Photo Gallery: Chipotle uses restaurant ingredients to decorate Rose Parade float

Tammy Cherry uses rice to form letters for Chipotle Mexican Grill’s Rose Parade float on Friday in Pasadena.

Elaine Bowden grinds cloves and other ingredients such as rice, peppers and cumin to be used as decor for Chipotle Mexican Grill’s Rose Parade float.

A rendering of Chipotle Mexican Grill’s Rose Parade float is displayed Friday at the Rosemont Pavilion in Pasadena, where the float is being assembled.

Fresh vegetables that will decorate Chipotle Mexican Grill’s Rose Parade float on New Year’s Day include tomatoes, avocados, onions, peppers, cilantro, lettuce and limes.

Black onion seeds, cumin, cloves, rice and ground peppers are among the items that will decorate Chipotle Mexican Grill’s Rose Parade float on New Year’s Day in Pasadena.

Stephanie Perdue, Chipotle vice president of brand marketing, and her daughter Alexis, 7, decorate the restaurant chain’s Rose Parade float on Friday at the Rosemont Pavilion in Pasadena.

It’s all hands on deck as volunteers decorate Chipotle Mexican Grill’s Rose Parade float on Friday at the Rosemont Pavilion in Pasadena.

Holly and Joe Culpeppers join many other volunteers in decorating Chipotle Mexican Grill’s Rose Parade float on Friday in Pasadena.

Delia Camberos, general manager of Chipotle in San Fernando, helps decorate the Newport Beach-based restaurant chain’s Rose Parade float on Friday in Pasadena.

Samantha Joshiakar, 10, left, and her friend Kora Hardege, 9, join other volunteers in decorating Chipotle Mexican Grill’s Rose Parade float on Friday in Pasadena.

Kaylin Garcia, 13, applies decorations to Chipotle Mexican Grill’s Rose Parade float at the Rosemont Pavilion in Pasadena on Friday.