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The Great Tora Cook Off

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Here’s an early reminder that this great annual event is coming up. It’s time for all the budding chefs to start thinking about the fabulous dish you will enter this year. And make your plans to get out there hunting, fishing and gathering for the ingredients.
The Cook Off will be held at the Tuturumuri Community Hall , White Rock Road on the 20th May. The event is a major fundraiser for Tututumuri School who are keen to get as many entries as possible.

The judging categories will be for meals made with:
Home grown produce.
Best paua fritter
Other seafood
Wild game
Home grown meats
And an open desert category.

All categories are open to both adults and children and will be judged accordingly. Remember that the main ingredient of the dish needs to be grown, caught , farmed or hunted locally, and needs to be served bite sized.

Entries will soon be open so get your thinking caps on and make sure your of your plans to be out there hunting, fishing and gathering.
Everybody is welcome to come and enjoy the resulting food, it is sure to once again be an evening of gastronomic delights. So mark your calendar on Saturday May 20th . Entry adults $20, children $10, family $50.
Tuturumuri School Fundraising Committee.

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