SC - Re: sca-cooks Guilds?

[Kofryna the Goatherd]

In Highland Foorde, the Cook's guild has been active since the beginning
of the year. We run it in the same fashion as some of the cooking
classes sponsored by the county. For a small fee (cost of the food)
everyone gets to participate in cooking the dish and sample it
afterward. We usually have a rough head count of how many folks will be
attending beforehand.

To avoid it becoming a one man show, we do the following: The
coordinator, who chooses the recipe, doesn't take direct part in the the
preparation of the dish. This is done by the other guild members. The
coordinator makes sure that everyone does something (from grinding
spices, chopping meats, cleaning vegetables, stirring pots, etc.).
Everyone will have their turn doing something, so it really isn't a 
problem. The coordinator works at supplying things that the guild
members need on the spot (a bowl, a spoon, etc.) to keep things going.

The nice thing is that now that I've been coordinator the first few
times, the other folks want to try it. We're really lucky because
everyone is working as a team. It's also good that others are the
coordinator because this way everyone gets to share a specialty they
have with the group.

I hope this helps.

In Service,

Kofryna the Goatherd
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Aldyth at aol.com wrote:
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> Aldyth here.
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> How do you usually go about forming a good cooks guild?  I have my own ideas.
>  In the small group I am from, we have more "cooks" than you can shake a
> stick at. (at least 1 per household)  I have brougt it up on more than one
> occasion, and have been met with stiff resistance.  All I can figure is that
> the others don't want to share, and play well with other children.  Have any
> of you who are in cooks guilds had the professional jealousy monster rear
> its' head?  How did you handle it?