Here are details about Rosebud Restaurants‘ Meatball Contest & Celebration Event, directly from the Facebook Event page:

Do you have the (meat)balls? Rosebud Restaurants’ announces a day of festivities to show our appreciation for the local community who have supported us for over 35 years.

THIS IS EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC and marks the launch of Santa Margherita’s Chianti Classico Riserva 2007 vintage wine!
We challenge cooks everywhere with any level of expertise to submit their best meatball recipe for a chance to be one of ten… lucky finalists to compete in the industry professional kitchen in the restaurant where the Rosebud tradition was born—Rosebud Café at 1500 West Taylor Street in Chicago—on Sunday, May 22, 2011. The ten contestants will look like the real deal in their professional chef jackets embroidered with his or her name while competing for some extravagant prizes.
Celebrity judges will choose grand, second, and third place winners based on each recipe’s taste, texture, and visual appeal. These judges will include:
* Rosebud Executive Chef, and author of the CIBO cookbook, Michael Ponzio.
* Rosebud Corporate Chef and Escoffier Award for Excellence recipient Brian Wright
* Kendall College’s Chef Instructor Paul Tenaglia
* President of NBC5 Chicago Larry Wert
* Representative from Terlato Wines

All selected contestants will receive a professional chef jacket embroidered with his or her name to keep, along with other complimentary items. You could win some extravagant prizes!!! (more details to follow)

Chef Ponzio will be serving up free samples of Rosebud’s famous meatballs, as well as items from our sponsors, such as Terlato Wines. He will be available to autograph his Italian cookbook titled Cibo, as well as to field questions from fans and press alongside our Corporate Chef and Escoffier Award for Excellence recipient Brian Wright.

This event is open to the public, so bring your friends and family to support you as you compete for some fabulous 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes!
(SNEAK PEEK: The Grand Prize is a trip to wine country!)

The whole city could taste your meatballs! The winning recipe will be offered as a special at Rosebud On Rush (720 N Rush, Chicago) for one full week!

Send your recipe, contact info, & a few sentence description about yourself to: Rosebud Corporate Office
Attention: Meatball Contest
1419 W Diversey Parkway
Chicago IL, 60614

OR Fax to (773) 325-9708 OR Email meatball@rosebud-restaurants.com

Rosebud Restaurants invites you to celebrate with the winner while enjoying live DJ entertainment by Mike Capraro; meet prestigious chefs and experience what quality cuisine is all about. We are proud to work with any media and press interested in covering this exhilarating event. For more information, please contact Nancy Barabba at nbarabba@gmail.com or (630) 327-1913. We will be happy to provide any supplemental materials needed, such as Chef biographies or pictures.