OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. OPEN ONLY TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, WHO ARE OF LEGAL AGE OF MAJORITY IN THEIR JURISDICTION OF RESIDENCE (AND AT LEAST 18 YEARS OF AGE). VOID OUTSIDE THE STATE OF GEORGIA AND WHERE PROHIBITED. Employees (and their immediate families (parent, child, spouse or sibling and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and those living in their same households, whether or not related) of Comcast Spotlight, Inc., T.W. Garner Food Company and Peach Bowl, Inc. (collectively, the "Sponsors"), and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries and advertising and promotion agencies are not eligible to enter or win. By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the judges and/or Sponsors, which are binding and final on matters relating to this sweepstakes. Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws.
The sweepstakes begins at 12:01 a.m. ("ET") on July 25, 2011 and ends at 11:59 p.m. ET on August 14, 2011 ("Sweepstakes Period"). To enter, visit www.kickoffcookoff.com and complete all of the required information and follow all instructions to submit the official entry form. Limit 1 entry per person/email address. All entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. ET on August 15 to be eligible. Entries generated by script, macro or other automated means are void. All entries become the property of Sponsors and will not be acknowledged or returned.
To Enter Contest: To enter the contest, complete the official registration form at www.kickoffcookoff.com, and submit a full recipe for a tailgating entrée that can be prepared on a gas or charcoal grill. Also submit a written description of 50 words or less of your recipe or your perfect tailgate party. All entries must be original creations and cannot have been previously published or entered in any other competition.
Winners Selection: On or about 8/17/11 the judges will select six winning finalist Cook-off Contestants from all valid entries received. Entries will be judged on ingredients, creativity and originality of the recipe, and creativity of the written description. Judging will be done by a panel of independent judges whose decisions will be final and binding on all matters relating to this portion of the Contest. The six finalists will be notified by telephone. Finalist Cook-off Contestants will be required to complete, sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Agreement to Attend, a Liability Release, and, where legal, a Publicity Release, within 3 days of receipt of notification and documents. If a finalist does not return documents timely, or if documents are returned as non-deliverable, or if a finalist is found to be ineligible or not in compliance with these Official Rules, then their participation will be forfeited and awarded to an alternate finalist.
Cook-off Contest: Each of the six winning finalist Cook-off Contestants must be willing to participate in a Cook-off Contest of tailgate recipes on Saturday, 9/4/10 to be held in front of the Georgia World Congress Center at the 2010 Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game in Atlanta. If a selected winning finalist Cook-off Contestant is not able to participate in the Cook-off Contest, an alternate winning finalist Cook-off Contestant will be selected. Contestants will prepare only one entree, which must be the same recipe that was submitted to be selected as a finalist, and can be prepared in a 2 ½ hour window. Marinades may be completed prior to the event; however, actual preparation and cooking must not begin prior to start of Cook-off Contest. Each finalist Cook-off Contestant will have a dedicated cooking/grilling area to set-up and may have a total of 2 people with them while cooking. Sponsor will provide access to shared electrical outlets and a common food prep area. Contestants are responsible for providing all ingredients and cooking materials. Contestants may begin preparation of recipes at 2:00 pm EST and must have selected entree prepared by 4:30 pm EST when judging will occur. All cooking materials, supplies and trash must be fully removed by 7pm.
Cook-off Contest Judging and Winner: A panel of independent judges will judge the Cook-off Contest entries, with judging held at approximately 5 pm, or at the conclusion of the cooking period. The food will be brought from the cooking area to a dedicated judging station, where the judges will sample the recipes and a Cook-off Contest Winner will be announced upon completion of the sampling. All decisions of these judges are final and binding with respect to this portion of the contest. Entries will be judged on taste, originality, presentation, and uniqueness of ingredients.
Weather: If for any reason the event sponsors or venue officials determine that the weather is unsuitable to either begin or complete the Cook-off, all contestants names will be placed into a random drawing and the first prize will be awarded to the contestant whose name is pulled in a blind-drawing.
Prizes: Each finalist Cook-off Contestant will receive two tickets ($180) to the Chick-fil-A Bowl on December 31, 2011 and a Big Green Egg ($600).
