In the second round of selection, it is no longer more than ten chefs who are scattered, but more than ten chefs who score together on the spot, and there is also a specially hired national chef.

At the level of national chef, he no longer only works in a restaurant, but will be hired as a consultant by the catering giant to participate in the research and development of the group's dishes.

Generally speaking, it is not easy for a restaurant group to have a national chef.

However, Huaixiang Group has five national chef consultants, which is why Huaixiang Group can develop so steadily.

Huaixiang Group is nominally Huainan cuisine, but as a chain restaurant, it must cater to the needs of local diners in order to avoid adapting to the soil and water when it is deployed across the country.

Therefore, the advisory group of Huaixiang Group not only has masters of Huainan cuisine, but also national chefs of Qilu cuisine, Bashu cuisine, and Nanyue cuisine.

They are paid well and do not need to clock in and out every day, but they need to help Huaixiang Group optimize its products and develop dishes that best suit local tastes.

Therefore, the current Huaixiang Group is no longer a pure Huainan cuisine, but a comprehensive catering group that integrates the advantages of eight major cuisines.

The same is true for some of the other large restaurant groups, which will take advantage of other cuisines.

However, Huaixiang Group still has reservations about traditional dishes, because this is the foundation of the family.

Although Bashu cuisine and Shonan cuisine occupy the mainstream in the market because of their spicy or numbness.

However, in the past two years, Huainan cuisine and Nanyue cuisine have also gradually risen, because people eat too many things with heavy tastes, and they always need light dishes to adjust the taste.

Moreover, Huaixiang Group has launched a lot of healthy dishes in the past two years, which have won praise from the high-end market.

In short, although hot pot and dry pot are highly accepted and popular among consumers, if they are high-end dinners, business negotiations or wine banquets and weddings, they will generally find restaurants under Huaixiang Group.

After all, there is no high-end bureau, put a big hot pot on the table.

Therefore, Huaixiang Group has quickly become a leader in the domestic catering industry by virtue of its precise positioning in the high-end dinner market.

The chef on the third day was Mr. Zheng Ze, the national chef of Lu cuisine, and it is said that he personally asked to participate in today's selection.

Although Zheng Ze is over sixty years old, he is extremely well maintained, with a lean body, bright eyes, and habitually holding a fan in his hand, looking like a calligrapher or painter.

Zheng Ze studied calligraphy and painting in private, and it is said that he is also well-known in the calligraphy and painting circle.

Many people mistakenly think that chefs are fat people with big bellies, but in fact, when they reach a certain level, they will pay more attention to maintaining their bodies.

The leader in any industry has the inevitable reason for success.

Especially in the field of national cooking, which is one of the few national chefs, the people who can reach this position are the elite of the elite.

After Zheng Ze entered, the judges stood up one after another and greeted Zheng Ze.

Zheng Ze's personality is lonely and high, and there are reviews in the industry.

Tao Nanfang also spent a lot of energy in order to hire Zheng Ze.

Zheng Ze once invested in a company, and the company suffered a bankruptcy crisis, Zheng Ze did not expect that as a legal person, he was implicated and almost fell into prison.

Tao Nanfang took the initiative to come forward and help Zheng Zehui take the initiative to repay the debt.

After getting along for many years, Zheng Ze felt that Tao Nanfang was a good person, and offered to name Huaixiang Group, Tao Nanfang was happy to sign a symbolic employment contract with Zheng Ze.

Zheng Ze did not ask for a high salary, as long as he was grateful to Tao Nanfang for his charcoal in the snow.

As for Tao Nanfang's understanding of Zheng Ze very well, people like this are arrogant, if you worry about money with him, he will often feel humiliated in his self-esteem.

But Tao Nanfang will still take care of and help Zheng Ze in other aspects.

It is rumored that Zheng Ze joined the Huaixiang Group for various reasons, conspiracy theories, and beauty schemes.

But no matter what the reason is, Zheng Ze's contribution to Huaixiang Group over the years is obvious to all.

Huaixiang Group relied on him to successfully solve the problem of Huainan cuisine in Qilu Province.

Otherwise, as a foreign enterprise, even if the funds are abundant, the local catering institutions will not let the development of Huaixiang Group be so smooth.

The catering industry is full of hills and strict regional divisions.

Attracting a master at the level of a national chef not only relies on his superb attainments in dishes, but also has a decisive impact on stabilizing a certain region.

Zheng Ze's status and influence in the catering industry in Qilu area are still recognized.

Zheng Ze has lived in Nanquan City, the capital of Qilu Province, for a long time, and no one expected him to be willing to participate in the second round of selection.

It stands to reason that he should be in the finals.

After Zheng Ze entered, everyone stood up, he smiled, and shook hands with everyone.

After Gong Fachao shook hands with Zheng Ze, he sighed secretly, Zheng Ze's palms were colder than he imagined, and he almost made himself smart.

After Zheng Ze sat down, he began to flip through the information in front of him and no longer communicated with others.

The rest of the judges looked at each other, and they were also extremely interested, and they didn't talk to Zheng Ze to avoid embarrassment.

