The Food Bloggers Battle Royale Cook off
In life, you meet many people, some you get along with, others you steer clear of. I guess this also applies to the blogosphere. Who would have thought that through the power of the internet, I was able to find a group of people who share common interests and really get along with.
Obviously our common interest is food, whether it be eating out or cooking at someone’s place, it’s the one thing that is gauranteed to bring everyone out of the woods. With Masterchef back on screen now, Billy, Ellie and myself organised a “cook off” with a twist, where a group of bloggers were invited to cook a dish each. However, this was not like any other cook off, it was ” The Battle Royale Cook off.”
Invitation- Designed by Billy
Of course with any challenges, there are rules which all participants must abide by:
- Each person will be assigned one of two categories- Savoury or Dessert
- For Savoury, you MUST use any form of “fruit” in your dish.
- For Dessert, you MUST use any form of “vegetable” in your dish.
- Each person will prepare their dishes at home and bring it to the party.
Scoring
- Each person must blind taste and score all dishes, except his/her own.
- Each dish will be scored on its presentation and flavours
- Scores between 1 to 10, 1= lowest, 10= heighest.
Attendees
- Ellie- Almost Bourdain
- Suze- Chocolatesuze
- Helen- Grab Your Fork
- Billy- A table for Two
- Simon- The heart of food
- Richard- Here comes the food
- Shez- One bite more
- Karen- Citrus and Candy
- Steph- Raspberri Cupcakes
- Linda & Minh- Eat show and tell
With this in mind, our small group got cracking, with some people brainstorming ideas from the start while others were quite cruisy, whipping up something last minute. What did we come up with ?
Savoury
Ellie: twice-cooked orange salt rub pork belly with toffee-crisp crackling, caramelised cherry and brandy glaze, potato and apple mash with smoked bacon and savoy cabbage with smoky bacon.
Minh: Pumpkin soup with port melon and vanilla creme fraiche
Richard: Melon Triplets Salmon Tartare
Simon: Korean fried chicken - twice fried chicken thigh pieces with a pineapple chili sauce
Helen: pork ribs marinated in lychee and soy served with lychee and green olives. Or Pig Goes on a Holiday
Dessert
Steph: a trio of beetroot - Chocolate & beetroot macaron, beetroot chocolate brownie with beetroot ice cream and a beetroot lollipop with fizzy sherbert powder
Karen: tasting plate of rhubarb - rhubarb financier, Rhubarb mousse gateau, lemon shortbread with rhubarb jam and rhubarb crumble.
Suze: Rainbow Vegie Layer Cake- beetroot & chocolate, carrot, spinach with cream cheese frosting
Shez: Fennel flan with fennel cream with beetroot sorbet and fennel and fennel brandy snap
Billy: eggplant chocolate tart with candied carrot, purple carrot ice cream with citrus peels and roasted almond
Linda: Caramalised onion panacotta w/ burnt butter ice cream & olive macaron
Unfortunately, by the time we got to taking some of the photos, the ice cream accompanying the desserts had melted. Apologies is advance, as these photos did not do all the dishes justice. As you can see, we went a little overboard with dessert, as per usual. However, true to our food bloggers form, you’d think after the onslaught of 6 desserts, we’d be caught in a food coma, but no, we marched back to eating a final serving of chicken curry and rice which Ellie kindly pre-prepared.
I guess you’d be intrigued to find out who won what for the night.
Best Savoury: Ellie
Best Dessert: Steph
Most outrageous: Linda
Congratulations to everyone for making it such a wonderful night and allowing us the opportunity to sample your creative dishes. Thank you for making the first Cook Off such a success, hopefully this will be the beginning of many more to come.
A massive thank you to Ellie, her husband J and daughter C for inviting us into their home, and being so hospitable. Also thank you to both Billy and Ellie for donating gifts for the winners of the Cook Off.
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This article was written on 26 Apr 2010, and is filed under Blogger Meet Ups, Dessert, Get Togethers.
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wow wow! i’m so jealous of all of you! having so much fun! when’s the next cook off battle #2?
.-= ladyironchef – Singapore Food Blog´s last blog ..Best Dim Sum at Taste Paradise Ion Orchard, Singapore =-.
Haha I just realised that everybody’s was so beautifully plated and mine was slapped casually on a plastic disposable! I guess I was one of those last minute cruisy people… big mistake!
Was such a blast, can’t wait for the next installment!
