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Top 5 Mistakes Teams Make. Lack of PracticeMenu Not Appropriate for Skill LevelImproper Time ManagementLack of Basic Understanding of Food!Lack of familiarity with Format and Pressures. Top 10 Things Winning Teams Have Done. Practice Time ManagementVideotape Practice SessionsExternal Evaluati
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1. ProStart® Culinary Competition How Points are Scored
“Deconstructing the Score Sheet”
A Judge’s Perspective
2. Top 5 Mistakes Teams Make Lack of Practice
Menu Not Appropriate for Skill Level
Improper Time Management
Lack of Basic Understanding of Food!
Lack of familiarity with Format and Pressures
3. Top 10 Things Winning Teams Have Done Practice Time Management
Videotape Practice Sessions
External Evaluation of Practice Session Performance
Practice Simulates Competition Conditions
Perfect Basic Skills
Don’t Overreach on Skill Level
Cross Train Team Members
Team Cohesiveness – Sense of Mission
Concentrate on Skills and Flavor
Purchase Freshest Ingredients Possible
4. The Score Sheet
A Point by Point Breakdown on what to do in order to succeed!
5. Shipping and ReceivingProper Temperature
Check temperature of foods prior to check-in
Pre-chill coolers that will contain refrigerated items
Pack items in coolers properly – layers
Have a thermometer in your coolers
Know the Temperature Danger Zone!
6. Shipping and ReceivingProper Packaging
Separate coolers for protein and non-protein
Coolers packed appropriately
Pre-chill coolers
EVERYTHING labeled using a permanent marker
No leaky packaging
Delicate items protected
Use air bladders or other to take up space
7. Knife Skills
STRESS Accuracy
SHARPEN YOUR KNIVES!
ENSURE team members cross train on all cuts
Ask for help if needed!
COMMUNICATE consistency before speed
TEACH knife safety
CHOOSE items appropriate for team members skill level
8. Poultry Fabrication Practice basic 8 piece breakdown of chicken: