Patty Huffer
Extension Program Coordinator/4-H Youth Development]