"How's your exam review going, little brother? Do you have the confidence to pass tomorrow's exam?" Tian Xiaodu continued to ask on the phone, "Although your cooking skills are very good, you can't be too careless about this matter."
Ye Chui coughed awkwardly, then continued to say to Tian Xiaodu: "Well, Xiaodu, tell me what the exam will be about."
Tian Xiaodu was stunned: "Have you not done any research on this exam recently?"
"… No."
Ye Chui said honestly that apart from signing up a week ago, he had not paid attention to the matter since then. One could not blame Ye Chui for not taking the matter seriously. The God of Cookery taking the basic chef exam was just like a college student taking an elementary school exam - if he did not get full marks, he would be struck by lightning, so Ye Chui looked down on it at the beginning.
Tian Xiaodu on the other side of the phone was silent for a while, and it was not known whether he was wiping sweat. Then he explained the content of the basic chef skills test to Ye Chui. To participate in this test, you need to have a star chef to guarantee when you register. The content of the formal test is also very simple. The test questions for the candidates are to cook a dish on the spot. After the dish is completed, there will be three judges to score it. The score is out of 10. An average of 6 points is considered a pass.
When Ye Chui signed up, he filled in Tian Xiaodu as his guarantor. As for the exam content, Ye Chui naturally didn't have to worry about it. There was no dish in the world that he couldn't cook.
"Don't think that you are only testing one dish, but the ingredients, knife skills, heat, taste, plating and other processes are all key test contents, so you can't be careless at all." Finally, Tian Xiaodu solemnly reminded Ye Chui, but after he finished speaking, he laughed again, "Of course, I think you should be fine, little brother."
"I don't think so." Ye Chui said with a smile, "The exam will be over tomorrow, and the store here will be officially open the day after tomorrow. Are you really going to come and take a look?"
"No, no need. I'll just go there on the opening day." Tian Xiaodu said hurriedly, and then wished Ye Chu good luck in the exam and hung up the phone impatiently. This made Ye Chu even more confused. Could it be that the fat man Tian Xiaodu was afraid of seeing Han Yuyan? That shouldn't be the case. He shouldn't know that Han Yuyan was staying here...
If you can't figure it out, just stop thinking about it for now. Ye Chui returned to the hotel and finished his dinner. Seeing Han Yuyan's sister put down her chopsticks and was about to go back to her room, Ye Chui stopped her and asked her to wash the dishes and clean up: The awareness of being a waiter must be cultivated bit by bit.
Ye Chui was preparing his own tools to take the basic chef exam. The knife was like the pen used in ordinary exams and he needed to prepare it himself.
There are various kinds of kitchen knives with various uses, but for Ye Chui, a kitchen knife is enough. He took out the "Zhanxiang" that Old Han gave him, wiped it clean carefully, and put it in a wooden tool box.
Zhanxiang originally came with an exquisite box, but it was too conspicuous, and taking that thing to the examination room would definitely attract onlookers.
The next day came in a flash. Ye Chui went out early in the morning with his tools and the admission ticket he had received when he signed up. He took a taxi to the examination location: Xizhou City Food Association. The Food Association was established in the past two years with the lifting of the meat ban. Its purpose is to adapt to the era of food and explore the food that has disappeared. Its full name is the Chinese Food Revival Association, or the Food Association for short.
When Ye Chui arrived at the office building of the Gourmet Association, quite a few people had already gathered there. They were all here to take the chef exam. Some of them looked at him strangely when they saw Ye Chui appearing with a box.
"Heh, this kid looks like he's only about 16 or 17 years old? He's so young and he's planning to take the exam? He really doesn't know his own limitations!"
"Although there is no age limit for a one-star chef certificate, not everyone can pass it."
"What kind of dishes can you make at such a young age? This is my third time taking the test and I still don't have the confidence to succeed."
