'Iron Chef' B-day Party?

Question

Hey! I just had my birthday and came up with the idea to have a kind of Iron Chef theme...and use my Magic Bullet! (A cool blender thing with an extravagant infomercial) We would provide a secret ingredient to 2 teams at a time... 5 teams in all...the guests not participating in cooking at the time would be judges. Would guys like this as much as the girls would, and is this a good (functional) party idea for a fourteen-year-old? I even thought some guests could make/decorate a cake as their 'battle'. Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

I think that it would be great for a fourteen year old and be alot of fun!!!!!!! (you might want to ask him/her though) guys would probably love it as much as girls because its something where you arent just sitting down being bored the whole time lol Sounds GREAT!

ohhh and about the magic bullet... you might not want to use it unless each team gets one anyway have fun!!!!!!!! =)

Answer 2

That sounds like a lot of fun for just about any age. I think the guys would like it once they got going with event and for the judging, but they would probably be a bit reluctant at first. Maybe start off with a couple of teams of parents or a parent/child combo team to help break the ice. And choose fun things to create and that won't take a long time - I would limit it to about half an hour or so to keep things moving along. Good things to try might include smoothies and pizzas, maybe a fruit salad, and definitely the cake decorating for a finale. You might even be able to do all 5 groups at once (depending upon how much space and equipment you have) and award points for each stage of event.

Smoothies - provide lots of fresh fruits, yogurt, ice cream and ice - sounds like a perfect project for your magic bullet.

Pizzas (for the guys) - buy premade crusts and sauce and plenty of pizza toppings - even things you might not put on a regular pizza. This will make the production fairly quick and the baking will only take a few minutes to get everything hot and bubbly.

Fruit salad - lots of fresh and canned fruits, maybe some Cool Whip or coconut.

Don't forget to award extra points for creativity, appearance and taste.