Volume 2: The Chef King Chapter 098 One dies in secret, and the other dies openly!

Fighting alone and fighting with a cheerleader behind you is a completely different mentality.

Qiao Zhi decided to do his best at this moment.

He can't let down the people who come to support him.

Tao Nanfang naturally saw the scene of the banner being pulled in the stands.

The son-in-law's popularity is good. However, the good guys are stuck in the world of sycophancy and bloody reality, and they are not much use.

Tao Nanfang does not have that kind of trustworthy partner by her side.

Even if Song Hengde has followed her for many years, she always has room for Song Hengde and will not hand over all the power to him.

She believes that people are kind and that if you are kind to someone, they will be grateful.

However, she is more certain that people are greedy.

If people's desires will expand infinitely, they must be dealt with in a timely manner, and when it is time to beat, they must not hesitate.

"Chairman, it's your turn to announce the start of the finals. ”

Tan Zhen reminded softly beside him that if it was changed before, this job should be done by Song Hengde.

Song Hengde, who was not far away, did not move, his eyes drifted into the distance, with a seemingly absent smile on his face, but everyone's attention fell on him.

After Tao Xinchen was dismissed, Song Hengde was successfully beaten into the cold palace, which means that Huaixiang Group has now entered a new era.

After Tao Nanfang's serious illness, he used a series of covert and efficient means to make a new change in the pattern between high-level officials.

Anyone with a discerning eye can guess that Tao Nanfang is preparing for his successor.

Song Hengde knew that the best way for him now was to do nothing. If he made a slight move, Tao Nanfang would definitely not hesitate to let him leave the Huaixiang Group.

As for Tan Zhen, there is no need for him to be too complacent.

Everyone is just Tao Nanfang's tool.

Tao Nanfang walked to the podium, held up the frame of his glasses, and said slowly: "This year is the 80th year of the establishment of Huaixiang Group, and the Tao family started from a very inconspicuous snack shop, step by step, to a large catering group with more than 900 stores across the country.

Huaixiang Group now belongs not only to the Tao family, but to every employee.

Huaixiang Group has long attracted a large number of top national chefs to join us. We have also always attached great importance to the training of young chefs, because the most important thing in the catering industry is whether the delicious food can be won by consumers. And the source of delicious food comes from the craftsmanship of every Huaixiang chef.

We are here today not only to select the contestants who represent the group and represent the Huainan cuisine in the King of Chefs Competition. At the same time, it is also preparing for the reserve of elite chefs. The 20 contestants who participated in the finals are the most valuable assets of Huaixiang Group.

Whether Huaixiang Group can create brilliance in the future depends entirely on you. In the future, if Huaixiang Group can achieve glory, it will also belong to you.

Next, I announce that the third phase of this Huaixiang Group's internal competition has officially begun!"

The host has already introduced the topics of the finals and the relevant regulations.

With Tao Nanfang's order, all the contestants began to move.

Suddenly, the sound of chopping vegetables came from the empty field.

Qiao Zhi was processing the ingredients, cleaning the vegetables, his movements were not so fast, he looked very relaxed, and in the tense atmosphere, he looked a little out of place.

The cameraman saw that Qiao Zhi didn't have anything to see here, so he focused his attention on Hao Wang's side next door.

Hao Wang is processing tender tofu, and his knife speed is very fast, reaching three or four in a second

With the astonishing speed of the knife, in less than a few moments, the tender tofu became the only paper-thin tofu slice.

There was an exclamation from the audience, there were many experts present, although Hao Wang's knife skills were not fancy, just by virtue of this skillful skill, you can see his strength.

In the judges' seat, Gong Fachao squinted his eyes, and Hao Wang was cooking a classic dish of Huainan cuisine: Wensi tofu.

I had a hand injury some time ago, so I didn't dare to make this dish for Xu Hexiang.

And no one in the back kitchen of Huaixiang Restaurant, including Chen Ming, could make this dish perfectly, so he had to give up in the end.

However, Hao Wang was carrying out teaching-like operations in full view of everyone.

He gently wiped the cut ultra-thin tofu slices with his hands, and the blade ejected like a machine gun, which was fast and even, and poured water about 100 knives every time he cut, wetting and lubricating the blade and tofu slices.

After all the shredded tofu is cut, they are sticky and squeezed on the cutting board, and the specific shape is still not visible.

When he copied the shredded tofu and put it in a Tang porcelain sea bowl filled with water, and gently stirred it with chopsticks, the entire competition venue suddenly resounded with an exclamation.

Countless tiny hair-like tofu shreds float on the water, full of artistic beauty.

The shredded tofu is cut out and put in water to dilute the gypsum flavor and make the bean flavor more prominent.

In this condition, shredded tofu can also fully absorb water and increase the tender and elastic taste.

Many people mistakenly think that the most important thing is the selection of ingredients, but in fact, what really matters is the chef's knife skills and the control of the ingredients.

People have a thousand faces, and so do the ingredients.

The dates on a tree are sour and sweet, and the radishes grown in a field are also strange.

Not to mention the tofu made by different processes?

A savvy chef has enough experience to know what kind of ingredients and what kind of skills are needed to ensure that nothing goes wrong.

