#chillies History of the Clifton Chili Club
The Club began when a bunch of mates who appreciated all things Chilli, thought they would make it official! Simples!
The founder members all live in the Clifton/Bristol area and got to know each other through socializing and meeting by chance in the local pub. We all come from different backgrounds, have different careers and vary in age. By chance in conversation, chillies came up and it was at this point we found that we all had another thing in common.
So it was at this stage that one of the members (forgotten who) mentioned that there was an open day at a chilli farm in Dorset and that we should all go. The trip was organised and off we all went to Sea Spring farm, West Dorset (home of the Dorset Naga). Whilst there we had a great time watching food demos and learning more about chillies, also, we met and chatted to the owners Michael & Joy Michaud.
To finish of the trip, we went out on a local fishing boat from West Bay (near Bridport) mackerel fishing (bashing), on return to dry land with our prize caught mackerel in hand, we then set about to BBQ them on Chesil beach, what a way to finish off a day.
After returning to our local watering hole and discussing the day's activities and our admiration for all things chilli we discussed creating a club. The seed was sown and our inspiration was all fired up! Firstly we came up with the club name, which was very apt and had a ring to it! Although often people get their tongues tied and pronounce it ”Clifton Chilli Chub” works though!! Secondly Jim Booth started up the website along with Chilli Dave, and with no prior web building experience, it is continuously being improved and updated all of the time with new features etc.
After a couple more field trips to local growers, suppliers and food festivals, the club formally formed in the summer of 2009, and since has grown from strength to strength with our own website, youtube, twitter channels. The rest is history in the writing as they say!
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