Rotorua Daily Post
  • Rotorua Daily Post home
  • Latest news
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
  • Sport
  • Video
  • Death notices
  • Classifieds

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • On The Up
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
    • All Lifestyle
    • Residential property listings
  • Property
    • All Property
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology
  • Rural
  • Sport

Locations

  • Tauranga
  • Te Puke
  • Whakatāne
  • Rotorua
  • Tokoroa
  • Taupō & Tūrangi

Media

  • Video
  • Photo galleries
  • Today's Paper - E-Editions
  • Photo sales

Weather

  • Rotorua
  • Tauranga
  • Whakatāne
  • Tokoroa
  • Taupō

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / Rotorua Daily Post

The heat is on at chilli eating contest (+pics & video)

Rotorua Daily Post
23 May, 2015 11:33 PMQuick Read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  Sign in here

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save

    Share this article

Marcelo Sanzana bites into a hot chilli at the Brew Bar on Saturday Photo/Ben Fraser

Marcelo Sanzana bites into a hot chilli at the Brew Bar on Saturday Photo/Ben Fraser

Fourteen challengers came out to test their taste buds in the sixth heat of the Fire Dragon Chillies New Zealand Chilli Eating Champs in Rotorua at Brew Bar yesterday.
Rotorua's Josh Shotter took out the event

See tomorrow's

Rotorua Daily Post

for the spicy details.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Fire Dragon Chillies New Zealand Chilli Eating Champs held at Rotoruas Brew Bar on Saturday
Fire Dragon Chillies New Zealand Chilli Eating Champs held at Rotoruas Brew Bar on Saturday
Fire Dragon Chillies New Zealand Chilli Eating Champs held at Rotoruas Brew Bar on Saturday
Marcelo Sanzana
Tom Redman
Eventual winner Josh Shotter, right, with organiser Clint Meyer
Marcelo Sanzana, right, and Josh Shotter
Zara Matthews

Image 1 of 8: Fire Dragon Chillies New Zealand Chilli Eating Champs held at Rotoruas Brew Bar on Saturday

Discover more

Chilli eating contest really puts heat on (+pics, video)

24 May 07:14 PM
Save

    Share this article

Latest from Rotorua Daily Post

Rotorua Daily Post

'Save a lot more lives': Stage 4 cancer survivor's plea for earlier screening

20 Jun 06:00 PM
Rotorua Daily Post

Rotorua Home & Lifestyle Show returns

20 Jun 04:00 PM
Rotorua Daily Post

Speed limit on part of Te Ngae Rd to rise following review

20 Jun 05:01 AM

Jono and Ben brew up a tea-fuelled adventure in Sri Lanka

sponsored
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from Rotorua Daily Post

'Save a lot more lives': Stage 4 cancer survivor's plea for earlier screening

'Save a lot more lives': Stage 4 cancer survivor's plea for earlier screening

20 Jun 06:00 PM

'It would just stop a lot of people going through the trauma of advanced cancer.'

Rotorua Home & Lifestyle Show returns

Rotorua Home & Lifestyle Show returns

20 Jun 04:00 PM
Speed limit on part of Te Ngae Rd to rise following review

Speed limit on part of Te Ngae Rd to rise following review

20 Jun 05:01 AM
Homicide investigation after woman found dead in Tūrangi

Homicide investigation after woman found dead in Tūrangi

20 Jun 03:24 AM
Help for those helping hardest-hit
sponsored

Help for those helping hardest-hit

NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • Rotorua Daily Post e-edition
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Subscribe to the Rotorua Daily Post
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • NZME Events
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP