THREE CHEFS. ONE HOUR. ONE SECRET INGREDIENT. TWO DISHES. ONE CHAMPION.
the BATTLES
BATTLE DETAILS
The Chef Collective’s culinary battles are a black competition. The three chefs competing must create two signature dishes in only one hour! Each of the dishes are judged on TASTE, ORIGINALITY, USE OF SECRETE INGREDIENT and PRESENTATION by a panel of industry experts that know flavour!
BATTLE LOCATIONS
The Chef Collective’s battles are hosted at local restaurants in the selected city. Each location is hand selected by the Founder based on the open kitchen environment.
BATTLE RULES
✔ Chefs will have access to the kitchen for one hour in advance of the battle to see what tools and equipment as well as access to the pantry in the host kitchen for items like spices and oils / dry storage.
✔ Chefs are allowed to bring ONLY their knife kit + one ingredient.
✔ Immediately before the battle the chefs will be presented with a minimum of one secret ingredient.
✔ Chefs have one hour to produce a minimum of two dishes.
✔ Chefs must produce five portions of each dish.
✔ All dishes MUST include the secret ingredient(s)
✔ Chefs are allowed to produce anything else above and beyond the minimum requirement (i.e. drinks or additional dishes) to earn bonus points.
✔ At the end of the one-hour cooking period, the judges will grade each of the dishes from each team on a scale of 1-5 for the following criteria: TASTE, ORIGINALITY, USE OF SECRET INGREDIENT and PRESENTATION.
BATTLE BREAKDOWN
5:00PM - Competitors and Judges Arrive
5:30PM - Battle Doors Open
6:30PM - Opening Remarks
7:00PM - Competition Starts
7:20PM - First Dishes Up & Judging
7:30PM - Second Round Starts
7:50PM - Second Dishes Up & Judging
8:00PM - Judges Deliberate
8:30PM - Winners Announced
8:45PM - Media Interviews
10:00PM - Event Wraps
Want to host, compete, or judge The Chef Collective? Email: infothechefco@gmail.com