BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTOS | Dominique Mendez of Wading River gets a serving of Wading River's Amarelle's chef's Lia Fallon's Crescent Farm Duck leg confit chili with andouille sausage, six kinds of peppers, smoked tomato jus and dark chocolate. It came in first place.

Louis Maconi of Mesa, Arizona serves up some of Edward Zawadski's chili made with hot Italian sausage, merlot wine, and semi-sweet chocolate.

The Harvest Inn of Peconic chef Christopher Augusta serves up his 'Four Pepper Chili with Margarita Cream' to Catherine Zawadski of Selden, She and her husband Edward came in first place in the amateur category.

Nick Carey of Jamesport serves his chili to Peggy Brandeburg of Mt. Sinai and Nancy Stingel of Woodbury. His secret ingredients were bacon and bourbon to make it sweet and smoky.

The Harvest Inn (left) and Amarelle's chef serves up Edward Zawadski of Selden whose chili came in first in the amateur category.

Amarelle's chef Lia Fallon serves up her Crescent duck chili to Joe Farrar of Miller Place.

Doug Gannon of Stony Brook gives a tasting of his 'Hot and Sweet Chili' to Mark Gargano of Miller Place.

Maggie Marra of Mattituck with her friend Barbara Schnitzler of New Suffolk taste Shari Berkowitz of Queens vegetarian chili with cornbread topping.

Enjoying wine and chili tasters (from left) Gary and Lynn Swanson of Charlotte North Carolina, Andrea Wiehl of Hampton Bays and Lynn and Mike Wiebe of Hampton Bays.

Linda McCarthy of Yaphank with chili tasters Linda Nemeth of Calverton and Walter Blanck of Baiting Hollow. Her special ingredients included Clovis Point cabernet franc, Yuengling beer, fire-roasted corn and peaches.

Group for the East End's director of community outreach Kate Fullam mans the information table.

Group for the East End volunteer Kerry Goleski of Southampton hands out tastings of "Judy and Kate's Chipolte Black Bean Tomato Chili'.

Cynthia and Chris Rogers of Queens enjoy the chili and wine outside the tasting room in the mild winter temperature.