IMPORTANT UPDATE:

DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND OUR CONTROL THERE WILL BE NO ALCOHOL SERVED OR ALLOWED AT THE GRILLED CHEESE INVITATIONAL!

The 1st 6th Annual National Grilled Cheese Invitational!

	April 19, 2008 5:00pm to 9:30pm GRILLING STARTS AT 5:30PM SHARP   Los Angeles, CA   UPDATE: UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE REACHED CAPACITY FOR COMPETITORS AND ATTENDEES FOR THE 1ST 6TH ANNUAL GRILLED CHEESE INVITATIONAL HAPPENING ON APRIL 19TH. IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY SIGNED UP FOR THE EMAIL LIST, YOU ARE OUT OF LUCK. IF YOU HAVE, LOOK FOR AN ANNOUNCEMENT COMING SOON.

All those looking to compete in the Invitational MUST READ the rules and regulations before they register their sammich.
The 1st 6th Annual National Grilled Cheese Invitational is an official, national competition with prizes awarded for four different categories of Grilled Cheese. All judging is done using standardized ballots and a patented, computerized database that scientifically tabulates the results to determine the winners. This is a serious competition and only the strong will achieve victory in The Grilled Cheese Invitational, with all the associated bragging rights available therein.

Due to the absolutely overwhelming response to last year's competition, the organizers have selected a NEW LOCATION for this year's invitational that will allow for more people to attend the cheesening. As with previous GCIs, the location will not be announced until the week of the event.

Anyone is welcome to attend this event and judge sammiches. You do not have to compete in order to judge. All judging is done using standardized ballots and a patented, computerized database that scientifically tabulates the results to determine the winners.

"The 1st 6th Annual Grilled Cheese Invitational will be mankind's greatest achievement since the invention of fire!" says Tim Walker, the event's founder and organizer. "This year we will have more cheese than ever before. More competitors, more sammiches, more everything!"

Awards are determined by audience vote for each sammich.

Attendees are handed sammiches and rate them accordingly. We then tabulate the results, dispense trophies and wrap ourselves up in the cheese glory!

For the winners, there will be a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place trophy awarded in each category. There will also be two Spaz awards that will be given to different sammiches that are the biggest Spazes, executive judge awards and mountains of grilled cheese for everybody!

On April 19th, we will part the mighty mountain of fresh-bakedloaves, wade knee-deep in the melted cheese and swim eye-high in the butterfat, but only a few, only the proud, the cheesiest, will earn the sacred right to hold a glimmering, golden trophy aloft for all to see and scream to the malignant heavens above: "I am a f@#king grilled cheese champion™!"

New for 2008, the organizers of the GCI have created an additional category of competition, SPOONS, which will live between the Missionary category and the Kama Sutra category! The sammich definitions are as follows: The Missionary Position: White bread, orange cheese (Cheddar or American) and butter or margarine only. Spoons: Any kind of bread, any kind of butter and any kind of cheese (or combination of cheeses) but no additional ingredients. The Kama Sutra: Any kind of bread, any kind of butter, and any kind of cheese (or blend of cheeses) plus additional ingredients. The Honey Pot: Any kind of bread, any kind of butter, any kind of cheese (or blend of cheeses), and any additional ingredients, but a sandwich that is sweet in flavor, or would best be served as dessert.

 

Are you new to the Grilled Cheese Invitational? Here's how it works....
Judging Sammiches - (Anyone can show up to Judge sammiches)
1) Show up.	2) Get sammich.	3) Eat sammich.
4) Judge Sammich.	5) Repeat with pleasure!	6) Awesome!

Competing in the Invitational - For those looking to compete, the process is simple...
1) READ THE RULES.	2) REGISTER YOUR SAMMICH.	3) SHOW UP.
4) GRILL 'EM.	5) PRAY FOR GLORY.	6) BE A CHAMPION!

 

Any other questions? Fine. Send them to: hotcheesygoodness@grilledcheeseinvitational.com