The Grilled Cheese Champion

Luck McNulty  – “The Recumbent Vicar”

 Spaz Award

Jennifer Vela – “Neapolitan Blown Apart”

 People’s Choice Award

1^st Place – The Grilled Cheese Truck

2^nd Place – Elbows Mac & Cheese

3^rd Place – Trailer Park Truck

 Love, American Style Category – White Bread, Orange Cheese & Butter

Amateur

1^st Place – Taylor Henderson – “Totes MaGoates”

Raw toast, butter, orange cheese

2^nd Place – Rudi Samonte –  “Cheddar Squared”

Cheddar Cheese, white bread & Butter

3^rd Place – Marie Cammack – “Inside Out and Bustin’ Out”

White bread, butter, sharp cheddar, extra sharp cheddar and American.

Professional

1^st Place – Greg Paul of The Oaks Gourmet – “Powder Finger”

Homemade Extra Sharp American melted and powdered on pan di mie.

Missionary Category – Any Type of Bread, butter and cheese

Amateur

1^st Place – Luck McNulty “The Recumbent Vicar”

A combination of seven different cheeses

2^nd Place – Jeff Bernal – “El Hefe!”

Cheddar, American, Parmesan & Butter on Sourdough

3^rd Place – Aaron Gariepy – “Uncle Jesse”

Private Recipe

Professional

1^st Place – Michael Davidson – “The Legend”

Cabot Aged White Cheddar, Orange Cheddar, Mozzarella & Spring Hill Farms butter on Acme bread

2^nd Place – Erik Kelley “Ma Che Bella Piato di Ravioli”

Private recipe

3^rd Place – Paul Inserra “De-Lish”

Muenster Cheese, Guglhupf’s Pumpkin seed cheddar bread and butter

Kama Sutra Category – Any type of bread, butter and cheese PLUS additional ingredients – savory

Amateur

1^st Place – Jenny Harrison – “And on the 8^th Day, the Lord Created Grilled Cheese” RAMEN

Japanese White Bread, VEGAN Jalapeno Garlic Havarti Cheese, Ramen, Sriracha Broth Reduction Sauce

2^nd Place – Rebecca Shergill – “P*rk Brie Baby One More Thyme”

Sourdough Bread, Brie Cheese, Thyme, butter, Candied Bacon, Apple/Maple Glazed Ham, Arugula pesto, Jalapeno Apple Chutney and Garlic Confit

3^rd Place – Aften Detwiler – “Beer Smothered Clucker”

Pulled Beer Can Chicken, IPA Cheddar, Heirloom Tomato, Braised Kale on Homemade Beer Bread served with homemade honey mustard

Professional

1^st Place – Lou Dave – “Potsticker Meltz’

Bread, Cheese, Pork, Green Onion, Sriracha and wontons

2^nd Place – Jennifer Vela – “Put Some South In Your Mouth”

Sweet Potato Bread, Fontina, Cheddar, Grits, Virginia Ham and Peach & Pepper Jam

3^rd Place – Albert Lara-Rodriguez – “Bacon Butter Crunch”

Organic White Cheddar Cheese with Guacamole, tomatoes & bacon butter on Sourdough Bread

Honey Pot Category – Any type of bread, butter and cheese PLUS additional ingredients – savory

Amateur

1^st Place – Joe Harkenrider – “The Napoleon Fromage Homage”

French bread, French toast, butter, American cheese, fudge blueberry cheddar cheese, blue berries, Fontina cheese, powder sugar and a side of maple syrup garnish.

2^nd Place – Laura Caccavo – “Birthday Cake Martini”

Funfetti challah, mayo, honey goat cheese, blue cheese, extra sharp cheddar, American cheese, confetti cookie crumbles icing and vodka spray

3^rd Place – Matthew LaForest – “Hell’s Angels”

Angel Food Cake, Kiwis, Cream Cheese, Mascarpone, Dark Rum and some kind of vanilla booze

Professional

1^st Place – Jennifer Vela – “Neapolitan Blown Apart”

Chocolate Wafer, Dark Chocolate Pop Rock Ganache, Chocolate Cream Cheese, Raspberry Chevre Vanilla Bean Mascarpone, Berry Balsamic Sauce

2^nd Place – Michael Marrone – “Hard on the Outside 2.0”

Coffeegrind & Lavender Cheddar plus thick-cut, dark chocolate covered bacon on Crème Brulee’d Sourdough

3^rd Place – Rick Webster – “Borracho Figs & Cheese”

Spanish bread with Figs in a brand sauce, a variety of Spanish cheeses and topped with pine nuts.

Over 200 competitors fought side by side in our grilling arena which extended for nearly 300 feet.  The competition was fierce and the cheese was mighty.

2011 Amateur Competitor Results

Love, American Style

Missionary Category

Kama Sutra Category

Honey Pot Category

2011 Professional Competitor Results

Professional Love, American Style

Professional Missionary Category

Professional Kama Sutra Category

Professional Honey Pot Category

Judges awards and Spaz awards to be announced soon.

Here are the results for the top placing sandwiches at the 1st 8th Annual Grilled Cheese Invitational.

Great job, America!

Winners for the 1st 7th Annual Grilled Cheese Invitational Announced!

On April 25 2009, Over 240 competitors grilled it out  for the rights and privileges of being called a Grilled Cheese Champion.  They weathered the wind, sun, and a crowd of 5,000 and slung the cheese faster, farther and stronger than anyone ever in course of human history.

