In the last group, Zhang Fenglin stepped into the competition venue. His cooking skills were nothing fancy.
While most contestants were imitating Feng Yifan intentionally or unintentionally, he seemed a little different and was just doing his own thing seriously.
In the eyes of professional judges, Zhang Fenglin's cooking process was also flawless.
Perhaps he does not have the visual impact brought by Feng Yifan's clean, neat, fast, accurate and ruthless style.
But everything went smoothly for him, and he completed the cooking of a designated dish in a very simple and unpretentious manner.
Whether compared with the previous groups or with the same group, Zhang Fenglin's cooking process was not very eye-catching and did not attract much attention.
When it came to the tasting stage, the five professional judges tasted Zhang Fenglin's stir-fried soft-shelled pork and found it had a different flavor.
The overall taste has not changed. Although Zhang Fenglin's dish looks plain and simple, the taste is slightly different.
The pepper flavor is not too strong, and it does not take away the unique freshness of the eel. The salt is just right, and the smoothness in the mouth is very comfortable, and there will be a slight aftertaste left in the mouth.
The five judges almost unanimously voted for Zhang Fenglin's dish.
At the same time, the taste of his dish successfully conquered the 40 judges on the scene, and he could be said to be the first one to advance unanimously.
When Li Feier saw this situation, she quickly brought people forward to conduct an interview.
"Hello, I have observed that your cooking process is not very attractive, but you have become the only contestant who passed unanimously today. Could you introduce yourself first?"
Zhang Fenglin did not hide much in front of the camera and directly stated his identity.
"My name is Zhang Fenglin. I used to be the head chef of Fujinglou. After Fujinglou was sold, I left Fujinglou. As for my master, I was a former disciple of Su Ji. However, I did not persist in learning at Su Ji. Later, I went to other cities to study, and then came back to join Fujinglou. Now I have opened a small restaurant of my own."
Li Feier was a little surprised. She didn't expect that Zhang Fenglin had a connection with Fujinglou and Su Ji.
Then, Li Feier asked again: "Master Zhang, why do you think you were able to get unanimous votes today?"
Zhang Fenglin thought about it, then turned his head and looked at the crowd outside.
In the crowd were his wife, his son, and the father standing with his son.
Seeing that his family is supporting him, Zhang Fenglin smiled and replied: "Maybe it's because of the support of my family. I also have to thank Chef Feng Yifan. It's my junior brother who made me understand the importance of family. With the support of my family, I can do things better."
Li Feier was still very surprised. She didn't expect that this could be related to Feng Yifan
Zhang Fenglin continued, "Actually, when I was cooking, I didn't think of it as a competition. I just thought of this dish as something I was going to cook for my family. This is exactly what I learned from Feng Yifan after meeting him at Su Ji."
Li Feier murmured, "Dishes cooked for the family."
Then, Li Feier understood, and she also thought of Feng Yifan, because it seemed that Feng Yifan had always been sticking to Su Ji by cooking for his family.
Li Feier nodded to Zhang Fenglin and said, "Thank you, Master Zhang, for sharing. It made us understand that there is such a true meaning in cooking. On behalf of the "Fei Chang Zheng" program team, I wish you success and achieve your goal in this competition."
Zhang Fenglin smiled and nodded in response: "Okay, thank you."
An audition of more than 100 people, even if it is conducted in groups of 20, actually takes quite a while.
The competition lasted from morning to afternoon. During the period, Fujinglou provided lunch for the contestants and judges, and also gave the spectators a lunch break.
Some viewers were reluctant to leave and had lunch at Fujing Building, while others left to eat first and came back in the afternoon.
So when Zhang Fenglin's group finished, it was already past four in the afternoon.
As the sunset fell, Zhuang Daozhong walked onto the podium and announced the 16 people who had advanced.
The 16 people also went on stage one by one and received the qualification cards for advancing to the semi-finals, which had their new numbers on them for the semi-finals.
Li Feier brought a photographer to interview all the qualifiers except Zhang Fenglin and Qi Deqiang.
Interestingly, all the contestants who successfully advanced had been to Su Ji and tasted the two dishes cooked by Feng Yifan.
After the interview, Li Feier and the program crew left first and rushed back to the TV station to prepare for editing.
On the way back to the TV station, the photographer couldn't help but say, "It seems that although Chef Feng didn't participate in the competition and didn't show up at the competition, his influence is really great."
