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                                           Rubric for Plating Presentation 
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                       Criteria                                                                                                   Score 
                  Proper Balance            Plating is balanced with     Balance attempted but      Evidence of balance is             
                                            even eye appealing flow       needs improvement          limited or not present 
                                                                                                                 
                                                   5          4                3          2                1          0 
                   Use of Color             Color is complimentary       Some color variety but       Lack of color variety            
                                               and eye appealing          needs improvement                      
                                                                                                                 
                                                   5         4                  3         2                1          0 
                       Shape                Incorporates variety of        Some repetition of        Variety in shape very             
                    (proportion)             eye appealing shapes         shapes but variety is      limited or not present 
                                                                                 evident                         
                                                                                                                 
                                                   5          4                 3         2                1          0 
                  Use of Garnish              Appropriate for food          Adequate but not        Inappropriate selection            
                                                     items                    outstanding            of garnish or lack of or 
                                                                                                           too much 
                                                   5          4                3          2                1          0 
                 Overall Product                Presentation is              Presentation is          Presentation needs               
                   Presentation              attractively displayed      acceptable and some        improvement and lacks 
                                                Shows creativity         creativity is displayed           creativity 
                                                                                                                 
                                                   5          4                3          2                1          0 
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                Total Score 
               
                                                                               
                                                               The Visual Appeal of Plating Food 
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