2006 Olympics
Bake-Off
Saturday, January 21, 2006
G9 Lounge
4:30-5:00 Bring your dessert
5:00 Judging
5:30 Eat-for-all
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Points Available
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Participation
- Each individual's nth entry is worth
1/fib(n) participation points. Thus, your first entry is worth 1
point; your second, 1 point; your third, 1/2 point; your fourth, 1/3; your
fifth, 1/5; etc.
- Teams will be awarded bonus points based on
the number of people who submit entries
- 1-4 people: no bonus
- 5-7 people: 5 points
- 8-9 people: 10 points
- 10-11 people: 15 points
- >11 people: 20 points
- Be a judge and get 1 participation point (see below)
- Help out in the beginning and get 1 participation point (see below)
- Help out at the end and get 1 participation point (see below)
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Overall Prizes
- Best in show: 15 points
- Nerdiest or Most Olympics Theme-related (e.g. chocolate delorean or millenium falcon?): 15 points
- Nerdiest or Most Olympics Theme-related, runner-up: 8 points
- Best traditional/classic (standard-ish recipe, but really well done): 8 points
- Most original (non-standard recipe/idea, and still tastes great): 8 points
Each entry can win only one of these, and these winners are then excluded from winning an individual category award.
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Each Category
- First - 5 points
- Second - 3 points
- Third - 2 points
Rules/Info
- All entries must be homemade. Non-homemade items (pie shells, ice cream,
etc.) may be used only if they are incorporated into the main homemade item.
(Mixes are allowed, but only for the truly baking-impaired - this is supposed
to be real baking.)
- Judging will be blind.
- Please bring your own serving utensil(s), if needed (to slice a cake, to serve a pie, etc.)
- Plates, forks, cups, milk/juice/soda will be provided
- Extras
will ideally find their way to the party that night - label your
container if you would donate your extras but have a non-disposable
container - thanks
Categories
- Cake, Chocolate-y
- Cake, Non-Chocolate-y
- Cookies/Brownies/Bars, Chocolate-y
- Cookies/Brownies/Bars, Non-Chocolate-y
- Other, Chocolate-y
- Other, Non-Chocolate-y
Be a Judge!
Judges earn 1 participation point. Judges get to be the
first to taste all of the yummy desserts. Judges must arrive by 5:00. You
can be a judge for any category provided you did not submit an entry for that
category. Please send email to lippow at mit if you would like to be a
judge. Make sure to state which category you would like to judge.
Judge Assignments
| Category |
Judge [team] |
| Cake, Chocolate-y |
Vineet Sinha [BF] |
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| Cake, Non-Chocolate-y |
Bis Bose [G] |
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| Cookies/Brownies/Bars, Chocolate-y |
Szymon Jakubczak [G] |
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| Cookies/Brownies/Bars, Non-Chocolate-y |
Chih-yu Chao [BF] |
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| Other, Chocolate-y |
Meg Aycinena [SW] |
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| Other, Non-Chocolate-y |
Jennifer Carlisle [IJ] |
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Help Out!
Helping out earns 1 participation point. Please send
email to lippow at mit if you would like to help out.
You can both enter desserts and help out, however, if you are a judge,
then you can not help out at the beginning categorizing entries.
Helpers
| When/What |
Who [team] |
| Beginning: categorize entries and setup (arrive 4:30) |
Meg Aycinena [SW] |
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| Beginning: categorize entries and setup (arrive 4:30) |
to be assigned |
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| End: clean-up |
Jennifer Carlisle [IJ] |
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| End: clean-up |
Sue Felshin [G] |
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Take extras to S&P?
Ideally, extra food/plates/cups will find their way to the party that
night. Will you be going back to S&P? Or, do you have a car and
could drive to S&P? Email me, I'm coordinating as well with the
party organizers. Sure, points awarded. Help appreciated.
Thanks Jeremy Fineman!!!!! [IJ]
Thanks Meg Aycinena! [SW]