Klamath Cook-Off: Sky Lakes Showdown
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The Sky Lakes Wellness Center hosted its very first employee cooking competition! This competition between employees is a lot like Chopped, where teams are given a random selection of ingredients and must create a dish within the time limit using all the mystery ingredients.
The competition is separated into three events: Two preheats where teams compete to move on to the final event, and final event to find out who the Klamath Cook-Off Champions are!
Team’s dishes are judged for:
- Using all the mystery ingredients
- Plate presentation
- Taste
- And creativity
Bonus points are awarded for use of local ingredients in the main dish and if plant protein was used in the main entre.
This year’s judges are David Cauble, SLMC President and CEO; Reid Kennedy, Director of Volunteers; Christie Wiles, Director of Inpatient Nursing; and Keegan Mueller from A Leap of Taste!
First Preheat
Teams:
- “Cooking with Gas” – Alex and Alan from Human Resources
- Sherrie and Johanna from team “Chop it Like It’s Hot,” who represented the Cancer Treatment Center
Ingredients:
- chicken
- bok choy
- black garlic
- brown rice cakes
- lemon
Second Preheat
Teams:
- “Urine for a Treat” – Jassamyn and Alaina from Urology
- “Team Triple A” – Anna from Information Services and Annie from Quality Management
- Masa from Performance Excellence and Billie from Information Services from team “Bistro Massillie”
- and Maureen and Deb representing our volunteers from team “Voracious Volunteers”
Ingredients:
- ground bison
- bulgur
- pea shoots
- Swiss chard
- sesame oil
Teams “Urine for a Treat” and “Team Triple A” won their preheat and will advance to the final competition.
The final round’s winners were Cooking with Gas: Alan C and Alex Z from HR!
Final Round!
Teams:
- Urine for a Treat
- Team Triple A
- Cooking with Gas
Ingredients:
- lentils
- mushrooms
- quinoa
- asparagus
- walnuts
