Things to Note:

1. Cooks will likely not have direct vehicle access to their cooking areas, as such we will have a small army of valets (with carts) available to assist in moving all team equipment and supplies to and from the loading area and cooking areas, BOTH during load in, AND load out. Load in is a scheduled event, earlier load in times (and the most options) are given to those who sign up first.
2. There is no paper application for this contest.
3. In the event of wet weather, we have secured an alternate covered and semi-enclosed area that we will move this event to (but still on Santa Anita Park grounds), in this case, pop up tents will not be allowed.  We will brief cooks by email leading up to the event, on the specifics of this. We used this area in 2017.
4. ICS Trained Judges are encouraged to apply by using the contact link at the top of the screen and indicating “ICS Trained/Certified Judge” in your comments.
5. We will be selling People’s Choice tickets prior to the event opening, so people will arrive hungry and armed with tasting tickets!
6. Parts of this event are ICS Sanctioned event, as such the rules for this event can be found here. 
7. Due to Health Department requirements, PC chili must be cooked onsite.
8. For the first 25 teams to enter we will provide a 10′ x 10′ pop up tent, two 8′ tables and two chairs already in your space and FULLY SETUP for your use during the cook off – FREE OF CHARGE! No need to bring your own. No setup or tear down by the teams! Additional tables and chairs can be arranged, if requested at least 2 weeks IN ADVANCE.
9. RV Parking is available onsite but not directly adjacent to the cook-off area. It will be dry camping and we will provide it free of charge to chili competitors.