Get Ready for the 4th Annual Cooking Contest in October

Coming up in the first weekend in October we will have the 4th Annual Cooking Contest. It's time to start getting ready to compete. Start planning what you are going to cook and practice. The judges are all former scout leaders and you won't be able to fool them with a weak entry. Only one person's name will end up on the Golden Spatula Award Poster. Will it be yours????

Here are the official rules to review and help you prepare...may the best cook win!!!

Troop 612/757

Fourth Annual Cooking Contest

The Official Rules

1. Parents can help their scout plan for the contest, but CANNOT help their scout once they come to the pavilion and start the actual cooking. This includes no help prepping such as chopping vegetables or other ingredients prior to arriving. (The scout must do ALL the cooking by themselves.)
2. The scout is to bring everything they need to make their dinner and dessert (for a minimum of 8 people) but they may use Troop equipment to prepare their meal. They must arrange the equipment needs with their leaders well in advance of the contest if they choose not to bring their own cooking equipment. Bringing your own equipment will ensure you’ll have all that you need to prepare your meal, however.
3. The scout can start anytime after 5:00 pm but the meal must be ready by 7:00 pm and the dessert must be ready by 7:30 pm.
4. The scout may NOT influence the judges in any way other than presenting their meal and letting the judges discern for themselves the quality of the meal.
5. Presentation will also count towards points awarded, so consider how you will serve the meal in addition to what you will serve. At 7:00 pm SHARP each scout should be ready to serve each judge “buffet style” and then families can help themselves immediately after the judges have gone through the line.
6. Families are invited to sample the great meals, but must not interfere or participate in the preparation in anyway. Families are encouraged to arrive around 7:00 pm to avoid any temptation to assist. 

May the best scout win!!!

The following is a list of the categories the judges will be scoring:
Dinner: Taste, Presentation, Nutritional Value
Dessert: Taste, Presentation, Decadence Level


 You are competing to be the third name permanently inscribed on the Troop 612/757 Golden Spatula Award. Will your name go down in history?