Li Fei'er's assistant immediately said: "This is also due to our efforts, thanks to our program."
Li Feier also smiled when she heard what the assistant said: "It's partly due to our efforts, but more importantly, it's due to Chef Feng's own strength. Our interview and filming should be considered the icing on the cake."
The photographer added: "After today's episode is released, I'm afraid Su Ji and Chef Feng will become even more famous."
The assistant also said: "Yes, all 16 contestants who advanced mentioned Chef Feng."
Li Feier smiled and said, "After all, according to the standards given by Chef Feng, no one can skip him, and Chef Zhang, who received all the votes, is still considered Chef Feng's brother, so it's hard not to mention him."
The assistant then asked, "Sister Fei'er, are we going to go to Su Ji to shoot afterwards?"
Li Feier nodded: "Of course, Chef Feng is a very good chef in our local area. We should promote him more so that the culinary world in Huaicheng can go beyond Huaicheng and let people all over the country know that Chef Feng is our representative."
The photographer agreed: "Yes, yes, the more famous Chef Feng becomes, the better it will be for Huaicheng."
Li Feier and her colleagues have thought of many more things, such as related tourism development in the future.
We can organize a Huaicheng food tour, which will definitely attract a large number of tourists to Huaicheng and promote the development of Huaicheng. Therefore, Feng Yifan's fame is definitely a good thing for Huaicheng.
Perhaps Feng Yifan didn't know at this time that he had been recognized as the representative ambassador of the Huaicheng Food Tour.
In the future, Huaicheng will attract a large number of tourists from all over the country, and Su Ji's small restaurant will be visited by more people.
At this time in Su Ji Restaurant, Yang Zhiyi, his parents and daughter were already sitting in the restaurant, ready to order food, and the family had dinner at Su Ji.
The elderly couple Yang Huaicheng and Wen Hong looked around carefully and took a close look at the layout of the small restaurant in front of them.
The two old people didn’t notice anything special, but the simplicity and peace of Su Ji really made them feel very comfortable.
When the two old people came to their senses, they found that their granddaughter was no longer around, and they were a little panicked.
Wenhong said to her son, "Zhiyi, where is Xixi? Why is Xixi missing?"
Yang Huaicheng tried to comfort her and said, "Don't worry, she probably hasn't escaped. She may be in the restaurant. Let's look for her."
When his parents were about to open their mouths to shout, Yang Zhiyi quickly stopped the two elderly people: "Mom and Dad, don't shout, and don't worry. Xixi is with her good friends, Ruoruo and Feifei, who went to the kitchen together. Every time the three of them come, they are like this. Don't worry."
As soon as Yang Zhiyi finished speaking, Su Jinrong and Chen Yaofei's grandparents also came over to greet them.
"Hello, grandpa and grandma, Xixi. I am Grandpa Ruoruo, the owner of this restaurant, Su Jinrong. Welcome."
Chen Yaofei's grandparents were also introduced.
"I am Chen Yaofei's grandfather, Chen Shoulin."
"I'm Feifei's grandmother, Li Xiuchun."
Seeing the other party come over and introduce themselves, Yang Zhiyi's parents quickly stood up and shook hands with the elderly people.
"I'm Grandpa Yang Xiaoxi, Yang Huaicheng, and this is Grandma Wenhong."
At this time, Lu Cuiling also came over and said with a smile: "I am Feng Ruoruo's grandmother, Lu Cuiling. Her grandfather is in the countryside and didn't come."
After the introduction, Lu Cuiling asked everyone to sit down first.
Not long after we sat down, Yang Zhigang ran over from next door. As soon as he entered the door, he rushed straight to the dining table and greeted his uncle and aunt first.
Then Yang Zhigang said to Yang Zhiyi, "Hey, you are running to Su Ji as soon as you get here. Have you forgotten about my cousin? We are from the same family. Your uncle and aunt are here, but you didn't even take them to my house first. You came directly to Su Ji. What's the meaning of that?"
After hearing what Yang Zhigang said, Wen Hong immediately complained to her son: "What the hell, Zhigang is next door, why don't you take us there?"
Yang Zhiyi said helplessly, "I didn't have time to tell you. You two picked up your granddaughter and were busy coming to visit Su Ji. You were fooled by three little girls. How could you remember me, your son? Not to mention listening to me. You two didn't even hear a few words from me along the way."
The fact is indeed as Yang Zhiyi said. Today the old couple went to the kindergarten to pick up their granddaughter.
