Jade Eastman, 10, of Belgrade lifts up her sandwich to take a peek and check bottom side during the grilled cheese sandwich cooking contest on Wednesday at the 77th annual Agricultural Trades Show in the Augusta Civic Center.
Jade Eastman, 10, of Belgrade, left, takes the first place gift bag from hostess Melissa Jordan after she won the grilled cheese sandwich cooking contest on Wednesday at the 77th annual Agricultural Trades Show in the Augusta Civic Center. Chase Daigle, 12, of Fairfield, second from left, and Ethan Hobart, 12, of Waterville, also competed.
Judges Allison Lakin, of Lakin's Gorges Cheese, Earl Kingsbury, Augusta Civic Center director, and Dan Foster, of the Farm Family Insurance/Foster Agency, confer as they taste sandwiches during a the grilled cheese sandwich cooking contest on Wednesday at the 77th annual Agricultural Trades Show in the Augusta Civic Center.
Chase Daigle, 12, of Fairfield, flips his creation during a the grilled cheese sandwich cooking contest on Wednesday at the 77th annual Agricultural Trades Show in the Augusta Civic Center.
Jade Eastman, 10, of Belgrade, left, talks with hostess Melissa Jordan during the grilled cheese sandwich cooking contest on Wednesday at the 77th annual Agricultural Trades Show in the Augusta Civic Center.
Chase Daigle lifts his sandwich to peek underneath and check how don the bottom is during a the grilled cheese sandwich cooking contest on Wednesday at the 77th annual Agricultural Trades Show in the Augusta Civic Center.
Jade Eastman, 10, of Belgrade, left, Chase Daigle, 12, of Fairfield, and Ethan Hobart, 12, of Waterville, compete in the grilled cheese sandwich cooking contest on Wednesday at the 77th annual Agricultural Trades Show in the Augusta Civic Center.
Contestants search the pantry at the start of their allotted half hour for the grilled cheese sandwich cooking contest on Wednesday at the 77th annual Agricultural Trades Show in the Augusta Civic Center.
Jade Eastman, 10, of Belgrade puts cheese on the bread in pan during a grilled cheese sandwich cooking contest on Wednesday at the 77th annual Agricultural Trades Show in the Augusta Civic Center.
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