1. Eligibility: The MGM Recipe Showdown (“Contest”) is open to Meeting Planners, Travel Professionals and Leisure Partners who are legal residents of either the U.S., or Montreal, Canada and are 21 years of age or older at time of entry (“Entrant(s)”). Employees and immediate family members of, MGM Resorts International Corporate Hotel Sales ("Sponsor"), the Contest Administrator, or its affiliated or subsidiary companies or any other organizations affiliated with the sponsorship, fulfillment, administration, prize support, advertisement or promotion and/or their respective agents, affiliates subsidiaries, and members of their immediate families or persons residing at the same address are not are not eligible to participate. This Contest is governed by laws of the State of Nevada, without regard to choice of law or conflict of law principles. Void where prohibited by law.
2. How To Enter: The Contest consists of three phases and begins on March 23, 2016: (1) Recipe Submission; (2) City Recipe Showdown Cook-off(s) and (3) Final Recipe Showdown Cook-off.
To enter visit http://plugyourbrand.com/mgmresortsinternational/recipe-showdown/ and follow the instructions. All Entries must include your full name, address, city, state, zip, telephone number and email address (if you have one). If entries do not contain all necessary information, entrant will be disqualified. Please be certain to follow all directions.
The City Recipe Showdown Cook-offs will be held in the thirteen cities listed below. Internet access is required to enter the Contest. You may submit as many original recipes in as many preliminary contests as you wish, however each entry must be for a separate unique recipe. If any duplicates are received, only the earliest entry will be considered and an Entrant may win only once.
Three (3) preliminary winners will be selected from among all the entries for each respective city. Selections shall be made based upon the judging criteria described in Section 3 below. The three (3) preliminary winners per each participating city will be invited to participate in a cook-off to be held at the locations on the date and at the times listed below. Each preliminary winner will be notified at least seven (7) days prior to the respective City Showdown Cook-off Contest Date. Each preliminary winner will be solely and entirely responsible for any travel and lodging costs related to participating in any city Showdown Cook-off(s). All ingredients and supplies will be provided by Sponsor. By submitting an entry, each Entrant: 1) irrevocably grants to Sponsor a royalty-free non-exclusive license throughout the world to use, reuse, copy, publish, republish in whole or in part, edit, add to, modify, and rearrange the entry in whatever media, including without limitation, for use in the Contest and/or Sponsors services and offerings, without further permission, consideration or payment to the Entrant, except where prohibited; 2) warrants and represents that the Entry is entirely the original creation/work of the Entrant, and that use of the Entry as described herein will not violate any law or infringe upon the rights, title, claim or interest of any third party; and 3) certify that the Entrant is the sole creator of the recipe.
Winners may be required to execute a Statement of Eligibility and Release and Payment Authorization within three (3) days of prize notification attempt or Winner will be disqualified and prize may be awarded to an alternate winner. Return of prize or prize notification as undeliverable will result in disqualification and an alternate winner may be selected. Entry and/or acceptance of prize(s) constitutes permission for the Sponsors and their agencies (if any) to use the winner's name, address (city and state) and/or likeness for advertising and trade purposes without further compensation or authorization, worldwide and in perpetuity, in any and all forms of media, now known and hereafter devised, unless prohibited by law.
Your recipe must be in one of the following categories: Entrée, Appetizer or Dessert and include a photo of the finished dish. The submission phase of the Contest begins on March 23, 2016 and ends the respective entry deadline dates listed in the table below (the " Entry Deadline Date"). All entries must be received by 11:59 pm (Pacific Time) on the respective Entry Deadline Date for each city in order to be eligible to compete in that city.
Deadline for entry (entry cut-off is 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time on each of the dates below ) / Contest Date / Time (Local Time) / City Name / Contest Location / Address05/26/16 / 06/09/16 / 6PM - 8PM / Montréal, QC / La Guilde Culinaire / 6381 Boul St-Laurent, Montréal, QC H2S 3C3, Canada
06/14/16 / 06/28/16 / 5PM - 8PM / Minneapolis, MN / Kitchen Window / 3001 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55408
06/14/16 / 06/28/16 / 5:30PM / Philadelphia, PA / COOK / 253 S 20th St, Philadelphia, PA 19103
07/07/16 / 07/21/16 / 5:30PM - 7:30PM / Orange County, CA / The Hood Kitchen / 350 Clinton St, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
07/20/16 / 08/03/16 / 5PM / Indianapolis, IN / Ivy Tech Community College / 2820 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis, IN 46208
07/28/16 / 08/11/16 / 5:30PM - 7:30PM / Scottsdale, AZ / Classic Cooking Academy / 10411 E McDowell Mountain Ranch Rd, Scottsdale, AZ 85255
08/02/16 / 08/16/16 / 5PM - 8PM / Dallas, TX / Team Building with Taste / 18101 Preston Rd #302, Dallas, TX 75252
08/04/16 / 08/18/16 / 6PM - 9PM / Atlanta, GA / A&S Culinary Concepts / 9945 Jones Bridge Rd #303, Johns Creek, GA 30022
08/04/16 / 08/18/16 / 5PM - 8PM / Denver, CO / Uncorked Kitchen / 8171 S Chester St, Centennial, CO 80112
08/11/16 / 08/25/16 / 6PM - 9PM / Washington, D.C. / CulinAerie / 1131 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20005
08/16/16 / 08/30/16 / 5:30PM - 8:00PM / New York, NY / Home Cooking New York / 158 Grand St #206, New York, NY 10013
08/31/16 / 09/14/16 / 5:30PM - 8:00PM / San Francisco, CA / Hands on Gourmet / 2325 3rd St #409, San Francisco, CA 94107
09/1/16 / 09/15/16 / 5PM - 8PM / Chicago, IL / Chopping Block / 222 West Merchandise Mart Plaza #107, Chicago, IL 60654
3. Judging Criteria: The winners of the Contest will be determined by judging all the entrants' submissions based on the follow criteria:
· Taste: 40%
o Does this recipe taste wonderful with every bite? Does it have mass appeal? Would you want to make this recipe over and over based on the great taste?
