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Sardine Factory Launches Contest to Celebrate 50 Year Anniversary
Enter for a Chance to Win Dinner for 12 in the Legendary Sardine Factory Wine Cellar
The Sardine Factory opened on October 2, 1968 and in celebration of the Golden 50th Anniversary the restaurant has launched The Sardine Factory Golden Memories Contest. Everyone who has ever dined at the restaurant is invited to share their favorite memory for a chance to win dinner for 12 people in the world famous Sardine Factory Wine Cellar, complete with wine pairing. The public will vote on the entries to select a winner.
The contest runs from June – August 2018 and is separated into two rounds of voting, with all entries narrowed to three finalists who will be announced at the end of August. The top three stories will be published in The Monterey Herald and Monterey County Weekly. A final winner will be selected in October by popular vote.
The Sardine Factory has won virtually every culinary, wine, and service award possible. A "once in a lifetime experience" is how most guests describe the opportunity to dine in the Wine Cellar. Lavishly opulent, it is carved into arched brick catacombs, with wrought iron-gated wine vaults surrounding the 25-foot banquet table hewn from a single piece of downed Big Sur redwood.
Over the years the Sardine Factory Wine Cellar has hosted celebrities, movie stars, sports legends and public figures from all over the world including Clint Eastwood, Tony Bennett, Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Leon Panetta, Phil Mickelson, Vijay Singh, Kenny G, Ray Romano, and Prince Albert II of Monaco to name a few. Celebrity Chefs who have dined at the restaurant include Julia Child, Chef Masaharu Morimoto, best known as an Iron Chef from the television shows Iron Chef and Iron Chef America, and Food Network star and television host Rachel Ray. The restaurant was also one of the locations for the first film directed by Clint Eastwood, Play Misty for Me.
Entries should be 200 words or less and can be submitted by going to the Sardine Factory website www.sardinefactory.com. The contest winner will be notified by email and/or phone within 7 days of the end of the contest on October 5, 2018. Scheduling of the prize dinner will be based on availability and coordinated between the Sardine Factory and the winning party.
For more information call (831) 373-3775.
About The Sardine Factory
Established in 1968, The Sardine Factory is known for its impeccable service, wonderful décor, extraordinary wine collection, fresh locally grown produce, delicious sustainable seafood, and USDA prime beef. Over the years The Sardine Factory has hosted celebrities, movie stars, sports legends, and public figures from all over the world. The restaurant was also one of the locations for the first film directed by Clint Eastwood, Play Misty for Me. The Sardine Factory has received virtually every culinary, wine list and service award possible in the industry, including the Wine Spectator’s Grand Award, Restaurant Hospitality's Best Wine List in America, voted the Best Restaurant in Monterey by readers of the Monterey County Weekly, Monterey County Herald, and Carmel Pine Cone newspapers, named Top Ten Most Romantic Restaurants on the Central Coast by Open Table, in addition to many other honors and awards. For more information, please visit sardinefactory.com.