The Annual Lab Culinary Competition

October 19, 2012

My workplace's annual culinary contest is yet kicking on, though sadly without our commons near honoured invitee this year. The outcome has developed a formidable reputation; nosotros had at to the lowest degree a dozen novel students as well as staff on the invite listing as well as many of them seemed to a greater extent than nervous than excited. They proved highly competitive on the day, amongst many of the prizes awarded to first-time competitors. 

The near epic entry inwards the competition's history was contributed past times a grouping of newbies. Though they professed non to last peachy cooks, they constructed a stunning "panscape" from pancakes, sponge cake as well as all agency of lollies, roofing several foursquare metres as well as documenting many of our interrogation group's favourite ecosystems. Other visual highlights included a biscuit-based eggs-and-bacon breakfast as well as some chocolate truffles that appeared to accept dropped from the incorrect halt of a wombat.

Michael skipped his ain run responsibilities as well as joined inwards for the source time. (He also took near of the photos inwards the slideshow above, acre I fussed to a greater extent than or less amongst my entries.) We both focused to a greater extent than on favourite flavours than fancy looks as well as this paid off amongst 3 prizes for 3 entries. Michael tossed together Ottolenghi's quinoa salad amongst feta as well as Western Farsi dried lime, I baked a gluten-free choc-cherry cheesecake, as well as thus I conceived san choy BLTs - lettuce cups containing slow-roasted cherry tomatoes, marinated tofu 'bacon' cubes as well as a dab of kewpie mayonnaise.

The commons annual disclaimer applies: the slideshow inwards a higher house volition in all likelihood comprise some pics amongst meat. The lab culinary comp aims to last an inclusive outcome as well as I extend that to my documenting of it.

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You tin banking concern tally out past times competitions: 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2006.

September 30, 2010: Annual Lab Culinary Competition

Spring brings the birthday of my colleague Jane, as well as our tradition of a culinary contest inwards her honour.  I was most relieved to run across fewer entries than inwards 2009!  (That was a tough cookbook to compile.)  But of course of study the measure of these dishes matched anything we've previously seen.  Last year's Lifetime Achievement Award Winner joined the judging panel as well as ii other talented cooks dominated the honours list, claiming 3 prizes each.

My commons disclaimer - this is the ane occasion each twelvemonth that I include non-vegetarian photos on this blog.  Everyone puts inwards a lot of effort, a hit of dietary requirements are catered to, as well as I intend every dish deserves a mention.  Here's what nosotros shared...

Mojitos!  These won the Bryan Brown/Tom Cruise bar-tending accolade for the ii makers as well as shakers. 

Vege sandwiches

Dolmades

Tofu-tempeh skewers alongside satay sauce.

Winner for the best disguising of tofu.

Chorizo skewers

Cheese as well as vegemite damper

Pulled pork tacos.

This was awarded the Best Overall Savoury Dish.

Rice!  Winner of the Crispy Prize.

this recipe)

Macropus sausage rolls

Kohlrabi salad, crowned Classiest Dish of the day.

Pollo con cuarenta dientes de ajo (forty clove garlic chicken).

Prize winner for the Best Chilean Dish Not Made By Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Chilean.

Savoury sweetness Irish Gaelic patato squares.

Gin & Tonic Nibblies, Winner of the Judges' Award.

Mango lassi

Pink Gin & Tonic Lollipops for Grown-ups.

Prize winner every bit the Best Way To Cause Alcoholism inwards Kids.

Homemade marshmallows

Geelong Cake (because they were nonetheless the reigning premiers).
Award winner for the Best Losing Cake.

Traditional pumpkin pie

Passionfruit semifreddo.

Co-winner of the "One Good Icecream Deserves Another" prize.

raspberry kokosnoot icecream (photographed later).

Second co-winner of the "One Good Icecream Deserves Another" prize.

Baklava, prize winner every bit the Best Lebanese Dish Not Made By Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Lebanese Person.

Peanut butter as well as honeycomb chocolate cups.

Awarded the America's Choice prize.

Explosión de naranja frío - con frutas y chocolate 

(cold orangish soufflé alongside berries as well as chocolate).
Prize winner for Best Presentation.

The Chocolate Trojan - tea-soaked prunes inwards bitter chocolate cream.
Winner of the Jane's Choice Award.

And finally, the Grand Prize Winner!

A wattleseed meringue torte.

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You tin dismiss every bit good run across my reports on lab competitions inwards 2006, 2008 as well as 2009.

Annual Lab Culinary Competition

October 5, 2018

In its 15th year, the annual lab culinary contest is nonetheless a major indicate on the social calendar, with many potent entries! This twelvemonth nosotros saw a fabulous array of finger foods, pastries, vivid fresh fruit together with vegetables (some from the entrants' ain gardens!), sugariness things inward cups together with baked equally beautiful whole cakes, foods originating from other cultures together with classic dishes nosotros knew well. Unusually this year, I didn't brand a dessert submission, though I set inward my requisite ii entries: alongside the pics above, you'll live on able to meet my broccoli & gorgonzola pie, together with around hot & sour rhubarb tofu.

The grand prize was reserved for the sparkliest of cakes together with the bakery who dressed but similar it.

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I've likewise written accounts of this contest inward 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016 together with 2017.

October 4, 2010: Stir-Fried Choko

raspberry-coconut icecream earned me a novelty prize at the annual lab culinary competition - a choko as well as a taro root.  I could barely fifty-fifty recognise these vegetables (thanks to twitter for the help!) as well as thus I had niggling sentiment how best to develop them.  Of course of written report the reliable ol' meshing had about helpful suggestions.

Even many folks who can't location a choko recalled the The Simple Green Frugal Co-op as well as stir-fried my choko, adding a niggling soy sauce, parsley as well as lime juice when it was cooked through.  (We ate it every mo a side to just-add-water falafel as well as the eat-anywhere quinoa salad.)

The choko's texture reminded me real much of cucumber; theatre withal amount of water.  It didn't gustatory modality of much at all.  I'd live on unlikely to develop it on its ownsome in 1 lawsuit again but I tin imagine choko making a non bad add-on to a meal-sized stir-fry amongst a multifariousness of crunchy veges, belongings upwards to the oestrus far ameliorate than zucchini. 

Unfamiliar light-green veges tin live on a niggling threatening but the choko is truly every mo mild-mannered every mo they come.