Then they met three little girls together. As a result, they didn't even have a chance to meet Chen Yaofei's grandparents or Feng Ruoruo's grandmother because the two old people were attracted by the three little girls.
At that moment, the two old people felt like they were surrounded by three granddaughters, and they loved them so much.
Especially Feng Ruoruo is eloquent, Yang Xiaoxi is very lively and fun, and Chen Yaofei is very quiet and lovely. When these three little girls get together, their destructive power increases exponentially. The two old people can't resist at all and follow the girls all the way to Su Ji.
Maybe if the three little girls hadn’t been in a hurry to go to the kitchen, the two old people wouldn’t have had time to get to know the people from Su Ji.
After hearing what their son pointed out, the two old people blushed and found it a little difficult to speak.
Grandma Feifei smiled and said, "There's nothing to be embarrassed about. These three little girls are really cute. When the three of them get together, no one would be unwilling to play with them."
Grandma Xixi nodded when she heard this: "Yes, it's so cute when three girls get together."
Yang Zhiyi looked up at his cousin and said, "Did you see that? You can't really blame me. I have no say in this."
At this time, Grandpa Xixi said, "How about this, since Zhigang's store is next door, let's just go to Zhigang's store to eat in the evening."
Yang Zhigang quickly stopped him: "No, uncle. I only have barbecue over there, and I'm moving to a new store soon. It's very messy here. You and aunt can eat at Su Ji. The dishes at Su Ji are absolutely first-class. You two can taste the taste of a real state banquet at Su Ji."
When Su Jinrong heard this, he waved his hand and said, "Gangzi, that's an exaggeration."
Yang Zhigang smiled and responded: "It's not an exaggeration, Uncle Rong, don't be modest. Our Su Ji is the restaurant of the state banquet master, so the dishes we cook taste like state banquets."
Yang Zhigang's statement was also unanimously recognized by everyone present.
Feifei's grandfather Chen Shoulin said: "Zhigang is right, Su Ji's dishes should taste like a state banquet."
The adults were chatting in the restaurant in front, and in Su Ji’s kitchen, the three little girls were also chatting with Feng’s father.
Yang Xiaoxi said, "Dad Feng, my grandparents are here today. They stayed at my house last night, so I slept with my parents."
Feng Yifan responded with a smile while preparing the dishes: "Really? Xixi's grandparents are here? Then Daddy Feng will cook some delicious dishes for them and entertain them well."
Yang Xiaoxi said with a smile: "Okay, Dad Feng, you must make delicious dishes."
Feng Ruoruo immediately said, "Xixi, the dishes my father cooks are all delicious."
Chen Yaofei also said, "Yes, Mr. Feng's dishes are all delicious, so Xixi doesn't have to worry."
Yang Xiaoxi nodded happily: "Well, I'm not worried."
Feng Yifan chatted with the three little girls for a while and said to them, "You three go out first and ask grandpa and grandma what they want to eat, then ask Ruoruo's mother to write it down and you can bring it to me, okay?"
This naturally won the approval of the three little girls: "Okay."
The three little girls then ran out of the kitchen together and came to the dining table where their grandparents were sitting.
Yang Xiaoxi saw that her uncle was there too, so she greeted him warmly: "Hello, uncle. Are you here to have dinner with grandpa and grandma too?"
Yang Zhigang smiled and greeted the little girls: "Hello, Xixi, hello, hello, hello, Feifei, uncle can't stay here for dinner, uncle has to go back to look after the store, wait until next time, you can go to uncle's house to eat together, then uncle will make the best barbecue for you."
When Feng Ruoruo heard Uncle Yang mention barbecue, she suddenly said, "Oh, Uncle Yang's barbecue. Ruoruo hasn't eaten it for a long time."
Yang Zhigang was immediately proud when he heard this: "Really? Ruoruo, do you want to eat too?"
But Feng Ruoruo said, "My mother said that children can't eat too much barbecue."
Yang Zhigang felt a little helpless after hearing this, so he could only say: "It's okay, just eat it occasionally, then uncle will go back first and invite you to eat it someday."
Yang Zhigang said goodbye to his uncle, aunt and the elderly people present, then left Su Ji and returned to his own shop to close business.
Seeing his nephew leave, Yang Huaicheng asked curiously, "Isn't Zhigang's business here doing well? Why do you want to move somewhere else?"
Chen Shoulin answered directly: "Because the street outside will soon be closed for reconstruction."