Bakeoff 2001!

AI Olympics 2001 Bake-off

Holly Yanco, 1998

Peter Dilworth, 1998

Eric Grimson, 1998

Date: Thursday, February 1, 2001
Time: 7PM
Where: TBD

Categories

Cookies

chocolate
other

Cakes

chocolate
other

Miscellaneous

chocolate
other

This event will have lots of point potential, so get your team organized and get yerselves into the kitchen! If you are too intimidated by measuring cups and mixing bowls, but you like desserts, be a judge! (good for 1 participation point) If you can't judge, help out with sorting entries or cleaning up (worth 1 participation point). And if you can't do that either, well, at least make sure you come by to sample the treats before the party. (no, you don't get points for eating!)

Points

Each category will have 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place, with 5, 4, and 3 points respectively.
Each entry is worth 1 participation point. Entries made from a mix may be disqualified at the commissioner's discretion.
To encourage participation, teams will be awarded bonus points based on the number of people who submit entries.

1-4 people - no bonus
5-7 people - 5 points
8-9 people - 10 points
10-11 people - 15 points
>11 people - 20 points

In addition to the points scored for each category, there will also be 4 overall prizes:

Best of show - 10 points

Nerdiest/most humorous - 8 points

Best traditional/classic - 8 points

Most original - 8 points Feel free to provide the a description of your entry, if you think that would help the judges.

Now for the rules:

All entries must be sweet desserts. Breads will qualify only if they are dessert breads.
All entries must be homemade. Non-homemade items (pie shells, ice cream, etc) may be used only if they are incorporated into the main homemade item. (mixes are allowed, but only for the truly baking-impaired - this is supposed to be *real* baking, people! :)
Each person is limited to 5 entries.
The decisions of the judges and commissioner are final - bickering will incur the wrath of the kitchen gods and cause penalties to fall upon the heads of the unfortunate team who argue! (10 point deduction)

I hope this is all clear - judging will be blind, of course. In order to expedite the judging, you may start bringing your entries to be registered at 6PM on Thursday, Feb. 1st. Entries must be received by 6:55PM, please, so we have time to judge and then enjoy the fruits (fruit cakes?) of our labor!

If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

Sweetly yours,
Jill
3-6693

Jill Fekete

Last modified: Thu Feb 1 09:51:12 2001