The news posted by Feng Yifan on Weibo still attracted a lot of attention and discussion.
In particular, some diners who have already booked a two-day weekend at the restaurant may feel that if the chef is not Feng Yifan, then would they be losing out on their weekend reservation
Soon, diners who had booked a table at the restaurant commented and asked under Feng Yifan's Weibo.
Feng Yifan’s answer was also very straightforward.
"If you feel that the change of chef will affect your meal, you can cancel the order directly. According to the restaurant's rules, if you cancel the order one day in advance, the deposit will be fully refunded. If you cancel the order on the same day, then only a part of the deposit will be refunded."
After receiving such a reply, diners soon called the restaurant to inquire.
Feng Yifan still gave the same response.
He also went on to say that many of the restaurant's dishes were originally prepared by Catherine and several other chefs in the kitchen. He did not cook alone. If you don't like the food, you can cancel the order.
He received a reply from Feng Yifan, especially when a customer who had made a reservation called and specifically asked Feng Yifan to reply, he also gave a reply personally over the phone.
Soon people started to cancel their orders.
Seeing the order return, everyone in the kitchen was not in a hurry at all.
Feng Yifan was even more indifferent as he continued to prepare the food for the outing with his daughter.
The period of time after the Weibo post was released can be said to be the peak period for order cancellations.
After this peak, in the afternoon, those canceled seats were quickly rebooked.
When those diners canceled their orders, they realized that something seemed to be wrong.
It seems that Feng Yifan was not the only one cooking at Su Ji and Ruo restaurants.
In particular, there were introductions about the identities of other chefs in the two restaurants on the Internet before.
When the people who cancelled their orders thought about it and realized that they had made a big deal out of nothing, they started to think about going back to book a new seat, only to find that the seat had already been booked by someone else.
This time, it really caused a big misunderstanding.
In the morning, after someone posted a refund on the Internet, many people jumped out to laugh at Feng Yifan.
"Hahaha, you're really asking for trouble. You're not doing your business anymore and you're taking a break."
"Do you really think you are some big shot? You can just quit if you want to?"
"You can take a rest, I can cancel the order."
"Hahaha, nothing wrong."
"Will our chef Feng find out that his restaurant has no business and is going to close down when he returns from his break?"
"Hahaha, maybe he won't last until he comes back from rest?"
"That shouldn't be the case."
"Hahaha interesting. I really want to know how Chef Feng looks now?"
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In the morning, these discussions dominated the comments, especially under Feng Yifan and Su Ruoxi's Weibo, many people were talking about various things.
There were also some people who commented on videos related to Feng Yifan on the Internet before going.
Especially in recent days, the program launched by Li Fei'er and the TV station.
But in the afternoon, someone posted the restaurant's reservation status for the two days of the weekend on the Internet, indicating that the vacant seats had been booked.
In an instant, all those who made fun of and mocked Feng Yifan on the Internet fell silent.
Then, someone brought out the previous introductions about Shi Jiahui and Catherine and told people on the Internet that the two successor chefs were also amazing.
“Don’t think that they can just take over from Chef Feng as head chef. They are all talented people. Shi Jiahui was once the deputy chef of the Shanghai Hotel.
Catherine was also the sous chef at Perovence restaurant.”
"Hahaha, those people who cancelled their orders are probably crying now, right? If they want to order again, they have to find a way to grab another one."
"It's bad luck. This is what you deserve."
"That's right. He didn't even find out the identity of the successor chef and went to cancel the order."
"Really? They didn't go there to taste the food. They just treated Ruo Restaurant as an ordinary internet celebrity restaurant."
"Yes, yes, a lot of people are like this. They don't understand anything at all. They just want to go out for a meal, take a photo and post it on WeChat Moments to show off."
"It's a pity that Chef Feng has never thought about opening an internet-famous restaurant. He relies on his real strength to speak. Those who don't go to his restaurant are the ones who miss out on the treat."
"Those people don't deserve to eat it."
"Don't say too much, don't say things like you don't deserve to eat here, and don't bring bad things to Chef Feng. If you've been to Su Ji and Ruo restaurants, you'll understand that Chef Feng is a very pragmatic top chef. He won't do those empty things. So, if you want to support him, go and eat there once."
