Trophies were awarded in a Feb. 14, 2023 ceremony at Pier 290 in Williams Bay to the top three winners in the 14th annual Williams Bay Women’s Civic League’s popular annual Chili Cook-Off fundraiser, held Feb. 4, 2023 at the Williams Bay Lions Club Fieldhouse. Pictured, from left, are Chili Cook-Off Committee members Sheila Mason and Barb Schneider; owner Joan Ward and Jeff “Chef Ball” Peterson of Papa’s Blue Spruce Resort, second place; Pier 290 events coordinator Melissa Rios, sous chef Ronald Weber and executive chef Ken Hnilo, first place; and Mary Umans, league president and Chili Cook-Off Committee member. Not pictured: Chef Adam Stratton, Hunt Club Steakhouse, third place. The 15th Annual Williams Bay Women's Civic League Chili Cook-Off will be held Saturday, Feb. 3 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Williams Bay Lions Club Fieldhouse.
“Chili is one of the great peasant foods. It is one of the few contributions America has made to world cuisine. Eaten with corn bread, sweet onion, sour cream, it contains all five of the elements deemed essential by the sages of the Orient: sweet, sour, salty, pungent, and bitter.”—Maury Chaykin as author Rex Stout’s fictional detective, Nero Wolfe, in “The Next Witness,” 2002.
Members of the Williams Bay Village Board approved an ordinance on April 6 to establish a tourism commission in the village. The ordinance was…
Trophies were awarded in a Feb. 14, 2023 ceremony at Pier 290 in Williams Bay to the top three winners in the 14th annual Williams Bay Women’s Civic League’s popular annual Chili Cook-Off fundraiser, held Feb. 4, 2023 at the Williams Bay Lions Club Fieldhouse. Pictured, from left, are Chili Cook-Off Committee members Sheila Mason and Barb Schneider; owner Joan Ward and Jeff “Chef Ball” Peterson of Papa’s Blue Spruce Resort, second place; Pier 290 events coordinator Melissa Rios, sous chef Ronald Weber and executive chef Ken Hnilo, first place; and Mary Umans, league president and Chili Cook-Off Committee member. Not pictured: Chef Adam Stratton, Hunt Club Steakhouse, third place. The 15th Annual Williams Bay Women's Civic League Chili Cook-Off will be held Saturday, Feb. 3 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Williams Bay Lions Club Fieldhouse.
