The audience applauds – and we salute – our superb Premier Challenger, Pacian, whose performance in this contest will surely become legendary. He has already put up a post-competition release of Ancient Treasure, Secret Spider, which received the high score from every judge.
While the victorious Iron Chef Draconis and technical advisor improvmonster retire to the ranks of their colleagues to await future challenges, let’s have a round of applause for our excellent panel of judges: Mike Russo (@DeusIrae), Amanda Walker (@AmandaB), Rovarsson (@Rovarsson), Emery Joyce (@EJoyce) and Wade Clarke (@severedhand)!
Each of them brought their many and varied talents to bear, keeping the broadcast lively and interesting between updates from the competing chefs, and delivering in-depth, insightful analyses of the two dishes that highlight the craft on display.
Almost a dozen other notable forum members have agreed to act as judges, so we’ll probably never see this group together in one panel again – but they’re all invited to return as honored guests in future episodes. The camera turns to our premier judges for some final words, then we’ll wrap up with some updates about next steps for the show…