Culinary Awards Ceremony Planning Input

We are planning the 2015-2016 Culinary Awards Ceremony, and we are seeking your input as a past participant. Please take a couple of minutes to both rate and rank the pieces of ritual we have listed below which have been a part of past ceremonies, and then share with us other thoughts as desired about this tradition at ICA. Thanks so much for your help with this!
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A red asterisk (*) indicates required questions.

  1. Rate each of the rituals as to how strongly you feel that it should remain a piece of the tradition surrounding the Annual Culinary Award Ceremony.

            1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10      
      Carrying in the Whisk not that important really valuable  
      Grand Marshall's call to order not that important really valuable  
      Bagpipes leading you in not that important really valuable  
      Culinary Touchstone - the short poem about food at the beginning  not that important really valuable  
      Taking of the Chef's Oath not that important really valuable  
      Wearing and Explanation of Regalia not that important really valuable  
      Receiving a Signed Plate not that important really valuable  
      Being called onto stage not that important really valuable  
      Your name in the program not that important really valuable  
      The Handshake from faculty after you receive your plate not that important really valuable  


  1. Please rank the following rituals from 1st to 10th based on their combined impact and importance on your experience as an honoree at the Culinary Award Ceremony. (The ritual that you loved the most should be your "1", the ritual that you liked least should be your "10")*
        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
    Carrying in the Whisk  
    Grand Marshall's call to order  
    Bagpipes leading you in  
    Culinary Touchstone - the short poem about food at the beginning  
    Taking of the Chef's Oath  
    Wearing and Explanation of Regalia  
    Receiving a Signed Plate  
    Being called onto stage  
    Your name in the program  
    The Handshake from faculty after you receive your plate  


  1. Please share any other thoughts you have about the structure and function of the Culinary Awards Ceremony, and share more about which pieces of ritual were most (or least) meaningful for you in that process. Thanks again for your help!


  1. Who do you think would make a great commencement speaker? Why?





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