"That's right. It's definitely worth it if you go there to eat once."
Public opinion on the Internet has once again become one-sided, making it completely impossible for those who want to stir up trouble to find a way out.
However, there were still some angry guys who canceled their orders and had no way to get a new seat, and they called the restaurant again to try to argue.
Unfortunately, the responses I received were rather robotic, and I was directly told that the seat had been booked and could not be redeemed.
"If you want to reserve a seat, please book for a later time."
After informing the restaurant, they hung up the call directly.
This really makes the person who cancels the order regretful.
But no matter how unhappy I am, after all, I was the one who canceled the order, and the deposit has been refunded, so I naturally cannot cause trouble.
Feng Yifan didn't care about these things at all. He still urged everyone to be prepared.
But after all, this kind of thing will have an impact on some people, such as Catherine.
She still felt that the order was cancelled because of her lack of ability.
For this reason, Catherine once showed a little bit of decadence.
After Feng Yifan found out, he had no choice but to put down his work and find her to comfort her.
"Don't put too much pressure on yourself. You should believe in your own abilities. Your cooking skills are recognized by everyone, so you should be more confident. If even you, as a chef, are not confident, then after I leave, how will the restaurant operate? How will you face the diners?"
After hearing this, Catherine felt a little guilty.
"I'm sorry, Chef. I didn't keep my mind steady."
Feng Yifan added: "You don't need to apologize to me, you did nothing wrong. At this time, everyone will have some mental fluctuations and will think that the order cancellation was caused by you.
But actually you are wrong to think like this, the order is not cancelled because of you, but because of me.
But I don’t think order cancellations are a bad thing. The fact that order cancellations occur just shows that everyone’s enthusiasm for chasing after the star will fade. When everyone’s enthusiasm fades, then we will face the next thing, and that’s when we will see the diners who truly appreciate us.”
Catherine looked up at Feng Yifan, and at this moment she seemed to understand.
Feng Yifan went on to say: "Remember, we are chefs. We are not trying to make our restaurant an Internet celebrity shop by selling some messy things to attract customers. We just need to cook the dishes well and attract diners with the taste."
After listening to Feng Yifan's words, Catherine nodded seriously and regained her spirit.
"Don't worry, chef. I will make sure the dishes in Ruo Restaurant are well prepared."
Feng Yifan said: "I believe you can do it."
After communicating with Catherine, Feng Yifan took her back to continue preparing ingredients.
When Feng Yifan returned to Su Ji, Shi Jiahui smiled and said, "Hey, we are both assistant chefs, why are we treated differently? You went to comfort Catherine, why didn't you comfort me? I have been criticized as much as Catherine."
Feng Yifan also laughed when he heard this.
"Hahaha, Senior Sister, you have a strong heart, how could you take those jumping clowns seriously? Senior Sister will definitely make those people shut up completely. I believe in your strength.
After all, Catherine doesn't have your strength in this regard."
Shi Jiahui laughed out loud: "Hahaha, okay, Feng Yifan, I finally know who your daughter learned her cute mouth from. It turns out she learned it from you, her father. You are really good at praising others. I almost believed you."
Shi Jiahui's smile instantly brought joy to the kitchen.
As for Feng Yifan, he went on to praise them one by one.
"In our kitchen, in addition to our chef Shi Jiahui, we also have Ma Xiaolong, a versatile chef who has spent many years abroad and is able to take care of all aspects of kitchen work. He is a solid support for the kitchen of Su Ji and Ruo Restaurant.
Chen Xu and Luo Yu are our top dim sum chefs. One is the top pastry chef in the country, and the other is a genius who can beat the top Western dessert chefs with his talent. They are also the sweetest people in our restaurant.
Lin Ruifeng has made rapid progress and is now able to stand on his own. It is only a matter of time before he surpasses your master.
Ning Cheng has a strong learning ability and I believe he will soon become a versatile person like Ma Xiaolong.
Hans made the leap from pastry chef to chef, overcoming the most difficult hurdle in one go. That’s amazing.
