HOW TO SCORE MAXIMUM POINTS ON EACH ROUND OF STEEMIT IRON CHEF AND CLIMB THE LEAGUE RANKING - PART ONE! 3 Tips inside, check them out!!!

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Greetings of the day Iron Chefs!

Hope you all have a great weekend and ready to kick off another beautiful week ahead!

Main Objective of Steemit Iron Chef!

On top of rewarding participants in terms of Weekly Steem Prizes and the Grand Reward Pool, we also have some lucky ones who get some nice upvotes from the curators...specially from Steemcurator01....

Infact my main objective of this cooking contest is to help foodies around to uplift their blog in learning how to create top notch food posts...

The first round of SIC 2021 got 67 participants, which is a very big number indeed! I was expecting only around 20 entrants...

It was great to see how foodies of Steemit appreciated this contest, thank you all for that amazing support.

I saw some great entries from the participants...but we also had some quite low quality ones - This is why I want to help out here!

Now what!?

From time to time, I will be writing some posts to help everyone on Steemit Iron Chef or any foodies around Steemit on how they can better create their food posts and score a lot of points in the contest and attract curators on their blog!

I hope these tips will be useful to you all!

Ps. Food is where I excel...that's why I mainly blog about food and love helping around!


Reminder

Before sharing my tips to you, I would like to make it clear for everyone :

I am a great food lover and I love all type of foods, be it classics, modern, refined, fusion, etc...
But with Steemit Iron Chef, I am looking for ultra refined plates from our contestants.

WHY???

The reason is simple ; cooking normal home food can be done by so many people, well in each house of the whole world, someone knows how to cook, right!?

And the food cooked at home is really what I love/enjoy the most!

But cooking with precision, making a simple dish look like a piece of art is not something anyone can achieve just like that!
For many it demands lots of sacrifice, practice and dedication to reach that level!

For me cooking such super refined dishes and plating like an artist is an art actually!

I have spent the last 19 years of my life learning how to make such plates and now I want to help anyone who wishes to make it too!

And all for free, I love sharing my knowledge with all foodies!

Are you ready for my tips!???

Let's go!!!


Tip number 1

  • Choose the right and perfect product for your dish!

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Take your time when buying or selecting the products that you will cook...

Choose the best meat/fish/vegetables/fruits that you can find!

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Go for the most fresh ones and also those having a good form!

I usually buy only small type of vegetables, baby vegetables like we say! They will look sexy on your plate!

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Tip number 2

  • Look out for fresh herbs and comestible flowers!

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Choose the right herbs and flowers which will paired with your dish! Not all herbs and flowers go with all food you are cooking!

Adding fresh herbs and comestible flowers make your dish looks fresh and amazing!

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I will advise that you look for the flowers of the herbs you are using - they are lovely on your plate and more powerful in flavor!

Example : See above example of mint flower! You can use both the mint and it's flowers on your dish!


Tip number 3

  • Draw the plate you want to make before starting to cook!!!

You don't have to be a super designer to make a croquis!

Just draw approximately the dish you want to make...then take some time thinking about it!

Plan your work...just don't rush to make your SIC entry...you have a full week to organize!

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By doing this you will see the amount of new ideas coming up and you can change and adapt your recipe!

You have to already think of the plate you will use for the presentation...before drawing!

Once you are satisfied with the idea, only then start the cooking!


So here we are my dear foodies friends, 3 very useful tips for you to make amazing dishes that will help you create great food posts on your blogs later on!

Part 2 will come soon...with some tips on plating!!!

It would be great if you can start with these basics for the time being, you will already see some great improvements on your final plate!

Please do let me know below what you think about this idea of sharing some tips with you all!

I hope you really enjoy and will learn these steps to make lovely plates which will make you win a lot of points in the contest!

Please resteem to reach a greater audience!

Till the next one!
Thank you!
@progressivechef

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Interesting. I’m a newbie when it comes to SteemIt. But this contest sounds like something my wife & I might want to enter.

Hello my friend!
First of all, welcome on Steemit! I'm sure you gonna enjoy your ride here.
Great to read that you are interested in Steemit Iron Chef contest, please feel free to enter and hang around the foodies community.
Read from you soon!
Wish you well!

