CABOT^® CREAMERY IS HEADED WEST

 FOR THE 10TH ANNUAL GRILLED CHEESE INVITATIONAL

Cabot Cheese Is An Exclusive Sponsor Of The National Competition in LA

Cabot, VT (March 1, 2012) – As hearts and minds turn towards spring, the farm family owners of Vermont-based Cabot Creamery Cooperative can’t wait for April and the 10th Annual Grilled Cheese Invitational (GCI) to arrive.

Founded in 1919 and widely known as makers of “The World’s Best Cheddar,” Cabot is proud to announce that it is the exclusive Cheese sponsor of the 2012 Grilled Cheese Invitational which will be held on April 28 at the world famous Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA.

“We’re truly excited to be a part of this amazing and zany event that strives to honor a little bit of the ‘chef’ in all of us,” says Candace Karu, Cabot’s Favorite Foodie and Lifestyle Commentator and one of the executive judges for the Grilled Cheese Invitational competition.  “April is National Grilled Cheese Month and being a part of the Grilled Cheese Invitational is a unique opportunity for our farmers to share the Cabot brand with our good friends from the west coast.  Food is all about fun and the GCI takes that fun to a whole new level.  We’re proud to be involved with the event and we look forward to sharing our World’s Best Cheddar with everyone at the competition.

Indeed, Cabot knows a little bit about competing in the cheese world.  The cooperative has won virtually every major award for best tasting cheddar and has captured numerous “World’s Best” cheddar titles in national and international competitions including the World Championship Cheese Contest, World Cheese Awards, US Championship Cheese Contest, International Dairy Deli Bakery Association Show, and the American Cheese Society.  And Cabot also holds the Guinness^® World Record for The World’s Largest Grilled Cheese Sandwich (Nov. 2000 in Everglades City, FL weighing 320 lbs.) and The World’s Largest Mac & Cheese (September 2010 in New Orleans, LA weighing 2,469 lbs).

“Growing up on the east coast, Cabot was my family’s ‘go to’ cheese when we wanted some of ‘the good stuff!,’ says Tim Walker, Chief Instigator and Founder of the Grilled Cheese Invitational. “Cabot’s dedication to communities and their farm families makes their cheese taste event better and I for one am glad they are a part of our 10^th year!

While attending the largest grilled cheese contest in America, attendees can visit Cabot’s “Cheddar Reception” tent, a 40’ x 40’ area chock full of delicious Cabot cheese samples and piping hot Grilled Cheese sandwiches featuring some of Cabot’s greatest grilled cheese sandwich recipes and lots of Cabot giveaways.

The Grilled Cheese Invitational, which started in 2003 as a bet between Founder Tim Walker and a group of his closest friends, has grown into a national movement dedicated to perfecting the art of grilled cheese.

“This year mark ten years of cutthroat, competitive grilled cheese sandwiches,” Walker says. “What started as a friendly wager between friends has grown into a national movement of cheese fiends dedicated to perfecting the art of Grilled Cheese. When we started, the Grilled Cheese was orphaned into the dark world of the ‘kids menu’ in most restaurants, left to suffer needlessly with fish sticks and chicken nuggets. Now, thanks to our efforts, the Grilled Cheese is taking center stage in the role of America’s sandwich!  With four competitive categories, amateur and pro chefs cooking side by side and all sorts of special judges awards, and with Cabot’s help, this year will be the best thing to happen to mankind since the invention of sliced cheese!”

ABOUT THE GRILLED CHEESE INVITATIONAL

The Grilled Cheese Invitational (GCI) is the largest, craziest, and most exciting Grilled Cheese cooking contest in the country and is the best thing to happen to sliced cheese since sliced bread! The event was created by Tim Walker in 2003, in an artist loft in Downtown Los Angeles as a competition between friends and since then, has grown into a national movement dedicated to perfecting the art of grilled cheese, with thousands of cheese fiends and regional competitions across the country. For more information, go to: http://www.grilledcheeseinvitational.com

ABOUT CABOT CREAMERY COOPERATIVE

Cabot Creamery Cooperative has been in continuous operation in Vermont since 1919, and we make a full line of cheeses, yogurt, sour cream, cottage cheese, and butter. Best known as makers of “The World’s Best Cheddar,” Cabot is owned by 1200 dairy farm families located throughout New England and upstate New York. For additional information on Cabot Creamery, visit http://www.cabotcheese.coop

More cheese than you can shake a breadSTICK at!

