Week 21

The Mac & Cheese Smackdown is an annual event which our office religiously attends.  Even when I wasn't working in the office, I'd still head down to see everyone while chowing down on Mac & Cheese.  In our office, it's pretty much equivalent to office Christmas...

This year was so much fun, the lines moved really quickly and the Mac & Cheese was GRATE. 


Date: Thursday September 28, 2017
Event/Activity:
Mac & Cheese Smackdown
Capacity:  Student/Staff ($5 for four)
Found: Annual office tradition
Host: U of T food services

Link: https://ueat.utoronto.ca/say-cheese-u-t-annual-mac-cheese-smackdown/

Description:

 
Strike a pose and say cheese, because it’s time for our annual Mac & Cheese Smackdown!
Yes, you heard correctly, the Mac is back, so put this amazing event in your calendar and bring your appetite with you on Thursday, September 28 at Willcocks Commons from 11:30 AM -1:30 PM and it’s just $5 for your ballot (one ballot entitles you to four samples and a vote on the champion).

Four of our incredibly talented campus Chefs will once again compete against each other, each with their own unique version of Mac & Cheese, in pursuit of the title of Mac & Cheese Champion 2017. All Chefs have come up with their own, original recipes that are required to have a local food component.

Experience: 
  • The weather held up, and we paid for our tokens before lining up for the samples
  • The amount was perfect (I was pretty full by the fourth one), and each of the samples were super yummy!
  • My favourite was the butter chicken one (which I voted for in the end)
  • The line went really fast, but they also had to shut down within an hour because they sold out so quickly!  So glad my office takes it so seriously, we were there right when it started!
 What I learned: 
  • Mac & cheese brings people together 
  • Food is amazing
  • Line ups can be fast when the process is efficient
-M