

In December, Summerfest organizers sued the firm for more than $1,025,000, alleging Klement's breached its multi-year sponsorship agreement by not yet paying its 2022 fee. and Milwaukee World Festival mutually agreed to end their sponsorship agreement. The move comes just weeks after Klement's Sausage Co. More: 'I got the best of both worlds': Johnsonville's corporate chef finding new flavors for sausage, bratwurst To finally be the sponsor of Summerfest is something that has been a lifelong dream." Most of our children live in greater Milwaukee. "It's an absolute honor to be asked to be part of Summerfest," said Ralph Stayer, retired CEO and owner of Johnsonville. The multi-year agreement begins this year and includes a Johnsonville Summerville footprint and stage and designation as the "Official Sausage, Hot Dog and Sausage Stick of Summerfest." Sheboygan Falls-based Johnsonville LLC signed on Friday as a sponsor of Milwaukee World Festival Inc., which produces Summerfest. and Alice Stayer, Johnsonville remains a family-owned company of obsessed sausage-makers that employs and develops approximately 3,000 members globally.įor more information about Johnsonville, please visit or join us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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See official details, rules and prizing information at To enjoy the Tongsman commercials, please visit the Johnsonville YouTube channel. 4 for the live cook-off event with Melissa Cookston and Richard Ingraham, will also receive a pair of tickets to the SEC Championship game, a $1,000 travel voucher, lodging for two nights and a Tongsman swag bag. The two finalists selected to join Johnsonville on Dec. The grand prize-winning Tongsman can win a new Pit Boss grill, a year’s supply of Johnsonville Sausage, grilling accessories and swag, and a custom set of titanium tongs. The two Tongsmen finalists will battle it out grilling their favorite sausage-based recipe during a 30-minute contest in hopes of being crowned the Titanium Tongsman! Each finalist will be paired with a celebrity chef – either 7-time world BBQ champion and restaurateur Melissa Cookston or Chef Richard Ingraham, cookbook author and personal chef to Dwayne and Gabrielle Wade and other athletes. 31, Johnsonville will choose two finalists to compete in a live cook-off event with Johnsonville before the Dec. Is it a favorite sausage recipe? Elite tong-flipping skills? Or maybe just a variety of sausages on the grill?Īfter the contest ends on Oct. Between now and consumers are asked to share a photo or video to Instagram or Twitter using #JohnsonvilleTongsmanContest, showing off how they make room on the grill for Johnsonville sausage. This fall, Johnsonville is searching for the best Tongsmen in the South through its Titanium Tongsman Contest. There are Grillmasters and there are Tongsmen: the proudest of the proud carnivores whose level of tailgating and grilling wisdom knows no bounds and that no grill is complete without sausage.
