Bath Chilli Festival

The Bath Chilli Festival is a chilli and music festival that takes place annually in the city of Bath.[1]

2017

The festival was held at the University of Bath on the weekend of the 15 and 16 July.[2]

2015

The 2015 event was held at the University of Bath campus on Saturday 26 September.[3]

2014

The 2014 event was held at the University of Bath on Saturday 27 September. The festival grew impressively from the previous year, with several thousand in attendance,[4] including the Mayor of Bath who was there to hand out prizes in the awards ceremony.

  • Music — Featured artists included Laz’s Blues Band, The Counterpart, Jon Chouler, Amit Nathubhai, and the return of The Cadbury Sisters.
  • Cookery Demo — Masterchef finalist Bini Ludlow entertained the audience with a 'Cooking on a Budget' cookery demonstration.
  • Great Bath Curry Competition — Businesses from around the city were invited to go head to head in a Curry cook off. The winners were chosen by public vote and the GPT Smokehouse were declared winners in both hot and mild categories.
  • Media — The event was covered by the Bath Chronicle.[5][6]

2013

The 2013 event was held at the University of Bath on the weekend of the 5 and 6 October.[7]

  • Music — Featured artists included Bite the Buffalo (who had appeared at the Glastonbury Festival 2013) and The Cadbury Sisters.
  • Science — Dr Amit Nathubhai presented lectures on the subject of Chilli Science, with particular reference to the work of Späth and Darling [8] who first synthesised capsaicin, and Wilbur Scoville who devised the Scoville Organoleptic test.[9] Joy Michaud gave talks on Chilli 'Factoids' and Matt Simpson also presented talks on the history of chillies. Two chilli eating competitions took place, the first was hosted by Darth Naga and the second by The Clifton Chilli Club.

References
  1. "Bath Chilli festival". Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  2. "Bath Chilli Festival". Food Festival Finder. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  3. "Can you take the heat? Bath Chilli Festival: Sat 26 Sep". University of Bath. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  4. "About Us". Upton Chilli. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  5. "Bath's Hottest Festival". Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  6. "Chilli eating competition provides Fiery Finish to the day". Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  7. "University hosts Festival". Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  8. Ernst Späth, Stephen F. Darling. Synthese des Capsaicins. Chem. Ber. 1930, 63B, 737–743.
  9. Scoville, Wilbur L. (1912), "Note capsicum", The Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, 1: 453–4.


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