How To Win a Cooking Contest

  • January 26, 2010
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If you’re a culinary genius, use your gift to win acclaim and share your recipes with the world.

You Will Need

  • Your favorite ingredients
  • Time
  • Food magazines
  • Friends and family
  • A typewriter or computer
  • Tried and true recipes (optional)
  • Contest suggested products (optional)
How To Win a Cooking Contest: Experiment

Step 1: Experiment

Experiment with different ingredients you like until you come up with a few good dishes.

Replace a few ingredients in a tried and true recipe.

How To Win a Cooking Contest: Incorporate trends

Step 2: Incorporate trends

Incorporate the latest food trends into your recipe. Read food magazines to find out what is popular, and see if it works with your recipe.

How To Win a Cooking Contest: Simplify

Step 3: Simplify

Keep it simple. Cooking contests often look for recipes with short preparation times using ingredients that are found in most kitchens.

How To Win a Cooking Contest: Taste test

Step 4: Taste test

Have friends and relatives taste your recipe and give you suggestions.

How To Win a Cooking Contest: Follow the rules

Step 5: Follow the rules

Follow the rules of the contest to make sure your recipe is eligible. Skipping a rule is the fastest way to be disqualified.

If a contest suggests using a product, use it. Look at the suggestion as a requirement.

How To Win a Cooking Contest: Write the recipe

Step 6: Write the recipe

Write the recipe clearly, and make sure to include ingredient amounts, cookware needed, detailed instructions, and how many servings the recipe makes.

How To Win a Cooking Contest: Prepare the dish

Step 7: Prepare the dish

Prepare the dish at the contest following the recipe exactly as you wrote it. Bring enough of the ingredients to make the required number of dishes, and any utensils needed. Present the dish so it looks appetizing.

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