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Keeping the event lighthearted this year will see head-to-head competition between the Spice Girls vs. the Kitchen Witches, as well as the spirited competition between the firefighters vs. the Marco<\/span> p<\/span>olice<\/span> o<\/span>fficers. Returning this year after the completion of their extensive renovations will be the Marco Island Yacht Club.<\/span> Al\u2019s Pals with their<\/span> tasty recipe will also be shooting for the coveted<\/span> first-place\u00a0<\/span>finish.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
New<\/span> entries<\/span> this year will<\/span> be<\/span> the Family Church<\/span> and the<\/span> Jewish Congregation of Marco Island<\/span>,<\/span> as well as St.<\/span> Mark’s<\/span> Episcopal Church<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>which<\/span> won the competition in 2024.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
Ori\u2019s<\/span> Caf\u00e9<\/span> will be joining<\/span> the Island Country Club, Hideaway Beach, Hilton Beach Resort<\/span> and<\/span> Spa, the JW Marriott Beach Resort and Spa, the Italian Deli<\/span>,<\/span> and Mangos.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
This is a fantastic opportunity to enjoy great chili by our chefs with good music and the opportunity to give back to those who serve our community every day. Thank you to our generous sponsors<\/span>,<\/span> and a special thanks to 1-800-BoardUp as<\/span> the<\/span> Signature Sponsor for 2024!<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
The Marco Island Fire Rescue Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization, provides emergency support for firefighters and their families during times of personal hardship. The Foundation also supports scholarships for members and their immediate families, and at the same time,<\/span> invests<\/span> in the future of our community.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.coastalbreezenews.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The excitement is building as we approach Saturday, November 1st, as the community begins to prepare for the 13th Annual Jerry Adams Annual Chili Cookoff at the Esplanade, a favorite event for families and visitors to the island. This event has come to symbolize the kickoff to the beginning of the festive holiday season on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2109813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[344537,308559,344532,320216,351915,306957,344535,344536,344539,344534,308565,344538,344540,344533,344541],"class_list":["post-2109812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-coastal-breeze-news","tag-collier-county","tag-collier-news","tag-cooking","tag-cuisine","tag-foods","tag-marco-island","tag-marco-island-florida","tag-marco-island-news","tag-marco-news","tag-naples","tag-naples-area","tag-naples-florida-news","tag-swfl","tag-swfl-coast"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/A-Fiery-Afternoon-of-Chili-Music-and-Fun-is-Coming.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2109812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2109812"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2109812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2109814,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2109812\/revisions\/2109814"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2109813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2109812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2109812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2109812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}