It's time to reap the benefits of your own delectable burger recipe. If you have an idea for your own unique burger recipe that always receives praise from your guests for its delectable delight, now is the moment to serve it on the table of hundreds of burger lovers alongside Sutter Home Wine. When you pair your burger with Sutter Home Wine, it always tastes better. Sutter Home's annual Better Burger Recipe Contest has returned to find the greatest, juiciest homemade burger recipes. If you are a master of handmade burgers and have a fantastic homemade burger recipe, enter it in the Sutter Home Build a Better Burger Contest 2023 for a cash prize of $25000. There are also some additional prizes to be won, such as tickets for a professional baseball game and a free stay at a hotel in St. Helena, CA.

CLICK HERE TO ENTER: https://buildabetterburgercontest.com/#enter

Limit: Participants must be 21 years or older. There is no limit on the number of recipes you may submit.

How to participate in Sutter Home Build A Better Burger Recipe Contest 2023:
First, create an original burger recipe to pair with a Sutter Home wine

Online: Visit www.buildabetterburger.com and follow on-screen instructions to complete the entry form with legal personal details and the name of your Recipe, your ideal Sutter Home wine pairing, patty type, bread/bun type, introduction, list of ingredients, recipe instructions, recipe yield, and how you learned of the contest.

Please note your state of legal residence will decide your cook-off region. You can also add cooking tips and/or upload a photograph of yourself or your completed burger with the entry.

Confirmation of Entry:

After making one-time registration, your recipe will be reviewed to make sure that your Submission obeys these Official Rules. Once your Recipe is reviewed, the confirmation email will be sent to the email address you entreated on the registration form.

Determining the Semi-Finalists:
From all received eligible entries, (20) Semi-Finalists (four (4) from each region) will be selected on the basis of the judging criteria:

Perceived Taste Appeal (40%) Does the recipe sound appealing?
Creativity (25%) Is this recipe creative and one of a kind?
Ease of Preparation (25%) Could anyone create this burger by following the recipe?
Perceived Wine Pairing (10%) Does the wine complement and enhance the burger?
All potential Semi-Finalists will be notified starting on or about August 4, 2023, to August 10, 2023.

Determining the National Finalists:
After that, all 20 semi-finalists have to prepare their unique burger recipe in a live cooking competition which will conduct at the tailgate lot near a professional baseball stadium on pre-determined dates listed in official rules.

A qualified panel of judges will select four (4) National Finalists one per region on the basis of the following judging criteria:

Taste (40%): Does the burger taste good?
Creativity (25%): Is this burger creative and one of a kind?
Ease of Preparation (25%): How easily was the chef able to prepare the recipe?
Pairing with Wine (10%): Does the wine complement and enhance the burger?
Build A Better Burger Recipe Contest 2023 Grand-Prize Winner Selection:
After that, all four finalists will compete together on October 6, 2023, at Sutter Home Winery in St. Helena, CA.

Judges will judge each burger based on the criteria below:

Taste (40%): Does the burger taste good?
Creativity (25%): Is this burger creative and one of a kind?
Ease of Preparation (25%): How easily was the chef able to prepare the recipe?
Pairing with Wine (10%): Does the wine complement and enhance the burger?
One National Finalist with the highest total score will be declared the Grand Prize Winner.

Build A Better Burger Contest Prizes:
One grand prize winner will receive a $25,000 cash prize.

Twenty Semi-finalist winners will each receive two professional baseball game tickets in the Regional Semi-Finalist Cook-Off city and one $200 pre-paid debit card for required burger ingredients. (ARV: $1800 for each)

Five national finalist winners will each receive two nights of double occupancy hotel accommodations in St. Helena, CA, economy-class airfare, daily, reimbursement of the rental car, and one $650 pre-paid debit card to be used for meals, rental car, or at the discretion of the Finalist. (ARV: $3500 for each)