Rich Decker
Senior Cook
This topic often comes up, is comp cooking a sport and are comp cooks athletes.
I always vote no. To be a sport you need athletes and to be an athlete (as a cook) you need to make an athletic move. Sure it takes stamina but BBQ cooks aren't athletes.
Golfers make athletic moves and are athletes as are bowlers.
Race care drivers aren't. They require stamina and it's daring but there isn't an athletic move.
I always vote no. To be a sport you need athletes and to be an athlete (as a cook) you need to make an athletic move. Sure it takes stamina but BBQ cooks aren't athletes.
Golfers make athletic moves and are athletes as are bowlers.
Race care drivers aren't. They require stamina and it's daring but there isn't an athletic move.