One-year-old Kade Watkins of Orange contemplates one more spoonful of chili that his mother, Brooke, feeds to him from the Ruidoso Red booth during the 40th Tustin Street Fair and Chili Cook-off on Sunday, June 2, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Tustin celebrated 40 years of spicy fun over the weekend with its annual Tustin Street Fair and Chili Cook-Off.
The four-decade old event turns the city’s Old Town into a open kitchen with teams of chefs whipping up their best chilis and salsas … all for bragging rights and to help raise money for local causes. This year the Roosters Foundation of Orange County was chosen at the beneficiary.
The always popular event is largest one-day chili cook-off in the country according to the International Chili Society.
Sunday afternoon also featured live entertainment, eating and stein hoisting contests, plenty of other things to eat and more.
Daniel Ramos of Santa Ana and his son, Ethen, 3, enjoy some playtime before tasting chili at the 40th Tustin Street Fair and Chili Cook-off on Sunday, June 2, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Dan Vo multi-tasks as he holds his five-month-old daughter, Kora, and samples chili during the 40th Tustin Street Fair and Chili Cook-off on Sunday, June 2, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Cullen Lonergan of Costa Mesa gives thumbs-up after consuming six chili peppers and winning the men’s competition during the Tustin Street Fair and Chili Cook-off on Sunday, June 2, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Six eaten jalapenos are all that remains after a contest at the 40th Tustin Street Fair and Chili Cook-off on
Sunday, June 2, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Piping hot chili is served up at the Santa Ana Elks booth during the 40th Tustin Street Fair and Chili Cook-off on
Sunday, June 2, 2024. Theresa Kammermeier said her booth’s success is “years and years of expereince.” (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
People crowd the streets of Old Town Tustin during the 40th Tustin Street Fair and Chili Cook-off on Sunday, June 2, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Scrappy, a 10-year-old chuhuahua belonging to Veronica Najera of Laguna Hills, looks dapper in his red tie while being pushedin a stroller suring the 40th Tustin Street Fair and Chili Cook-off on Sunday, June 2, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Grupo Folklorico dancers perform during the 40th Tustin Street Fair and Chili Cook-off on Sunday, June 2, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Antonio Gonzalez, 16, cheers while Grupo Folklorico dancers from Anaheim perform during the 40th Tustin Street Fair and Chili Cook-off on Sunday, June 2, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
One-year-old Kade Watkins of Orange contemplates one more spoonful of chili that his mother, Brooke, feeds to him from the Ruidoso Red booth during the 40th Tustin Street Fair and Chili Cook-off on Sunday, June 2, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
