[Sca-cooks] Requirements for a Laurel

[Carper, Rachel]

I have yet to read the responses to this, and I am sooooo not a Laurel
but my thoughts are you have done enough to be noticed.  Contests are
really the only way to get visibility throughout the kingdom. Even a
list like this we don't get to see each others work much, and the
pictures although great don't let us taste or really get a good upclose
look. 

I think if people started recommending you for a Laurel that the Crown
and the Laurels would consider you. Especially if specific feasts were
mentioned. And when  you do a feast with the documentation you need to
make sure it gets into the hands that count, other Laurels and the
Crown. 

When I first moved here I had a conversation about how each Kingdom
looks at different things when they are elevating people. In my home
kingdom I had a feel that politics and apprenticship was more important
than it is in the kingdom I now reside in. So I guess it differs
everywhere you are. 

I'm off to read the rest of the posts. 

Elewyiss

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[mailto:sca-cooks-bounces at ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of Michael Gunter
Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 3:06 PM
To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
Subject: [Sca-cooks] Requirements for a Laurel


I had an interesting conversation with the Crown and a Laurel the other
night and we got to talking about what is required for consideration. I
was told flat out that I would not ever be eligible because I don't
enter competitions.

I have to admit that I was a bit shocked to hear that. But they insisted
that the only way you can get recognized is if you either are
apprenticed to a Laurel who pushes you constantly or you enter
competitions so your work can be judged.

Um....cooking feasts for 400 and handing out documentation
for each dish isn't? Teaching and cooking for 20 years isn't enough?
Being a judge for kingdom A&S competitions and counselling competitors
in presentation isn't enough?

This isn't a gripe about whether or not I should be a Laurel but I just
want to know if other Laurels or candidates feel that if you don't enter
competitions you can't ever become a Laurel. I personally have no desire
to enter competitions although I think I'm a decent judge of what needs
to be done.

So....what do you consider the requirements are for a Laurel?

Gunthar

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