Recognition
Awards & Hot Ones
25 international awards since 2020 and four seasons on the most watched hot sauce show in the world. Every claim on this page comes from the brand's official catalog and website.
As seen on
4 seasons of Hot Ones
Hot Ones puts ten sauces in front of the biggest names in entertainment. Chile Lengua de Fuego is the first and only Latin American hot sauce producer to appear in four seasons: a different sauce each time, tasted by the guests below.
Season 16 · 2021
Featured sauce
Bhutila FireGuests: Gordon Ramsay, Tom Holland, Salma Hayek, Mila Kunis, and Jimmy Kimmel.
Gordon Ramsay
Tom Holland
Salma Hayek
Mila Kunis
Season 19 · 2022
Featured sauce
Turmeric BombGuests: Zoe Saldaña, David Blaine, Cate Blanchett, Kid Cudi, and Viola Davis.
Zoe Saldaña
Season 21 · 2023
Featured sauce
Chicho GhostGuests: Jennifer Lawrence, Stephen Curry, Rosalía, John Stamos, and Gal Gadot.
Jennifer Lawrence
Season 28 · 2025
Featured sauce
Passiflora FireGuests: Keke Palmer, Channing Tatum, Jeremy Allen White, Glen Powell, Winona Ryder, and Matthew McConaughey.
Competitions
25 awards, sauce by sauce
Grand Champion and Best of Show at ZestFest 2021, a “Best Sauce in the World” at the Fiery Food Challenge, first places at the Flave Awards and podiums at the Scovie Awards and the NYC Hot Sauce Expo. Each award links to its sauce.
2024
2nd place · Marinade Sauce
ZestFest · Dallas, TX · Tamarinchi
3rd place · Barbecue Sauce
ZestFest · Dallas, TX · Tamarinchi
3rd place · Wing Sauce – Mild/Medium
Fiery Food Challenge · Dallas, TX · Tamarinchi
3rd place · Barbecue Sauce, Fruit Based
ZestFest · Dallas, TX · Tamarinchi
2nd place · Marinade
Fiery Food Challenge · Dallas, TX · Tamarinchi
3rd place · Alcohol Infused Sauce
ZestFest · Dallas, TX · Mango Jambo
3rd place · Marinade Sauce
ZestFest · Dallas, TX · Mango Jambo
2023
3rd place · Asian Style
NYC Hot Sauce Expo · New York, NY · Salsaracha
1st place · Hot Sauce Latin
Spicy Flave Awards · Dallas, TX · Chicho Ghost
3rd place · Spicy Flave
The Flave Awards · Dallas, TX · Chicho Ghost
2nd place · Fruit Based Hot
NYC Hot Sauce Expo · New York, NY · Passiflora Fire
2022
1st place · Spicy Grilling Sauces
Flave Awards · Altar BBQ
3rd place · Salsa Verde
Scovie Awards · Albuquerque, NM · Estela A-Humada
2nd place · Marinade Sauce
Scovie Awards · Albuquerque, NM · Salsaracha
2nd place
Scovie Awards · Albuquerque, NM · Berry Curry
1st place · Chipotle Style Hot/X-Hot
Spicy Food Productions · Dallas, TX · Chicho Ghost
1st place · Hot Sauce – Exotic Hot/X-Hot
Fiery Food Challenge · Dallas, TX · Shallhot
2nd place · Best New Product
Fiery Food Challenge · Dallas, TX · Turmeric Bomb
2021
2nd place · Wing Sauce
ZestFest · Dallas, TX · Altar BBQ
“Best Sauce in the World” · 1st place · Hot Sauce – Asian Style Hot/X-Hot
Fiery Food Challenge · Dallas, TX · Son of Beach!!!
Best of Show · Hot Sauce – Asian Style Hot/X-Hot
Fiery Food Challenge · Dallas, TX · Son of Beach!!!
Best Spicy Carolina Reaper · Hot Sauce – Asian Style Hot/X-Hot
Fiery Food Challenge · Dallas, TX · Son of Beach!!!
2020
Golden Chile · 1st place · Alcohol-Infused Sauce
ZestFest · Dallas, TX · Altar BBQ
3rd place · Hot Sauce
ZestFest · Dallas, TX · Estela A-Humada
1st place · Alcohol-Infused Sauce
ZestFest · Dallas, TX · Salsaracha
Ambassadors of Free Enterprise · The Honduran Council of Private Enterprise (COHEP) recognized Chile Lengua de Fuego for believing, investing and producing in Honduras.