County Cooking Competition 2008
19 teams from around GLSW entered this year’s County Cooking Competition at 1st Hook Scout Headquarters. Each team had to prepare and cook a three course meal for four people within two hours, and with ingredients costing less than £12.50 in total. The theme this year was “Food for the Future” – what will we be eating in 2020? Using your imagination, but thinking responsibly – only using ingredients sourced in the UK. (limiting carbon footprint).
As always the menus were extremely varied and the standard of the meals prepared was very high. This year’s winners were the 19th Wimbledon team with 62 points, 5th Carshalton and 9th Purley A teams in joint second place with 60 points and Leander, 23rd Mitcham B and 1st Morden A teams in third place with 58 points.
Additional merit certificates were awarded for the most professional team – 1st Purley A, most creative team – 23rd Mitcham B and most equipment used – Berrylands. Perhaps there should also be a special commendation for best unintended use of a grill – mmm, the heady aroma of char grilled table filling the hall!
A full table of the results is shown below
Results
Marks in the competition were awarded for:
- Staying within budget (Bu)
- Nutritional content (Nu)
- Hygiene (Hy)
- Teamwork and team spirit (Te)
- Use of time (Ti)
- Adherence to menu (Me)
- Presentation (Pr)
- Taste (Ta)
- Texture (Tx)
- Edibility (Ed)
| PLACE | GROUP | Bu | Nu | Hy | Te | Ti | Me | Pr | Ta | Tx | Ed | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 19th Wimbledon | 10 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 62 |
| 2nd | 5th Carshalton | 10 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 60 |
| 9th Purley A | 10 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 60 | |
| 3rd | Leander | 10 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 58 |
| 23rd Mitcham B | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 58 | |
| 1st Morden A | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 58 | |
| 7th | 1st Surbiton | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 55 |
| 5th Morden | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 55 | |
| 22nd Wimbledon | 10 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 55 | |
| 10th | 2nd Malden 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 54 |
| 11th | 9th Purley B | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 53 |
| 1st Morden B | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 53 | |
| 13th | Berrylands | 10 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 52 |
| 14th | 1st Kingston Hill | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 52 |
| 2nd Malden 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 52 | |
| 16th | 2nd Malden 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 50 |
| 23rd Mitcham A | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 50 | |
| 18th | 1st Kingston Hill | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 49 |
| 19th | 9th Purley C | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 42 |
| Judges’ awards for special merit | Most Professional Team | 9th Purley A |
| Most Creative Team | 23rd Mitcham B | |
| Most Equipment Used | Berrylands |
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