Chefs, it’s time to create and submit your dish in the Impossible Chartwells Contest! Showcase your culinary creativity by creating an original dish that will engage your students and make an impact on campus. Then submit a photo, description, and recipe of your dish using the form below.
Your dish must be an entree that showcases Impossible Foods as the main protein. There is no elimination in this phase – every dish that meets the requirements will move forward to the Campus Station Takeover in Round 2! You have until Sept 9th to get your complete round 1 submission in (dish photo, description, full recipe.)
Contest Timeline – What’s Next
Round 2 – Campus Station Takeover
Once you’ve created your unique Impossible Foods dish, the next step is to share it with your campus and get feedback from the student body! Each campus will run station takeover(s) featuring their submitted concept(s) in a retail or residential dining location. Students will vote and provide feedback using QR codes or approved survey methods. You will have until Oct 23rd to run your station takeover and submit your performance data.
Campuses must collect and submit the following real performance data:
- Student Feedback (Required):
- Happy-or-Not scores (or equivalent satisfaction metric)
- Overall rating / score from student voting
- Total number of votes submitted
- Top 3 positive comments and top 3 constructive comments
- Operational & Business Data (Required):
- Total portions produced
- Total portions sold/served
- Revenue generated
- For Residential:
- Impact on participation / customer counts vs a normal day
- For Retail:
- Incremental sales and revenue vs a normal day or similar item
Judging and Prizes
After each campus submits their Round 2 recap package a panel of judges will determine winners based on:
- Student satisfaction data and voting results
- Food quality and concept strength
- Creativity and differentiation
- Operational feasibility
- Business viability and scalability
- Demonstrated impact on satisfaction, participation, and/or sales
Winners will be announced by Oct 31st
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*This contest is only open to Chartwells Chefs.
