Season 1 Wrap-Up

First off, we've had a lot of fun doing this, and we would like to thank everyone for participating, voting, and following the challenge!

Now, on to business – the winner of the First Annual /ck/ Challenge:

stfuboosie !!/MEZC9Vdvfg

Congratulations! I think we all saw it coming, stfuboosie has been a fierce competitor all season long!

In second place: John !96Ltn7sP.. 
In third place: BubbleBurst 
and in fourth place: Anon no. 556 !!tpdJH4SQ2sE

I wish we could give everyone a round of applause! As for prizes...Boosie will receive a $60 Visa gift card, a /ck/ coffee mug and apron, and the first ever /ck/ Challenge trophy! John and Bubble will receive /ck/ coffee mugs. Please email Hearts (heartsheartsck@gmail.com) with your address or a PO box number. There's no rush if you need to set something up.

Again, our thanks to everyone for making this happen. We'd like to do this again next year, and we know there's room for improvement. We'll leave this post up to take comments/suggestions, etc; please let us know what you liked, didn't like, suggestions/comments/criticisms, anything you want to tell us.

Below is a downloadable pack of all 15 challenge threads and the submission photos:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/uqlyst

Thanks again to everyone for their comments and suggestions. See you next season! And don't forget to check in with /ck/ in December for the 4th annual Advent Calendar. :)

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If you'd like to be sent an email notification about the next season of the /ck/ Challenge, please send me an email at heartsheartsck@gmail.com so I can put you on the mailing list. Let me know in the email if you'd like to be put on the Advent Calendar list as well.

Final Round

Round Fifteen – (Oct 7th-21st) FINAL ROUND

Welcome to the final round of the 2012 /ck/ Challenge!

It's been a lot of fun and we've seen a lot of great food. Let's make this last round fantastic!

So, for the last time this year, the rules:

-You MUST timestamp your entry photo. No timestamp, no vote. You only have to timestamp your completed dish photo, not multiple photos if you’re posting a set.
-The more photos you post, the better! We want to see your cooking. Detailing the cooking process/posting a recipe is encouraged (but not mandatory).
-If you are not one of the 4 contestants remaining, or have been eliminated already, don’t look at that as a reason to stop posting. You can still do challenges and post your meals, just be sure to remember to say that your submission is “Not for vote” or “For consideration only.”

Voting will be carried out in this thread. Please read the voting guidelines below.

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VOTING GUIDELINES

Voting follows an 'Iron Chef' scoring system. This means you, the people of /ck/, will judge each entry individually instead of deciding on what you feel is the "best" dish.

Dishes are scored out of a total 20 points, based on 4 categories (worth a maximum of 5 points each); Presentation, Originality, Appeal and Challenge Goals. You may award 0's if you feel the contestant did not meet any expectations for a category.

-Presentation: The appearance of items on the plate; plating skills
-Originality: Creativity in composing the dish
-Appeal: How appetizing the food looks/whether or not the dish appeals to your personal taste as a voter
-Challenge Goals: How closely the entry followed the challenge goal(s)

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Copypasta Scoring Format for Lazymodo

Presentation: /5
Originality: /5
Appeal: /5
Challenge Goals: /5
Total: /20

The Round Fifteen theme is:

Your best dish.

Simply cook the best dish you can; your signature dish or what you're known for. Show us all something amazing!

The winner of Round Twelve was stfuboosie !!/MEZC9Vdvfg! Congratulations, again!

The Final Four contestants are:

Anon no. 556 !!tpdJH4SQ2sE
BubbleBurst
John !96Ltn7sP..
stfuboosie !!/MEZC9Vdvfg

Eliminated:
The Boyfriend !XAnCYOZBzk

That was a close round, competition for the Top Three positions is going to be fierce! Let's see some great dishes in this last round!

Scoring for the final round will be based on this round only. The person with the lowest points will be eliminated, or take fourth place, however you want to think of it, leaving our First, Second, and Third Place winners!

It's been a great season, everyone. Also, FYI, we'll be posting a Q&A thread afterwards to get your opinions/comments/suggestions/criticisms. We had a lot of fun doing this with you all and we'd like to make it even better next time. I'll also be posting a downloadable archive of all the previous Challenge threads and submission photos.