The Cooking Competition

[wisteriasnow]

WHO: You!
WHAT: The cooking contest!
WHEN: Monday (Round 1), Wednesday (Round 2) and Friday (Round 3)
WHERE: The Home Ec Cooking Room
Warnings: well it's a cooking competition in Yogen so I'm predicting some food crimes. 

Mid-way through Monday's festivities, an announcement over the intercom declares that it's time for participants to get ready for the cooking contest. For those working their class or club's booth, their entries will qualify so long as they submit the entry before the stated time limit. Contestants will one-by-one make their way into the home ec room. The room is large, with enough individual counters to fit multiple contestants.

 

Each contestant will have access to the stove, oven, a microwave, and the fridge, guarded by a member of the cooking club for contestants' peace of mind. There's a much larger amount of food available, from fresh produce and meats- ... even the hope meat- to noodles, rice, and all kinds of seasonings, all waiting to be used. Each station also has an abundance of tasting spoons and sample dishes, for nosy people and contestants testing their dishes alike. Throughout the day, spectators can come and observe, but towards the front of the room is a table and three chairs, where one can find Helena Adams, Lucifer, and... Who? 

 

Students of class 2-A will recognize our host, who happily stands as the counters fill up and, as if she's got a microphone and camera on her, begins talking. 

 

"Good afternoon, everyone! My name is Yuki Fujimori, a member of the cooking club, and, alongside the wonderful Helena Adams and Lucifer, we will be your judges overseeing the competition over the week!"

 

Lucifer remains sitting, arms crossed as he sits upright and proper. When he speaks, it’s not a friendly hello or anything of the sort, but a warning.

 

"If I catch one of you using the human meat, I'll kill you. Don't think you can hide it, either — I know what it tastes like."

 

… It- it’s probably fine, one of his pact bearers knows better now. But Yuki is clearly side-eyeing him for a brief moment before she slips back into character.

 

And as much of a somber atmosphere as Lucifer may have introduced, it’s countered by the judge on the other side of Yuki, who stands and bows slightly, straightening and beaming at the competitors. 

 

“Thank you so much for joining us! We’re very excited to see what you’ll be coming up with, and to get to partake in your more edible skills!”

 

With an enthusiastic clap, Yuki nods cheerfully. “There you have it! Now, let me explain the premise.

 

"Over the course of three days, contestants will prepare an appetizer, a main course, and a dessert! We've chosen to spread it out to give everyone enough time to engage in other parts of the festival as well! Helena-san, Lucifer-san and I will judge all three courses.

 

“Every day will have an individual winner, and the third day will end with an overall winner based on our decisions. There will also be a people's choice bracket, based on spectator votes as they come in and watch the competition. Contestants will have four opportunities to win overall. 

 

Getting caught cheating will result in immediate disqualification for all three days. This can include tampering with others’ dishes, cutting off their equipment or utilities, or contamination of others’ submissions or stations.

 

 

Now, let the competition begin!”

 

 

Contestant, please submit your entries all together in one comment under the ENTRIES comment! Submissions close on the 14th, JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT EST! Be sure to note what each dish is, how well the contestant did and anything else of note! 

 

Voting will open on the 14th and end on the 17th! 

 

Players are free to treat this as a bit of a mingle otherwise! Spectate, harass competitors, do whatever! This log/competition is not part of the TDM however. 

Comments

QUESTIONS?

[wisteriasnow]

How were Lucifer and Helena chosen as judges? They volunteered!

And Yuki? the cooking club made her do it

Is my character allowed to recognize Yuki? Class 2-A and anyone in the cooking club will know her by name, but others will be probably less aware of her. She's tried very hard to not interact with the transfers, you see. And now she is being forced to.

Wow, rude. Why? yall are freaks

Where's Nene? Do to like, everything, she is unable to host and does not have the spoons for it. She's helping in other ways backstage, so to speak.

Something else. Just comment below!

[dereban]

A few questions as this will impact certain things potentially:

1) do entrants all have to be solo or can we have group/partnered entrants?
2) given that the statement is "cheating isn't allowed if they get caught" would it be possible for characters to cheat if they don't get caught doing so?

[wisteriasnow]

The limit is two people per entry! Groups of three or more are not allowed!

Ding ding ding! Correct, but you have to be sneaky! The cooking club, Yuki and Lucifer are watching like hawks and Helena's got great ears. That said, poisoning our judges is probably a terrible idea, all things considered.

[dereban]

excellent this works out for my potential future plans 👍

[dereban]

coming up with more questions but like what ingredients do we have to work with for the cooking competition?

are there any specific ingredients that would be difficult to find in particular or any ingredients that the school would be low on because of people making food for culture festival booths?

[wisteriasnow]

given that there's at least one cafe and the cooking club is overseeing a lot of food-related things- and as such are aware of how much is needed- i'm going to say it's like a small grocery store and it's restocked fairly regularly. fruits will be more standard to a japanese grocer's selection as well. there might be some really high quality or rare spices or cuts of meat available, but you'll have to dig around a bit.

now, if you want to, oh say, use up a day's worth of an ingredient and leave none for the rest....

of course, that would be poor sportsmanship.

[dereban]

so if someone is using a day's worth of ingredient, that doesn't fall under the cheating clause, does it?

[wisteriasnow]

if someone realizes what they're doing, they'll have to plead their case at the very least.

[devouringdeep]

Very important question! Alongside the ingredients available, is there access to alcohol?

Specifically for cooking, not for drinking. Maybe for a little drinking, but in moderation.

Like let's say one wanted a bit of vodka for pastry purposes. Is this allowed and/or possible to get your hands on?

[wisteriasnow]

consulting ori on outside sources, but from the competition-given ingredients? no, the demographic is kids and childe might get a little side-eyed for asking from his new coworker.

[devouringdeep]

THATS FAIR

yeah I figured as much but I just wanted to double check. It's fine it's not necessary

[wisteriasnow]

from ori themselves about getting ahold of alcohol for cooking for adults: "Yeah, if she's told beforehand what he's planning to make so she knows it's for legitimate use, also she asks if he can save her some of whatever he makes with it- this is a request, not a requirement"

the nurse, being an absolute bro, will happily help him out so long as he's up front and even though she says it's not mandatory to share i do if childe doesn't give her some i'll come strike him down myself

[devouringdeep]

Come the following Monday morning she's going to receive a complimentary bowl of borsch alongside her slice of pie. He'll gladly hook her up in return. He keeps all his promises