After the shredded tofu is cut, Hao Wang began to prepare side dishes, winter bamboo shoots and shiitake mushrooms, using a flat knife to thin up, and a horizontal knife to change the shreds, no need to cut too much, three or four slices are enough.

After the bamboo shoots and shiitake mushrooms are cut, they are blanched in water to remove the bitter hemp in the bamboo shoots and the earthy smell of the shiitake mushrooms.

In the process of interspersing, Hao Wang took a pot and began to make exclusive broth.

There were more than 20 players present, all of whom were masters of hanging soup.

Due to the limited time, Hao Wang is not allowed to take out any ingredients, so Hao Wang can only cook on high heat, and strive to make the soup in the shortest possible time.

"Fifteen minutes!"

Hao Wang had already put the soup in the pot and put it in a special vessel.

Gong Fachao and Shen Bowei subconsciously glanced at each other, and each could understand each other's thoughts.

Is it possible to boil the broth in such a short period of time?

Hao Wang's strength is obvious to everyone, and he knows that he must have used some special techniques.

When Hao Wang finished making the broth and even made the first dish of Wensi tofu, Qiao Zhi was still washing the vegetables.

It is said that sharpening knives is not wrong for woodcutters, and they are competing at the moment, and Qiao Zhi's unhurried attitude seems to be different.

"What is No. 1 doing, someone else has made at least one dish, and he is still washing and chopping vegetables, and his attitude is not proper at all, it looks really bad. ”

"I suspect that he is deliberately delaying time, and he has no goods in his stomach, so he can only perfunctory everyone. ”

"His cafeteria is quite famous. However, a canteen is a canteen, and it is difficult to get into the hall of elegance. If you want to make a refreshing feast,

You still have to have a chef from a regular restaurant. ”

"Hao Wang's Wensi tofu has come out of the pot, I have never seen such a pleasing Wensi tofu! Hao Wang really has the strength to impact the super chef. ”

Everyone is subconsciously comparing Hao Wang and Qiao Zhi, one of the two is in the first place, and the other is close behind, they can be selected into the top eighteen, there must not be much problem.

Now there is still a suspense, that is, who is the ultimate champion.

Soon everyone found out that something was wrong, Qiao Zhi had just passed a period of time, and there was not a single dish that he hadn't done, he set up a pot stove very secretly, and put eggs in the pot.

"What's that?"

"It can't be a tea egg, right?"

"That's right, it's really a tea egg. ”

"What banquet will have tea eggs, it's just unbelievable, is he a funny player?"

There are many allusions about tea eggs, for example, there was an expert on Baodao who said that the mainland could not afford to eat tea eggs, and everyone laughed at it.

Because tea eggs are the most common food, many people eat them as snacks, even in family banquets, tea eggs will not be put on the table.

Those judges also saw that Qiao Zhi seemed to be making tea eggs, could it be that there was a mystery hidden in the tea eggs, or it was a side dish of a certain dish.

Time passed minute by minute, and it took Qiao Zhi an hour to finally prepare the dish and start boiling the broth.

The tea eggs are still boiling!

Qiao Zhi would go over from time to time and add some spices.

Hao Wang's side is undoubtedly more enthusiastic and attracting attention.

The direction of his cooking today is that the three-headed banquet of Huainan cuisine is of course not a simple three-headed banquet, but a fusion of classic dishes of Huainan cuisine, such as Wensi tofu, boiled dried shreds, soup dumplings, etc.

The main dish of the three-headed banquet is still the essence.

The three-headed feast, the so-called "three-headed", refers to the grilled whole pig's head, the stewed crab roe lion's head, and the braised silver carp head.

Qiao Zhi had cooked braised silver carp head in the second round, and now Hao Wang also made this dish, obviously wanting to compete with Qiao Zhi and let all the judges present re-judge.

This is the so-called head-to-head confrontation, which fully shows Hao Wang's self-confidence.

The remaining eighteen chefs are all Huainan chefs, Huainan cuisine is the foundation of life, and the probability of choosing a three-headed banquet is very high.

Hao Wang is not afraid to compare himself with other chefs, which is a kind of courage in itself.

Hao Wang wants to slap his face with his strength, so that all the judges and contestants know that he is the real first.

But the judges felt that Hao Wang was dying, because they all knew that Qiao Zhi was competing before his identity was revealed, and the judges did not give him any preferential treatment.

Even now that their identities are revealed, no one greets them.

Why did Hao Wang choose the three-headed banquet?

Qiao Zhi's braised silver carp head has been recognized by the national chef Zheng Ze.

No matter how high Hao Wang's level is, it will be difficult to surpass Qiao Zhi's dish nine times out of ten.

The three-headed banquet, in which "one" loses to Qiao Zhi, which is equal to the soul of the whole table of banquets, there is a problem.

Of course, the judges not only think that Hao Wang is dying, but also that Qiao Zhi is dying.

The difference is that Hao Wang's method of death is relatively hidden.

Except for the judges, no one else could see it.

And, Qiao Zhi is a clear death!

Two hours have passed, and Qiao Zhi has not moved.

In addition to boiling a pot of tea eggs, I am also making special preparations!