"Master, in the International Gourmet Association, gourmets are divided into five levels, namely, one-knife gourmet, two-knife gourmet, three-knife gourmet, four-knife gourmet, and five-knife gourmet. The level of a gourmet can be judged by the number of knives on the brooch. The number of knives represents the level of the gourmet."
Chen Tian leaned close to Ye Chui's ear and explained.
Ye Chui nodded. He also knew something about the ranking rules of international gourmets. In fact, gourmets and chefs in many regions of the world have different classification rules. The universal rating of chefs is star rating, but in some places, such as Japan, chefs are rated based on tattoo levels.
The same goes for gourmets. The knife and fork rating system is commonly used internationally, but knives and forks are Western tableware. The gourmet rating system commonly used in China, Japan, South Korea and other places also uses star ratings.
However, some well-known gourmets also have their names registered in the International Gourmet Association. Take Mr. Han for example. He is one of the top seven-star gourmets in China, and he is also one of the top five-star gourmets in the world.
Of course, there are five gourmets invited by Lin Li, Mrs. Gao and Huang Yiyuan at this moment. The highest one is only a three-knife gourmet, and there are two two-knife gourmets and two one-knife gourmets.
Lin Li had already greeted Ye Chui with a smile, pointed at the five gourmets and introduced them to Ye Chui: "These are the gourmets I invited after applying to the Gourmet Association for the cooking competition."
Ye Chui looked at the five people, but their attitudes were somewhat indifferent. Only one of them, the gourmet with two swords, smiled at Ye Chui. He was a Chinese and said in Chinese: "Hello, Mr. Ye, I have heard of your name a long time ago. I am Han Dong, and I was born in Chinatown."
"Hello." Ye Chui also greeted them with a smile, his eyes swept over the five gourmets, and continued with a talkative look, "It is my honor to invite you all from far away to watch the cooking competition."
Most of those gourmets didn't understand Chinese, but Han Dong was from Chinatown, so he naturally understood what Ye Chui said. His expression changed slightly: "Did Mr. Ye say something wrong?"
"Mr. Ye, I invited them here to be judges of the competition, not to observe." Lin Li said coldly.
"Really?" Ye Chui looked at Lin Li with a distressed look, "That's a bit difficult. In fact, I have also invited some gourmets to be judges."
"Humph!" Han Dong snorted disdainfully. "Mr. Ye, are you looking down on us? Do you think we are not qualified to be judges of this cooking competition?"
"Mr. Han, how can you say that?" Ye Chui turned to look at Han Dong, "It's good for everyone to understand this kind of thing. You don't need to say it out loud."
Han Dong: “…”
Han Yuyan muttered quietly, "When Master strikes someone seriously, the lethality is doubled."
Mrs. Lin Ligao and Huang Yiyuan exchanged glances with each other. These gourmets were all invited by them. Cooking competitions require gourmets to be judges. This is an international rule, and the invitation of gourmet judges depends on oneself. Although the International Gourmet Association will introduce gourmets for free after formally submitting an application for a chef competition to the Association, most people invite gourmets themselves.
The characteristic of a gourmet is fairness and justice. If a gourmet is accused of unfairness in the judging process, his or her gourmet license will be revoked. Of course, cheating and bribery cannot be prohibited.
The gourmets they found were actually their own people. No matter how good Ye Chu's cooking skills were, he couldn't influence the Gourmet Association. Even if he found out that they were cheating, what could he do
From the very beginning, they were fearless and did not mind letting Ye Chui see them being intimate with these gourmets - this showed that they did not take Ye Chui seriously from the bottom of their hearts.
Lin Li's face was filled with anger, and he said to Ye Chui in a cold voice: "Since you, Ye Chui, feel that the gourmets we invited are not qualified, then I would like to ask you, Mr. Ye Chui, to find a few qualified gourmets."
"Don't worry, it will be here soon." Ye Cui said with a smile.
He had called Robert two days ago. After the Spring Banquet, Robert and Gordon Ramsay went to Manhan Building. At that time, he told Ye Chu that if Ye Chu wanted to challenge Chinatown alone, he would definitely help Ye Chu. Robert was the director of the Gourmet Department of the International Gourmet Association. For him, there were as many gourmets as he wanted.
Of course, Ye Chui had this relationship and didn't think about cheating. All he wanted was fairness and justice.
