Afterwards, the staff member very responsibly stepped forward to explain the rules to her. This competition adopts a scoring system, randomly selects a cooking theme, and then uses the ingredients provided by the organizer to make a dish that matches the theme.
The player with the highest score wins; one game decides the outcome.
Half an hour later, the competition began. With the sound of a gong at the front desk, He Jing was led out by staff and stood by the side of the stage. On the stage, a handsome and young host was speaking in an enthusiastic tone:
"Let me give you a warm welcome to the heavyweight chef of this competition—Chef Wang!"
The crowd outside erupted in cheers and applause.
Clearly, this host is extremely good at building suspense. Before Chef Wang even appeared on stage, he introduced a long list of his impressive resume and achievements, making the audience and media yearn for him.
When it was He Jing's turn, the host glanced at her profile card, and the atmosphere became noticeably tense. He Jing's achievements on the profile card were 0, her cooking experience was 0, and even the length of time she had worked as a chef was 0.
What the hell is going on?!
However, his professionalism kept him calm. He quickly composed himself and said in an excited tone as if he had won the lottery, "Next, let's welcome Ms. He Jing, the latest generation chef discovered by Zhou's Restaurant!"
Snap—
The lights shone on He Jing, making the petite girl stand out from the rest of the scene.
For a brief moment, the surroundings fell silent.
The host's smile froze on his face for a moment.
Is this really not a joke?
Imagine pitting an 18-year-old girl against a top chef with 20 years of experience in the culinary industry.
What's the point of comparing these two?
Unsurprisingly, the ticket-buying audience members thought the same thing, and whispers began to circulate in the stands within ten seconds:
"No wonder the tickets are so cheap, this is such a rip-off."
"Is it really true that the head chef of Zhou's Restaurant deserted at the last minute, and the owner of Zhou's Restaurant had no choice but to just grab anyone to fill in?"
"What's the point of watching this? I'm not watching anymore, give me my money back!"
...
The chefs at Xingwang Hotel were also delighted, saying with extreme schadenfreude, "Zhou's Hotel really has no one left. They brought in someone like this. We're sure to win this competition."
Seeing that things were getting out of hand, the host quickly stepped in to salvage the situation, loudly reading out the competition rules and then hurriedly saying, "Now we'll draw the cooking theme for this competition. Please look at the big screen."
They managed to barely divert the audience's attention.
Countless food-related themes flashed rapidly on the large LED screen suspended in the air. The moment he shouted "Stop!", two words froze on the screen—
Young chicken.
The chefs at Xingwang Hotel took a closer look and almost burst out laughing: "We've got this in the bag, we've got this in the bag! Our Chef Wang is the best at cooking chicken!"
Young chickens are chicks that are less than a few months old. They have tender meat and are high in protein. Although there are many simple ways to cook them, it is very difficult to cook them well.
However, for Chef Wang, who has twenty years of experience in the industry, it's no problem at all. He Jing probably wouldn't even be able to pluck a chicken feather.
From the moment He Jing stepped onto the stage, the host felt that He Jing had no chance of winning, and quickly steered the conversation forward, saying, "The topic for this competition is young chicken. Sigh, such a difficult topic, I don't think it will be easy for Ms. He Jing to win..."
As he spoke, he glanced at He Jing and noticed that He Jing had lowered her eyelashes and her face was expressionless, as if she wasn't focused on the competition at all.
When it was time to select ingredients, He Jing and Chef Wang walked together to the food counter in the center of the venue. The food counter had all kinds of vegetables and meats, a dazzling array.
The young chickens were placed on crushed ice to keep them fresh. Chef Wang quickly and decisively picked out the largest one. He Jing's gaze slowly wandered around, and finally she reached out to one of them...
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