Looking at the back of Zhang Yu leaving, Master Hou shook his head slightly.

"This child, if he puts his mind to learning to cook and doesn't blindly imitate, then he still has a lot of hope to go on the road of cooking. ”

After Chen Mo defeated Zhang Yu with a score of 100 points, the first round of knockout rounds was over.

I didn't expect the Youth Cup to be so cruel, with 50% of the players eliminated in the first round.

Master Hou, the judge of the first round, was about to leave, and before leaving, he patted Chen Mo on the back and said softly: "Come on, young man, I have also seen your video on the Internet." ”

It turns out that Master Hou is also his fan.

Chen Mo was a little excited, and at the same time felt that the power of the Internet was so great, bringing together countless strange people who had the same hobbies.

"I'll try. Chen Mo replied very sincerely.

"I didn't expect to get three perfect points in the first round, which has never happened in the previous three Youth Cups. Xiao Feng began to summarize the first round of the game.

"That's right, this also reflects the strength of the players in this Cup, and the audience at the scene today will definitely be able to feast their eyes!" Zhao Ling said.

"It's not enough to feast on your eyes, I want to feast on it. Ni Shuai touched his stomach and felt a little hungry.

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"Now the second round of the competition will begin, and the questions will be displayed on the big screen, please watch carefully. ”

After Xiao Feng finished speaking, the content of the second round began to be displayed on the big screen.

Second Round Elimination:

The history of pasta dates back to the Neolithic period, when stone mills were used to process flour into powdered food. In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, fried and steamed noodles appeared. Since then, with the improvement of cooking utensils and stoves, the raw materials, preparation methods, and varieties of pasta have become more and more abundant. The theme of this round of knockout rounds is to make pasta, and let's have a big competition of pasta!

Theme 1: Pasta, Theme 2: Inclusion.

Rules: Within 20 minutes, the chef who takes the lead in preparing the pasta dish can submit the work to the judges for tasting, and the judges will decide whether they can advance to the next round if they meet both themes.

After reading the introduction of the second round of elimination, Chen Mo felt that this round was much more difficult than the first round.

The first round of the competition actually examines the word "wide", using the random "theme" to circle two chefs in order to achieve the goal of eliminating half of the people first, such an investigation is actually not too targeted, and has obvious drawbacks. For example, two very strong people may meet in the first round and end up being eliminated by one of them, and maybe there is a group of chefs who are both weak but one of them can advance to the next round.

The second round is completely different, very targeted themes, or two, this elimination rate will obviously be much higher than the first round, I'm afraid that those who can pass this round can count it with one palm, and I thought that the second round needs real hard power.

Sure enough, as Chen Mo expected, as soon as the content was fully displayed, many chefs had already retreated.

"It's too difficult, but it's okay to say pasta, what does tolerance mean, inclusive pasta? I can't think of how to make a dish that fits both themes. A man clutched his head in pain and cried out.

"It's over, pasta is not my forte, I can only stir-fry, I'd better go, no shame. After reading the topic, a chef put away the kitchen utensils and abstained.

"I didn't expect the questions in the second round to be so difficult, which can be compared to the questions in the first three finals. After Xiao Feng read the words on the big screen, he also complained a few words for the chefs.

"Pasta, tolerance, this round of topics is interesting, I don't know what kind of dishes everyone will make. Zhao Ling said.

"By the way, it hasn't been introduced yet, the judge of the second round is Master Hong Qihong from Jiangning Jinyan Building, everyone is welcome!"

In the warm applause of the audience, an old man with a slightly hunched back and eyes almost closed walked into the venue from outside the venue and sat on the judges' seat.

Familiar faces.

Chen Mo had a contact with Hong Qi, that is, when he competed with Ma Long for egg fried rice.

When Hong Qi was leaving, he also gave himself a business card.

Seeing Hong Qi sitting on the judges' seat, Chen Mo couldn't help but feel good.

Zhao Ling stepped forward, first chatted with Hong Qi normally, and then turned around and asked about the second round of questions.

"Chef Hong, today's second round of questions is so difficult, do you think the chefs on the scene can complete such a test?" Zhao Ling asked.

Master Hong still hadn't opened his eyes, and his voice was still a little hoarse.

"Chinese cuisine, with a history of more than 4,000 years, is now declining, one generation is not as good as the next, the loss of local specialties, the lack of recipes of major cuisines, people's awareness of Chinese food culture is getting less and less, and the impact of foreign food culture is becoming more and more serious. Chinese cuisine cannot continue to self-hypnosis and live in history, so as long as you have a dream and want to stand on the stage of Chinese cuisine, you must always demand yourself with the strictest standards, and do not give yourself any excuses and reasons to retreat. So I don't think the second round of questions is difficult at all!"

Master Hong's words were loud, which not only made the audience fall into contemplation, but also gave Chen Mo a deeper understanding and awareness of the world.

It's time for someone to lift the veil of Chinese cuisine that has been masked!

Ever since Hong Qi spoke, Tan Yu had been staring at his master intently, and this concentration was completely different from his previous state.

When Fan Hu heard this, he just "snorted", and didn't seem to have listened.

Wang Jue still looked humble and listened carefully to Master Hong's words.

"Chef Hong's words are really thought-provoking, once upon a time, our Chinese cuisine was also all the rage and spread to the world, but with the passage of time, Chinese cuisine gradually declined and fell into a trough, but I believe that with these young chefs who love cooking and love cooking, our cuisine will definitely rise again!" Zhao Ling's words immediately received thunderous applause.

"Okay, the second round of the competition has officially begun!"

As Xiao Feng announced the start of the competition, the chefs who stayed behind to participate in the second round immediately plunged into the intense production.

Chen Mo fell into thinking, both to meet the noodle and to meet the tolerance, a total of two themes, to be honest, Chen Mo immediately thought of steamed buns, wontons, dumplings and other foods, but this kind of dish is too simple, just relying on this kind of cuisine, I am afraid it is difficult to impress the strict Master Hong.

Suddenly, Chen Mo remembered that his grandfather had made a food when he was a child, which could just meet these two themes, and the dishes did not fall into clichés.

Well, just do that!

After deciding on the dishes, Chen Mo began to do it.