Gong Fachao's mood is not very good, the apprentice Chen Ming has already participated in the competition, although he played well, but the score is not high, the total score is more than 20 points different from the current first place, even if he can enter the next round, he is barely entering.

Although Chen Ming worked hard enough to quickly adjust his mentality, talent is particularly important in the chef's profession.

There are some things that you can't get with hard work.

"Let's start now!" Zheng Ze said softly after reading the list.

Luo Yi presided: "The first one is Shen Xian from the southeast region of the group, who relied on pineapple honey chicken in the first round and won the thirteenth place. ”

The staff introduced Shen Xian, and Zheng Ze glanced at Shen Xian roughly, frowning slightly.

Shen Xian was nervous, took a deep breath and began to prepare cold dishes according to the competition process.

The rest of the judges began to pay attention to Shen Xian's knife work, and the 100 people selected from the 600 were basically very solid.

The crystal lotus segment is not only neat, but also just the right size.

Although it is a cold dish, when placed in front of you, it has a sweet aroma that seems to be absent, and the aroma is stronger than that of ordinary hot dishes.

Shen Bowei added a chopstick lotus root and put it in his mouth and tasted it carefully.

I only felt that the tip of the tongue quickly secreted saliva, wrapped the lotus root tightly, and the sweet taste slipped smoothly from the esophagus into the abdomen, and I subconsciously wanted to clip a piece.

He hurriedly controlled himself to avoid gaffes.

Whetting the appetite was already a success for these judges.

Even the strict Shen Bowei gave a very high evaluation to this cold dish.

From the eyes of the rest, it was clear that the dish was a great success.

The most subtle thing about the cold dish is the crispy feeling wrapped in a layer of crystals on the outside, which is boiled and coagulated with brown sugar mixed with honey, and the texture is delicious

Shen Xian began to prepare the second course, stir-fried loofah.

Zheng Ze waved his hand lightly, and said indifferently: "No need to continue." ”

Shen Xian was slightly stunned, the wrist of the cutter was stiff, and he didn't know what to do.

Tang Long coughed and asked softly, "Mr. Zheng, is something wrong?"

Zheng Ze said lightly: "The looks are not good." ”

The rest of the judges were momentarily stunned.

Luo Yi defended Shen Xian: "Being a cook is not a beauty pageant. ”

Zheng Ze remained silent, "If it was in the back kitchen, I could give the first dish a full score, but now I am preparing for the King of Chef Competition, and when the time comes, I will have to compete with players from all over the country." Everyone has to face the most difficult and demanding judges. And this is the selection, how good or bad looks are, and the first impression of the judges is determined. ”

Several judges nodded one after another, Zheng Ze's words were very reasonable, and the angle he was at was very high.

Shen Xian clenched his fists, and he had the heart to kill.

"The other two dishes don't need to be cooked, your final ranking will be twenty-one, although you can't participate in the finals, but Huaixiang Group will be included in the first-class reserve talents. ”

As soon as Zheng Ze's words came out, Shen Xian's anger was about to explode, and it disappeared in an instant.

The first-level reserve talent means that Shen Xian will be able to get a lot of resources and opportunities, and the evaluation of job titles and promotion speed will be faster than others.

Ugly is an objective fact.

He, recognize!

Shen Xian has been very dark since he was a child, with small eyes and a flat nose, so he struggled to find a daughter-in-law a few years ago.

Zheng Ze's reason is also reasonable, the length is not important to the chef, but it is especially important for the Eight Cuisine Chef King Competition.

If Shen Xian appears, it will even affect other people's opinions of Huaixiang Group.

Shen Xian left with mixed feelings, Zheng Ze followed, called him to a small room, and chatted privately for five minutes, Shen Xian went out again, and his mood changed significantly.

Although Zheng Ze is arrogant, he is definitely not the kind of person with low emotional intelligence, he knows that it may affect Shen Xian's self-esteem just now, so he will encourage him.

In Zheng Ze's opinion, Shen Xian is a talent with good strength and great potential, but this kind of internal selection competition is not suitable for him to participate.

Zheng Ze promised that Shen Xian would be adjusted to the Dish R&D Center in the later stage.

Shen Xian knew that this was the most mysterious and critical department in the back kitchen system of Huaixiang Group.

The talents in this are like the special forces of the Marine Corps, and they are significantly higher than other branches of the armed forces in terms of strength and potential.

Although Zheng Ze is not the person in charge of this center, as a national chef, he has the right to speak, and there is no problem with stuffing one or two people inside.

In the eyes of the other judges, today's selection will probably be difficult.

Zheng Ze is not only strict, but also tricky.

Luo Yi, as the leader of the judging team, smiled bitterly to himself, according to today's judging standards, the scores in the previous days have to drop by five to ten points, so as to ensure fairness.

After the selection is over, discuss with Zheng Ze to see whether to increase today's score by five points or reduce the previous score by five points.

All in all, the matter is not an ordinary trouble.

Below is Qiao Zhi from the second canteen of Qiongjin Vocational and Technical College. ”

Luo Yi reported the list and secretly glanced at Zheng Ze.

He suddenly straightened his back and closed the folding fan, with a solemn look in his eyes.

Luo Yi flashed a thought, could it be that Zheng Ze came specifically for Qiao Zhi?