Volume 2: Chef King Contest Chapter 097 Touching always comes inadvertently!
In the third round of the internal selection competition, the pressure was much less for all the contestants.
Because through the first two rounds, the top 20 have been screened, and 18 people can enter the final stage of the King Chef Competition, that is, only two people will not be able to make it to the finals.
The probability of a 10 percent elimination rate is very low, and the vast majority of people, except for the bottom two, are not trying to get high scores, but to maintain their current position.
This mentality determines that in the third round of the finals, all the contestants will be more conservative and strive to pass smoothly.
Chen Ming, who finished 26th after the first two rounds, was eliminated as a seeded player, and he was deeply humiliated, but he also had no regrets.
There are too many dark horses in this competition, eight of the eighteen seeded players have been eliminated, and the other ten are not all ranked highly.
Hao Wang of Jiutian Huaixiang Restaurant was originally recognized as the favorite to win the championship, but now he is only in second place, and he is ruthlessly left behind by Qiao Zhi.
In the last round, Hao Wang still has a chance to overtake.
The proposition given by the judges is to cook a table of banquets that they are best at.
The problem is to notify the contestants on the spot, not giving them enough time to prepare, relying entirely on the temporary reaction of the scene.
This is a test of the chef's understanding of Huainan cuisine.
The chefs of Huaixiang Group naturally have to test the level of Huainan cuisine.
A table of dozens of dishes can be used to comprehensively consider the level of the chef, and at the same time, it can fully show the talent of the chef.
Although the catering industry now occupies the main market with Hunan cuisine and Sichuan cuisine, Huainan cuisine is still used as the benchmark for large-scale banquets, especially state banquets.
Sichuan cuisine is relatively spicy, Shandong cuisine is thick oil red sauce, the taste is heavy, northern cuisine has more barbecue, high requirements for teeth and stomach, Cantonese cuisine has more raw seafood, and the stomach is difficult to adapt.
In such a comparison, Huainan cuisine can adjust the mouth.
Huainan cuisine is still "literati cuisine" and "scholar cuisine", and many dishes are inextricably related to historical celebrities, qin, chess, calligraphy and painting.
For example, the Manchu and Han banquets, which are known as the first banquet in the world, have a saying that they did not originate from the court, but were born from Huainan cuisine.
For the finals, Huaixiang Group arranged the venue in an open-air football field, built 20 kitchens, and all the players prepared at the same time, with a time limit of four hours, which was huge.
In addition to the judges, there were also eliminated contestants and representatives of its restaurants as audiences, which was an unprecedented grand occasion.
"Today's formation, the group will spend at least tens of millions, right?"
The King of Chef Competition is only once every four years, which determines the group's layout in the national catering industry in the next few years. If you get good results in the finals, you can drive the popularization of Huainan cuisine throughout the country, and that market is 100 billion yuan. โ
"Tsk, hundreds of billions, the cow is a bit big!"
"A mortal like you can't have the vision of the chairman. โ
Last year, the national catering revenue was 4,271.6 billion yuan, accounting for 11.2% of the total retail sales of consumer goods, so the market of the catering industry is trillion-level.
Even if it only grabs one percent, it is still 40 billion.
In addition to the two major industries of real estate and the Internet, the catering industry should be regarded as one of the most stable and largest markets.
Tao Nanfang's pattern is very high, and she can lead Huaixiang Group to be among the best in the national catering industry, and she wants to plot far more things than ordinary people.
Although Sichuan cuisine and Hunan cuisine such as
Today, it is in a leading position in the whole country, but there are many cases of fighting separately, and there is no integration and unity.
This has to do with the attributes of the respective cuisine.
Objectively speaking, Huainan cuisine may not be as popular in the market as Hunan cuisine and Sichuan cuisine, but Huainan cuisine is recognized as the eight cuisines that are the best at making banquets.
Large-scale banquets cannot be completed by a single chef, and the requirements for teamwork are extremely high.
The chefs of Huainan cuisine have a complete inheritance of master and apprentice, and the chefs have a high loyalty to the restaurant.
The master will work in a restaurant for a lifetime, and the apprentice will also work in this restaurant for a lifetime.
Huainan cuisine is easy to produce a century-old brand, and the style, taste, and characteristics of the restaurant have remained unchanged for a hundred years.
Of course, other cuisines have now realized this problem, and have begun to pay attention to cultivating teams, inheriting masters and apprentices, and developing some high-quality banquets with a strong sense of hierarchy and sรจ fragrance, striving to build a century-old catering enterprise.
In addition to the 40 fixed camera positions, more than 20 videographers were excited to capture the wonderful moments in the venue.
There are also drones in the sky, recording magnificent images of the scene with a bird's-eye view.
On the large screens on the north and south sides, the location of the 20 chefs is scrolled, which is comparable to a large-scale concert.
A group of people sitting in the guest stand were all invited by Huaixiang Group.
Bigwigs and elites from all walks of life, they secretly sighed that Huaixiang Group really deserves its reputation, and such a big pomp proves its deep strength.
I have heard that Huaixiang Group is superior in strength, and there is no specific concept, but at this moment, observing this internal competition, you can fully understand what it means to be wealthy.
