The Rules

Step 1: The chef will roll three times on the following Random Ingredient Generation table 1-1 and from these choose which two ingredients will form their theme:

1 – roll once on the Carbohydrate table
2 – roll once on the Dairy table
3 – roll once on the Fruit table
4 or 5 – roll once on the Protein table
6 – roll once on the Vegetable table

Carbohydrate table
1 – Bread
2 – Oatmeal, Cornmeal or other Cereals
3 – Pasta
4 – Potatoes or other Root Vegetables (Radish, Sweet Potato or Yam)
5 – Rice
6 – roll again

Dairy table
1 – Butter or Sour Cream
2 – Cheese, Cottage cheese, or Cream cheese
3 – Milk, Cultured Buttermilk, Ricotta cheese, Milk powder, Condensed milk or Evaporated milk
4 – Yogurt

Fruit table
1 – Apple, Pear or other Pome fruits
2 – Apricot, Cherry, Peach, Plum/Prunes or other Stone fruits
3 – Blackberry, Blueberry, Cranberry, Raspberry, Strawberry or other Berries
4 – Date, Fig, Grape/Raisin, Pomegranate or other Mediterranean fruits
5 – Grapefruit, Lemon, Lime, Orange, Tangerine or other Citrus fruits
6 – Watermelon, Cantaloupe, Honeydew or other Melons

Protein table
1 – Almonds, Cashews, Pecans or other Culinary Nuts
2 – Beef or Bison
3 – Caprae (Goat), Lagomorphs (Rabbit), or Ovis (Sheep or Lamb)
4 – Chicken
5 – Crustaceans (Crab, Lobster, or Shrimp)
6 – Duck, Goose or other Game birds
7 – Eggs
8 – Fish (Fugu excluded)
9 – Lentils, Peas, Peanuts, Soybeans or other Legumes
10 – Mollusks (Clam, Oyster, or Scallop)
11 – Suidae (Pork)
12 – Turkey

Vegetable table
1 – Asparagus
2 – Bell or Sweet pepper
3 – Broccoli
4 – Brussels sprout
5 – Cabbage
6 – Carrot
7 – Cauliflower
8 – Celery
9 – Corn
10 – Cucumber
11 – Eggplant
12 – Garlic (As a primary component, not just a spice)
13 – Green bean
14 – Lettuce
15 – Okra Mushrooms
16 – Onion
17 – Spinach
18 – Squash
19 – Tomato
20 – Zucchini

Step 2: The new chef will roll a die (d4) to determine who will provide the Mystery Ingredient.

Step 3: After posting the results of the Random Ingredient Generation the new chef and the provider of the mystery ingredient will have all week to plan and prepare stratagems. The provider of the mystery ingredient is encouraged to be creative, but should try and be frugal by using an inexpensive ingredient or something already in their home. While planning, the new chef should keep in mind that they will have a budget of only $2 per participant and will be accompanied as they shop or required to produce receipts. Only spices may be brought from home.

Step 4: Once ingredients have been acquired and presented to the judges the contestant will be presented with the Mystery Ingredient and a one hour countdown timer started.

Step 5: Judges will rate the dish on the categories of Originality, Presentation and Taste on a scale of one to ten. Once tallied, the scores will be averaged and an overall score will be presented to the contestant.

Step 6: The previous chef will roll a die to determine who will be the next Dubious Chef contestant.