Piedmont High School’s Back-to-School-Night Chili Cook-off competition returned for another year on Wednesday evening on the PHS campus. Team “Girls on Fire” — seniors Jane Hempeck, Sara Broach, and Ruby Guzdar — took top honors again this year. The event first started in 2019 as a school community building event but was derailed until 2022 due to the pandemic.
PHS freshmen and team WDC pose with PHS Principal Sukanya Goswami. From L to R: Owen Curran, Raffaello Banin, Gianluca Richmond, and Matias Seelenberger 
PHS counselor Chris Hartford with PHS librarian and happy taster Kathryn Levenson 
PHS parents Jason Venner and Eric Oldrin serve up samples of their homemade chili 
Jane Hempeck, Sara Broach, and Ruby Guzdar are Girls On Fire, winners of the Chili Cook-off for the past two years 
Chris Hartford wears a special Marik’s Minions chef hat and serves chili on behalf of the PHS staff 
The winners are awarded this special Golden Chili trophy