A big thank you to all that competed in the event.  You are all winners in the eyes of the Grilled Cheese Invitational.  In the end, only a few could get trophies, with the top winners receiving a free professional grade skillet from the awesome people at Kraft Singles, California State Parks, Izze Sparkling Beverages, Lagunitas Brewing, Bandit Wines and  Scanpan Cookware.

The 2009 League of Grilled Cheese Champions

OFFICIAL RESULTS FOR THE 2009 1ST 7TH ANNUAL GRILLED CHEESE INVITATOINAL

The competition was hard fought in the cold back patio of the lodge but saw incredible sammich entries that utilized such ingredients as Donuts! Clearly the Honey Pot category of competition has struck a chord with the Austinites and this GCI continues to inspire the city of the weird.

The Austin Regional saw the inclusion of a new regional category for Texas, the Lambada (quesadilla) category.

As well as the sammiches in competition, Kraft Singles provided over 500 of their hot and fresh sammies for the crowd.

OFFICIAL RESULTS

The 1st 6th Annual Grilled Cheese Invitational was held in Griffith Park on April 19, 2008 in Los Angeles, America.  By far the largest Grilled Cheese Invitational to date, the 1st 6th Annual saw 126 competitors compete for a crowd of 1,500.

Thanks to the good folks at Kraft Singles, we had more cheese there than ever before with literally thousands of hot, fresh and free sammiches given out to the hungry masses.  Competition for this event was by far our most exciting ever, with sammich runners getting the awaiting judges riled up in an unbridled fury for the cheese.

Some photos of the event:

Kevissimo’s pics

Aman About Town’s pics

Sara’s pics

Elmo’s pics

Ben’s pics

Robin’s pics

Official Results for the 1st 6th Annual Grilled Cheese Invitational

ALL RESULTS ARE TABULATED USING A TOP-SECRET FORMULA THAT WEIGHS AND MEASURES EACH INDIVIDUAL CATEGORY AND THEN COMBIES THEM TO DELIVER AN OVERAL SCORE. WE DON’T HAVE THE TIME TO GET INTO IT HERE, BUT TRUST US, IT IS FAIRLY COMPLEX AND TERRIBLY CONFUSING.

Caution and Pixies award winning "Fabio!" sammich.

Results!

The 1st Annual NorCal Regional Grilled Cheese Invitational took place on October 27, 2007 at Eli’s Mile High Club in Oakland, CA and was the first regional GCI to ever take place.  The event had maxed out capacity for the venue within minutes and soon the competition was on, with over 30 competitors fighting it out for the title of Grilled Cheese Champion.

Oakland Regional Organizer Danielle Farrar accepts the officialhorse mask of victory.

Jovino grilling up a cheese tornado.

More photographic proof of the event:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mmendelson/sets/72157602726854662/

OFFICIAL RESULTS

ALL RESULTS ARE TABULATED USING A TOP-SECRET, COMPUTERIZED DATABASE THAT TABULATES AN OVERALL SCORE FOR EACH ENTRY. WE DON’T HAVE THE TIME TO GET INTO IT HERE, BUT TRUST US, IT IS FAIRLY COMPLEX AND TERRIBLY CONFUSING.

Verified by:

(not really)

The judges wait for the melted fury and watch the grilling.

The 4th 2nd Annual Grilled Cheese Invitational took place on February 24, 2007  in downtown Los Angeles, America.

The 2nd official year at our new digs, we quickly out grew this location as well with over 500 cheese fiends in attendance.

GARY’S WORLD OF PICS!

PAYNIE’S PICS!

HOT KNIVES ARTICLE!

MICHELE’S BLOG!

HEATHERVESCENT’S BLOG!

This year saw one of the sweetest GCI victories ever, with the “robbed” Backdoor Betties claiming their rightful crown as grilled cheese champions for the 2004 sammich “Backdoor Betties Sweet Revenge!”

Linda Williamson & Kasey McMahon celebrate their sweet vindication!

The 3rd 2nd Annual Grilled Cheese Invitational saw the event move to a newer, larger, more undisclosed location in downtown Los Angeles, America.  Due to several arguments with our draconian lords of the land, we were forced to cease holding events at our previous location.

So the GCI packed up all of its grills and spatulas and drove about 3000 feet down the street and set up the cheese at our new, smashing digs.

KEVISSIMO’S PICS!

ART”S PICS!

BOB’S PICS!

SARA’S PICS!

GARY’S PICS!

CHRISTINE’S BLOG & PICS!

BEN’S PICS!

CHAZ BADEN’S PICS!

The results?  Victorious!  As with the previous GCI, the attendance and number of competitors doubled as word of mouth regarding this event spread throughout the Los Angeles underground.  We even made friends with several on-duty LA DWP utility workers and employees of Union Pacific.

Grilled cheese truly knows no boundaries.

OFFICIAL RESULTS OF THE 3RD 2ND ANNUAL GRILLED CHEESE INVITATIONAL

Missionary Category 1st Helena No name for Sammich 2nd David Spancer The Perfect Cube 3rd Hot Knives (Evan & Alex) No name for Sammich Kama Sutra Category 1st Heidi Gibson No name for Sammich 2nd Zarka & Jane Fig Quesadilla 3rd Hot Knives (Evan & Alex) No name for Sammich Honey Pot Category 1st Daleydale & Magaliscious Dale & Magpie’s Sweet Surprise 2nd Team We Aim To Cheese Requiem for a Cream . . . Cheese 3rd Gallagher Lawson No name for Sammich The Spaz Awards 1st Vanessa! Son of Sammich 2nd Davis Sangria Maria

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