Now Accepting Entries for UMBCookoff Competition!

Thu, 16 Mar 2023 12:19:45 -0400

Do you think you have what it takes to be @umbcdining and Retriever Essentials' UMBCooking champion? Anyone can participate from a student org, club, alumni group, or even a group of friends! Sign up here with your best recipes! More details below.

Details: Each team will consist of 3-4 individuals and you will be able to compete for a panel of judges in a live cooking competition. We supply the ingredients, you supply the chefs! You will have until Sunday, March 26th, 2023 at 10:00pm to sign up! Selected teams will compete in person at True Grits on Tuesday, May 2nd from 5-7 PM for a panel of judges.

Qualification: Your team must submit two dishes! You don't have to cook these for us, but your recipes' creativity, detail, ingredients, how tasty they sounds, and your use of a Retriever Essentials ingredient will determine if you compete on May 2nd! For a further understanding, see the link in our bio.

Selection Period: We will be selecting teams the moment the sign up ends and we will let you know in an announcement on myUMBC March 31st, 2023. The announcement will have team names, recipe titles, date of the competition. We will also personally email you as well to make sure you get the message! 3 teams will be selected and they will have a chance to cook their two dishes for our judges in the main event!

!!The day your teams will compete is May 2nd of this semester from 5:00 to 7:00 PM!!

Prizes: Prizes will include your dish being featured one day in the True Grits Dining Hall menu with the option to cook it with SVC staff, gift cards to local participating restaurants and other places, and potentially some other prizes that will be very, very, VERY intriguing.