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Gather your friends and/or family and come enjoy a fun night of culinary competition in our updated space! If you love to cook, are creative with ingredients and enjoy friendly competition, this night is for you. We will be hosting three nights of competition, one for kids only, one for families and one for adults only. Once you sign up, you will be given an ingredient list to use according to the following Culinary Cook Off Rules:

Culinary Cook-Off Rules-

Age Divisions:

• Youth-ages 8-18- May 6, 2024
• Family- ages 8-adult- May 7, 2024
• Adult- Age 18+- May 8, 2024

Only team entries will be accepted and can consist of a minimum of two (2) and a maximum of five (5) members.

Contest Rules:

After you sign up, you will be emailed a list of ingredients to be used in the contest as outlined below. On competition night, those ingredients on the list will be provided for all teams. Teams are required to use a defined number of ingredients off this list based on the age division entered. See the requirements below:

Youth– 2 ingredients

Family – 3 ingredients

Adults– 5 ingredients

Teams are encouraged to be creative when developing their recipe and work together to come up with a plan of action for the actual contest. Practicing ahead of time is a good idea! You will only have one (1) hour!

Prior to the contest

Email recipes to Robin Schamber at rschamber@sub1.org or to sboces@sub1.org

On the day of the contest:

• Each team needs to come prepared by having all of the ingredients necessary for their recipe that are NOT on the ingredient list. Items on the ingredient list will be provided.
• Each team will have one (1) hour to prepare their recipe and serve it to the judges. When time expires, all team members will be required to stop what they are doing.
• Each team will need to make sure they prepare enough food for two judges and audience members to taste a small sample. This is how the People’s Choice Award will be determined.
• Team members are encouraged to work together
• Guests may watch the competition but cannot interact with the contestants.
• Each team will be responsible for thoroughly cleaning their kitchen station

Judging:

The judges’ evaluation will be based on three components:

Recipe

• Originality
• Use of the ingredients on the list
• Complexity of recipe picked in regards to age division

Cooking

• Use of a variety of methods
• Cleanliness & Food Safety
• Teamwork
• Knife, Cooking, Measuring Skills
• Taste & Flavor of Food
• Presentation to the Judges; including plating

AWARDS

• Overall and People’s Choice awards will be given in each age category