· Presentation/Visual Appeal: 40%
o Does this recipe present beautifully on the plate or in the baking dish? Do your eyes make you want to eat this before you can smell or taste it?
· Inspirations/Creativity/Uniqueness: 20%
o Is the recipe an original idea? Is the recipe reflective of unique twists to ingredient usage? Does it contain interesting, yet delightful, flavor combinations?
All entries will be judged using the criteria stated above. All judging will be accomplished by a panel of food experts as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Decision of the judges is final and binding on all matters relating to this Contest.
All recipes must be the original work of entrant and not previously published. Recipe must not infringe the copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity or other intellectual property rights of any person or entity. All entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned. Entrants grants all rights, titles and interest in the submitted entry permission to Sponsor and grants permission for Sponsor and Sponsor’s agents, authority to use, in perpetuity, Entrant’s name, picture, voice, performance, likeness, biographical information, statements, property, Prize information, demonstrations, recording and/or other appearance or participation in connection with the Contest and entry materials, any and all of which may be altered, changed, modified, edited, used alone, together or with other works, and/or used in distorted, illusory or composite form, as solely determined by the Sponsor for advertising, trade and promotional purposes without further compensation, at any time(s), in all media now known or hereafter discovered worldwide, including without limitation, print, radio and television broadcasting, cable casting, audio/visual, closed circuit exhibition, and on the Internet, without notice or review or approval.
4. Winners and Prizes: A total of thirteen (13) Winners (one from each preliminary from each of the thirteen city Recipe Showdown Contests) will be selected to compete in the Ultimate Showdown Recipe Contest in Las Vegas, Nevada which will be held on November 3, 2016. There will be one (1) Grand Prize Winner, one (1) 2nd Prize Winner and one (1) 3rd Prize Winner selected from the Ultimate Showdown Recipe Contest in Las Vegas. All prizes are non-transferrable and cannot be redeemed for cash.
Preliminary Contest Prizes: each of the sixteen city Recipe Showdown winners will receive the following:
· Coach round trip domestic airfare (international for Quebec winner) to McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas for one person from the city in which he/she was selected as a winner, and a two (2) night stay at the MGM Grand Hotel; hotel transportation to and from the MGM Grand Hotel. Estimated value of: $1400
· MGM logo cutting board; MGM logo spice tube sampler and a crystal award plate with a total estimated value of $132.45.
Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a similar prize of equal or greater value in the event that the stated prize cannot be awarded due to circumstances beyond the control of the Sponsor All taxes, if any, are the winners' responsibility. No substitution of prizes by winners. All costs and expenses not expressly included are the responsibility of the winners. No cash will be awarded. Sponsor will not be responsible for any loss, liability or damage arising out of the winners' acceptance or use of the prize(s). In the event that there are either an insufficient number of eligible recipes submitted in any of the cities, Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to not award any prizes for that city.
Grand Prize Winner: The sixteen preliminary winners will compete in the Ultimate Recipe Showdown on November 3, 2016 at MGM Grand Hotel. Contest Date subject to change. Three winners will be selected from among the sixteen finalists, based on the criteria stated above.
One Grand Prize Winner will receive:
· Round-trip coach airfare to South Beach Florida for one person (domestic unless winner is from Toronto or Vancouver); three (3) nights of lodging in (hotel tbd) for one person; two evening events for one person at South Beach Food and Wine Festival February 22-26, 2017. Estimated retail value: $5500.
· Crystal Decanter
One 2nd Place Winner will receive:
· A three (3) night stay at an MGM Resorts destination in Las Vegas for one person;
· Airport limousine transfer from and to McCarran International Airport,
· Dinner each night for one person. (ARV: $1,000). Subject to availability. Restrictions apply. Transportation to and from Las Vegas is NOT included and is solely the responsibility of the 2nd place winner.
· Prize must be used within one year of winner selection or it will be subject to forfeiture
One 3rd Place Winner will receive:
· a two (2) night stay at an MGM Resorts destination in Las Vegas;
· Airport limousine transfer from and to McCarran International Airport and dinner each night for one person (ARV: $700). Subject to availability. Restrictions apply. Transportation to and from Las Vegas is NOT included and is solely the responsibility of the 3rd place winner.
· Prize must be used within one year of winner selection or it will be subject forfeiture
6. Conditions: Sponsor is not liable for any technical malfunctions of any telephone network or lines, computer internet system, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the internet or at any website, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to participant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading/uploading any materials in this Contest, or other technical difficulties or failures or other errors of any kind. Sponsor is not responsible or liable for any injury or damage to an entrant's or third person's computer and/or its contents, related to or resulting from Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to terminate or modify the Contest at any time for any reason. In such a circumstance, all winners will be selected based on entries received to date of termination. Sponsor also reserves the right to modify this Contest in the event an insufficient number of entries are received and/or an insufficient number of entries meet the minimum judging criteria.
In the event that two similar entries are received, only the entry judged to best meet criteria as set by Sponsor will be included in the final judging. Entrants agree to indemnify Sponsor their affiliated and subsidiary companies from and against any and all claims and liabilities arising out of or in connection with this Contest. Any dispute regarding submission of online entry will be deemed submitted by the authorized account holder of the email address submitted at the time of entry. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an email address by an internet access provider, online service provider, or other organizations (e.g. business, educational institute) that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address. Sponsor is the official timekeeper for this Contest. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any person tampering with the operation of the website or the entry process.