SC - Quince tarts

[Susan Fox-Davis]

Here is what I have worked out based on comments I have given.
What do you all think of these rules and such?  Are they workable?
What would you change?  Why?

Thank you for any and all input.  
Kateryn de Develyn

·3-4 man team - head chef and three assistants

·we supply the fire pits, and basic ingredients (unknown to teams prior to 
  start of competition)

·the teams supply their own spices, period cooking sources, and serving dishes
(If someone specializes in spanish or french cooking, then their spices will reflect
their specialty, as will their cookbooks.)

RULES

- - May not have more than the max number of cooks specified on the
  team.  If we specify a team of four, may not have five.  May however, 
  only have two or three.  I don't want to disqualify the teams for not 
  having the number specified. One of them may get injured on the field 
  and be unable to partcipate that day.  Or someone may get sick, or 
  caught up in an Order meeting. Or someone may completely lose track 
  of the time and show up half way through the competition.  

·Must create four dishes within three hours (more or less time needed?)  

·Must be able to point to a specific period recipe for each dish.

·May barter among the other teams for additional quantities of the basic 
  ingredients

POINTS

·There will be two sets of points, each containing a maximum of 20 points.  
  Similar to artistic and technical merits in skating, diving, gymnastics.

· Points are combined for total score to determine winner.  In case of ties - 
  they must compete in another Iron Chef within the next year (or two years 
  if none are held within the next year). Also, they don't have to compete 
  head-to-head, they can compete in different competitions - we will just 
  use their final score from the competition to determine the winner. Or, we
  allow them to each create another dish out of the stuff not used by the teams.

Participant Points - everyone starts with the max points to be awarded.  
The points are their's to lose.

Finishing on Time - 5 Points. 	
     Points taken away - 1 point for every 15 minutes past finish time.
Showing up to compete - 5 Points   	
     Points taken away - 1 point for every member missing.
Cooking/creating the specified number of dishes - 5 Points 		
     Points taken away - 1 point for each missing dish.
Can point to specific period recipe for each dish - 5 Points 		
     Points taken away - 1 point for each dish made not using a period recipe.

Judges Points

We can have anywhere from 3 to 10 judges.  When we have multiple judges - 
we use the average score for each category.

5 points max for appearance
5 points max for aroma
5 points max for flavor
5 points max for judges discretion

How the judging works:  If we have three Judges - A, B and C.   
And four dishes: H, I, K, and L.

Category:  Appearance
Judge 	Dish H	Dish I	Dish K	Dish L	Total
A	5	5	5	5	20
B	4	3	5	4	16
C	5	4	4	5	18
 					____
		Appearance Points:		54	

54(total score)/12 (number of scores given) = 4.5   
This entrant receives an appearance score of 4.5 for their entry.

COSTS

The guild does have some money.  We can purchase the ingredients 
and a prize.  However, we need to recoup this money if we want 
to continue with sponsoring these competitons or other activities.  

·Raffle or sell judging spots.  This would raise some money to pay 
  for the prize(s) and the ingredients.  
·Perhaps sell -Sops rights- also?  Those purchasing -sops rights- 
  would be able to dine on the leftovers from the judging.  
·Participant entry fees?  Do we even want to go there?  
  something reasonable like $5 per team?  

I am only interested in recouping the money the guild spends at 
this time, not in raising additional funds.  So, amounts taken in 
over and above the cost of ingredients and prizes should go to 
the kingdom to use as needed.

EXTRAS

Commentators - roving, colorful commentary by one or more persons.  
"Ohh - team x is in a huddle over their copy of Goodman of Paris - 
this book originated in xxxx century written by xxxx for his young wife."    
I envision commentary of a cross between the olympics and Monday 
night football for the enjoyment of our audience. And Sir Cian here 
was just knighted last fall at TfT(toys for tots), and he is the captain 
of this team. And look at him move...He's building that fire higher than
anyone else.  etc.