Many girls are afraid of animals such as snakes and rats, and Mu-Mu is no exception. When she saw someone take out a snake, she turned her head and did not dare to look again.
"It's OK. It's far away. Besides, the snake is in people's hands. It won't run over!"
Gu Zheng can only comfort her. The man was very skilled in killing the snake. Soon the snake was killed and skinned. Looking at his appearance, he was going to make snake soup.
Snake soup is a good Cantonese dish, but it's very troublesome to prepare. Half an hour is not enough. This man made snake soup in the first round of the preliminary competition. Even Gu Zheng can see that he has little experience in the competition.
Snake soup is not a dish that can be made in half an hour. To finish it in half an hour, the steps must be simplified. But you make snake soup, and everyone expects snake soup. If it is simplified, the taste will definitely be worse, and it will not meet expectations. It will only affect the score. That's why he said that he has no experience in the competition.
Gu Zheng has never participated in formal competitions as a chef, but he has participated in some food critics and knows something to pay attention to.
"Hello, where are you from?"
Just thinking about it, a young man next to him suddenly called Gu Zheng. Gu Zheng looked back and found that it was a young man in his early twenties, wearing a white chef's suit.
"Shen Cheng, what about you?"
People politely asked with a smile. Gu Zheng did not refuse people's questions and answered him.
In addition to politeness, there is another point. Most of the people who come to participate in the preliminary competition today are people in their thirties and forties. There are fewer people in their fifties and sixties who are not famous chefs basically will not come, and the famous ones have been guaranteed and do not need to participate in the first round.
There are more than two hundred people who are going to participate in the competition. Most of them are in their thirties and forties. There are a dozen in their fifties and sixties. Most of the rest are twenty-six or twenty-seven years old. There are very few people in their early twenties. Gu Zheng is twenty-three years old. This young man looks younger than Gu Zheng. Basically, the two of them are the youngest people who signed up for the competition this time.
Like many traditional industries, cooking needs the accumulation of experience. Young people can be chefs, but it's not easy to be a good chef. After all, they have no experience.
There was no age limit for the Gourmet Competition this time. Any adult could sign up, but there was a registration fee. The registration fee was about 200 yuan per person. This registration fee could deter some people who just wanted to join in the fun.
People who knew that there was no hope at all wouldn't be willing to part with the two hundred yuan, so they wouldn't come.
"I'm from Su City. My name is Wang Dong. Nice to meet you!"
The young man stretched out his hand. Gu Zheng reached out and shook his hand. Wang Dong came alone without any companions. He also brought a box, a small box.
Wang Dong was young and didn't have anything in common with the others, so he chatted with Gu Zheng. After chatting for a while, Gu Zheng found out that Wang Dong was only 19 years old, not even 20 years old. He was certainly the youngest in this competition, but he didn't know if he was the youngest among all the contestants.
While the three of them were chatting, fragrances began to waft out from the competition grounds. There were still some dishes that tasted pretty good, and these fragrances also aroused the appetites of many people.
"Big Brother Gu, what are you going to cook?"
The three of them had already introduced themselves. Wang Dong knew that Gu Zheng was a food critic, and he also knew that Mu Mu was the editor of the Gourmet Channel. Mu Mu was here to help, and the contestant was Gu Zheng.
Wang Dong himself was an apprentice, an apprentice of a four-star hotel. He didn't go to college, but he loved cooking very much. After graduating from high school, he came out to be an apprentice. He had been working in that hotel for two years, and in these two years, he had also practiced a lot of cooking skills. He had signed up for this Gourmet Competition without telling the head chef, and had also specially asked for leave.
He didn't dare to tell the people in the hotel about his participation in the competition. This way, even if he was eliminated, he could go back to work early and not be ridiculed by others.
"I'm going to cook fried eggs!"
Gu Zheng smiled and said what he was going to cook. When Mu Mu heard the word fried eggs, his ears suddenly stood up, and he couldn't help but drool a little.
"After the competition, you must cook one for me!"
