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Cooking with Grace: Cooperative Cooking Competition

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Come hungry, come curious, and come ready to have a ridiculous amount of fun.

Cooking With Grace is a friendly, high-energy cooking game where you can sign up as either a Competitor (cook) or a Judge (director). Everyone brings one “mystery ingredient,” we reveal the surprise stash, form teams, and then cook a full spread while music’s playing. Afterward, we taste, judge a few fun categories, declare some winners, and then… we all feast and chill together.

How it works (high level)

  • Sign up as a Competitor or a Judge
  • Competitors are assigned a category of mystery item to bring (protein, veggie, seasoning/sauce, etc.)
  • We reveal all the mystery items at the start
  • Teams get a short planning huddle, then pitch quick ideas (starter / main / side / dessert)
  • Judges act like “directors” and assign mystery items + a fun challenge to each team
  • Then it’s 2 hours of cooking + music + teamwork
  • Teams present their dishes, judges score, winners announced
  • Everyone eats everything. Glory ensues.

The vibe

Creative and tasty. Think “surprisingly delicious,” not “prank food.”

Who should come?

  • You like cooking (even casually)
  • You like friendly competition
  • You want a social night that ends in a giant shared meal
  • Or you just want to be a Judge and steer the madness from the throne 😄

What to bring

  • If you’re a Competitor, you’ll get a quick message with what category to bring (and simple guidelines).
  • Judges just bring themselves (and their best dramatic judging faces).

Spots are limited so teams stay workable.

Reply / RSVP with: “Competitor” or “Judge” (and if you have any allergies we should know).