.-= Karen | Citrus and Candy´s last blog ..Apple ‘Donut’ cakes with honey and brown butter (beurre noisette) =-.
This sounds like fun!
Some of the dishes sound (and look) amazing.
So many nice dishes that evening! Had heaps of fun
Your onion panna cotta with the crackers were so nice. You looking to post a recipe soon?
.-= Simon @ the heart of food´s last blog ..A Class Above the Rest – ATFT Photography Workshop =-.
A fab nite. The ingenuity of everyone’s creations was very impressive
.-= Helen (Grab Your Fork)´s last blog ..Sensory Lab, Melbourne =-.
Wow everyone’s dishes look so great! I’m sure despite all the stress it was worth it in the end
.-= Jacq´s last blog ..Sushi Samurai, Neutral Bay =-.
It was so much fun!
I was completely stuffed by the end of it. Please please post your onion pannacotta recipe!!! I’m posting mine soon so you have to as well 
your photos are gorgeous! what a fun night! LOL. I think if we do it again will be a lot easier since we now know what to expect during the night.
.-= billy@ATFT´s last blog ..bangbang Cafe – Surry Hills, Sydney CBD (WIN a free meal at bangbang cafe) =-.
It was serious great fun! Hard to think of a new idea to supersede it! Your onion pannacotta recipe please……
.-= Ellie (Almost Bourdain)´s last blog ..Malaysian Style Sardine Sandwiches =-.
Wow all this food looks fantastic. You guys have much more talent than the apparent 24 best amateur cooks in the country, who are they kidding.
.-= Mark @ Cafe Campana´s last blog ..Borrowing a Winner – Vanilla Pannacotta =-.
What a fantastic feast! Love the look of the desserts. Yum!
That’s so awesome; good work guys! How did your pannacotta go in terms of taste? It’s so intriguing and out there! Suze’s triple layer cake is so crazy!
Love the flavour combinations that you guys have come up with, and they all looked soooo good.
I wonder what caramelized onion pannacotta taste like…hmmmm….
.-= Monica´s last blog ..Flavours of Indonesia Macarons & A Food Filled Day =-.
jealous!!! wish I could join in…
.-= penny aka jeroxie´s last blog ..Cookbook Challenge W22 (Red) – Roast beef with Fleurie Wine =-.
Good timmmesss!! Ended up ODing on sugar but so worth it!
.-= FFichiban´s last blog ..Park Hyatt Chardonnay Dinner – The Rocks, Sydney =-.
Sounds like a whole heap of fun! Shame I don’t know any friends who can cook so well. Btw that layer cake Suze made is CRAZY!
.-= angie´s last blog ..Banh Xeo (Vietnamese Savoury Pancakes) – Mum in action =-.
Wow, what an impressive show of talent and delicious goodies! So very inventive and as per usual, the photos definitely do each dish justice. Bah. Who needs Masterchef?
.-= Forager´s last blog ..Milestones, family and the ultimate potato salad =-.
That’s insane – and kicks a lot of MC creations in the butt.
What did the Caramalised onion panacotta taste like???
.-= Tina´s last blog ..Conclusions of a cool cow =-.
thanks for organising linda! your burnt butter icecream was soooo awesome!
.-= chocolatesuze´s last blog ..Battle Royale Food Blogger Style =-.
Sounds like you all had an awesome night! I’m impressed by all the creativity, although not surprised because I know how outrageous you all are!! Hehe. Congrats on your win
.-= Betty @ The Hungry Girl´s last blog ..Anzac Biscuits =-.
@ Ladyironchef- hmm porbably mid year, you should join us Brad =p
@ Simon- I shall post the recipe this weekend.
@ Phuoc- the panacotta was surprisingly good. You can definitely smell the caramelise donion, but you can’t taste it. It went very well with crackers.
@ Penny- If we have another big cook up, we will keep you in mind.
@ Tina- the onion panacotta tasted like a sweetened cream cheese onion dip. LOL sounds worst than it really is.
.-= linda´s last blog ..Traditional Pudding, Daring Bakers Challenge =-.
This Battle Royale sounds like one of the most fun posts I’ve seen in a long time! Why am I not surprised that you came up with the most outrageous dish?! Please share the recipes with us!
certainly some interesting combinations of flavours. sounds like you could rival MasterChef TV now
.-= Simon Food Favourites´s last blog ..Seven days of eating in Melbourne: Snapshot Summary (2 May 2010) =-.
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