Convention time has hit again and this time around I’ll be attending the 6th Annual Fiery Foods Festival at Cincinnati’s own North Market. This is going to be a little different than my previous visit (besides arriving a little later than normal, around 11AM).

Instead of just covering the even, I will be covering my chile-head in training’s experience of his first Industry Event. That’s right, my friend Eric Chmielewski (aka Chem) is tagging along for the ride. He’s a wide eyed, die hard heat lover who’s been my eager student in the way of the pepper for about a year now (he’s also been a good friend of mine since the high school days of past…well over 9 years now).

Chem is very excited to be able to make the trip with me and is looking forward to meeting some of the people that make his favorite sauces, including one of his heroes, CaJohn.

So if you see either of the people pictured below (I’m the one with the beard), and you aren’t afraid to make eye contact, be sure to say hi! We don’t bite…well…Chem’s been known to bite.

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