They bear a lot of teamwork and camaraderie and that is strength on our part. Certified master chefs act as team advisors during practice sessions. Throughout the practice sessions, advisors provide an objective opinion and stimulate team interaction. Culinary competitions challenge the military cooks to achieve nationally established standards for excellence in food preparation. Members are chosen annually through tryouts.
Active competitors are the most experienced and have received the highest scores in tryouts.
They are placed in the six slots for international competition. These members are instructors at the Advanced Culinary Skills Training Course. The team, for the first time since I have been on it in 1991 has picked up a lot of apprentices from the Fort Lee Army competition. They will come out on top only if their kitchen team skills, utilization of resources, timing, organization, smartness, showmanship and cleanliness are beyond reproach, Warren said. There are two categories the final scores fall into.