- Each person must take a turn cooking a meal for three for $10 or less
- The meal must be healthy
- Each person rotates the bringing of the wine - cleanskins encouraged
- Each "chef" is up for a score out of 30
- Each "eater" scores the dish out of 10 for overall deliciousness and 5 for healthiness
- Points are awarded or deducted for money spent under or over $10. e.g if $14 is spent, then 4 points are lost; if $7.50 is spent, then 2.5 points are awarded.