We held it in my basement because not only did I not want the mess upstairs, but I have a huge basement.
Here are some of the prizes. I ended up having to go out and buy more bamboo cutting boards and The bamboo sandwich cutting boards that come in a package of 6.
I think I ended up giving 6 large cutting boards plus the 2 six pack ones. Then I gave Silicone treated hot pads and a few other small gifts. I made sure that everyone who donated a dish, got a nice prize.
Plus I made aprons for each cook.
Here is how we did the Family Cook Off.
One person in each family was to bring a dish in one of the three catagories.... Main Dish, Side Dish and Dessert. I told them I didn't need to know what it was, I just needed the catagory.
We were suppose to have judges, (friends of ours) to do the judging, but due to unforseen circumstances, the judges couldn't make it. So my Hubs made up papers for each person who came to judge. They could not judge their own dish. He had them rate it at 1 to 10. 10 being the best.
I had a number on each dish so when my Hubs made the voting papers he had Numbers from 1 to 12 on it. If I had it to do again, I would have them tell me what dish they were bringing so I could have that written on each voting paper.
I think we had a GREAT turn out for our little family. The dishes Were
Tortellini Casserole
Eggplant Parmesan
Baked Chicken
Chili
Turkey Rollups
Holiday Potatoes
Orzo Salad
Broccoli Slaw
Tossed Salad
Cornbread
Carmel Apple Salad
Pistacho Cake
The Grand Prize Winner.... The Pistacho Cake although the Carmel Apple salad came in 1 vote off.
I tried to get pictures of all the food but as soon as the food was placed.... It was like a stampede
There was a plate in my way in every picture.....
The line circles around so I decided there was no way I was going to get a picture of the food. They were like vultures so I just got out of their way and let them at it.
All in all.. it turned out GREAT!!
Have any of you had a Family Cook Off? If not, you should try it...
What fun! While we have never had a family cook off, I do know what you mean about the family being vultures around the food. I buy an extra turkey every Thanksgiving because I barely get any after slaving away at it all day. Then when they are all gone, I cook my own!
ReplyDeleteit does look like a wonderful family time. That must be your granddaughter in the bottom picture in the orange sweater,
ReplyDeletePresents and all. It was more like Christmas.
We've never had a family cook off but it sounds (and looks) like a grand time!
ReplyDeleteOh how fun! We've never had a family cook off, but now I want to have one! My hubby's family is HUGE, so I think we could pull something off and have lots of great food.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds so fun. I have never had a pistachio cake.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like so much fun and what a great idea to get together over. : )
ReplyDeleteNever had one, but sounds like a great time and some tasty dishes too.
ReplyDeleteMy husband and his friend do a cookoff and the family members on each side judge (anonymous votes, not knowing who cooked what). I blogged about it once a long time ago. It is fun! Yours looks great because there are so many dishes, yum!!! I love this idea. :)
ReplyDeleteHow fun! I love the gifts and the homemade aprons, you're so sweet!
ReplyDeleteLOL love the line! My mom's family does one sometimes at their family reunion.
Cookoffs are always interesting, as long as someone is around that can cook.
ReplyDeleteThat is SUCH a fun thing to do, and then you get to eat everything which is of course the best part!
ReplyDeleteyour family cook off must have been fun. I would love to try one with my family. I like all your prizes and aprons. Hope you have a great week.
ReplyDeleteNo, but that sounds really fun!!! I love that you had prizes to!
ReplyDeleteNo cook off, but my dad's older Italian friends seem to spend 80% of their lives cooking. So I have enjoyed really good food. This does look like fun & you made some nice aprons. THAT I definitely could not do.
ReplyDeleteHow fun!! Love the aprons!!
ReplyDeleteThat would be so much fun for our family. I think we might just have to have a family cook off too!
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