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SmokeInDaEye
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Well if u want to do a Sara Lee, I'd recommend u dress up like her too, after all, its open garnish and you can be considered a meatball. :mrgreen:
but...
you are judged on your chefs choice creation and desert creation.
Only the 2 dishes and its contents are being judged based on Creativity/Originality/Taste. If you choose to serve the chefs choice plated, then all the plates will be judged for creativity and originality(appearance), as a group, just like when u open a 9x9 inch box, all 6 pieces are judged as a group (or appearance).
Consider that table your box, a really big 9x9, and what you do around it is garnish. OPEN GARNISH. It will look nice, but is not to effect your scores.
If I was doing this, i would have a large platter, family style, with a large roast, and that platter would be professionally garnished as I can. My place settings would be empty, I may have a couple of simple sides(not judged) and I would carve the entree when the judges arrived so they can see juices pouring out and anticipate....
OR, I would have plate settings ready for when the judges arrive.
anything else on my table is just garnish.
but since your not competing this is all moot.
Thanks, Poo. Starting to make more sense, though the carving at the table borders on showmanship. In support of our only local contest, I will be competing and attempting to defend my grilling title.
