CONGRATULATIONS TO MHAYSIE RUIZ, adobo cookoff 2025 champion!

What a milestone at this year’s Adobo Cookoff for a Cause! 👏👏 Big congratulations to our 2025 Champion, Mhaysie Ruiz — the FIRST to ever win BOTH People’s Choice and Critics’ Choice at our fundraiser for @gapachorus! 🎉 To top it off, we had our first-ever sold-out event and raised a record-breaking $4,000! 🙌

Thank you to our amazing chefs—@maycsang, @floralswithgrace @plants.with.grace, @kevo.actual, @pazmack84, @aye.brittnay, and @cristina_thebaker—who poured their hearts into every dish. You turned this into a true celebration of culture, community, and connection! 🙏🏽♥️

nominate your adobo cook for 2026 here!

Adobo CookOff for a Cause 2022 Champ George Andrews came to attend our 2024 event!

The Adobo Cook Off is our most delicious tradition—an annual showdown celebrating one of the Philippines’ most beloved dishes: Adobo. It’s more than a food competition—it’s a fundraiser for a local nonprofit and a flavorful way to bring the community together!

Each year, the event gets bigger, bolder, and even more competitive, with home cooks and chefs battling for the title of Adobo Cook Off Champion—as chosen by a panel of guest judges and YOU, the adobo-loving public.

This Year’s Cause

In 2025, we’re proud to support the GLBTQ+ Asian Pacific Alliance (GAPA) Men’s Chorus, a group that uplifts queer Asian and Pacific Islander men through music, community, and shared experience. We raised $4,000 for their cause in just 2 hours!

How It Works

🎟️ Tickets

$50 in advance
$55 at the door

Choose your tasting time:
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM or 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

🎫 Each Ticket Includes:

One hour to sample all 6 competing Adobo recipes
Unlimited Jasmine rice
Bottomless Red Horse Beer (21+ only) or refillable non-alcoholic drinks
A ballot to vote for your favorite adobo and leave feedback

🗳️ How Voting Works
Taste, vote, and make your voice heard! After the 1PM deadline, ballots are counted and winners announced shortly after.

Why Two Time Slots?

This is a fundraiser, and we want to host as many adobo lovers as possible! We kindly ask 11AM ticket holders to give up their seats at noon for the next group. Stick around for the awards ceremony shortly after 1PM, at 7 Mile House and streamed live on Facebook and Instagram.

Awards & Judges

🏆 Two Coveted Titles:

People’s Choice – Chosen by YOU, the guests
Critics’ Choice – Selected by our panel of guest judges

🎤 Critics’ Choice Judges:

3 distinguished judges are chosen every year to help crown this award

Supporting the Cause

100% of event proceeds go to the year’s recipient. In 2025, it was the GAPA Men’s Chorus.
7 Mile House donates the space, food, drinks, and staff, proudly making this our biggest annual fundraiser—raising over $25,000 in the last six years!