"Ten seconds countdown, 10, 9, 8, 7... 3, 2, 1."
“Stop!”
At the judges' command, everyone raised their hands in the air to prove that they had stopped what they were doing.
"Then next, we will check your results one by one."
Yuwen Yi picked up the first contestant's shredded potatoes.
A close-up of the potato shreds he was cutting immediately appeared on the big screen - some were as thick as his little finger, some were as thin as a toothpick, and there were some red blood stains on them.
The contestant quickly hid his hands behind his back and his face turned red.
Yuwen Yi's face was stern, his eyes were like torches, and he stared at the person in front of him. "Look at yourself! You're already bleeding, and you're still here processing the food? Don't you know that the most important thing to do right now is to treat the wound quickly?"
The face of the reprimanded contestant turned pale instantly. He looked at Yuwen Yi somewhat bewilderedly, his lips trembling slightly as if he wanted to explain something, but in the end no sound came out.
Yuwen Yi snorted coldly and continued, "If you continue to handle the ingredients with injuries like you, it will not only affect the hygiene and quality of the food, but more importantly, no one wants to eat food stained with blood!"
After saying that, he reached out without hesitation and grabbed the whole bowl of freshly cut potatoes in front of him and poured them all into the trash can beside him.
With a "rustle" sound, the shredded potatoes were mixed with the garbage in the trash can.
When the other contestants saw Yu Wenyi pour out a whole bowl of shredded potatoes so decisively, they were all surprised.
Everyone was thinking to themselves that although they knew that the judges' requirements for this competition were very strict, they had never expected it to be this strict.
For a moment, the entire kitchen fell into silence.
In this frozen atmosphere, the judges walked towards the next contestant.
Qi Fei looked at the judges in front of him nervously.
Wen Qi used chopsticks to pick at the fish fillets. "The fish fillets are cut well, but what's wrong with your potatoes? You only cut half a basin, the quantity is not up to standard."
Qi Fei was a little annoyed, "I don't have enough time."
Wen Qi shook her head, "If you can't pass, you stay down there."
The next one was Feiyan. Her shredded potatoes were okay, but the fish fillet was a bit of a disaster. The fish bones on the chopping board were not even a complete piece.
Yuwen Yi sneered, "This fish fillet, this thin one is light-transmitting, and this thick one can even be used as an insole!"
“Not qualified.”
. . .
“The shredded potatoes were good, but the fish fillet wasn’t good enough.”
. . .
"Not good enough, you continue to stay here"
. . .
"Stay down there."
. . .
Finally, the judges saw a good result.
"Lan Qingying, good job, come on up."
Lan Qingying nodded excitedly to the referees, then walked up to the viewing platform.
Ah Qiao couldn't help but sigh, "This time it was so difficult right from the start. Only one out of 20 people made it. It seems most people can't handle the fillet well."
"I don't know how Miss Mengya handled it."
On the screen, the judges continued to review the contestants' handling results.
Mingyue's shredded potatoes were neatly arranged in a bowl.
Judge Wen Qi couldn't help but reach out and grab the basin. She found that the thickness of almost every potato shred in the basin was almost the same!
Each one is as evenly slender as a thin toothpick, as if it had been cut out after precise measurement with a ruler.
This exquisite knife work is truly amazing.
Looking at the processed fish fillets next to them, each piece of snow-white fish fillet looked like a fine work of art, with its shape intact and without any damage.
All that was left of the fish bones was a thin layer of bone in the middle, and the fish meat was removed completely, without even a trace of residue left.
The three judges looked at each other and unanimously decided to pass the piece. The knife skills were really impeccable.
"The potato shreds are evenly thick and the fish fillets are perfectly cut. Come on up."
Mingyue responded with a smile and went upstairs.
Xiaoman and Mianbao excitedly greeted Mingyue, meowing and shouting something.
Many of the contestants have animal partners, so the program team allowed these little animals to stay on the second floor and watch the contestants cook.
"I knew Yueyue that you would definitely win, meow!" Mianbao climbed up Mingyue's clothes to her shoulders and rubbed her head.
Xiaoman anxiously circled around Mingyue's feet, and was finally pulled into her arms.
Mingyue looked down from the second-floor balcony and saw that the judges were just walking in front of Mengya.
"I didn't expect that the blind lady I met before would also come to participate in the competition."
Lan Qingying, who was standing next to her, spoke to Mingyue, "Do you think she can make it?"
Next, Fu Shilang picked up a piece of fish fillet with chopsticks.
The fish fillets are smooth and flat, and the potato shreds are of uniform thickness.
"You did a great job, the shredded potatoes and fish fillets are perfect."
Wen Qi also praised: "It seems that the real skill lies not in the eyes, but in the heart."
At this time, the camera swept to Mengya's wrist, and everyone discovered that she had many calluses on her hands, especially the tip of her left little finger, which was particularly prominent.
It turns out that Mengya spends a lot of time every day practicing vegetable cutting skills.
During this process, in order to accurately grasp the distance between the ingredients and the knife, and ensure that each cut can be cut into the ideal shape and size, she always has the habit of pressing her left little finger tightly against the chopping board as a reference.
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