"Dong Tao, you taught us a lesson today. Cao Yunfeng said with a smile.
Tao Nanfang looked surprised, "What do you mean?"
"I thought it was an ordinary cooking competition, but I realized that the momentum was so big. It turned out that the catering industry was so profitable, and after I went back, I wrote a report and strongly requested to enter the catering field. Cao Yunfeng said humorously.
Tao Nanfang smiled modestly: "I'm a stupid person, let me get in touch with emerging projects, I can't figure it out myself, and I'm worried about being cheated, so I can only do this familiar industry." If Mr. Cao wants to enter the catering industry, you may wish to consider cooperating with me, I am still confident that at least you can have a stable return on your investment. โ
Wang Ding laughed beside him, "Dong Tao, you are too humble. You say you're stupid, why are we embarrassed?"
Huang Cheng sat a little farther away, looking at Tao Nanfang chatting with a few people, secretly amused.
Cao Yunfeng and Wang Ding have recently become very close to the Zhan family, and Tao Nanfang must know that the acting skills of these people are getting better and better.
Huang Cheng didn't come here to socialize today, but purely to appreciate the food, and since he tasted the Nongfu Spring chicken soup made by Qiao Zhi, he fell in love with Huainan cuisine.
Occasionally, I go to Huainan restaurants to taste, but I can't find the amazing feeling that Qiao Zhi brought to him.
It is said that Qiao Zhi was also at the scene today, and he wondered in his heart that he would taste Qiao Zhi's craftsmanship when the time came.
Huang Cheng felt that his mentality was quite ridiculous.
It's a half-hundred-year-old person, and he is so greedy, I'm afraid that he will be laughed at and killed if he says it.
Huang Cheng used to hear Xu Hexiang always say that food is a great joy in life, and he scoffed at it at the time, but now he really thinks so.
I didn't develop my hobby before, just because I didn't encounter the food that made me feel excited.
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Fushanquan chicken soup, like a golden key, opens the body's call to deliciousness.
Under the arrangement of the host, twenty contestants entered one after another, and they came to their respective areas.
Qiao Zhi looked around and felt that the pores of the sweat stood upright, and the current picture was a little panicked.
There are twenty of them, and it feels like a circus animal, being watched.
Because the results of the first two rounds ranked first, Qiao Zhi's stove was in the No. 1 position, closest to the rostrum.
He could clearly see his mother-in-law sitting in the center, looking to be in her thirties, and sighed in his heart, he was really an old goblin.
The old goblin is not a derogatory term, but laments that the older she gets, the more demonic she becomes, and the years have not left any traces on her face.
Will this be passed on to her two daughters?
Hao Wang looked at Qiao Zhi from a distance, and happened to see his gaze fall on the rostrum, and the corners of his mouth not only showed a contemptuous smile.
In the stands on the right, there was the sound of "Hao Wang, come on"!
Hao Wang waved his hand over there, all of them were colleagues from afar in the sea of clouds.
Today's game not only involves personal honor and disgrace, but also concerns the reputation of the entire Yunhai Region, so the region actually arranged three buses and transferred more than 100 people to the scene to cheer for Hao Wang.
In addition to Hao Wang, the rest of the contestants also have their own cheering groups.
There are exceptions, Qiao Zhi's Internet celebrity canteen is closed today, and he gave all employees a holiday and did not invite them to the scene.
After all, in the strict sense, the canteen does not belong to the system of Huainan Group, and it was founded by Tao Nanfang out of his own pocket.
Hao Wang found some self-confidence, and Qiao Zhi lost from the momentum.
Although the next competition has nothing to do with momentum.
"Standing in the No. 1 position, it's Tao Nanfang's son-in-law, right?
"Why do you only look at the surface? What's the use of being handsome, he is forced to get to that position by relying on his relationship. โ
"I've heard that, too. From the first day of the launching ceremony, the organizing committee arranged for someone to vouch for him, alas, the others are really pitiful, they are all a group of escort runners. โ
"What nonsense, be careful I tear your mouth apart!" a voice interrupted their conversation.
"What's the matter with you when we chat?"
The gossip person looked at it, and the person who spoke was an aunt in her fifties.
There was also a group of uncles and aunts around him, all of whom had round eyes and cast a hostile look of death, and couldn't help but shudder.
The person who scolded this group of rumors was Chen Xuehua.
Although Qiao Zhi didn't mention today's finals to them, they still came here secretly, ready to cheer Qiao Zhi on.
After being entangled at the door for a long time, Chen Xuehua finally persuaded the security guards and led a group of people to the stands, and heard these people chewing on their tongues, not only angry!
In an uproar, Chen Xuehua led a group of people to pull up a red banner.
"Qiao Zhi, the most handsome boss in history, is invincible and must be the first!"
The banner with gold letters on a red background is very eye-catching, and the camera captures this scene, and both monitors show it.
What a lovely bunch of people!
In addition to Chen Xuehua, there are also Ding Chan and Zhou Chong......
Their movements were messy and wild, their voices loud and excited, like a fire, a glass of spirit......
Qiao Zhi saw this scene clearly, and he suddenly felt that his nose was a little sour.
Moved, always so inadvertent!