Grilled Cheese for a Good Cause
Sunday, February 4, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm
Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, 101 Main Street in Pioneer Alley, Cooperstown

Get tickets to the 2025 Grilled Cheese for a Good Cause on February 2, 2025 here.

Enjoy gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches and soup by local chefs, desserts by the Otesaga, and local beer, wine, and sweet or sparkling non-alcoholic cider. Stoddard Hollow String Band will perform. This event, part of Cooperstown Winter Carnival, is a fun and delicious way to support the year-round Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, which Otsego 2000 founded in 1991.

Chefs making gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches:

• Michelle Iannelli-Rubin, Social Eats Café

• Jesse Pascale, Rock Hill Farm

• Dana Leonard Sanders, Origins Café

• Tim Searles, Doubleday Café 

• Brian Wrubleski, Mel’s at 22

• Jenee Rasmussen, Crumhorn Coffee House

• Anthony Leberto, Brimstone Bakery

Chefs making soup:

• Dasang Gurung, Norbu

• Cheryl Zamelis, Sunflower Cafe

• Anthony Leberto, Brimstone Bakery

• Alex Webster, Cooperstown Farmers’ Market Manager

• Brian Wrubleski, Mel’s at 22

Chefs making desserts:

• Peter Calhoun, the Otesaga

• Pam DiLiberto, By the Handful

The grilled cheese sandwiches will be made on Heidelberg Bread with local cheese, including:

• Byebrook Farm Gouda

• Windy Hill Farm Chèvre

• Mountain View Dairy Swiss and Camembert

• Harpersfield Farmstead Tilsit

• Spurbeck’s Cheddar

• Crumhorn Coffee House Vegan Mozzarella

TICKETS
Your ticket includes a selection of gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches featuring local cheeses, fabulous chef-made soups and desserts, and a complimentary beverage (beer, wine, sweet or cider).

Tickets are $35 for adults, $15 for children 6-12 years old. No charge for children under 6.
All proceeds benefit the Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, which is open year-round on Saturdays.

Get tickets to the 2025 Grilled Cheese for a Good Cause on February 2, 2025 here.

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