TCGIS Auflauf Cook-Off & Community Dinner

Everything You Need to Know:

* The event is on Friday, 10/23, at 6:00 p.m. at the Salvation Army Center, 2727 Central Avenue NE, Minneapolis. 

* Auflauf is the German version of hot dish.

* You don’t need to enter a dish in the competition to attend. Once the judging is complete, the event will turn into a community dinner so that everyone can enjoy the contestants’ masterpieces.  

* The PTO will supply a kid-friendly noodle dish, beverages, fruit, rolls, and cake. The Salvation Army Center has an indoor playroom next to the fellowship hall where the kids can run around and burn off steam. 

* The Auflauf Cook-Off will be Zero Waste! Many thanks to the Eastside Food Co-op for allowing us to use their commercial composting facility. 

* Space is limited, so register early!  Download a registration form here.

* We will need volunteers to help with set-up, clean-up, and keeping an eye on the playroom. Please email Leslie Watson, leslie38@comcast.net, if you can help out.

* Recipes will be featured in the TCGIS Community Cookbook, to be published later this fall. If you’d like to submit a favorite recipe for the Cookbook—for auflauf or anything else—please email it to Leslie Watson by October 15!

Special Instructions for Contestants: 

1. Register and obtain tickets for yourself and family members.

2. Indicate on the form which category you intend to enter:  German Traditional, American Traditional, or Spicy/Vegetarian/Other.  Because space is limited, please do not register for the contest unless you are sure you can enter a hot dish!

3. Email the name of your dish to Renee Moelders, renee@themoelders.com, no later than October 15.   If you want your recipe published in the TCGIS Community Cookbook, please also submit that by October 15.  All entries and recipes will be kept confidential until after the contest!

4. On the day of the contest, please deliver your entry no later than 5:45 p.m.  Your dish should be completely cooked and ready to serve. You will receive your competition number at the check-in table.

5. The facility has limited oven space to warm up dishes, which will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis starting at 5:00 p.m.  (We recommend bringing your dish hot and ready to serve.) Judging will begin promptly at 6:00 p.m.; entries delivered after 5:45 may not make it to the judging table in time, so please do not be late!

6. We will have some serving spoons available, but bring your own if you can.

7. Once the judging is complete, join the dinner line and enjoy all the great contest entries.

8. Be sure to vote for your own dish in the People’s Choice contest!

9. While you wait for the winners to be announced, enjoy a slice of the World’s Best Sheet Cake from The Baker’s Wife Pastry Shop.