After seeing Mingyue’s dish, the judges were also shocked by its appearance, and for a moment they were reluctant to destroy such an exquisite presentation.
Wen Qi even joked, "Did you make it look so good on purpose so that people wouldn't want to eat it?"
But jokes aside, the food still had to be tasted in the end. After tasting the sauce in the Mingyue pot, the judges checked the other contestants and finally went on stage to announce the top three of the competition.
"The three of you whose names we called, please come up together."
"Di Hu, Mia, Mingyue, come forward with your dishes."
The three people whose names were called came up to the stage with their dishes and introduced their dishes one by one.
Di Hu made jasmine matcha cheese pastry. When he broke open the outer pastry, he saw a piece of white cheese wrapped inside the green pastry.
Mia made raspberry rose cheesecake, which was topped with a layer of raspberry rose jam.
Mingyue’s is fried fresh flowers with milk.
All three dishes looked delicious and equally good.
The judges were also in a dilemma and were discussing it seriously in the back.
"When it comes to innovation, Mingyue wins."
“Her plating is also the best.”
"But we have to consider that Mingyue should have advanced directly. This round should have produced another winner. It's against the rules for one person to win twice."
“This is indeed it.”
"Then let's do this. Mingyue will exclude herself from the race, and we will choose a winner from the remaining two contestants."
"Of the two remaining contestants, one did perform better."
"It seems we have all reached an agreement, so let's go out and announce it."
The judges walked back to the stage.
"Sorry for the wait everyone, we are now going to announce the winner of this flower dessert challenge."
"Mingyue, you did very well, but because you suddenly joined this round of competition, it's against the show rules to allow one person to win twice, so you won't be the winner of this round. However, your cooking was excellent and very creative, and the presentation was beautiful. You already possess the skills of a professional chef."
Hearing what the judges said, the two contestants next to them felt complicated. According to the judges, if it weren't for the mechanism factors, Mingyue would have been the first place in this episode.
Everyone knew that she was still the first place cook, but the prize for the winner was given to the second place winner.
"Then Di Hu, Mia, the winner of this round will be chosen from the two of you."
"Mia, your jam is delicious, but at this stage of the competition, we'd like you to be a little more innovative."
"That means, Di Hu, congratulations, you are the winner of this round."
"Of course, all three of you can go up to the second floor. Congratulations on your advancement."
After the judges made the announcement, Di Hu cheered and jumped happily on the spot.
Second place is second place, of course I am happy if I beat others!!!
Such a big guy coupled with the jumping movements in place has an inexplicable cute contrast.
After the joy, it’s time for elimination.
The judges selected the three worst-performing contestants, called them forward, tasted them, and commented on their dishes.
Well, it’s called comments, but one contestant almost cried after listening to the judges’ harsh comments.
There was another contestant who kept making excuses for himself, saying that the topic was too difficult, which led to his poor performance.
Unfortunately, the judges did not like this kind of sophistry, and in the end, the contestants whose cake base was not baked thoroughly and those who were seriously off topic were eliminated.
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After the competition, Mingyue went to the production team's logistics department to pick up her beef dish and wanted to give it to Li Mingzhu to taste.
I didn’t expect to meet Chef Yuwen Yi by chance.
Mingyue greeted him suspiciously, "Hello, Chef? What brings you here?"
Generally, chefs rarely come to the logistics department.
Yuwen Yi was a little embarrassed when he saw Mingyue. He pretended to look at the sky and said, "Ha, I'm just taking a walk."
"Oh, I see." Mingyue scooped some beef cheek from the pot and poured it over the matsutake rice, then prepared to go find Li Mingzhu. "Then, chef, I'll be leaving first."
"Go, go." Yuwen Yi wished Mingyue would leave quickly so that he could take the blame.
After watching Mingyue leave, Yuwen Yi's hand just touched the pot lid when several staff members suddenly walked in.
"Ah, Chef Yuwen Yi."
Yuwen Yi pulled his hand back awkwardly, "Hello, what's going on?"
He remembered that these people were from the photography crew, so why did they come to the logistics department?
"Oh, we just ran into Mingyue. Seeing the meal she was serving smelled delicious, we asked her a few questions. Then she told us that she still had some dishes she made and asked us to try them if we didn't mind. Of course we didn't mind. Her food smelled delicious during the filming! How about you, Chef Yuwen Yi?"
It turns out that he was stealing the food from me!
Yuwen Yi gritted his teeth, somewhat suspecting whether Mingyue did it on purpose.
But in order to maintain his image, he silently withdrew his hand and said, "I was just wandering around. That beef rice bowl is really delicious. You guys can eat it."
As Yuwen Yi spoke, he silently shed tears as he left the logistics department.
In a place where no one was around, Yuwen Yi stomped his feet and said in annoyance: I should have come earlier if I had known!
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"Mingyue!" Li Mingzhu rushed over happily and gave her a big hug.
Then he picked up the two cats and kissed them, "Mianbao! Xiaoman! Did you miss me? Ahhh, I missed you so much, give me a kiss."
The two little furry faces were squeezed and deformed by Li Mingzhu, and they looked at Mingyue for help.
"Okay, I brought the beef and flower dishes I made and wanted to let you try them." Mingyue said as she handed over the food box.
Li Mingzhu took the food box and said impatiently, "Great! I wanted to eat it just by looking at it."
"But there's only beef cheek meat here, no beef tongue."
"It's okay! These smell delicious." Li Mingzhu mixed the rice and scooped a full mouthful into her mouth with a spoon.
After tasting it, Li Mingzhu's eyes suddenly lit up.
"This is so delicious!!! I feel so happy eating it. The beef cheek meat is so tender!"
Mingyue was very happy to hear Li Mingzhu's praise. She said, "I'm glad you like it. I also think I did a good job this time."
Li Mingzhu looked at Mingyue with admiration in her eyes: "I heard from the photographer that you have been performing very well in the competition. I heard that Chef Fu Shilang wants to take you as his apprentice."
Mingyue smiled modestly: "It's okay. The competition is quite intense. There are many other strong players. I learned a lot."
Li Mingzhu then asked Mingyue about the details of the competition, and Mingyue shared her experiences and feelings during the competition.
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