Vancouver Avocado Showdown Cooking Competition

AFM-Blogger Event Invitation (July 21)

I’m judging this avocado recipe competition and hope to see some of you there!

Get out your best Avocados From Mexico recipe and compete! Create a fun, shareable dish using Avocados from Mexico and enter it in a blind-tasting competition against the best of BC food bloggers.

Come down for some avocado cooking tips with chef Darren Clay, get to taste many snacks and try each others creations and sample cocktails by Justin Darnes!

Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 5:30 PM at Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts

Contact Amy Chen at amy@townhallbrands.com to register.

Limited spots available. Prizes will be awarded to the top three winning dishes.

 EMAIL for the registration form Vancouver’s Avocado Showdown- July 21st, 2015

 

WHAT: Create a fun, shareable dish using Avocados from Mexico and enter it in a blind-tasting competition against your fellow BC food bloggers. 

DATE: Tuesday July 21st, 2015 (Event start time: 5:30pm)

  • Please arrive at 5:15pm to check-in and set-up your dish. 

LOCATION: Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts (101-1505 West 2nd Avenue, Vancouver BC) at beautiful Granville Island

REQUIREMENTS:

  • Avocados from Mexico must be used as an ingredient in the recipe.
  • The dish must be large enough to serve 8 people.
  • There will be no preparation equipment (i.e. oven, fridge, microwave) available to use. Please come with your dish ready to be evaluated and served.
  • Send the following to Amy Chen amy@townhallbrands.com by Friday, July 3rd, 2015:
    • Name of your dish.
    • Recipe, listing all ingredients (for allergy awareness)
    • One-line description of your dish.
    • Any allergies or dietary restrictions you have (because we want to give you snacks while your dish is judged)

JUDGING CRITERIA & PROCESS:

  • Upon arrival, you will be randomly assigned a number that corresponds to your dish. Only the event organizer will know who created each dish.
  • Your dish will be placed at the judging table with a tent card in front that has information about the dish.
  • When judging begins, judges will walk the tables to evaluate and blind-taste each dish. Each dish will be judged based on: creativity (10 points), taste (10 points) and presentation (10 points).

HOW TO WIN & PRIZE:

  • Once all entered dishes have been tasted and evaluated by judges, the winning dish will be the one with the highest total accumulated score.
  • The winner will receive an Avocado Green Kitchen Aid blender (valued: $200.00) and an opportunity to feature their winning recipe on the AFM social media channels.
  • Second and third place winners will receive a Molcajete (valued: $70.00).
  • All entrants will receive a take-home gift bag of the latest avocado gadgets (valued: $50.00).                             

OTHER FUN:

While judges are evaluating and tasting all entered dishes, you’ll have a chance to:

  • Enjoy avo cooking with chef Darren Clay.
  • Taste an exclusive, VIP cocktail made by bartender Justin Darnes
  • Enjoy other delicious bites from PICA.
  • Participate in photo booth fun with fellow bloggers and Avo-Man.
  • Taste beautiful BC wines from Okanagan Crush Pad (Narrative Red) and Mt. Boucherie Winery (Gewürztraminer 2013).Once judges are done judging, you’ll also have a chance to taste each other’s creation. 

STILL HAVE QUESTIONS?

 

 

2 Comments

  1. Meeow Meow says:

    is this open to the public as in spectators? I am sure the general public would like to come watch too. I have read thru the blog and seems focused on judges and contestants.

  2. cassandra says:

    Hello – I checked with the organizers and they replied that the competition is not open to public spectators. However, they¹re more than welcome to enter the competition. Perhaps you could enter?

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