Are you ready to take a bite out of National Hamburger month? Come celebrate this scrumptious occasion with us at your local grocery for our second Golden Ticket event!

The hamburger is indeed quite the cause for celebration. Imagine a warm day in May and you just sat down to enjoy a delicious, juicy hamburger right off the grill. The bun has been perfectly toasted with a thin layer of rich Tillamook Butter and topping the patty is a perfectly melted slice of award winning Tillamook Medium Cheddar. Or if you’d like to add a little spice to your life you could also decorate your hamburger with some of our Pepper Jack Cheese! Those sweet peppers and jalapeños might be the perfect kick to make your hamburger extra spectacular. But, don’t let us tell you what to do, pick out your favorite loaf and make your very own hamburger!

Want to win a free loaf for that hamburger? On May 18th at select stores in Sacramento and San Antonio, we’ll be hiding tickets every hour around various items related to hamburgers. If you are the lucky winner who finds one of the tickets in store you may redeem a coupon for a free loaf of any Tillamook Cheese your heart desires! However, that’s the just the beginning! If you find a golden ticket you will also be entered to win a year’s supply of Tillamook Cheese! Imagine all the cheesy creations that you could make with a years’ supply of cheese!

If you want a slice of all this cheesiness, check the Loaf Love Tour schedule to find out which store is nearest to you on this special day. We look forward to see you then!

Post by Elisa of the West Team!

By Tillamook

Get your grilled cheese on with Tillamook all month long on Pinterest! What better way to celebrate these delicious 30 days than with recipes, tips, and all things grilled cheesy!? Each day, a new pin on our “Grilled Cheese (Smorgas)Board” Pinterest board will be revealed for our fans! Tune in for chances to repin and win!
Follow along here!

To enter sweepstakes:
1) Follow Tillamook on Pinterest
2) Repin any “Win This” pin for a chance to win that item!
3) All winners will be announced at the end of the month on their re-pinned pin, and the original Tillamook pin
Official contest rules

By Loafy

Do you know someone whose fridge is full of processed cheese, artificial sweeteners, and products made from milk with artificial growth hormones? Help them start the new year off right with a Tillamook Fridge Mookover!

Tell us at fans@tillamook.com about the person (and their fridge!) who’s in desperate need of a Tillamook Fridge Mookover by January 18, 2013 (midnight PST). Tillamook will pick one winner to receive a prize pack of yummy Tillamook products to give their fridge a makeover. The person who sends the winning nomination will also receive a prize pack!

Prize

A Tillamook Fridge Mookover including:
• 3 Free 2 lb Tillamook Cheese coupons
• 2 Free 2 lb Sharp Cheddar Tillamook Cheese coupons
• 2 Free 12 oz Sliced Tillamook Cheese coupons
• 2 Free 1 lb Tillamook Butter coupons
• 30 Free 6 oz Tillamook Yogurt coupons
• 2 Free Tillamook Sour Cream coupons
• 4 Free Tillamook Ice Cream coupons

Enter January 7-18

How to Enter Contest:
1) Read the official contest rules.
2) Nominate the person you feel is most in need of a Tillamook Fridge Mookover by Friday, January 18, 2013 (midnight PST) by emailing fans@tillamook.com. Include the email address for the person you’re nominating and any photos you want to share in your submission!
3) Tillamook will choose the best nomination on the basis of creativity, composition, and consistency with the Tillamook brand reputation. The Fridge Mookover Prize will be awarded to one nominee and the person who nominated them.
4) Winner will be notified January 21 by email, so keep an eye on your inbox!
5) Winner will be announced January 23 on the Loaf Life Blog.

By Loafy

Win a trip for 2 to the Grilled Cheese Invitational!
Tillamook Video Competition
April 1-14

Take your grilled cheese masterpiece all the way to the Grilled Cheese Invitational in L.A.!

Thousands of grilled cheese enthusiasts gather to express their love for the brilliant blend of bread, butter, and melted cheese at the nation’s greatest and gooiest cook-off, the Grilled Cheese Invitational! Flex your melt-making muscles by taking your grilled cheese recipe all the way to Los Angeles where you’ll fight for the toasty title of Grilled Cheese Invitational champion.

