Welcome One and All to the home of the Munich Chili Cookoff (and Cookie Contest)
2026 we are making a new start with a new organizer – past hottest chili winner Stephen Dell! We haven’t worked out all the changes yet but we’ll need help – sign up to our mailing list to get updates!
Munich Chili Cookoff 2026
The Munich Chili Cookoff has been resurrected! The only sortof Texas-Style Chili Cookoff on the continent, running since 2009, we last did it in 2019...
📆 Saturday July 25, 2026
🕑 14:00 - 19:00
📌 Zar Bar Rosenheimer Str. 240
Yes, it's a competition - bring your chili in a pot or your cookies in a box, we're still looking for judges and of course spectators too. Sign up on the website so we have an idea of numbers! We have live music too, and a big trophy that hopefully will stay at the Zar Bar with your name on it!
(Competitors must get their items registered by 14:45!)