Chilli Stand Off
Oval Space, 29-32 The Oval, Hackney, London E2 9DY
“Eight Great Chefs, Eight Great Chillis Try them all and vote for your favourite.”
Well actually that’s not true… there were nine entries not eight! Saturday 17th Nov 2012 held the UK chilli standoff. Chefs competed for the winner of the best served chilli. Think of it like the UK version of a ‘chilli cook off’
This year’s competitors were;
- Dishoom
- Gizzi Erskine
- Lucky Chip
- Spice Trip
- The Rib Man
- Tim Anderson
- Tom Parker-Bowles
- Whitechapel Gallery Dining Room
- Will Yates
The entries were quite diverse in style, Dishoom, the Iranian Cafe, showcased an interesting and beautifully presented ‘restaurant style’ curry while Gizzi Erskine presented a ‘toppings galore’ entry! Most entries used solid cuts like beef shin with only one competitor using mince meat.
The winners of the day were…
MY OPINION?
For what it’s worth, I thought it was a close call between Lucky Chip’s “True Grit” and Will Yates’ “Burn the Other Cheek”. However my vote went to Will as his entry was both fantastically tasty and well presented. Considering how closely contested previous Tweat Up event have been, I would love to know many votes separated the top 3!
Review to Follow…
Chilli Stand Off
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- Chilli Stand Off – Welcome!
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- Chilli Stand Off – Huge Boxes of Tortilla’s everywhere!
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- Chilli Stand Off – Meat Treats from The Billy Franks Girls
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- Chilli Stand Off – Will Yates at Work
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- Chilli Stand Off – Details at the Billy Franks camp
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- Chilli Stand Off – Vote Dishoom!
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- Chilli Stand Off – Dishoom
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- Chilli Stand Off – Holy Fuck
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- Chilli Stand Off – Meringue Kisses from The Meringue Girls
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- Chilli Stand Off – Meringues Galore
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- Chilli Stand Off – Chillis with added @BSUS
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- Chilli Stand Off – Chillis used in the Tom Parker Bowles “10 Alarm Chilli”
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- Chilli Stand Off – Entry #7 Tom Parker-Bowles with “Tom’s 10 Alarm Chilli”
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- Chilli Stand Off – Will Yates’ “Burn the Other Cheek”
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- Chilli Stand Off – Will Yates’ entry garnished with beef jerky skewering a slice of fried Jalapeño
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- Chilli Stand Off – The Bar
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- Chilli Stand Off – Tweat Up Bar
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- Chilli Stand Off – The Rib Man’s insanely hot “Ribmans Revenge”
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- Chilli Stand Off – Ribman’s Revenge served with a touch of naga chilli packed “Judas It’s Scary Hot”
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- Chilli Stand Off – Chilli Time!
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- Chilli Stand Off – Gizzi Erskine with her “Great Balls of Fire”
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- Chilli Stand Off – Gizzi prepping
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- Chilli Stand Off – Gizzi’s topping filled entry!
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- Chilli Stand Off – Great Balls of Fire
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- Chilli Stand Off – Great Balls of Fire
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- Chilli Stand Off – The Ribman and Gizzi Erskine
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- Chilli Stand Off – The Ribman… and West Ham
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- Chilli Stand Off – Gizzi selling her entry!
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- Chilli Stand Off – Lovely meaty goodness!
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- Chilli Stand Off – Dishoom’s house rules
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- Chilli Stand Off – Dishoom’s Entry served with chilli and pau
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- Chilli Stand Off – Impressive split chilli
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- Chilli Stand Off – Awesome presentation
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- Chilli Stand Off – Ring of Fire! Including pigs blood and sambal
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- Chilli Stand Off – Chef Tim Anderson’s entry “Ring of Fire”
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- Chilli Stand Off – Tim Anderson’s “Ring of Fire” with cheese
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- Chilli Stand Off – Entry #1 Dishoom with “Slumdog Chillionaire”
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- Chilli Stand Off – Entry #4 Spice Trip with “Chilli Chilli Bang Bang”
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- Chilli Stand Off – Spice Trip
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- Chilli Stand Off – Spice Trip’s Emma Grazette and Sam from @SamsKitchenDeli
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- Chilli Stand Off – Richard Bacon and Tweat Up
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- Chilli Stand Off – Entry #8 Whitechapel Gallery’s with “Emma’s Whitechapel Chilli”
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- Chilli Stand Off – Whitechapel Gallery Dining Room
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- Chilli Stand Off – “Emma’s Whitechapel Chilli” with fresh chilli
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- Chilli Stand Off – Gelupo Team with Chilli Chocolate!
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- Chilli Stand Off – Meringue Kiss… modelled by @GE0RGYGIRL
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- Chilli Stand Off – Desserts… meringue kisses and chilli chocolate!
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- Chilli Stand Off – Chocolate Ice Cream from Gelupo with a chilli after kick
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- Chilli Stand Off – Sax
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- Chilli Stand Off – Rock ‘n’ Roll
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- Chilli Stand Off – Double Bass
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- Chilli Stand Off – Rock ‘n’ Roll Band
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- Chilli Stand Off – Rock ‘n’ Roll
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- Chilli Stand Off – The Winner’s Cup!
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- Chilli Stand Off – Double Bass
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- Chilli Stand Off – Live entertainment
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- Chilli Stand Off – Lots of instagramming and tweeting
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- Chilli Stand Off – Lighting on the fly.
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- Chilli Stand Off – Yeah baby
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- Chilli Stand Off – Billy Franks & Big Dirty Burger
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- Chilli Stand Off – Drinks flowing
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- Chilli Stand Off – Great atmostphere
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- Chilli Stand Off – Meringue Girls
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- Chilli Stand Off – Entry #1 Slumdog Chillionaire
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- Chilli Stand Off – Entry #9 Burn the Other Cheek
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- Chilli Stand Off – Entry #6 Pacific Ring of Fire
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- Chilli Stand Off – Entry #5 Ribman’s Revenge
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- Chilli Stand Off – Entry #8 Emma’s Whitechapel Chilli
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- Chilli Stand Off – Awesome 2012 event