How to Enter:
Create a video showing us how to make your one-of-a-kind grilled cheese masterpiece (Need inspiration? Visit the Tillamook Kitchen!). Post your video to YouTube and email a link to the video to fans@Tillamook.com. If you’re selected as the winner, you’ll have the opportunity to enter your sandwich in the Grilled Cheese Invitational!
 
A Few Requirements:
-Your video should be no longer than two minutes (Don’t worry about sharing every step of the process, like slicing and other prep work. Include steps such as assembly and cooking.)
- Your sandwich should use at least one type of Tillamook Cheese (duh!), but other cheeses are welcome too.
-Your videos should be appropriate (please wear pants and keep language kosher).
-Have fun and be creative! Show us that your grilled cheese is a standout sammich.
-To submit your video, email the following to fans@Tillamook.com: your full name, daytime phone number, and the URL to your YouTube video.
-Last day to submit videos is Thursday, April 14!

Please read the official rules before participating.
 
Prize:
The grand prize winner will receive a trip for two to sunny Los Angeles, California!  The trip includes two nights stay in a hotel, car service, meals, and cost of entry into the Grilled Cheese Invitational. Tillamook will also provide the ingredients for your sandwich at the invitational.

Bread, Butter, Cheese, Victory!

By Loafy

My absolute favorite part of our new website is the Tillamook Kitchen. It’s filled with amazing recipes – truly unique sandwiches and more – from chefs at three of our Tillamook-loving partner restaurants: The AMERICAN Grilled Cheese Kitchen, Bunk Bar, and the Grilled Cheese Truck. These chefs were cooking with Tillamook before we even met them!

I have to admit, I’m not much of a cook… but I do love trying new food! The best part about these recipes is that they’re not overly-complicated, but they’re still unique and creative. They’re definitely not your mom’s PB&J (please don’t tell your mom I said that!).

The Tillamook Kitchen even has video recipes to coach you along. They feature our partner chefs preparing their tasty masterpieces while they divulge some of their helpful chef secrets. These videos are inspiring – they make me feel like even I can melt some sandwich magic. I seriously can’t wait to try them all.

We want you to try them, too! During the next two weeks, we’re holding a “Make, Review, Win Tillamook!” contest. All you have to do is make one of these delicious recipes, write a review on our website, and you could win a free Tillamook Baby Loaf Love gift box!

Here’s how to enter:

1. Between February 14 – February 25, visit the Tillamook Kitchen on our new website.

2. Browse our new recipes and pick any one of them that you’d like to try.

3. Gather ingredients and start cooking!

4. Eat what you whipped up (best part).

5. Review – An area to write a review for the recipe you made is located at the bottom of each recipe page.

6. At 5 p.m. on Friday, February 25, come back to the Loaf Life Blog to see if you’ve won and find out how to claim your prize.

All entries must be received before noon on Friday, February 25. You can review as many different recipes as you’d like!

Each person who writes a recipe review will be automatically entered into a random drawing to receive a free Tillamook Baby Loaf Love gift box! We’ll select 10 winners total and announce them on the Loaf Life Blog on Friday, February 25, before 5pm. Tune in on this date to see if you’ve won and to find out how to get your free Baby Loaf Love gift box!

Contest Official Rules

By Loafy

1) Cinnamon Banana Bliss
2) A machine that separates curd from whey
3) Yes, at WinCo

Now for the final round of questions!

1) Which two Tillamook Yogurt flavors are now available in larger 32 oz containers?

2) A historical Tillamook Cheese Advertisement from February 23, 1928 claims that “Tillamook cheese increases ____ _____ ____” (3 words).

3) What ingredient does partner chef Dave Danhi of the Grilled Cheese Truck put on the bread used in the Pepperbelly Melt to “cut the heat for sandwiches that cook longer” (i.e., might easily burn). (Hint – you may have to watch a video!)

Please note that your comment won’t be immediately visible to the public – only to Tillamook staff – until today’s Scavenger Hunt has ended. If you need a reminder on how to participate, see this blog post.

