Signature Events

The Best of Bloomingdale is a signature event designed to recognize outstanding members of the business community. 

This event reaches beyond the chamber and into the community, requesting nominations and incorporating a voting component to augment judging in the selection process. The Best of Bloomingdale culminates with an award dinner to recognize the winners. This premier event will be held on the first Thursday of March. 

The Bloomingdale Chamber of Commerce has receives over 160 nominations for the Best of Bloomingdale Awards! Nominees who meet the initial qualifications are sorted into categories. This selection process will incorporate the results of two concurrent activities: an internal evaluation by a Chamber awards committee and a popular vote. Online voting occurs during January. Only one vote per a person per a day. Nominees are given promotional material to help the market themselves.

Nominate a Business

View the 2019 Best of Bloomingdale Winners

We are back! New Look, New Date and New Experiences for your whole family.

                Date: Saturday, November 2nd
                Time: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm food & drink is served
                Location: Stratford Square Mall, SW entrance

After 10 years of 50 Men Who Cook & Divas Who Dish – A Taste of Bloomingdale, we are freshening things up. We have a new name and an exciting new logo! We are welcoming the entire family to our Tastings of Bloomingdale event.  We want to expand our audience to all residents of Bloomingdale and the surrounding communities. This event features both amateur and professional chefs who prepare tastings of their favorite recipes for event attendees to sample and judge.  It is a multi-course culinary competition with everything from appetizers to desserts and now, beverages. The event includes musical entertainment and an amazing raffle. A portion of the proceeds benefit area school programs.

Chefs are currently being recruited.  Do you have a favorite recipe to share?  Do your friends tell you, you should be a chef? Want to prove once and for all your recipe can beat anyone else's forks down? Then join us for this culinary competition. Open to amateur and professional chefs.  Chef Registration Form.

Sponsorships available to market your business throughout Bloomingdale and surrounding communities. The event is advertised with banners in Stratford Square Mall, street banners at major intersections, additional signs throughout the community, Social Media and Daily Herald ads, Schools’ electronic backpacks, Village enewsletter and Almanac, and posters and postcards in local businesses.  Market your business in the community and build that name recognition.  Sponsorships are limited and on a first come, first receive basis. Complete the Sponsors/Raffle Form and return it into the Chamber.

Raising additional funds through raffles.  To increase the funds raised there is an extensive raffle.  Please consider donating an item or certificate to the raffle. All donors will receive recognition at the event and in printed material. There will be additional acknowledgement on the Chamber’s Facebook page and included in an email distribution to all Chamber members. Please complete the Sponsor/Raffle form or contact the Chamber for pick up at info@bloomingdalechamber.com.

To learn more or to participate contact the chamber at 630-980-9082 or info@BloomingdaleChamber.com

The Annual Golf Classic joins fellow Chamber members and guests for a relaxing day on the links followed by a fun-filled afternoon of great food, beverages, and stellar prizes and basket raffle. Bring clients and co-workers to create your own foursome or sign up as a single and we will set you up with a group. Not a golfer? Join us for lunch or consider volunteering. This event has something for everyone!

The Bloomingdale Area Women in Business host a BAWIB 9 hole outing followed by an activity for those who do not want to golf the entire 18 holes. This event is ideal to have fun while networking with fellow members.