How is the judging done?
Throughout the event, the guests will vote for their favorite dishes in each food category by depositing tokens in jars at each chef’s table. At the end of the evening, the jars are collected and the votes tallied. At some point during the event, several servings will be collected from each chef for the celebrity judges to evaluate. They will score each dish on presentation, originality, appearance, and taste. FOOD AND FOOD PREPARATION: Do I prepare my food at the event? No. Cooking facilities are not available at the Event. You will primarily be serving, not cooking at the Event. You may choose to cut, garnish, dip, sprinkle, assemble, etc, but we strongly recommend that you prepare as much as possible ahead of time. How much food do I need to prepare? You should prepare 500 one-ounce servings of your dish. DON’T PANIC, that’s not as much as it sounds. One ounce is only one good mouthful, not a normal serving size. 500 ounces usually works out to be eight to ten “batches” of a typical
