Media Relations

Find press releases and photos available for download here.

For more information or to be put on the list to receive press releases and invitations to Pasadena Restaurant Week, Cheeseburger Week, Julia Child Citywide Cocktail Party or SIP-tember events please email paul@pasadena-chamber.org or call 626-795-3355 and ask for Paul.

Cheeseburger Week and the Cheeseburger Challenge

 

SIP-tember: A Celebration of the Cocktail and the SIP-tember Cocktail Bracket  Challenge return August 15th through September 25th.

• SIP-tember Postcard 2014 v.3a
• PRESS RELEASE SIP-tember 2014 v.1
• SIP-tember 2014 Press Release v.2
• SIP-tember 2014 Brackets Press Release

Cheeseburger Week is January 12-17, 2014.Download the press releases here. For further information, interviews, photos or to be put in the list for email updates and press releases please contact Paul Little at 626-795-3355 or email paul@pasadena-chamber.org.

• Cheeseburger Week press release v.1

Here are Cheeseburger Week 2013 press materials:

• Pasadena Cheeseburger Week 2013 teaser
• Cheeseburger Week 2013 v.1 10-12
• Cheeseburger Week Cheeseburger Crawl 2013
• Kings Row Gastropub creates Mars Rover Burger for 2013 Cheeseburger Week
• Cheeseburger Challenge results 2013

SIP-tember returns to Pasadena August 15 through September 25, 2013. Kicking off with a Citywide Cocktail Party to Celebrate Julia Child’s 100th Birthday on August 15th, the second Pasadena celebration of the cocktail includes a cocktail bracket challenge taking place over six weeks.  SIP-tember culminates in live taste-off of the finalists to determine Pasadena’s favorite cocktail.

Download the 2012 press releases here:

• 6-4-12 Pasadena Julia Child Cocktail Party v. 1
• Pasadena Julia Child Cocktail Party 7-11-12
• SIP-tember Cocktail Bracket Challenge 2012 v. 2
• SIP-tember brackets unveiled 7-31-12
• Julia Child Cocktail Party Special Events 8-8-12

Here is some of our TV coverage for the Julia Child Citywide Cocktail Party 2012:

• KABC-7 nighttime news coverage 8-15-2012
• KABC – 7 evening news coverage 8-15-2012
• KABC-7 afternoon news coverage 8-15-2012

Pasadena Restaurant Week is Sunday, April 20th through Friday, April 25th.

Restaurant Week 2012 Press Releases:

• Celebrate Culinary Excellence Restaurant Week v.1 2-8-12
• Restaurant Week 2012 Raffle Release – March 1, 2012
• Restaurant Week 2012 v.3 new restaurants- March 8, 2012
• Pasadena Restaurant Week 2012 v.4 – Take the Challenge-March 15, 2012

Here is some of the material and coverage for our inaugural Pasadena Cheeseburger Week January, 2012:

• Pasadena Chamber Cheeseburger Week Press Release 12-19-2011

Links to verification of Pasadena as the home of the cheeseburger:

Los Angeles Times: http://articles.latimes.com/1994-03-25/local/me-38507_1_pasadena-high

What’s Cooking America: http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/HamburgerHistory.htm

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheeseburger

LACurbed.com: http://la.curbed.com/archives/2010/11/was_the_cheeseburger_invented_in_highland_park_or_pasadena.php

enotes.com: http://www.enotes.com/topic/Cheeseburger

Pasadena Sun story on origins of the cheeseburger: http://www.pasadenasun.com/news/tn-pas-0113-the-cheeseburger-was-invented-in-pasadena-probably-20120113,0,34915.story

Even the Brits are taking notice of our cheeseburger heritage:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2087592/Was-cheeseburger-big-mistake-How-hapless-chef-accidentally-invented-Americas-popular-dish.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

And finally, the LA Times even runs a photo of the original roadside stand at 150 West Colorado in Pasadena:

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-burger-claim-20120116,0,4687494.story

Cheeseburger Week spokesburger photo: