...and then there was the time I served up spaghetti bolognaise as part of my Advanced Scout Standard 'cook a meal' test, (aged 14).
White tablecloth, best cutlery, family and examiner seated round the table, tender spaghetti (this was before the days of 'al dente') tasty, rich sauce. I served it up with a flourish and deposited the whole lot in the examiner's lap!