What
better way to celebrate the unofficial National holiday that has become 4/20
than by hanging out with friends, enjoying quality crafted libations &
beers and grubbing on some of the finest Grilled Cheese Sammich’s you may ever
experience in your entire life?
The 11th
Annual Grilled Cheese Invitational is happening on April 20th, 2013 at Los
Angeles Center Studios in downtown Los Angeles and will be the biggest,
cheesiest, MOST imperial delight to ever land on the toasted, melted shores of
Los Angeles.
NOWHERE
will you find more hot cheesy goodness than at the GCI, with vendors such as The Grilled Cheese Truck,
Heywood Grilled Cheese, The Counter, Greenspan’s Grilled Cheese, The Oaks
Gourmet, Melt It, Elbows Mac & Cheese, Cheesy Amigos, Dogtown Dogs & many
more, you’ll be able to pack your belly until your ready to burst with hot
cheesy goodness!
Plus,
there’s music! The infamous RICHARD
CHEESE AND LOUNGE AGAINST THE MACHINE will be playing the GCI
at 12:30pm! ALL THIS CHEESE will definitely turn it up to 11!
There’s
cooking demos, costume
contests, poetry contests, cheese calling contests,
music, food, beer, glory, glory and MORE glory!
What?
You haven’t bought tickets yet! Well not to worry.
Tickets are on sale now! Even though
they have reached capacity for official judges for 2013, don’t you worry
because you can still vote in the People’s Choice awards by purchasing as many
hot and fresh grilled cheese sandwiches from the vendors that space and time
will allow.
The
Sponsors this year are totally the best people EVER!
The
11th Annual GCI is presented by The Grilled Cheese Truck,
the most followed food truck in the world and creator of the infamous “Cheesy
Mac & Rib,” a powerhouse sandwich with Sharp Cheddar Cheese, House-smoked
BBQ Pork, Southern-style Macaroni & Cheese and Caramelized Onions on French
Bread.
At
the event, you can participate in their “MotherLoaded Eating contest, which
takes place at 4:20pm.
GCI’s
exclusive cheese sponsor, CABOT
CREAMERY, has teamed up with bread sponsor La Brea Bakery and will be providing
samples of grilled cheese made from award-winning cheddar and other delicious
cheeses. Also on hand will be free samples from Boulder Canyon potato chips, Kruegermann Pickles and Jarritos soda pops!
Visit
the fundraiser Beer Garden curated courtesy of Beer Belly to get tastes from New Belgium Brewing, Lagunitas Brewing, Sierra Nevada and more.
Proceeds
from the beer garden benefit the Rotary Club
of Los Angeles.
The
GCi committee has pulled out all the stops for the event this year and it
should be one for the record books.
On
4/20, there’s only one place to be and that’s at the 11th Annual Grilled Cheese
Invitational!
