Cam­pus Ac­tiv­i­ties Hosts Great British Bak­ing Show: Mi­crowave Edi­tion

MISHAWAKA-Bethel Uni­ver­sity Cam­pus Ac­tiv­i­ties hosts The Great British Bak­ing show: Mi­crowave edi­tion for all stu­dents in the Kelly au­di­to­rium Fri­day, Oct. 18, 2019.  

Cam­pus ac­tiv­i­ties staff split stu­dents into three dif­fer­ent teams, hav­ing each team vol­un­teer one per­son to be the prospec­tive chef. There were five dif­fer­ent rounds of cook­ing or bak­ing us­ing the mi­crowave. Each round brought a dif­fer­ent chal­lenge: omelets, soup, ra­men noo­dles, mug cake and puppy chow/​muddy bud­dies 

At the be­gin­ning of each round, stu­dents were as­signed their chal­lenge for the round, then, were given one minute to col­lect all their de­sired in­gre­di­ents, from be­hind a cur­tain. Cam­pus Ac­tiv­i­ties pro­vided an as­sort­ment of kitchen­ware, such as bowls, cut­ting boards, knives, forks, and mugs for stu­dents to use.  

One of the first chal­lenges of the night came about when mi­crowaves kept short-cir­cuit­ing. Staff had to quickly move mi­crowaves around the room, and even out­side of the au­di­to­rium. Once all the in­gre­di­ents were cho­sen, par­tic­i­pants were given ten min­utes to pre­pare and mi­crowave their cre­ations for judges to taste. Par­tic­i­pants could call on their re­spec­tive teams for help at any point in time.  

Stu­dents and cam­pus ac­tiv­i­ties staff all had a good laugh watch­ing stu­dents at­tempt to com­plete each chal­lenge. With few sur­prises here and there, par­tic­i­pants cre­ated things such as “Al­fredo ra­men noo­dles” and “soup cake”, both cre­ations tak­ing first place in sep­a­rate rounds. Many laughs, swal­lowed egg, and a “hint of flour” later, Cam­pus Ac­tiv­i­ties Staff gave stu­dents a night to re­mem­ber.