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Important dates

  1. The Asia Pacific preliminary will be held on September 20-21, 2008 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
  2. The North America preliminary will be held on November 17, 2008 at Aster Center in New York City, USA.
  3. The Final will be held on November 18, 2008 at Aster Center in New York City, USA.

Competition Rules

  1. Preliminaries: An assigned dish and an dish of their choice, including preparation, cooking, and delivering the finished plates to the judges, must be completed in a 60-minute time period.
  2. Final: Two assigned dishes and an dish of choice, including preparation, cooking, and delivering the finished plates to the judges, must be completed in a 120-minute time period.

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Evaluation Criteria

The perfect score is 100. Judging will be scored accordingly in the following categories:

  • Taste—30 points
  • Texture—30 points
  • Appearance—20 points
  • Nutrition and Sanitation—20 points

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Prizes

  • First Place: $10,000, a trophy and a certificate
  • Second Place: $3,000, a trophy and a certificate
  • Third Place: $1,000 a trophy and a certificate
  • Commendable Awards: a certificate

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Competition Rules

  1. Categories of Competition:
    The categories of the Competition include Sichuan cuisine, Shandung cuisine, Cantonese Cuisine, Huaiyang cuisine and Northeast cuisine (Heilongjiang province, Jilin province and Liaoning province).
  2. Eligibilities:
    Contestants should have enough knowledge about the origin and development of the cuisine they picked, and fully understand how to prepare the cuisine with good skills and techniques. There is no nationality restriction for contestants.

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