As in previous years, we are waiting for applications from university units, alumni, and student societies to prepare hot pot dishes, in order to find out who will win the Golden Spoon Award in 2024 (Aranyfakanál Díj).

We are waiting for the teams to apply to almamater@szte.hu no later than June 5. It is worth organizing in time, because the number of starting teams is limited due to the capacity of the area!

Dear Participants,

Please read in detail the following information of GastroMater, the university cooking competition, in order to make it run smoothly.

Meals that can be prepared:

You can enter the friendly competition with any food prepared on an open fire or on firewood according to the team's wishes.

New special award category:

This year, in honor of Prof. Dr. Katalin Karikó, our first female Nobel laureate alumna, we are announcing a special award and category for one of her favorite foods, the lebbencs/slambuc.

Evaluation:

The prepared food of the participants in the competition is judged by a jury of 3 people. The winner will receive the "SZTE Alma Mater Golden Spoon Award" and sponsor gifts, and in consultation with the professional jury, we will announce several special prizes with additional gifts.

Conditions provided by the organizers:

We can provide the applying teams (min. 10 people) the ingredients for the food to be prepared based on a predetermined list and consultation:

• HUF 10,000 for up to 15 people,
• HUF 15,000 for teams of more than 15 people,
• and HUF 20,000 for teams of more than 25 people.
• We also provide 1 cauldron and firewood per team.

The team must take care of other cooking equipment, ingredients that are above the frame or not included in the given list - the teams can add the desired ingredients themselves as needed.

Due to the limited number of cooking places, please indicate in advance the number of additional pots/cauldrons you wish to bring.

To enter the competition, you need to:

• The name of your team
• Please let us know how many people in your group would like to eat (including how many children if relevant) and whether you will bring your own cooking pots, cauldron or pans.
• Team Captain name and contact

Please register each team member(s) for the event and indicate in the given section that they are participants in the cooking competition.

https://uniszegedalumni.com/events/1486

Equipment you need to bring with you:

We recommend bringing a parasol for sun and rain protection. If you bring your own cauldron, please let us know.

Please bring an axe for chopping wood, a knife for peeling and cutting vegetables and the necessary bowls for collecting water. (If any tool is missing, please let us know in advance and we do our best to provide it.)

Please wash the cauldrons at the end of the event and return them in the same condition as before cooking (dishwashing sponge, metal scrubber and cleaning products will be provided on request).

What we provide for cooking:

• cauldron – of course you can use your own cauldron or any other cooking equipment
• cauldron stand
• subsidies for ingredients (based on advance requests, a list of optional ingredients will be available here)
• firewood (gas cooking is not allowed, to ensure equal opportunities and flavour)

Location:

The place of the cooking is the fireplace of the SZTE Sports Centre (10 Hattyas sor). A set-up for washing the cauldron and a place to draw water is located along the building next to the fireplace.

In case of light rain, the event will be held, so please bring an umbrella/parasol.

In case of heavy rain, the cooking contest will be cancelled and only central cooking will take place.

And here's a little video taster of last year's atmosphere:
https://www.tiktok.com/@sztealmamater/video/7369530812552744225

The partners of the event, i.e. the offerors of the prizes: