The third level of the cooking competition is held here.

Shen Yizhi and three members of the Fang family entered the building with their tickets.

That’s right, you need to buy a ticket to watch the cooking competition, and the basic ticket price is 800 Wen.

For ordinary people, the ticket price is a bit high. It is better to use the money to buy meat or cloth to make clothes. In short, there are many things that can be done with 800 Wen.

However, Yingcheng is a medium-to-large city with a permanent population of one million, and there are many wealthy families in the city. They are very happy to spend money on grand events such as the cooking competition, or rare fun.

For such wealthy people, the building also provides separate private rooms, of course, the ticket prices are much higher.

Shen Yizi bought a box ticket, which cost him fifty taels, which was much more expensive than the basic ticket price.

The organizers can make a lot of money just from the ticket price, and the top three winners at the end of the conference can also receive a considerable amount of bonus.

The attraction of money is the most direct, and this is the fundamental reason why the culinary conference can be held again and again.

Shen Yizhi and his companions were led by a waitress to a private room on the third floor. "I'll be waiting outside the door. If you have any requests, please call me."

The waitress bowed slightly and retreated.

Shen Yizhi looked around the box. It was indeed a VIP box worth fifty taels of silver. The furnishings and arrangements inside exuded the scent of money everywhere.

The location is also very spacious, with two rooms, the inner room has beds and couches for guests to rest in. Outside the window of the outer room is the high platform for the cooking competition.

The platform is round in shape, with a circle of bowl-sized holes on the outside. It is said that these holes are connected to the underground fire veins. Later in the competition, the fire veins will be stimulated and flames will emerge from the holes.

A special device will be installed above the flame, and the size of the flame can be controlled by adjusting the valve.

This also makes cooking easier for the contestants.

At this moment, the organizers were busy on the round stage, installing valve devices, placing kitchen utensils on the table...it was a scene of bustling activity.

When the time came to 9 o'clock, everything on the scene was in place.

Eight judges sat on the judges' seat in the north, behind them was a huge stick tube with a bunch of sticks in it.

The eight contestants also took their positions and stood in front of their own stoves.

"Sister! I saw sister!" Fang Cheng leaned on the window and pointed in the direction of Fang Hui excitedly.

Fang Hui seemed to sense something and looked over here.

Fang Cheng waved his hands at her. If Old Madam Fang hadn't stopped him, he would have shouted out loud.

"Okay, sit down and don't disturb your sister." Old Madam Fang pressed her grandson into the chair.

Fang Hui gave her family a big smile and then looked away.

Knowing that her grandmother and mother were there watching over her, she felt extremely at ease, as if no matter how great the difficulties ahead were, she could handle them with ease.

As the sound of a gong resounded throughout the venue, the third round of the 33rd Culinary Competition officially began! Zhou Shenghe stood up from the judges' seat and gave a brief speech. He then walked to the stick tube and pulled out a stick.

Shen Yizhi noticed that after seeing what was written on the sign, he looked a little surprised, and it seemed that he didn't know what was written on it beforehand.

Zhou Shenghe returned to his seat and read out the contents on the stick: "The first round of the third round, eight chefs need to blindfold themselves and cook a dish in half an hour."

Cooking with eyes closed? Was the first round so difficult? The eight chefs on the round stage had different expressions, but the audience in the stands were excited.

It's not good, this way it will be interesting.

In the private room, Fang Cheng looked at his blindfolded sister with concern, "How can you cook if you can't see anything like this?"

Qin touched his head and said, "We have to trust your sister. She has had a keen nose since she was a child. She can smell even if she can't see."

Having said that, her eyes were still filled with hidden worry.

Madam Fang snorted, "What are you worrying about? It's just cooking with your eyes blindfolded. This shouldn't be a problem for Huihui, right, Miss Shen?"

Shen Yizhi casually peeled a purple crystal grape and put it into his mouth, "It's always a little inconvenient to cover your eyes, but——"

She curled her lips and smiled: "I happen to have trained Huihui in this skill, so you don't have to worry at all."

Fang Hui's talent in cooking was even higher than hers. After the first year, she had nothing left to teach her, so she found various ways to train her.

Cooking with eyes closed is one of them, which helps to develop her sense of smell to a greater extent.

As a chef, sometimes smell is more important than taste.

After hearing her words, the three members of the Fang family all smiled with relief, followed by strong expectations, expecting Fang Hui to shine in the field and crush the others! Such a scene, just thinking about it made them tremble with excitement.

On the stage, compared to other contestants who were at a loss and made numerous mistakes, Fang Hui's performance was particularly eye-catching.

Her every move was calm and composed. Although she made occasional mistakes, she did not look like a blindfolded person at all and was no different from a normal person.

"Hey, did you notice the girl in the blue dress? She looks so relaxed."

"I can't believe she was blindfolded. Could she be blind?"

Some people even suspected that there was something wrong with the cloth on Fang Hui's eyes. The cloth seemed to be completely opaque, but in fact, one could see the outside world through it. Otherwise, how could one explain Fang Hui's smooth movements? They even openly questioned it.

As a result, this person was severely retorted by Zhou Shenghe.

Finally, Zhou Shenghe looked around at everyone and said, "Just because you can't do it yourself, you think others can't do it either? Then let me tell you, you are totally wrong to think so. This Miss Fang can pick out raw peppercorns from a pile of cooked peppercorns just by smell. If anyone still has doubts, they can come up and try it themselves after this competition. Now, just watch the game carefully."

The person who raised the question just now had nothing to say and sat back in a daze.

In the upstairs box, Old Madam Fang said: "This old man Zhou finally said something sensible."

Shen Yizhi glanced at the old lady and Zhou Shenghe below. It sounded like these two had some connection? As time passed, a fragrance gradually emanated from the round platform.

None of the people who made it to the third level were weak. Although being blindfolded greatly affected their performance, a chef is still a chef, and the food they make is still far better than that of ordinary people.

Smelling the fragrance wafting over, the people in the stands were drooling.