Patriot Place Holding Chili Cook-Off Benefiting Local YMCA

FOXBOROUGH, MA — For the eight consecutive year, Patriot Place restaurants are serving up their best chili to help out the local YMCA.

The eighth annual "Chili Bowl Cook Off" kicks off at 1 p.m. Saturday at Bass Pro Shops to benefit the Hockomock Area YMCA’s "Reach Out For Youth and Families" campaign. The campaign provides scholarship assistance to local children in need for YMCA teen and child programs.

The competition features chili from 1o Patriot Place restaurants competing for the top prizes from celebrity judges and the fans. Guest get to vote for the restaurant they think has the best chili. Patriots mascot, Pat Patriot, will also make a special appearance during the cook off.

Admission is $5 (free admission for children 5 years old and younger) with all of the proceeds going to the Hockomock Area YMCA’s "Reach Out For Youth and Families" annual campaign.

The restaurants competing in this year’s Chili Bowl Cook Off are:

· Blue Fin Lounge

· CBS Sporting Club

· Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse

· Moe’s Southwest Grill

· Olive Garden

· Red Robin

· Scorpion Bar

· Splitsville Luxury Lanes™

· Tavolino Pizza Gourmet

· Twenty8