First Place, But The Trophy Isn’t For The Bisque
When Savannah walked up to the judging table at the Louisville Harvest Soup Classic, three of the five judges forgot to write down their scores. Her lobster bisque allegedly won by a landslide, but nobody on Reddit can agree because the only photos from the event are of her. The soup was described as ‘transcendent’ by one judge who later admitted he hadn’t actually tasted it yet.
The Judges Gave Her Tomato Basil A Perfect Ten Before Tasting It
At the Pacific Northwest Soup Symposium, scoring sheets are supposed to be completed after tasting. Nobody told the panel that rule applied to everyone. Mia set her bowl down, tucked a strand of dark hair behind her ear, and all five judges simultaneously clicked their pens and wrote down ten. The event coordinator later called it ‘statistically unprecedented.’ Mia called it Tuesday.
Three Judges Requested A Second Tasting Of Her Soup. Just Her Soup.
Repeat tastings are technically allowed under competition rules, though they almost never happen. At the Denver Winter Warmth Invitational, the judging panel requested second samples from exactly one competitor — and the request came in before they had finished the first bowl. Zoe’s wild mushroom and thyme creation was eventually awarded Best In Show, though the deliberation lasted forty-five minutes longer than usual for reasons the head judge described only as ‘thorough consideration.’
