BIRMINGHAM CHILLI FESTIVAL - 19th & 20th September

The annual Birmingham Chilli Festival will be returning to Brindleyplace in Birmingham on Friday 19th and Saturday 20th September and is set to be hotter than ever!

This year’s theme is ‘Celebrating chillies around the world’, with 2 days of live food demonstrations, music and street performances inspired from all the countries who are famous for growing or using Chillies! Now in it’s 4th year, this free family event will feature a variety of stalls selling chilli-inspired food, along with live music, street entertainment and cooking demonstrations from Brindleyplace restaurants.  For the families there will also be a bouncey castle, birds of prey, face painting and opportunity to have funny photographs taken in the photo booth!

The most exciting hour of the Birmingham Chilli Festival, is the popular chilli eating competition on 20th September from 3.00pm – 4.00pm, which will see 18 brave people compete against each other to see who can eat the hottest chilli.

Event Schedule:

FRIDAY 19th SEPTEMBER 2014 - 11.00am – 6.00pm

11.00am	Chilli Festival Opens
11.00am – 11.30am	Chilli Chat – Introduction to the world of Chillies
11.30pm – 12.00pm	Kitchen School making an Italian-inspired Chilli dish
12.00pm – 2.00pm	ENTERTAINMENT: Synergy Live (Mediterranean)
2.00pm – 2.30pm	Café Opus at IKON making a British-inspired Chilli dish
3.00pm – 3.30pm	Café Rouge making a French-inspired Chilli dish
4.30pm – 5.00pm	Afia’s Samosa Shop making an Indian-inspired Chilli dish
5.00pm – 5.30pm	ENTERTAINMENT: Eternal Taal, Bollywood Dancing
5.30pm – 6.00pm	Bank vs. Piccolino – Cocktails at dawn (well 5.30pm…)
6.00pm	Chilli Market Closes

SATURDAY 20th SEPTEMBER 2014 - 11.00am – 6.00pm

11.00am	Chilli Market Opens
11.00am – 11.30am	ENTERTAINMENT: Someone at the Door Samba Band
11.30am – 12.00pm	Coast2Coast making an American-inspired (Louisiana) Chilli dish
12.30pm – 1.00pm	ENTERTAINMENT: Latin Motion, offering free Latino dance lessons
1.00pm – 1.30pm	City Cafe making a Moroccan-inspired Chilli dish
1.30pm – 2.00pm	Thai Edge making a Thai-inspired Chilli dish
2.30pm – 3.00pm	ENTERTAINMENT: Fire Eaters, Stilt Jumpers & Bollywood Dancers
3.00pm – 4.00pm	CHILLI EATING COMPETITION & ENTERTAINMENT
4.00pm – 4.30pm	Sharian’s Cuisine making a Caribbean-inspired Chilli dish
4.30pm – 6.00pm	ENTERTAINMENT: Rudie & The Revolvers (Caribbean)

Chilli-inspired Food Market:

Open from 11.00am – 6.00pm both days, there will also be a range of stalls offering a selection of chilli inspired food, drinks & gifts – either for you to enjoy on the day or take home for your family & friends:

Afia’s Samosa’s shop	2014 BBC Good Food Champion supplying delicious Samosa’s.
Big Buds Garden & Hydro	A whole range of Chilli Plants!
Capsaicinoia	All things Chilli! Chilli Jewellery, chocolate, garden accessories, & many more gifts.
Fat Man Chilli	Chilli Plants, Sauces, Marinades & Jellies.
Galileo Farm	Organic Sausages, bacon, beef burger & steak all cooked fresh with chilli seasoning!
Gaucho BBQ	Succulent Rib Eye Beef Joints, Legs of Lamb and Ladder Ribs cooked fresh.
Grim Reaper Foods	Chilli products which have a heat unlike the mainstream products in the market place, and also a broad range of products, from hot sauces to mustards to rapeseed oils.
Hinton’s Vegetarian	Gluten Free Products deli products relating to Chilli.
Holy & The Ivy	Mini jar company selling chilli jam products with a bite!
Jumokeh Limited	12 different flavoured Chilli Jams made by hand using fresh herbs, spices , chillies and fruits.
Karimix Ltd	Oriental sauces, marinate, chutney, curry pastes, chilli jams, rice.
Mushemi Fire LTD	Zambian inspired hot sauces and chilli products.
Roly Poly Pig Roast	Chilli hotdogs & chilli burgers.
Savanna Grill	Traditional South African moist sausage, Bunny Chow, chilli dried billtong, meatballs, bean curry.
Sharian’s Cuisine	Tasty Caribbean food – Jerk Pork, Chicken, Curried Mutton, Rice & Peas , Fried Dumplings & wraps.
Spice Fever	freshly cooked onsite pakora’s with delicious sauces!
Tanrosie Foods	Caribbean Products to include, plantain crisps, fiery chilli fudge & Caribbean gift sets.
The Garlic Farm	All things garlic and chilli related all the way from eh Isle of Wight.
The Kitchen School	Local Cookery School giving away food samples, selling courses & making chilli Jam!
The Warwickshire Chilli Tree	Chilli Sauces, cooking sauces, chutneys, gift sets.
The Wiltshire Chilli Farm	Award winning Chilli sauces grown and made themselves! Also chilli chocolate, jams & Chilli grinders.
Treasures of the soul	A variety of Hot Scotch Bonnet Pepper Sauces and Jellies.
Velsis	Goan Spicy Pickles, curry pastes , sauces & onion bhajis.

I hope to see you there!