2nd Annual Apples & Honey Cookoff

Show off your culinary talents. Enter our 2nd annual Apple and Honey Cookoff to be held on Monday, August 31, 7pm at a Private home in San Jose (you know the drill, RSVP for the address, directions and parking tips to jewsnextdor[at]beth-david.org). Please note our host has a  dog. Besure to the read the following rules carefully, to be sure your dish qualifies for judging. We’ve step up the qualifications for this Cookoff. We might not be awarding medals, but no competition would be complete without prizes, but you must enter to win. Of course, you’re welcome to come wish your fellow Jews’ Next Dor (Jewish 20 and 30 somethings) a sweet new year, with out entering a dish, but please bring drinks (doesn’t have to be apple and honey theme). Looking for inspiration? Check out last year’s entrants.

Apples and Honey Cookoff

Monday, August 31, 2009

7pmpm
Private home near downtown San Jose
Contact: jewsnextdor[at]beth-david.org

Offical Cookoff Rules, Regulations and Judging Criteria

Who is Eligible?

• Any Jewish young adult
  
• You and your dish(s) must be present on August 31st, starting at 7pm at a private home in San Jose to win.

Food Entry Requirements:

• Dish must feature either apples or honey or both.
• Dish must be parve or dairy
• Dish must be at least 50% homemade.
• All items should be prepared in advanced, and brought cooked ready to serve. Plating is allowed at the cookoff.
  Note: only standard paper goods will be provided.
• All dishes will be consumed by participants and event attendees after judging
• Recipes for entries must be submitted to jewsnextdor[at]beth-david.org by Wednesday, August  26 at 7pm. (Recipes will be also be included on the recipe exchange on our website). A recipe must be submitted for all entries, or it will not be judged. Please have your recipe actually represent what you actually prepare.
  
• All dishes to be judged must be there within 15 minutes of the start time. Dishes to arrive late will not be judged, but may be consumed after all judging is completed.
• Please provide enough of your dish that 30 people can have a portion.
• If your dish contains nuts please clearly label it.
• Name your entries
  

The Judging:

• There will be two categories. Sweet and Savory.
  • Entrants must decide which category to enter their dish in when submitting the recipe.
  • Each dish can only be judged in one category
  • A first prize will be awarded for each category
  • Each entrant can enter up to 2 dishes total across both categories.
  • Entrants do not need to enter both categories.

• All judging will take place on Monday, August 31st.
  
• Each dish will be judged on originality (25%), presentation (25%) and flavor (50%).
• Everyone present will get to judge all entries, other then their own.
• All entries will be served by a Jews’ Next Dor representative.
• Judging will be done on a point system, the dish with the most votes in each category gets first place.
• Points will be deducted if Apples and Honey are not the center piece of the dish.
• Points will be tallied by a Jews’ Next Dor representative.
• Chef of winning dishes will be awarded prizes.
• Winning recipes will be submitted to the CBD Sisterhood cookbook committee for consideration for inclusion in forthcoming cookbook. No guarantees the recipe will make the actual cookbook. Because recipes will be submitted to the cookbook committee, please try to have the recipe be replicatable as well as acuratly reflect what you actually submit for judging.
  

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