Thank you for that info! It’s much appreciated

Hola, gracias la verdad me encanta la cocina y es bueno que las personas con experiencia nos den consejos de como escoger nuestros ingredientes y saber usarlos a la hora de cocinar.

buenas tardes soy nueva en esta pagina alguien me puedes dar una breve explicacion

Thanks so much for understanding the real objective of Steemit Iron Chef. I just want to help all foodies to upgrade their posts with time. And in the end they will be the winner when their blog is of top quality. Stay tuned for more tips on different aspect about cooking, plating and photography!
Wish you a great day ahead!

Gracias amigo por los consejos 👍 excelente recomendación para estar atentos a la hora de preparar las recetas saludos. @progressivechef

To make a great dish, the first thing is attention and planning - and if we start the right way...for sure the end result will be simply amazing.
Thanks so much for taking time to read the recommendations.
Wish you a great day ahead!

Excellent tips and advice to help us improve!
Thanks.

My pleasure sharing my experience with all the foodies of steemit. Stay tuned for some more tips coming up soon.
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Best Regards

Thank you for your time to guide us and guide us to do things better every day!
I will be attentive to your new directions.

Muchas gracias por tomarse este tiempo para darnos tan importantes consejos, con su ayuda mejoraremos día a día, Saludos : )

Together we will surely improve ourself. I am myself learning a lot of new recipes from the participants around the world.
Wish you a great day ahead!

Excelentes tips para seguir creciendo, muchas gracias

And I feel...specially you...gonna rock it to very high level very soon!
Stay blessed my friend!

Excelentes tips para seguir creciendo, muchas gracias

Muchas gracias por transmitir sus conocimientos. Los tendre en cuenta a la hora de cocinar.

Thanks so much for appreciating this 'tips posts' my friend! Looking forward to some awesome entries again this round!
Stay blessed!

Thanks for these great tips, I like to learn 👍

You have that magic touch I feel...and I am sure with some more time, you are going to deliver outstanding foodies posts. You are very much on the right track. Keep it up my friend!

Definitivamente la lectura empieza por hacer maestros. Tus recomendaciones tomadas en cuenta espero cumplir con muchas expectativas en mis publicaciones.
#affable
#venezuela
#twopercent

You are most welcomed my friend. Slowly slowly we will all get better together and improve on all levels. I am infact still learning from my foodies friend around.
As we say...we never stop learning in life!
Stay Blessed!

gracias por sus consejos, son de mucha ayuda dentro de la comunidad, yo poco se de cocina pero me gusta aprender.

Stay around and for sure you are going to learn a lot from our foodies community.
Happy to read your nice comment!
Wish you a great day ahead!
Stay awesome!

Muchas gracias!

Hola @progressivechef me gusta tu idea, siempre hay cosas nuevas que aprender. Y desde mi lado, me encanta la cocina, pero ciertamente sé que hay muchas cosas que aprender. Esto me encanta. Gracias por los buenos consejos!

Saludos.

Hey my friend! Thanks so much for liking the posts! Oh yes...we never stop learning, specially on food side.
Stay well my friend!
Have a great day ahead!

Gran idea la de compartir consejos para mejorar en las recetas, amigo! Habemos quienes nos gusta la cocina pero no sabemos tantas cosas que alguien con experiencia ya sabe. Gracias!

This is the reason I launched Steemit Iron Chef again + sharing my experience with all of you. I really want to see all foodies around progress on their food posts, this is my target for this year!
Thanks so much for appreciating my work!

Excelente idea amigo @progressivechef me encantaría que siguiera dándonos consejos para la mejora de nuestras futuras presentaciones.. Saludos y Bendiciones..

I am so happy to read that you enjoyed the given tips. For sure I will be sharing much more in the days/weeks to come to help everyone who want to improve their food blogs!
Stay blessed and keep working hard my friend!

Estos consejos son maravillosos ya para próximas rondas tengo más en cuenta para perfeccionar un plato ❤️

This is simply great to read from you my friend. My advises will surely help many foodies around to get better day by day.
Stay awesome!

Gracias por estos consejos! Son muy importantes para poco a poco mejorar nuestras publicaciones! 😊👍

You are most welcomed my friend! I will keep on sharing my experience with you all and also at the same time learn from different cuisines around the world. Cooking is my main passion actually and I just love sharing and helping around!
Stay blessed!

Gracias por los consejos, me encanta cocinar tanto comida y postres. Y con estos tips uno puede aprender más del mundo de la comida. Excelente gracias nuevamente.

