COMING ATTRACTION: #HotNJ Competition for the Best ‘Made in New Jersey’ Hot Sauces. Highlands NJ Saturday March 28

NJ Discover has added this Hot Sauce Competition to our Coming Attraction feature here on the website for several poignant reasons. The obvious: the sauces are made HERE in New Jersey and the BEST reason; NJ Discover’s duo team of correspondents/reporters, Tara_Jean Vitale and Calvin Schwartz have been invited as media to be among the panel of judges!! For all our readers, coming on down makes for a fun Saturday. In addition to the contest ambiance, The Highlands has much history and sites including a special sculpture memorial to 9-11. Across  Highway 36 are the Twin Lights, the only connected lighthouse in the world. Sandy Hook is a mile away. So come on down to Chilangos in Highlands at 2pm.

Calvin Schwartz

Jersey Shore Vacations New Jersey’s premiere travel website, is planning a competition to pick the best “Made in New Jersey” hot sauces. The #HotNJ judging will take place on Saturday, March 28, 2015 at Chilangos in Highlands, from 2pm. The public is welcome to attend, as some of the producers will be there to offer samplings.

The format will be a blind tasting, and categories will include Best Hot Sauce, Best Medium/Mild Sauce and Best Flavor.

Eligible for the competition are any hot sauces crafted in NJ. The sauces in the competition include: Heartbreaking Dawns, Born to Hula, Hot Sauce 4 Good, Krazy Flav, Hank Sauce and Blair’s. Below you can read detailed reviews of some of these producers:

• Heartbreaking Dawns
• Born To Hula
• Hot Sauce 4 Good
• Krazy Flav

The panel will consist of a number of food bloggers, restaurateurs and media personalities. The results, with comments from the panelists, will be made public shortly after the judging. A special announcement of the winners will also be made during the Jersey Shore Biz Fest (April 15 at the Sheraton Eatontown).