Bread-Butter-Cheese-Victory!

Get your tickets HERE!

The 10th Annual Grilled Cheese Invitational

The Rose Bowl

Parking Lot F

(Parking in Parking Lot K)

Pasadena, CA 91103

4/28/2012

11:00am – 6:00pm

$15

The 10th Anniversary of the Grilled Cheese Invitational is happening on April 28rd, 2012 and it is the biggest thing to happen to cheese since man first learned how to milk a cow!

For the 2012 event, we’ve relocated to the Rose Bowl to make the event easier to get to and enjoy, with cooking demos from master chefs, live bands, costumes, poetry, yelling and more!

GET YOUR TICKETS

JUDGING SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS FOR THE COMPETITION HAVE SOLD OUT but that doesn’t mean there’s no cheese. Attendees will still be able to judge the People’s Choice awards by selecting and devouring $2 -$5 samples of some of the best grilled cheese the world has ever known from our exclusive gourmet vendors.

Think you got what it takes to be a “Grilled Cheese Champion™?” Put up your dukes and REGISTER AS A COMPETITOR Each competitor will receive a sampler of cheese from Cabot Creamery, as well as an on-site kit filled with OXO supplies!

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Check Out Free Stuff From Our Sponsors: Our exclusive cheese sponsor, CABOT CREAMERY, will be providing samples of grilled cheese made from award-winning cheddar and other delicious cheeses.  We also have free samples from Boulder Canyon potato chips, Kruegermann Pickles, Izze Sparking beverages, Fuze beverages!

Visit the Beer & Wine Garden to get tastes from New Belgium Brewing, Lagunitas Brewing, Stone Brewing, and more.

Back by Popular Demand: March Fourth Marching Band are driving their weird selves all the way down from Portland, OR to come and rock us to pieces with their massive, musical, marching riffs!

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.

Flex your melt-making muscles by taking your grilled cheese recipe all the way to the nationals in Los Angeles!

Between April 1-14, create a Youtube video showing us how to make your one-of-a kind grilled cheese sammich.

Click here for more details!

GET YOUR TICKETS HERE

JUDGING TIX SOLD OUT

ENTER THE CHEESE CALLING CONTEST

ENTER THE CHEESY POETRY CONTEST

THE COSTUME CONTEST

DIRECTIONS/PARKING INFO

Well then, put up your dukes!

First, READ THE RULES!

Then, Click here to register to compete!   REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!

ALL COMPETITORS MUST REGISTER BY 4/16/2011.

Judging the Official Competition

In order to judge the Grilled Cheese Invitational competition, you must register as an official GCI judge and purchase a judging pass.

Judging passes are limited and will sell out so don’t hesitate, register today!

Once you purchase a pass, that’s it!  You’re in!  Cheese!

Tickets and Judging passes are available here.

https://beticketing.com/gci2011

The People’s Choice

Attendees can also participate in judging the many different selections available from our vendors.  Each attendee will receive and event guide with a score card.  Fill out your score card and turn it in at the Info booth and we’ll tally the results!

11:00am – 6:00pm

Los Angeles Center Studios

1201 West Fifth Street Los Angeles, CA – America

$12  tix available now!    -    $15  @ event

In 2011, the GCI expanded the competition to include a fourth grilling category “Love, American Style” which is specifically dedicated to the classic American grilled cheese made with simply white bread, orange colored cheese and butter – no other flavors or ingredients.

This is a competitor’s opportunity to show their grilling abilities in creating best, most classic grilled cheese sandwich.  Fancy cheeses or bells and whistles won’t help you here.  You need to be master griller in order to stand out in this category.

The Categories for competition breakdown as following:

Love, American Style – White bread, butter, orange cheese (American or Cheddar). NOTHING ELSE.

The Missionary Position - Any type of bread, butter and cheese. NO ADDITIONAL INGREDIENTS.

The Kama Sutra - A sandwich of the savory nature, with any type of bread, butter and cheese PLUS additional ingredients, and the interior ingredients must be at least 60% cheese.

The Honey Pot – Any kind of bread, any kind of butter, and any kind of cheese, and the interior ingredients of the sammich must be at least 60% cheese, PLUS additional ingredients, and with an overall flavor that is sweet and would best be served as dessert.

For more information and expanded rules stuff, go to the rules page.

http://grilledcheeseinvitational.com/?page_id=13