On both sides of the team, there is a staff member, holding a small black box, and each player draws a table tennis ball from the small black box, turns around, and returns to the position just now.

When all 20 people drew their balls, the staff immediately took a pen and paper and recorded the letters on each ball, as well as the name of the owner of the ball.

Zheng Ke glanced at his small ball, which said a big 'D', which should be Group D.

Soon, the staff transcribed the letters and hurried down.

"Please rest easy, the grouping of the contestants will be presented in front of you soon. The moderator waited for the final results of the grouping while explaining.

The speed of the staff was very fast, and the moderator quickly got the news that the group had been divided,

"Now that the results of the grouping are out, please look at the big screen. ”

The audience at the scene immediately looked at the big screen above the arena, and Zheng Ke also raised his head to watch the grouping of the group stage.

Group A is an invitation group, Zheng Ke saw Catherine's name at first sight, in addition to Catherine, there is also 'Su Ge' Cheng Huaizhi in Group A. The other three people, Zheng Ke is not very familiar with.

Group B is the pre-selection group, Wang He, Aniele and Hata Zhongying, all of whom are listed. Overall, the strength of this group is still quite strong.

Group C is also an invitation group, including No.1 Bayer of Lanji Academy, Chuan Ge Que Zhengqing and other strong players.

Zheng Ke's group D has Ye Qiuling, and the other three people have no impression at all.

This grouping is not good or bad, the only thing that makes Zheng Ke dissatisfied is that he is not in the same half as Hata, that is to say, the only possibility for the two to meet is to reach the finals. Of course, in this half of the district, there is also Que Zhengqing, whom Zheng Ke hates very much.

"Okay, everyone should see the above grouping. Next, there is the topic of this group stage, again, please look at the big screen. ”

As soon as the moderator finished speaking, the grouping on the big screen disappeared and was replaced by the topic of each group.

"A - tomato, B - shrimp, C - cheese, D - wine. ”

"Red wine, ......"

Zheng Ke rubbed his chin, sure enough, it was still a fairly popular topic, and there were more dishes that could be cooked. Moreover,These topics are obviously more enthusiastic about Western food.,It's not too friendly for the Oriental School Park.。

He glanced at Ye Qiuling, who was not far from him, and Ye Qiuling also shrugged his shoulders helplessly.

"The competition is two hours long, and because there is a half-hour break before the competition to prepare for the competition, the players can take advantage of this time to come up with the ingredients they need. Next, players are invited to enter the lounge to rest first. ”

Twenty players returned to the lounge again.

When it is said to be a break, it is actually to give them time to determine the cooking. In the break room, in addition to them, there are four staff members, each of whom is responsible for the collection of ingredients for a small group.

The twenty players on the scene had different expressions. Some have more relaxed expressions, such as Catherine, Ainier, and Cheng Huaizhi, while others are more dignified, such as Que Zhengqing. It is indeed a bit difficult for a Sichuan cuisine master to make a dish with the theme of cheese.

Ye Qiuling is okay, although his main direction is Chinese cuisine, but there will be some Western food, this topic is not difficult for him, but how to make a high-level Western food, you also have to use your brains well.

Zheng Ke's recent practice has been mainly Western food, so his situation is not too bad, at least, it is not difficult to choose a suitable dish.

However, the results of the group stage are related to the rest of the knockout round, and if he goes further, Zheng Ke really needs to think carefully, and the dishes to be selected cannot be too simple or too good - if he wants to go further in this series.

Some people directly wrote down the ingredients used on paper and handed them to the staff, while others sneaked around, for fear that others would see them - almost all the people on the scene are elites in the culinary industry, unless it is a new dish, under normal circumstances, as long as they see the question, they can guess it.

Zheng Ke handed the paper with the ingredients he needed to the staff on the side, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Thirty minutes is not too short, but it's not too long.

Que Zhengqing was the last contestant to submit a demand for ingredients, and it seems that the topic of cheese does have a great impact on him, and it is very likely that he will have to cook Western food that he is not familiar with at all.

In the cooking competition, strength is important, but the topic of the competition can also affect the outcome of the competition.

It seems that Que Zhengqing's situation is not too good.

When the staff informed the players that they could play, the 20 players immediately entered the venue in different groups.

At this moment, the venue has been divided into four parts, each with five operating tables. Although it looked crowded, when Zheng Ke really walked over, he found that there was still plenty of space.

On the outside of each arena, there is a panel of three judges.

Zheng Ke's group also consisted of three Western judges, two men and one woman, one of whom was about 40 years old, bald and with a black mustache, and the other was also around 40 years old, slightly chubby and red-faced.

The only woman looked younger, but also over thirty, with long blond hair coiled back and red-framed glasses.

"Do you know these three judges?" Zheng Ke asked Ye Qiuling in a low voice.

"How can I possibly know each other? My restaurant, but it's in Huaxia. Ye Qiuling waved her hand.

At this time, the staff sent each player's ingredients to their respective operating tables, and Zheng Ke also put some of the ingredients on the table.

"Do you want to use steak?" Ye Qiuling glanced at Zheng Ke's cuisine and nodded.

"Please, senior, the game has just begun, and only one person has been eliminated in the group stage, of course, how can you get insurance? Didn't you also use poultry?" Zheng Ke glanced at the quail on Ye Qiuling's dining table and said dissatisfiedly.

Ye Qiuling smiled, "I thought you would do your best in the first round?"

"I'm not stupid, but I don't want Bayer to pick on me. Zheng Ke muttered quietly.

In addition to Ye Qiuling, Zheng Ke's group also has three white players, two of whom are about thirty years old, and the other is also in their twenties. Invisibly, Zheng Ke became the youngest of the four.

However, the other three players are eyeing Zheng Ke and Ye Qiuling, and Zheng Ke and Ye Qiuling are also thinking about how to kick these three people down.

"Alright, -blue group stage, it's two hours long, I'm announcing, the game begins!"