You are most welcomed my friend! Oh you do desserts too, this is awesome.
My pleasure sharing my experience with you all.
Best Regards

Muchas gracias por esos bellos consejos

Thank you so much for appreciating the given tips to improve ourselves my friend. Stay tuned for more coming up soon!

Muchas gracias por los consejos estaré más pendiente

Gracias por tan valiosos consejos 🤗

Most welcome my friend and I would like to thank you for the support!
Best Regards and happy Sunday!

  ·  4 years ago (edited)

De verdad gracias por esos tip's. Son cosas sencillas pero que nos ayudan a crecer cada vez más y darle ese toque que a muchos nos hacen falta para que nuestras publicaciones sean de calidad...

Absolutely true my friend, some simple touches that will surely upgrade the quality. Thanks so much for appreciating and supporting the competition.
Wish you well!

excelente tips amigo @progressivechef

Saludos, muchas gracias por sus consejos para continuar aprendiendo en este mundo de la cocina

hola, que buenos consejos, la verdad que no se nada de estos temas, me encantaría aprender a emplatar y hacer entregas mas perfectas. Gracias por las instrucciones, trataré de mejorar cada día siguiendo tus consejos amigo

Thank you so much my friend! Don't worry, I was also a novice when I started my career of chef and learned from others. I will make different posts with some tips on how people can improve on plating. My pleasure sharing my experience.
Best regards!

Muy interesante y espectacular post, estoy segura que a lo largo de mi estadia aqui aprendere mas acerca de esto, poder lograr tener post de calidad es un reto para todos, gracias por pensar en nuestro crecimiento!!! Bendiciones
#affable
#venezuela

I really want to see a lot of top quality foodies on the platform. The way it is going is very encouraging and many are already doing much better than before. We will learn together for sure.
Stay blessed my friend!

Muchas gracias por los consejos, son de gran ayuda.

I'm so happy to read that from you my friend! And it is great to see how you are doing very good in the contest and I am sure you will fly high in couple of weeks. Even chefs will get a beating from you!
Happy Sunday!

Jejejej muchas gracias

Muy Gentil amigo, que compartas tus conocimientos, amo la cocina pero si es cierto que ese toque refinado y elegante es un plus. Trataré de poner en práctica tus consejos. Gracias. Nos leemos pronto.

Yeah...cooking is one thing and making your dish looks attractive on plate is another. But with some practice and learning on others posts will surely make everyone upgrade their quality. It is just a matter of time and patience.
Wish you lots of success ahead my friend!
Happy Sunday!

Gracias seguro que si.

This is a great idea to always help us with tips. I will love to add that drawing what you want to cook, can still be imaginary in your sub conscious mind. Imagine the taste, how you feel when eating the meal 🍴 then you can produce a very delicious meal.

Absolutely my friend! We must know beforehand what we really want to produce then start the process. Thanks so much for stopping by!
Stay blessed!

Muy buena su publicación así como también su intención de ayudarnos con sus consejo a mejorar la presentacion de nuestros platos. Atento para recibir La segunda parte de sus maravillosos consejo. Saludos

My goal is to help the maximum of foodies make great food posts by the end of the competition and it is going absolutely great after 2 rounds.
Stay tuned for part 2 coming up soon.
Best Regards!

Hola y saludos, muy buenos días Sus recomendaciones son buenísimas, lo tomaré en cuenta de ahora en adelante.

excelentes consejos, creo que aveces nos gana la impaciencia. pero me gusta lo que dices.

Hahaha! Patience is key, but we tend to be impatient all time, this is so true my friend!
Wish you lots of success ahead!
Happy Sunday!

I can't believe I am just finding this community today,my whole life's dream is about to be fulfilled with steemit. I am actually saving up to train as a chef and here I am, Wow! I love the idea os sharing tips with everyone. Best regards 💝

Oh welcome my friend...a real pleasure that you finally find us. Thanks so much for appreciating the tips and looking forward to see your progress.
Best Regards!

Saludos @progressivechef

Como puedo obtener mi etiqueta de Iron chef?? Por favor

Hello my friend! You only have to participate regularly in the weekly rounds of Steemit Iron Chef and send original entry. And yes you need to subscribe in the Steemit Iron Chef community too.
Thank you!

Muchas gracias. Pronto estare participante en el concurso de las manzanas