The Cook-off Contest Winner will receive a "Chick-fil-A Kickoff Cook-off Package" consisting of: four tickets to the Chick-fil-A Bowl on December 31, 2011 ($300), tailgating chairs ($75), brand new set of cookware ($400). Prizes are non-transferable, and no substitutions or cash in lieu of prize permitted. All expenses not listed above in attending the Chick-fil-A Bowl Game are the responsibility of winners. Winners solely responsible for all expenses, costs or fees associated with acceptance and/or use of the prize not specified herein as being awarded including, without limitation, any and all taxes. Winners may not substitute, assign or transfer prize, but Sponsors reserve the right, at their sole discretion, to substitute a prize with one of comparable or greater value. Prize is awarded "as is" with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied by Sponsors. All prize details are at Sponsors’ sole discretion.
GENERAL CONDITIONS: Released Parties (as defined below) are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, inaccurate, stolen, delayed, misdirected, undelivered or garbled entries or email; or for lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), website, or other connections, availability or accessibility or miscommunications or failed computer, satellite, telephone or cable transmissions, lines, or technical failure or jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions or computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or other errors or difficulties of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic, computer, network, typographical, printing or otherwise relating to or in connection with the sweepstakes, including, without limitation, errors or difficulties which may occur in connection with the administration of the sweepstakes, the processing of entries, the announcement of the prizes, or in any sweepstakes-related materials. Released Parties are also not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by site users, tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the sweepstakes. Released Parties are not responsible for injury or damage to participants' or to any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating in this sweepstakes or downloading materials from or use of the website. Persons who tamper with or abuse any aspect of the sweepstakes or website or who are in violation of these Official Rules, as solely determined by Sponsors, will be disqualified and all associated entries will be void. Should any portion of the sweepstakes be, in Sponsors’ sole opinion, compromised by virus, worms, bugs, non-authorized human intervention or other causes which, in the sole opinion of the Sponsors, corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play, or submission of entries, Sponsors reserve the right at their sole discretion to suspend, modify or terminate the sweepstakes and, if terminated, at their discretion, select the potential winners from all eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to action taken. Entrants, by participating, agree that Sponsors, and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries and advertising and promotion agencies, and all of their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents (collectively, "Released Parties") will have no liability whatsoever for, and shall be held harmless by entrants against, any liability, for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind, including death, to persons, or property resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of any prize or participation in this sweepstakes. Each winner, by acceptance of prize, except where legally prohibited, grants permission for Sponsors and their respective designees to use his/her name, address (city and state), photograph, voice and/or other likeness and prize information for advertising, trade and promotional purposes without further compensation, in all media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide in perpetuity, without notice or review or approval. In the event of a dispute regarding entries received from multiple users having the same e-mail account, the authorized subscriber of the e-mail account at the time of entry will be deemed to be the entrant and must comply with these rules. Authorized account subscriber is the natural person who is assigned the e-mail address by the Internet Service Provider (ISP), on-line service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of any entrant and Sponsors, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Georgia, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of Georgia or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than Georgia. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. In the event that any such provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable, these rules shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or unenforceable provision was not contained therein.
DISPUTES: As a condition of participating, entrant agrees that a) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental, consequential, or any other damages, other than for actual out of pocket expenses, if any, and b) all causes of action arising out of or connected with this sweepstakes, or any compensation or credit to be provided, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; and c) any and all claims, judgments, and award shall be limited to actual out of pocket costs incurred, if any, and in no event shall entrant be entitled to receive attorneys’ fees or other legal costs or expenses.
WINNERS LIST: For the names of the winners (available after September 4, 2011), send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Kickoff Cook-off Winners, Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game, 235 Andrew Young International Boulevard, Atlanta, GA 30303, for receipt no later than September 30, 2011. Sponsors have sixty (60) days to process your request after receipt.
ADMINISTRATOR AND OPERATOR CONTACT INFORMATION: PEACH BOWL, INC., 235 ANDREW YOUNG INTERNATIONAL BOULEVARD, ATLANTA, GA, 30303.