Gu Zheng and Wang Dong entered the venue together and found a place to sit down.
Thirty competition stages were arranged on the not-so-tall platform. They were arranged in a picturesque manner, allowing the audience to see all the stages.
Each competition platform was like a separate compartment, separated by delicate wooden boards and one-sided glass. The people outside could see inside, but the people inside couldn't see outside, so they wouldn't be affected by what was happening outside.
Each chef could only bring one assistant to the platform, and the other assistants had to wait below the platform.
There were thirty judges in total, and most of the members of the organizing committee were also in the venue. After so many days of competition, only today and tomorrow were separate venues, and these two days were the most important competitions for the organizing committee.
Ninety contestants had arrived. Today, thirty out of ninety contestants would advance, and sixty would fall in the final sprint.
Tomorrow would be the finals, and there would be no elimination. Even if you were last, you would still be in the top thirty. Tomorrow, the eleventh and thirtieth places wouldn't be announced, and they would all be on the same level.
In this way, even if you were last, no one would know. Only the contestants who had rushed into the finals, especially those chefs who had fought their way out of more than five thousand contestants. As long as they could enter the finals, they would win.
There were too many famous chefs participating in this competition, and it was unrealistic for them to fight for the first place. Even Gu Zheng, who had been in the first place for a long time, couldn't maintain it yesterday, and the first place was taken away by someone else.
Many of the ninety contestants were nervous. Even those famous chefs who were not particularly famous couldn't guarantee that they could fight their way out of the ninety contestants and walk to the end.
"… The competition begins!"
The host didn't talk much nonsense and soon announced the start of the competition. There were still thirty contestants in a group, and today's competition was extended to two hours, with three rounds in total.
The finals would also last for two hours, and there would be three rounds, which could be finished in a day.
Gu Zheng was in the first group, and Wang Dong was in the third group. Seeing Gu Zheng go to the platform calmly, Wang Dong's eyes were full of envy. He admired Gu Zheng's mentality the most. No matter what, he was always so calm, and even the live camera didn't affect him at all.
He couldn't do it. Although he was better than before these two days, when he thought about going on stage, he couldn't help but feel a little scared. Wang Dong didn't know that this was actually because the effect of the Calming Spell on his body had weakened.
All 30 chefs were working hard. Besides him, all of them had assistants to help them. This was the key to entering the finals. No one dared to be careless.
Only Gu Zheng leisurely took out his frying pan and mineral water, as well as eggs, sesame oil, salt, and other ingredients.
Among the ingredients that Gu Zheng used today, table salt was an upgraded Normal grade ingredient. Although table salt was only an ingredient, it was always a little bit of icing on the cake.
Two hours. Gu Zheng didn't need that much time. Even if there were thirty judges, Gu Zheng only needed to make seven fried eggs. If he wanted to do it continuously, he could finish it in ten minutes.
Seeing Gu Zheng take out the fried eggs, some people showed a smile on their faces.
Many judges felt that it was incredible that such a simple fried egg could make it to this stage step by step. However, among the 30 judges, there were people who had eaten Gu Zheng's fried eggs before. Although it was incredible, when they thought about the taste of Gu Zheng's fried eggs, they felt that everything was reasonable.
The taste of Gu Zheng's fried eggs was really indescribably delicious.
The simpler and easier the food was, the more difficult it was to make it delicious. In fact, Gu Zheng could make fried eggs so well, which was more difficult than using ingredients to enhance the taste of delicious food.
The first fried egg was soon ready.
Whether the judges had eaten it before or not, they were looking forward to Gu Zheng's fried eggs. Those who had eaten it before knew the taste of the fried eggs and wanted to eat it again. Those who hadn't eaten it before had heard a lot about Gu Zheng's fried eggs these days. They were full of curiosity and wanted to taste it.
Unfortunately, Gu Zheng only made one fried egg at a time. Even if it was divided into four portions, only four judges could eat it at a time. The other judges had to wait.
At this time, the four judges were eating in small bites. After eating the fried eggs, the judges concluded that it was a waste to eat it in one bite. It was just right to eat this small piece in three bites.
After eating it, their mouths were full of lingering fragrance, which was very satisfying.
The four judges didn't give the score immediately. They had to wait until the end to give the score. This time, it wasn't that the judges didn't know how to give the score, but that the organizing committee had a new rule.
Generally speaking, everyone's food was cooked at once and served together. No matter what kind of dish it was, the judges could first see the appearance of the dish, and then the judges could taste it separately. In this way, everyone basically ate it together and finally gave the score together. However, Gu Zheng's food had to be served in batches, which made the judges unable to give the score uniformly. After the incident a few days ago, the organizing committee finally decided that it was better to give the score together.
This was also the reason why some chefs protested. Like Gu Zheng's fried eggs, the four judges gave the score first, which would have a certain impact on the score of the judges later. For example, if the first judge gave a high score, the later judge who wanted to give a low score would be a little embarrassed. More or less, the score might be increased a little.
This was a small influence of Gu Zheng. Because of him, the organizing committee had to make some new rules.
The thirty judges quickly finished eating the fried eggs. Even if they gave the score uniformly, Gu Zheng's score wouldn't be bad. After all, the taste of his fried eggs was there. As long as there were no dirty tricks in this competition and the organizing committee controlled everything, he would definitely get a high score.
9.41 was Gu Zheng's final score, which was a little higher than yesterday's.
Gu Zheng was the first contestant to finish the competition. Now he was the only contestant. When the score of 9.41 came out, it put a lot of pressure on many chefs. Fortunately, the contestants were in the cubicles and couldn't see outside. Otherwise, they would also be affected.
Seeing the score on the big screen, Wang Dong let out a long sigh of relief.
According to the experience of the competition in the past few days, Gu Zheng's score should not be a problem for him to advance. These two days, the judges gave the score more strictly. Many of them who could get a high score in the first three days had their scores lowered in the past two days.
Yesterday's score was reduced by so many at one time, partly because of this.
Gu Zheng's score of 9.41 gave some pressure to the other contestants who didn't participate in the competition. Only a few people who could advance steadily were better. At this time, Zhao Fu was looking at Gu Zheng with a smile on his face.
The first round of the competition ended quickly. Gu Zheng's score of 9.41 ranked first temporarily. The second place was 9.40, which was only one point lower than Gu Zheng's score. One point. His face didn't look good.
In the first round, the lowest score was 8.3. It was a contestant who, like Gu Zheng, had always been the first to advance. With this score, he was destined to be unable to advance again.
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