Mu Mu whispered. Wang Dong was stunned, but he immediately laughed again and said, "I thought my cooking was the simplest, but I didn't expect that big brother Gu's cooking was even simpler than mine. I'm going to cook Egg Fried Rice!"
Wang Dong wanted to cook Egg Fried Rice, and Gu Zheng's expression also became a little strange.
This was a Gourmet Competition. Although there were no restrictions on what one could cook, generally, one would choose a variety of cuisines to cook. Gu Zheng didn't cook other cuisines, first, because he didn't know how to cook, and second, because he had confidence in fried eggs. He could definitely pass the preliminary round with fried eggs.
Not to mention all, at least the first few rounds wouldn't be a problem. If the fried eggs in the later rounds were dangerous, he could still take out chicken blood soup or chicken noodle soup to cook.
He didn't know how good Wang Dong's Egg Fried Rice was, but in such a competition, it always felt very strange to cook Egg Fried Rice. Of course, people who didn't know about his fried eggs would feel even stranger.
"As long as you do it seriously!"
Gu Zheng's expression was strange, but he still encouraged Wang Dong. Wang Dong nodded excitedly, "Thank you, big brother Gu. I understand. This time, I came with the attitude of learning. To tell you the truth, this is my first time participating in a competition, and I'm very excited!"
"Crash!"
After Wang Dong finished speaking, a loud sound suddenly came from inside, which attracted a lot of people's attention. Gu Zheng and Mu Mu also looked inside, and for some reason, a person who was cooking threw the wok out, and it hit the contestant who was cooking in front of him.
Suddenly, there was chaos inside, and the person who was hit by the wok also fell over. He turned around and scolded the person who threw the wok, and that person kept apologizing.
In the end, both of them were asked to leave. Since the wok was dropped, there was no time to cook again. Especially the person who threw the wok, his result was directly disregarded, and the person who was hit by the wok was purely unlucky, and his result was also invalidated.
"It seems that during the competition, we have to be careful of the flying wok. But this is a good idea. In the future, if you feel that someone is a big threat, you can arrange a person to participate in the competition, and directly throw the wok to eliminate him!"
Some people around laughed. This was indeed a good idea, but it could only be used in the first three rounds of the preliminary competition. The fourth round was a special competition venue, and it was impossible to use such a despicable method to eliminate someone who was a threat to you.
And the real famous chefs were all guaranteed to be sent there, so you had no chance to do this to them.
"This person should be nervous. In fact, I am also very nervous. I don't know if I can cook well!"
Wang Dong said. He was indeed very nervous. Although the competition hadn't started yet, his heart was still beating fast, so he deliberately chatted with Gu Zheng and Mu Mu to distract himself and relieve the pressure.
"In fact, the competition is nothing. You just have to be yourself as usual. When you are inside, you just treat it as if you are still at home and cook by yourself. Don't worry so much!"
Gu Zheng comforted him in a low voice. Gu Zheng also didn't participate in the competition, but he was not nervous at all. In addition to self-confidence, there was another reason. The purpose of Gu Zheng was not to compete for the first place, but to conquer the previous ten judges.
For him, as long as he conquered the ten judges with chicken noodle soup, he would win. As for the victory of the competition, he didn't care at all.
"Thank you, Brother Gu. I will be myself!"
Wang Dong took a deep breath. Some people had already prepared their food in advance. The staff separated the food and brought it to the judges' table. The judges first rinsed their mouths, and then picked up a piece to taste.
After a bite, they stopped eating and began to score with the scoreboard in their hands. There was a screen next to them, and the scores of the judges would appear from time to time.
The first one to finish was No. 8. No. 8's score soon appeared. After removing the highest score of 7.2 and the lowest score of 5.3, his final total score was 6.3.
It was more than six points. It was not a good score, but not a bad one. No. 8 thought that since he was the first one to finish, the judges would give him a high score because they hadn't eaten other people's food. He didn't expect such a score, so he looked a little sad.
After looking at his score, No. 8 walked out with his things, but he didn't leave. He had to wait for the final total score. After all the competitions were over, the top 100 of the total score would advance. He wanted to know whether he could advance or not.
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