Grilled Cheese Guantlet and other news

It’s been kind of slow posting here at Hot Knives this week — all apologies — but we’ve had a couple things about ready to boil over. First and foremost, we’re happy to say that the First 6th Annual Grilled Cheese Invitational was announced this weekend to the eating public! Like last year, and the year before, we are entered in the three main sammy categories. If you’re not familiar with L.A.’s annual grilled cheese contest, familiarize yourself by watching the above award-winning documentary on the cheesiness. It’s an oldie but goodie so we’re reposting… And save the date for this year’s event whether you intend to register, judge or just taste!
In 2006, Hot Knives walked away with two trophies for our concoctions. Then last year, the desert sandwich award slipped through our greasy grasp, but we still managed to snag the Judges Award.
And that’s not the only thing that’s been on our mind; we have a couple other major pots on the backburner that are worth mentioning. In May, we’re catering the San Diego wedding of our e-friends Matt and Laura (of Existential Media) and we have some stupendously meta plans for blogging the whole thing from start to finish, in collaboration with their wedding blog. Look soon for the online tasting menu. (We’re still figuring out the post-modern fruit salad and how to make hundreds of vegan wedding cupcakes.)
Also, in the not-quite-announceable category — Hot Knives is collaborating with one of our favorite beer caves — Red Wine Liquors — on a couple beer tastings in the next months; we have been asked to perform a live radio cooking show as part of a monthly art gallery currated by our friend Julie Lequin; and we will be featured guests on a new glossy, green-living cable show in months to come, more on that soon.