Tanya Steel, Editor-in-Chief of Epicurious.com, has posted a fascinating recap on the Epicurious blog of her experience as a judge for the 43rd Pillsbury Bake-Off® Contest. She personally tasted 40 different dishes and talks of how the conversation got heated at times and her opinions on why the the champion recipe took the prize at the end of the day.
http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/blogs/editor/2008/04/behind-the-scen.html