Most soup competition feedback forms have space for comments about flavor, consistency, aroma, and aftertaste. At the East Coast Ladle Championship, contestants receive two pages of written feedback from the judging panel. When Renée collected hers, she found that only one of the five judges had addressed the soup. The other four had filled the entire page with commentary that the event director described as 'enthusiastic but outside the scope of the evaluation criteria.' She still won first place.