Chapter 81: Ina Pol
"My sponsor plus the wine supplier, a regular visit every year. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info" Pooh said with a smile.
"It should still be the Bol family." Kohei Joichiro on the side also said with his recollections.
"Yes, it's been almost 20 years, and they've always provided me with wine and sponsorship every year." Nodding slightly, Pooh said.
Listening to Pooh's words, Li Xiaoran couldn't help but be slightly surprised.
Is 20 years so long?
"It's probably going to be in the afternoon." Glancing at the time, Pooh said with a smile.
"But speaking of which, the predictions for this game are still those old faces." Looking at the news feed on his phone, Kohei Joichiro couldn't help but smile and said.
"Isn't that normal? It's like basketball and soccer. Hearing Kohei Joichiro's words, Poohi couldn't help but smile and said.
"By the way, you have to show all your skills later, otherwise you will be ashamed." Looking at Li Xiaoran, Pooh on the side couldn't help but tease.
"Of course, I'll show my best strength." Li Xiaoran nodded seriously and said.
Although he knows that his cooking level cannot be compared with Kohei Joichiro and Pooh, Li Xiaoran also has a lot of confidence in his cooking skills.
He believes that the food he makes will definitely satisfy the guests who are about to come.
"Let's prepare the kitchen first." Glancing at the time, Pooh stood up and said to the two of them.
"Does Pooh also want to cook?" Seeing that Pooh also walked into the kitchen, picked up the chef's uniform and began to change it, Li Xiaoran asked a little strangely.
"Of course, don't underestimate my cooking skills, although I am certified as a three-star chef at a culinary institution, that was many years ago." With a smile on his face, Pooh looked at Li Xiaoran and said.
is completely different from the manager Pooh that Li Xiaoran knew before, if the previous Pooh manager was a kind old man, then Pooh in a chef's uniform has a special feeling in the kitchen.
"You guy, it's still the same as before, you can only become a chef when you go to the kitchen!" Looking at Pooh, Kohei Joichiro said with a smile.
"Naturally, the chef should stay in the kitchen!" Pooh nodded.
After tidying up the kitchen counter, it was about one o'clock in the afternoon, and finally Pooh's phone rang.
However, after answering the phone, Pooh's face couldn't help but show a strange look.
"What's wrong?" Kohei Joichiro, who was looking at Pooh's side, asked with some regret.
"I'm afraid there is no way for Bol Sr. to come this year, his physical condition is not very good. But old Pol, his granddaughter, will come in his place. Pooh said with some emotion.
"That's a shame." Hearing Pooh's words, Kohei Joichiro also said with some regret.
As he spoke, the door of the restaurant was pushed open, and a tall blonde woman walked in with a bag in her hand.
"Ina? Long time no see. Looking at the people who came in, a smile on their faces, Pooh said to him.
"Chef Kohei! Is it really Chef Kohei? I really didn't expect Chef Kohei to be here! With a look of surprise on her face, Ina looked at Kohei Joichiro in disbelief and said.
"When I first met you, you came with Mr. Pol." Kohei Joichiro smiled and nodded in response.
"Uncle Pooh, if you had told your grandfather that Chef Kohei was also there, I guess grandpa would have come by plane immediately even if he wasn't in good health." Ina looked at Pooh on the side and smiled and said.
"Actually, Kohei only came to me a few days ago." Pooh shook his head helplessly.
"Who is this?" Looking at Li Xiaoran, who was standing aside in a chef's uniform, her face couldn't help but show a hint of doubt, Ina asked.
Although she doesn't know very well, Ina also knows that this restaurant has always been run by Pooh alone, what is the situation now?
Kohei Joichiro appeared here because Seiichiro Kohei had studied cooking with Pooh for a while, but who was this person in front of him?
Could it be that he learned cooking with Pooh like Seiichiro Kohei?
Hearing Ina's words, Li Xiaoran couldn't help but introduce herself with a smile.
"Do you want to learn cooking from Chef Kohei?" Her eyes widened to reveal a look of envy, and Ina was surprised.
At first, Ina thought that Li Xiaoran was just learning cooking from Pooh, but she never expected that she would learn from Kohei Joichiro.
"It's just a few days." Nodding, Li Xiaoran smiled.
"Okay, let's not say these words for now, I should still be hungry." Pooh on the side interjected.
Ina couldn't help but nodded, showing a pitiful look and said, "Yes, the food on the plane is really unpalatable, but since Chef Kohei is here, he should be able to cook." ā
With some anticipation, Ina couldn't help but look at Kohei Joichiro.
"Of course!" Smiling, Kohei Joichiro nodded.
"That's great."
"By the way, today should be the last day, I'll go to Chicago tomorrow, are you interested in having another cooking showdown?" Looking at Li Xiaoran, who took out the kitchen utensils from his kitchen box, he said with a smile on his face.
Hearing Kohei Joichiro's words, Li Xiaoran was slightly stunned.
Then he nodded heavily: "Of course." ā
Hearing Kohei Joichiro's words, Ina couldn't help but be surprised, and set her eyes on Li Xiaoran, daring to have a cooking duel with Chef Kohei?
"There should be some names." Looking sideways at Li Xiaoran, Ina couldn't help but take out her mobile phone.
Looking at the information about Li Xiaoran displayed on her mobile phone, Ina couldn't help but show a look of surprise on her face.
Hey? Bocuse One Star Champion?
And is he already a two-star chef?
Although it is not a very high level, it still makes Ina a a little surprised that she has such a result at Li Xiaoran's age.
"You two have completely forgotten about me." Pooh couldn't help but shake his head and said.
"Pooh is going to be involved, too, and I'd love to see Pooh's cooking." Li Xiaoran smiled and said.
Although I know that Pooh's strength should be strong, I haven't seen it, and I don't know what kind of cuisine he is good at.
Including the information searched on the Internet, although he found some, Li Xiaoran did not search for any important information about Pooh.
"It's so much fun." Watching the three of them select and prepare the ingredients together, Ina on the side couldn't help but smile.
It's really an interesting picture, the oldest Pooh, then Kohei Joichiro, and finally Li Xiaoran.
This time, in addition to contacting previous wine suppliers to determine the number of red wine supplies for the next year, Ina also came out to seek opportunities for transformation.
The Boer family has been in the wine supply industry for many years, but they are no longer satisfied with this.
They also wanted to get involved in the culinary world, but they tried to sponsor several times, but they failed.
Not to mention standing firm in the cooking world, even if it is a lot of money.
However, the loss of funds is nothing, and the most important thing is that it is too difficult to gain a foothold in the culinary world.
There's no way to compete with those gourmet bigwigs.
And the main reason for the failure is that there is no chef under his command who can take charge of himself.
Although there are many powerful chefs in this world, there are indeed many.
But there are also many investors and capital like their Boer family.
Chefs who are slightly famous and can take charge of themselves have been poached by various investors, and the remaining chefs with potential are only potential, after all, they are only potential, and they are not enough to stand up in the short term.
While Ina was thinking about things, the cooking competition had already begun.
Looking at the dishes made by Joichiro Kohei, Li Xiaoran, who was processing the ingredients, couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly.
"Charcoal-grilled chicken?"