Good luck!

By Loafy

Here’s how to play:

1. Visit our Loaf Life blog each day at 10 a.m (PST). Look for the newest post titled “Tillamook.com Scavenger Hunt: Day 1” (or Day 2, 3, 4, or 5… depending on the day).

2. After reading the new questions each day, find their answers somewhere on Tillamook.com. The answer to each question can be located on the website. You may just have to search for a while… but that’s the fun of a scavenger hunt!

3. Come back to that day’s blog post and leave a comment on the blog post with your answers. Your comment won’t be visible to the public – only to Tillamook staff – until the Scavenger Hunt has ended.

Of those who provide the correct answers to the Tillamook.com Scavenger Hunt, we’ll randomly select a new winner each day (February 7 – February 11). Winner will be announced on the Loaf Life Blog the following week day.

Play before 11:59 p.m. (PST) on the day that the blog is posted to qualify to win!

And now to get to the fun part… today’s questions!

Tillamook.com Scavenger Hunt Questions: Day 1

1. Who owns Tillamook?

2. How many pounds of cheese does Tillamook make each day?

3. Partner chef Tommy Habetz of Bunk Bar has a preferred way to eat the Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Sandwich – what’s his method? (hint – you may have to watch a video!)

Official Contest Rules

Photo courtesy of rightee

By Loafy

What year did Tillamook first make ice cream? When is National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Month? How many pounds of fresh milk arrive at the Tillamook Cheese Factory each day? If  you tested your Cheese IQ this week, you probably know the answers to all of these questions, plus more!

To celebrate the new Tillamook.com, we invited fans to test their Cheese IQ every day this week for the chance to win a tasty Tillamook Cheese gift box. Congratulations to our winners: Beth Simmons, Serena Van Vranken, and Lori Miller (plus two more people we’re waiting to hear back from).  Thanks for testing your Cheese IQ! You can now brag about your status as a Tillamook Cheese turophile.

For those of you who didn’t win this week, don’t worry! You can still come back to test your Cheese IQ every month. After today, we’ll pick a monthly winner who will receive a Tillamook Cheese gift box.

We hope you had fun playing the Cheese IQ Quiz! We created it with our cheesiest fans in mind.

By Loafy

Do you notice anything different about our website? Anything at all?

Today we’re celebrating the launch of a brand new Tillamook.com! Over the past six months, we’ve been diligently working away to create a new, fun, interactive, and educational website.  We hope you’ll spend some time exploring it!

Some new features that we’re especially excited about include the Cheese IQ Quiz (play for the chance to win free cheese!), an awesome new recipes section, and this Loaf Life Blog!

To celebrate our brand new website, we’ll be holding several different contests over the next few weeks. This week, we’ll be giving away one free Tillamook gift box every day until Friday!

Entering is easy (and fun, too!). Here’s how:

1. During the week of January 31 – February 4, visit the “Cheese IQ” game on our website.
2. Click on the “Start Now” button.
3. Play our new Cheese IQ game until you reach 100 points.
4. Once you reach 100 points, a window will pop up. Fill out your info… now you’re entered to win a Tillamook Cheese gift box!

Play before 3pm (PST) to qualify for the day’s drawing. We’ll randomly select a new winner each day (January 31 – February 4). Winners will be notified via email and announced on the Tillamook Loaf Life Blog at the end of the week. If you don’t win this week, keep coming back to play! After February 4, we’ll pick a new Cheese IQ winner each month who will receive a Tillamook Cheese gift box.

Don’t forget to come back in the following weeks for other fun giveaways as we continue to celebrate the new Tillamook.com website!

By Laura

Congratulations to Tillamook Facebook fan Mary Korte for winning our Cheesy Holidays Contest! Here’s what Mary has to say about her super cheesy and crafty Christmas tree:

It is made on a bulletin board with wrapping paper and construction paper and adorned with all of our cheesy handmade ornaments that the children have made over the years. The cheesiest thing of all… It stays up all year long!

Thanks to everyone who entered the contest! We enjoyed reading your entries. Hope you had a wonderfully happy and cheesy Holiday season!

By Tillamook