Tom is another versatile person. Why should we worry about having him in the western restaurant? "
After hearing Feng Yifan praising everyone in the kitchen, everyone laughed even more happily.
Shi Jiahui smiled and said, "Hahaha, oh I can't take it anymore, should we record these words? Then find a master to transcribe them, and we can frame them and hang them above the bed, so that we can read them every day to motivate ourselves."
Hahahaha.
Shi Jiahui's words completely made everyone laugh so hard that they couldn't hold their breath.
Luo Yu was laughing so hard that he was bent over and over again, and he couldn't stop for a long time.
Feng Yifan also laughed helplessly.
After a while of noise, Feng Yifan finally clapped his hands to stop everyone: "Okay, okay, let's get to work. It's the weekend, and we're going to get rid of you all."
Everyone responded in unison: "It's the chef."
Shi Jiahui followed up by saying, "Don't worry, we will definitely hold on over the weekend."
Ma Xiaolong said, "Master, don't worry about going out and having fun this weekend. We can definitely handle it. Remember to take more photos of the children having fun and share them with us when you come back."
Everyone also said that they must see the photos of Feng Ruoruo and the others having fun.
Feng Yifan agreed and said, "Okay, I will definitely take more photos and show them to everyone when the time comes."
Everyone in the kitchen was quite supportive of Feng Yifan taking a rest.
During the National Day holiday, although Shi Jinbin's three apprentices came to help, the busiest person must be the chef Feng Yifan.
He does more than just shopping, processing, and cooking along.
The key is that Feng Yifan still needs to entertain some guests.
We also need to appease the people queuing at the door.
It can be said that Chef Feng Yifan has really achieved something that many people have never done.
For many key matters, he actually doesn't have to show up at all.
But he will still come forward to deal with it.
Everyone knew that the reason Feng Yifan did this was just to ensure that those who came to support Su Ji’s opening would not be disappointed.
Now the business of Su Ji and Ruo restaurants is back on track.
It is indeed very appropriate for Feng Yifan to choose to rest at this time.
Moreover, his rest also puts a little pressure on other people in the kitchen, giving them more opportunities to display and display their talents.
Otherwise, everyone will always rely on Chef Feng Yifan.
As for the various discussions on the Internet and some of the gossip, Feng Yifan actually doesn't care at all.
Just as he said himself, he actually hopes that the popularity of himself and his two restaurants will continue.
Because a restaurant is supposed to be a place to eat, and guests should come because the food is delicious.
If it is for checking in at some so-called Internet celebrity restaurant.
Then Feng Yifan would feel that it is unnecessary.
In order to prepare for the outing, Feng Yifan also prepared a lot of things, including various snacks for the children. Chen Xu and Luo Yu also made a lot of desserts specially for the children.
In addition to snacks, Feng Yifan also specially prepared some main dishes.
I specially purchased a batch of top-quality beef and mutton and prepared to take them to the B&B during the picnic to cook for everyone.
In addition, he also prepared a seasoning bag filled with various seasonings.
It can be said that Feng Yifan was very well prepared for this outing with the children.
So much so that Su Ruoxi couldn't help but ask when she saw it: "Are you going to move the kitchen directly over there? If you prepare so much food, will you be able to finish it when the time comes?"
Feng Yifan said confidently: "We can finish it. We still have to spend the night there."
After hearing what her husband said, Su Ruoxi thought about it seriously and felt that it seemed to be true.
For this outing, Yang Zhiyi has booked a homestay. The three families will stay there for one night, so it would be appropriate to bring some more food.
Feng Yifan also comforted his wife: "Don't worry, if you really can't finish it, bring it back and I will leave it in the restaurant for you to digest."
Su Ruoxi said: "Okay, I'll listen to you."
Everything is in full swing of preparation.
Everyone in the kitchen of Su Ji and Ruo Restaurant also seized the opportunity to adapt to Feng Yifan's absence in advance, and to learn some of Feng Yifan's cooking methods, especially some questions about seasoning, which they asked him very seriously.
Feng Yifan did not hide anything and taught everyone everything he could and should teach.
Time passed quickly, and it was finally time for the outing.
Feng Ruoruo got up early in the morning, quickly got out of bed and ran into her parents' room.