Opening Ceremony
Day 1: 19 Oct 2008
Day 2: 20 Oct 2008
Day 3: 21 Oct 2008
Day 4: 22 Oct 2008
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COMPETITIONS

INDIVIDUAL


To qualify, individual exhibitors have to be either executive chefs, line cooks, pastry chefs or confectioners from any sector of the industry with a completed apprenticeship or recognised training in any of the above professions.

Every participant has to present all categories on the same day.

All the products displayed by individual exhibitors will be displayed cold and may not be tasted by the visitors.

Category A "Culinary Art"

One cold, festive platter for 8 people
Six different, individually plated starters for one person
A maximum of 25 points may be obtained for each of the four evaluation criteria: "Presentation/Innovation", "Composition", "Professionally Correct Preparation" and "Arrangement/Serving".

Category B "Culinary Art"

One restaurant platter or one dish for two people (prepared hot, displayed cold)
One 3-course menu for one person, including dessert (prepared hot, displayed cold)
Four different, individually plated, innovative main courses (prepared hot, displayed cold)
Again, a maximum of 25 points may be obtained for each of the four evaluation criteria: "Presentation/Innovation", "Composition", "Professionally Correct Preparation" and "Arrangement/Serving".

Category C "Pātisserie"

One platter with cookies or pralines or petit fours or cheese fours or friandises, five different ones for 6 people with one showpiece
Four different desserts for one person (prepared warm or cold, presented cold)
Again, a maximum of 25 points may be obtained for each of the four evaluation criteria: "Presentation/Innovation", "Composition", "Professionally Correct Preparation" and "Arrangement/Serving".

Category D - "Culinary Artistry - Cold Kitchen, Showpiece" and
Category D- "Culinary Artistry -Pātisserie, Showpiece"

Every individual exhibitor has the opportunity to exhibit a total of two showpieces in these two categories.

Showpiece Cold Kitchen:
The following products may be used: vegetables, salt, butter, dough, fruits, ice, fat, spices. The displays have to consist of food items. Other materials are allowed inside the display for stabilisation purposes only. The maximum size of the showpieces is 1.60 metres in height and 1.0 metre in width.

Showpiece "Pātisserie":
The following products may be used: sugar, dough, brittle, cake toppers, nougat, marzipan, chocolate, cacao paintings. The exhibits have to consist of food items only. Other materials are allowed inside the display for stabilisation purposes only. The maximum size of the showpieces is 1.60 metres in height and 1.0 metre in width.

For both categories the same evaluation criteria apply: "Level of Difficulty", "Provision of Material/Implementation", "Artistic Composition/Creativity" and "Promotional Impact/Sales Promotion". A maximum of 25 points can be obtained in each of these four evaluation criteria.


Participating Countries

Austria Ireland Slovenia
Canada Israel Spain
Cyprus Italy Switzerland
Czech Republic Japan Taiwan
Egypt Mexico Turkey
France Norway United Arab Emirates
Germany Poland United Kingdom
Greece Romania USA
Guatemala Russia  
Hungary Slovakia  

Source: Official IKA Culinary Olympics website







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