The Great City Cook-Off
Official Rules
Set the table, capture it live, and represent your current city. One worldwide result awards the A$200 cash prize; city Champion titles keep moving after the cash contest closes.
Current official rules- The activity is presented worldwide, subject to local law and the eligibility restrictions below.
- Only the worldwide cash-prize ranking’s verified #1 entry receives A$200. City-board leaders receive non-cash Champion recognition only.
One worldwide winner
Australia/Sydney time
per eligible account
No random draw
1. Promoter and acceptance
The promoter is Loopii Technologies Pty Ltd (ACN 695 140 722), registered in New South Wales, Australia (“Loopii”). Contact: support@loopii.io.
By joining the activity or publishing an entry, you agree to these Official Rules and the Loopii Terms of Service. If the App presents a newer numbered version, you must review and accept that version before a new entry can qualify.
2. Eligibility and territory
Entry is free and no purchase is necessary. The activity is presented worldwide, but entry is valid only where participation in this skill-based promotion and receipt of the prize are lawful. To enter, you must:
- be at least 18 years old and hold a valid personal Loopii account;
- be physically present at the location used to join and capture your entry;
- be able to provide a lawful method for receiving Australian dollars if selected; and
- not be a Loopii employee, administrator, official/system account, or another account excluded for competition integrity.
Loopii may prevent or reject entry from a jurisdiction where local law, sanctions, payment restrictions or administration requirements make the promotion unavailable. Internet access, a compatible phone, the in-App camera and precise location permission are required. Standard carrier or data charges may apply.
3. Cash competition period
The cash competition opens at 12:00 am on 20 August 2026 and closes at 11:59 pm on 31 October 2026, in the Australia/Sydney time zone. Loopii’s server time determines whether an entry or scoring interaction is on time.
New entries are not accepted after closing. Existing Waves may remain public, receive interactions and continue competing for the non-cash, live “Cook-Off Champion” title after the cash result is frozen.
4. How to enter
- Sign in, enable precise location and join The Great City Cook-Off. Loopii binds your participation to the current city derived from your device location.
- During the competition period, select the Cook-Off activity when creating a Wave.
- Using the in-App camera at the location, capture one original table presentation showing approximately three to four dishes, add the required details and publish.
Each account may have one Cook-Off competition Wave. Gallery uploads or previously captured media do not qualify; supported offline capture may qualify only where the App stored timely location evidence and the server accepts the upload. An entry can appear on both its city board and the worldwide board.
The entrant must own the work and hold all permissions needed for identifiable people, music, locations, recipes or other protected material. Food preparation and capture must be safe and lawful.
5. Cash score, live score and tie-breaks
During the cash competition period, an eligible entry earns:
- one point for each unique eligible account that likes the entry; and
- two points for each unique eligible account that leaves an approved comment.
The same eligible account may contribute up to three points to one entry—one through a like and two as a commenter. Repeated actions by that account do not add further competition points. Self activity, and activity from staff, administrators, official accounts, bots, purchased accounts or other excluded actors, does not score.
The cash score includes only eligible activity recorded before the closing time. It freezes at closing. The separate live Champion score may continue changing after closing as eligible likes and commenters are added.
If cash scores are equal, the entry that entered the activity earlier ranks higher; if still tied, Loopii uses the earlier server record identifier as the deterministic tie-break. There is no random draw.
Displayed scores are provisional. The cash result is not final until Loopii completes its integrity and eligibility review.
6. Provisional winner, city titles and prize
Subject to final review, the eligible entry ranked #1 on the worldwide cash-prize ranking at closing is the sole provisional cash winner. Ranking #1 on a city board does not separately award cash.
The prize is A$200 cash, paid in Australian dollars by electronic payment or another lawful method agreed between Loopii and the verified winner. The winner is responsible for providing accurate payment information and for any personal tax obligation. The prize is not transferable to another entrant.
City and worldwide “Cook-Off Champion” titles are ongoing, non-cash recognition. They may change after 31 October 2026 and do not alter the frozen cash result.
7. Verification, notification and disqualification
After closing, Loopii will review location evidence, account eligibility, originality, moderation status and engagement integrity. Loopii may remove bot, purchased, coordinated, duplicate, self, staff, abusive or otherwise suspicious activity and recalculate the cash result.
Loopii intends to contact the verified provisional winner by the email linked to the Loopii account and/or an in-App message within 10 business days after completing review. The contacted entrant must respond and provide reasonable eligibility and payment information within 14 days. If they do not respond, cannot be verified, decline the prize or are disqualified, Loopii may review and contact the next eligible worldwide-ranked entrant.
Loopii may reject or disqualify an entry for false or spoofed location, reused or non-original media, unsafe or illegal conduct, rights infringement, manipulation, harassment, spam, technical abuse, breach of these rules or breach of the Loopii Terms. A decision will be made reasonably and in good faith, subject to rights that cannot legally be excluded.
8. Privacy, changes, liability and contact
Loopii uses account, content, precise location, city, device/security signals, engagement and winner payment information to administer and protect the activity, as described in the Privacy Policy. A winner’s display name, Wave and city may be announced in Loopii and Loopii’s promotional channels. Any use beyond the licences already granted under the Terms will require permission where required by law.
If circumstances outside Loopii’s reasonable control materially affect the activity, Loopii may suspend, correct, extend, cancel or modify it only as reasonably necessary and subject to applicable law. Material changes will be displayed in the App or on this page; accepted entries will not be retrospectively disadvantaged unless necessary for legality, safety or integrity.
Nothing in these rules excludes rights or remedies that cannot be excluded under the Australian Consumer Law or other applicable law. The rules are governed by the laws of New South Wales, Australia, with non-exclusive jurisdiction. Questions or disputes should first be sent to support@loopii.io with “Great City Cook-Off 2026” in the subject.
If a translated version conflicts with the English version, the English version controls to the extent permitted by law.