This is Third Prize
Les Mousse Ying Yang du JP (Medaille D'Argent)
We were too busy eating to remember to take pictures of the rest of the entries.
(Some of) the Contestants and Judges
Post-Contest Promenade (C'est Florence a la droit - on the right)
You can see Dave and Nico in the midst of a harmonica
lesson in the background
To continue with our now well established pattern of eating and drinking too much.... Sunday, we held "Le Championnat Mondial du (or is that "de la") Mousse au Chocolat, chez nous.
The contestants were:
Florence
Fouquet de Puimisson
Championnat de Europe, Indie, Afrique (nord, central et sud), Russe, Japon et les
Antarctica
J.P. Jehanno
de Montpelier
Championnat de Montpelier (bien sur), Chine, Australie, et Le
Groenland
David Fertig
de Carcassonne (et Pasadena)
Championnat de les Americas (nord,cental et sud), les Phillipines, Neuvelle Zealand,
Tahiti, Fiji et les Arctic
The judges were:
Claude Fouquet (husband of Flo, and father-in-law of
J.P (Jean-Paul)
Louisa Simpson (Wife of David Fertig)
Cecile Jehanno (Wife of J.P, daughter of Flo - very difficult!)
Elliot Jehanno (Son of J.P., Grandson of Flo - aged 21 MONTHS!)
Heike DeMol (friends - not corruptible!)
Eddy DeMol (firends - not corruptible!)
Nico Fouquet (Son of Flo)
and
All three contestants!
It was totally fair!!
It is probably impossible to
read the "Scrutin Officiel" or Official Ballot that was used but the criteria
were:
1. Texture (Texture)
2. Saveur du Chocolate (Chocolate flavor)
3. Presentation (Presentation)
4. Relation avec le chef (Relationship with the Chef)
5. Valeur du Pot-de-Vin (Value of the bribe)
6. Effect D'Ensemble (Overall Effect)
Several of the judges put "sexuel" as the relationship with (one or more!) of the contestants, and it was difficult to know how many points to give for that....and of course le Pot-de-Vin was an issue also. There was also some talk of sabotage........
But in the end at least one of the judges knew which side HIS bread was buttered on, and the winner of the Medaile D'Or was FLORENCE FOUQUET (who, you might notice was most closely related to the majority of judges!).
Felicitations Florence!
After the contest (which included, of course, a full 5 course "dimanche midi dejeuner") the judges and the contestants (and the dog!) took a much needed promenade up the hill to La Cité.