1. With the consent of the Food Administration Bureau, this food festival will use a knockout competition to determine the winner. The rules of the first round of the food festival are to make corresponding dishes according to the recipes on the cooking table of each contestant. The required ingredients are placed under the cooking table, and the first game has a total time limit of two hours. "
On the stage, Rei Kawashima took the microphone and introduced the rules, then turned her eyes to the judging table, looked at the five people sitting upright above, and introduced to the audience one by one:
"In addition, the judge this time is the authority in charge of the Japanese curry commercial market, [Queen of Curry] Natsume Sentata. The other one is the graduate with the highest score in Totsuki's history, the first of the 69 Totsuki Ten Excellents . After graduation, Gin Dojima became the pinnacle of all graduates by rejecting invitations from 800 major restaurants across the country and choosing to work at Totsuki Resort.
"And the first place in the 79th issue of the Totsuki Ten Tops, Kojiro Shinomiya, the chef of the French restaurant SHINO'S in Paris. And two chefs from the distant American cooking academy, Olan. James and von Greta..."
"The American Culinary Institute, then... isn't that a culinary institute that can be compared with Totsuki Academy in the United States? This time, these two well-known chefs were invited to come to Japan's food festival as judges?"
Upon hearing the names of the last two people, there was an exclamation of regret from the audience and the contestants below.
Mu Fan didn't care. There were a total of five judges and teachers in this food festival. Judging from everyone's reactions, these were famous people in the cooking industry. However, it had no effect on him. He only had to follow his own ideas. Just do what you need to do and work hard to be number one.
Even if you can't be number one, you at least worked hard for Asuna's swimsuit, so you won't have any regrets.
After all, there are many strong people in the culinary world, and I have only been exposed to the system for a short time, so it is normal to fail.
Thinking of this, Mu Fan turned all his attention to the recipe in his hand.
The recipe for this first knockout round is to make a bowl of French soup, and it is as simple as Rei Kawashima said. The recipe lists all the required ingredients, and you only need to follow the fixed method to make the picture. Just serve the French soup.
"Is this really the theme of the first cooking competition of the food festival?"
Mu Fan had some doubts in his heart.
To be honest, foreign cuisine has always been his weakness, but if you follow the recipes, it is not difficult to make them with a level 5 cooking talent.
After all, the avenues are the same. As long as the level of cooking skills is improved, you can make corresponding dishes after seeing the recipes.
But if it's that simple, it can be said that the 128 contestants in this competition have at least level three cooking skills. Wouldn't there be all leftovers from the first competition
Is it possible that the French soup made in the same way is a test of knife skills and control of the heat
Thinking in his mind, Mu Fan glanced at the other chefs. Nakiri Erina and Eizan Ezuya, two of the top ten from Totsuki Academy, just looked at the recipes and started preparing the dishes. However, their positions were In the middle, it was too far away from his corner position, and Mu Fan couldn't see clearly what the two people were doing.
There are not many ingredients for the French soup this time, and it only needs to be added step by step. Mu Fan simply picked up the fresh pork front leg meat on the cooking table, took a deep breath, calmed down, and put it in his hands. The kitchen knife was swung out smoothly, and the piece of meat was quickly cut off and divided into more than ten pieces and placed on the chopping board.
"Well, it seems that the ninth and tenth seats of Totsuki Academy are indeed well-deserved. The two of them found the trick and started preparing the ingredients almost at the same time. Maybe the chief champion of this food festival will be from these two people. was born."
The burly African-American, wearing a suit and sunglasses, looked at Erina Nakiri and Etsuya Eiyama who were skillfully operating in the center of the contestants, and raised the corners of his mouth with a meaningful smile.
He is chef Oran James of the American Culinary Institute.
"oh?"
Dojima Gin, who had a neat short haircut, raised his eyebrows and glanced around the competition venue. Finally, he landed on a young man with yellow hair in the corner. A sneer appeared on his face and he said: "From Totsuki Birth? Your culinary school students are not behind us."
"Hahaha... ... "
Feng Greiwa, a middle-aged white woman on the side, couldn't help covering her mouth and laughed: "I can't help it, Geno has no rivals in our college. This time he heard that we were coming to serve as judges of the Tokyo Food Festival, so he insisted on making noise with us. Let’s have a discussion with the seniors from Totsuki Academy. We have no choice but to let him participate. After all, the child needs to see the world and let him understand the power of the seniors from Totsuki Academy.”
"Haha, is that really the case?"
Shinomiya Kojiro, who had a handsome face, pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose and snorted coldly.
Speaking of which, the American Culinary Institute is a culinary school that emerged after Totsuki Academy, but it has become more and more popular in the past two years. It can be compared with Totsuki Academy in the West and the East.
This time, the Japanese Food Bureau had no choice but to invite these two chefs from the American Culinary Institute to serve as judges for this competition in order to show the notarization of the food festival. Unexpectedly, they actually deliberately brought their own students to participate in the competition.
And this person is currently number one in the American Culinary Institute.
Of course, it would be okay if Erina Nakiri of Totsuki Academy wins, but if the first place is taken away by Jeno, Totsuki Academy will be embarrassed.
Word spread that Totsuki Academy was weaker than American Academy.
Of course, even if this competition affects the country's culinary academy, the five judges must notarize it. If there is any discrepancy in the final judgment, the selection will be re-selected, so there is no possibility of fraud. In the end, it can only be judged by the contestants. Real cooking skills.
"Eh? This kind of knife skills?"
Because he doesn't belong to these two forces, he doesn't bother to care about Totsuki and America's affairs.
The extremely fashionable Qiantata Xia Ya accidentally caught a glimpse of a person silently chopping ingredients in the corner. Judging from the age, this person was just a teenager like the students of Totsuki Academy. In terms of swordsmanship, it is not inferior to the three Nakiri and Erina in the field.
"Who is this guy?"
Dojima Gin was also attracted by Senta Natsuya's gaze, and couldn't help but show surprise when he saw that figure.
"Senior Dojima, this person is called Mu Fan, he is just an ordinary chef."
At this time, Dojima Gin's secretary handed a stack of documents to Dojima Gin, pointing to the information on the participating chefs.
"Haha, Dojima, why do you mobilize so many people for a little-known boy? Maybe this boy has only been honing his knife skills since he was a child, and his cooking skills are not worth mentioning."
Feng Greiwa snorted disdainfully. Although she said so, her eyes never showed any look of contempt for Mu Fan.
After all, she has been a chef for many years, and her vicious eyes can naturally see the unusual aspects of Mu Fan and other contestants.
"The first test received an S-level rating? And Shimono Kuroki asked someone to give it an SSS rating. What does that mean?" Gin Dojima looked at the rating on the data and his expression turned pale. It's getting complicated.
And hearing Dojima Gin's voice, the other four people on the stage also showed complicated and different expressions...