Ieva and Steve Hertel made their Kabul Best Chili a winner at the 11th Annual Chili Cook-Off. The Albert Hotel team won People’s Choice Award for their Albert’s Favorite Chili. In addition to the contest, EUR 600 were raised in the charity raffle in benefit of our three principal charities - Latvian Foster Family Association, RMHC Latvija's Care Mobile and SOS Children's Villages.

A group of Corporate Contributing, Corporate and Small Business members met to discuss their businesses and to provide feedback on AmCham activities. Human development, quality of labor, sustainable economic growth, attraction of the US investment, continuing to share best practices and inspiration were mentioned as some of the key focus areas for AmCham going forward.