Outside the gate of Linjia Pot Restaurant, everything was quiet, but some of the onlookers and reporters were getting agitated. Han Dong told the other four gourmets what Ye Chui had just said. The four people, who had originally looked down on Ye Chui, suddenly became even more arrogant, with their noses almost pointed to the sky. Lin Li, Mrs. Gao, and Huang Yiyuan were also whispering, but they were worried at this time. Ye Chu looked so confident, could he really find some higher-level gourmets
"Impossible. Ye Chui is Chinese. How could he have any connection with the International Gourmet Association? The highest-level gourmet he knows is probably Han Xi. However, it is impossible for an old man like Han Xi to come all the way to the United States at this time. Moreover, given Ye Chui's relationship with Old Han, if he wants to be a gourmet, we can just sue them!" Lin Li said coldly.
"But I always feel that something is not right..." Huang Yiyuan said with some concern. He had participated in the Spring Banquet and suddenly remembered that some gourmets at the Spring Banquet were very fond of Ye Chui's dishes. Maybe Ye Chu got to know a lot of high-level gourmets because of this
But then Huang Yiyuan shook his head again: "The gourmet community is very careful about their reputation. This profession relies on their reputation. Even friends will not rashly help cheat. Even if Ye Chui met some gourmets at the Spring Banquet, they would not come to help Ye Chui casually..."
Huang Yiyuan is also a gourmet, so he knows these things very well.
It was just that this self-consolation had just appeared in his mind for a short time when he saw two cars slowly driving over and finally stopped outside the door of Lin Jiabao.
Ye Chui walked over to greet him with a smile.
The passenger door of the car in front opened and a fat man got out.
Seeing this fat man, Huang Yiyuan was stunned: "It's him!"
"Who is he?" Lin Li asked.
"Robert..." Huang Yiyuan inexplicably thought of the Spring Banquet, where this world-renowned gourmet chef ate three plates of braised pork intestines at Ye Chui's table... He continued, "He is the director of the Gourmet Department of the International Gourmet Association, and he also has three eight-star restaurants under his umbrella... Ye Chui actually invited him?"
Now that Robert is here, gourmet food obviously won't be a problem.
Sure enough, as Robert got out of the car, five more chefs got out of the car one after another, three men and two women, each of them wearing a knife and fork brooch, four of them wearing four-knife brooches, and one wearing a five-knife brooch.
These are four four-star gourmets and one five-star gourmet.
Han Dong and the other five gourmets naturally knew Robert, and they also knew the five new gourmets—these people completely crushed them...
"Mr. Ye, are you looking down on us? Do you think we are not qualified to be judges of this cooking competition?"
"How can you say that, Mr. Han? It's fine if everyone knows about this kind of thing. You don't have to say it out loud."
Thinking back to the conversation between Ye Chui and Han Dong just now, for a moment, whether it was Lin Li, Huang Yiyuan, Mrs. Gao, or Han Dong and the other five gourmets, their expressions became very strange...
Ye Chui’s slap on the face was too loud.
Ye Chui chatted with Robert for a few words, and then got to know the five gourmets through Robert's introduction. The five gourmets also had a sense of pride, and seemed a little unhappy about being the judges of this cooking competition, but for Robert's sake, they were all very friendly.
Among them, the five-knife gourmet was a white old woman who looked to be in her seventies. Her name was Michelle. She knew Mr. Han and asked Ye Chui some questions about him.
Lin Li and the others finally couldn't stand it anymore. They had contacted the gourmets and thought they had the upper hand, but they didn't expect Ye Chui to be better than them and could invite gourmets who cost only four or five dollars...
You know, those who have reached the four or five knife level are all internationally renowned gourmets.
Huang Yiyuan himself is also a gourmet. He thought about it and finally made a decision. He walked over with a smile and greeted Robert and others first. Then he continued to say to Ye Chui: "I didn't expect that Mr. Ye could invite Mr. Robert to come out. It was really beyond our expectations. It also makes today's cooking competition more memorable. Haha, gourmet judges are never afraid of too many. How about I suggest that the ten gourmets present be the judges of this cooking competition?"
You found five gourmet judges, and we also provide five gourmet judges. This is a compromise, and Huang Yiyuan thinks it is fair.
However, some people don’t think so…
After Robert understood what Huang Yiyuan said, he suddenly sneered on his fat face, then walked up to Han Dong and others, and said sternly: "In the past few days, we have found through investigation that you have had frequent contact with the Food King Enterprise, and even participated in a banquet held by the Food King Enterprise not long ago. This cooking competition in Chinatown is closely related to the interests of the Food King Enterprise, so I have reason to believe that you will not be able to be fair and just in this cooking competition. Therefore, you are not qualified to be judges of this cooking competition. As a director of the Food Association, I ask you to leave now!" (~^~)