These people were talking about it, and it was no wonder they were surprised. Being a chef was a skill, and it was a skill that needed to be honed over and over again. It was impossible to get started without a few years of practice. Although there was no age limit for obtaining a one-star chef certificate in this world, most chefs obtained the qualification in their twenties. There were very few people like Ye Chui who took the exam before they were even an adult, and they basically had no hope.
Ye Cui did not react to other people's comments. According to his experience, it was impossible for someone as young as himself to have very good cooking skills. Even in his previous life, when he was so young, he had only just started cooking.
While waiting for the candidates to enter, Ye Chui found a place to sit down and quietly closed his eyes to rest. Seeing him like this, others thought that he was preparing for the exam. In fact, they were all wrong. What Ye Chu was thinking was that before he left the hotel, he asked Han Yuyan to wash all the newly bought dishes and kitchen utensils carefully, and forbade her to call a housekeeping company again. He wondered how many dishes would be left after he returned.
"Hey, buddy, I didn't expect that there would be someone younger than me taking the exam this time." At this time, a young man's voice suddenly rang in Ye Chui's ears. The speaker was a young boy of about eighteen or nineteen years old, who looked very smart. He patted Ye Chui's shoulder in a familiar manner and sat down beside him. "My name is Sun Yi, what's yours?"
Ye Chui glanced at the boy and smiled: "Ye Chui."
"I guess this must be your first time to take the chef exam, right? It's my first time too, and you look quite nervous. I tell you there's no need to be nervous, as long as you have good skills there will be no problem." Sun Yi was also a chatterbox, chattering non-stop, "I've been helping in the kitchen since I was thirteen, and I'm very familiar with all kinds of dishes. Sometimes the chef in the restaurant is too busy, so he lets me help at the stove, and the customers are always very satisfied with the dishes I make. Ye Chui, you also learned these skills by helping people in the restaurant, right?"
Ye Chui didn't know how to explain this to this kid, so he just nodded and agreed: "Yes."
“Hehe, if you don’t understand something during the exam later, just ask me. Since we are the youngest candidates here, I will definitely help you.” Sun Yi continued with a smile. It seems that he already treats Ye Chui as his younger brother
Ye Chui didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and continued to agree: "Thank you then."
"It's no big deal." Sun Yi said with a smile.
After waiting outside for a short while, the examinees started to enter the examination room one after another. There were stoves placed in the huge examination room, and each stove had the examinee's number on it. The ingredients used for the examination were also displayed on the table on one side of the examination room. The examinees would need to choose the right ingredients themselves later, which was also one of the important steps in the examination. Failure to choose the right ingredients would also greatly affect the taste of the dishes.
Not long after Ye Cui found his candidate number, he was a little sweaty when he saw Sun Yi standing next to him. His seat was on the side.
"Brother, we are really destined to meet." Sun Yi greeted Ye Chui with a smile.
Ye Chui smiled: "Yes."
At this time, in the corridor on one side of the examination room.
"Uncle Wang, look, that's the boy." The person who spoke was a handsome boy, who was An Jing's suitor, Zhao Hongyu, the monitor of Class 3, Grade 1. He said to the middle-aged man standing on the side, "Uncle Wang, my dad will definitely thank you for doing me this favor."
"You are being polite. Your father and I are friends who grew up together. How could I not help him when he called me the day before yesterday? Besides, how old is this kid to take the exam? Even if I don't do anything, he probably won't pass the exam." The middle-aged man said with a smile, "However, Hongyu, why did you come here specially today instead of going to class?"
"I just want to see his disappointed look." Zhao Hongyu said with a sneer. The spring outing the day before yesterday made him lose face and greatly reduced his prestige in the class. He couldn't swallow this breath and had to see Ye Chui get humiliated with his own eyes. "Uncle Wang, this time it's up to you."
"Don't worry. Regardless of whether he is good enough or not, the test I gave him this time is also the most difficult one." Uncle Wang snorted and laughed. "The test I gave him is one of the most challenging dishes for a chef: stir-fried beef noodles!"
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