For the first time, Sizzler restaurants will serve free Cheese Toast to the public in honor of National Cheese Toast Day, September 15, 2015. Cheese Toast Ambassadors will be stationed at Sizzler restaurants, armed with baskets of the beloved delicacy hot off the grill. Free Cheese Toast will be available from noon to 2 p.m. at participating locations.

Sizzler USA’s official cheese toast bread is baked by Orlando Baking Company in Cleveland. The original was made with bread from California’s famous Pioneer Bakery.

Sizzler USA serves 12,333,024 slices of Cheese Toast a year.

Sizzler served its first slice of Cheese Toast in Hollywood, California, during 1968. It was so popular, Sizzlers around the country starting making it. Today, the Parmesan-crusted French bread is enjoyed beyond the United States in Australia, China, Japan and Thailand.

Love of Cheese Toast lasts longer than a day at Sizzler, which is celebrating the comfort food throughout September. A weekly Cheese Toast Selfie Contest #CheeseToastSelfie will reward lucky Cheese Toast fans with $50 Sizzler Gift Cards. For entry information and rules, go to SizzlerCheeseToast.com. The site also has videos on how to make Cheese Toast at home and its history.

Sizzler’s Chef Tamra Scoggins created a special lunch sandwich for Cheese Toast fanatics. The Malibu Melt combines a double portion of Sizzler’s signature Malibu Chicken between slices of crispy Cheese Toast with pickles, a special Honey Malibu Sauce and a side dish for $7.99.