Deep in the secluded woods of Broccolini Forest, far away from any other civilization, lies the finest culinary school the world has to offer: the Ostentatious Culinary School for Anyone and Everyone (OCSAE) or commonly referred to as The Ostentatious Culinary School. OCSAE was named after the founding father Mr. Tau Snootiest Ostentatious who was famous for his pretentious cooking skills. Mr. Tau Snootiest Ostentatious founded the culinary school in hopes that others, who shared similar passions to cook and learn, would join together and create new and grandiose recipes that the world has never seen before. No matter the age or level of culinary education an individual has, all are welcome to OCSAE and none are turned away unless you’re a butler. Butlers are unwelcome.
Although The Ostentatious Culinary School for Anyone and Everyone is well embedded in the cooking world, the institution has withstood many sabotages and attacks that have occurred throughout the two-hundred and fifty years the school has been standing. The majority of the sabotages and attacks have been from outside enemies however not all the efforts to bring down the school have been from outsiders. Attempts to infiltrate the school and recruit students are not uncommon from rivalry schools. The worst sabotage in OCSAE history occurred nearly fifty-seven years ago by one of its own students, a former sophomore, name lost long ago but forever known as Beast Sago. A priceless artifact created by Mr. Tau Snootiest Ostentatious, handmade out of sugar, depicting the extreme likeness of the founding father himself, preserved in a glass case at the school’s museum, was destroyed by Beast Sago. Tales of Beast Sago’s horrible deeds have been passed down year after year. No one knows why he destroyed one of the only creations left behind by Mr. Tau Snootiest Ostentatious but what is known is that Beast Sago’s atrocities rocked the very foundation of the school altering the safety the school had known for so long.
However, no matter the attacks the enemy brought onto OCSAE, none of their attempts stopped the school from shutting down. This goes to show how strong The Ostentatious Culinary School is in face of foes. The Ostentatious Culinary School learns from their past and strengthens their defenses so that no same mistake happens twice. As a result, fewer and fewer attacks and sabotages have occurred in recent years as OCSAE has crackdown on any suspicious behavior by students and faculty alike. Consequently, the culinary school has become more and more tyrannical and harsher on their community.
The fall semester began with the initiation of the first school project: the construction of a light-skulled gingerbread house. A weird passion project by first year student Hansel Bread that he ultimately did not complete due to his sister Greta Bread eating the house. It was ruled that this was not a sabotage as the two were siblings and Greta Bread has a history of eating mass amounts of gingerbread. However, Greta is not the only student known for her mass amounts of sugar eating. The Candies, the most prestigious baking organization in the whole entire school, have been around since the beginning of The Ostentatious Culinary School. The Candies are known for their enormous amount of sugar consumption. The school provides an enormous amount of sugar to supply the Candies; it’s so much sugar that it could feed an entire army. They use the sugar to not only eat but to create elaborate structures composed of sugar art – this is what the Candies are truly known for even if they do end up eating the art in the end.
To be a part of the Candies one must show off their suitor artifice baking skills to them. This means creating a magnificent sculpture replicating one of the most famous chefs and or bakers in all of culinary history. Presenting a complete replica of a suitor to the Candies is common however being accepted for your talents is rare. If the Candies do not fancy the sculpture they will tear down the sculpture to inflict humiliation onto the defeated pursuer. If the Candies approve of your sculpture, which rarely occurs, they will eat every last bit of sugar the sculpture is made of in order to honor the pursuer’s talents. This is how you are initiated into the organization and afterwards you will have the bragging rights of someone who was accepted into such a prestigious community as well as live in the very same dorm as the Candies.
However, there are more organizations that belong at The Ostentatious Culinary School. The Canines, an all meat loving organization who care nothing for sugar or sweetness, are the arch nemeses to the Candies. These meatheads are the most vulgar, most troublesome, and most meanest students at OCSAE. The Canines only eat meals with meat as the hero and nothing else. Only true meat lovers are allowed in this organization and take a vow of only consuming one thing: meat although fish is acceptable on occasions. The rivalry between the Candies and Canines have been around for almost as long as the school itself.
During the winter holiday season, a winter festival for the school goes on, but for all the organizations within The Ostentatious Culinary School a grand competition is held for the organizations to show off their talents and display their new creations. Leading up to the festival, for the whole fall semester, both the Candies and the Canines battle in preparation for the winter festival. The winner is bestowed the title of champion and granted a handsome check to help fund the organizations. They also have their winning piece on display for the whole school and world class chefs to see. Nothing leads to more violence and more bloodshed than this time in the school year. The reigning champion that has held the title for several years now are the Candies; once again, hoping to win the title and receive the awards.
As the fall semester was moving forward the uneasiness of the students was noticeable. Talks about an upcoming attack from a rival school were spreading and even reaching as far as the headmaster, Headmaster Dearest Ham, whose family is known for their love of ham. Headmaster Dearest Ham had security stationed throughout all entrances to the school, even the secret entrances, as well as had traps installed in the school’s most treasured areas. However, even with all the efforts the Headmaster had prepared, no one could have imagined the type of attack that would occur. The school’s beloved mascot, Ken the Knife, was stolen! A menacing note was left behind belonging to the arch rivals of The Ostentatious Culinary School, the River Butler School. The note stated that Ken the Knife would be returned unharmed so long as The Ostentatious Culinary School promised to publicly announce that they were the worst culinary school in the world. There was no way Headmaster Dearest Ham would bow down to such a lowly ransom request.
At the Headmasters order it was decided that The Ostentatious Culinary School would change its mascot. Ken the Knife was no longer needed nor wanted anymore. For several years now the mascot had created issues as it was a knife with a face holding a smaller knife. To make up for the menacing mascot that the school had created during the beginning of the school, Headmaster Dearest Ham turned to a more friendlier mascot, Cherry Hate, a mascot that looks like a chef hat with rosy cheeks and hatred toward butlers.
Even though the River Butler School had prepared a creative sabotage, their efforts failed. In the end, their kidnapping of a mildly inappropriate character paved the way for The Ostentatious Culinary School to bring forth an even better mascot, one that is more acceptable in this day and age. Once again, The Ostentatious Culinary School came out on top proving that they are not a force to be reckoned with.