To the west of the hall, there are six large hardwood countertops, which are covered on three sides by drapes.

There is a charcoal stove with red charcoal on the countertop, large and small pots, cutting boards, all kinds of knives and various spices, of course, including common auxiliary ingredients such as green onions, ginger and garlic, and the main ingredients required by the participating chefs in advance - chicken, duck, fish, meat, mutton, beef, seafood, etc.

The one who really presided over the game was Wang Hong, the housekeeper of the Wang family, who had always been outstanding, and did not participate in the dispute between Zhao Xie and the Zheng family, so he was naturally the most suitable as the host of the competition.

After all the preparations were ready, with the sound of a bang, the six cooks divided into two teams, all dressed in white robes, lined up from both sides.

On the white robes of the two teams of chefs, the characters "Zhao" and "Zheng" are embroidered on the chests respectively to indicate the camps they represent.

The Zhao family is naturally led by Uncle Tang, followed by two leaders of the chefs in the Zhao family's restaurants, and the chefs who have practiced the "Jiuyang Stir-fry Sutra" hard.

However, when Xie Wen saw the extremely obese chef led by the Zheng family, his face changed greatly, and he hurriedly said to Xie Yu: "Tell your aunt quickly, this person is the chief chef of Jingshi Taihe Building, I saw this person in Jingshi last year, and the Zheng family is in violation." ”

Jingshi Taihelou, is one of the top ten most prestigious restaurants in Bianliang, especially famous for stir-frying, now the chief chef of Taihelou is out of the horse, the Zhao family is probably more auspicious than good luck in this competition.

When the news reached Xie Yun and Zhao Shixuan, Xie Yun was shocked to take the case, and immediately sent a housekeeper to negotiate, but the news was helpless.

The Zheng family has acquired the Taihe Building in Jingshi more than half a year ago, and the chief chef of the Taihe Building is the chef of the Zheng family, which is fine......

Xie Yun and Zhao Shixuan's faces couldn't help but show a trace of melancholy, losing Hefeng Lou is a small matter, but losing face is a big matter. Xie Yun turned around and was about to ask Zhao Hao, but when he saw the baby son, he was lying on the table and fell asleep, feeling distressed and angry.

"Little enemy, don't sleep!" Xie Yun gently shook Zhao Hao awake.

Zhao Hao raised his head, stretched his waist, saw that the game had not started yet, and heard Liang Lie babbling about the Zheng family's request for foreign aid from Beijing, with a look of disdain on his face.

"What are you afraid of, Wang Daguan is my quasi-father-in-law, Meilin Jushi is my confidante, Wang Zhifu is my elder, Lu Gong and Zhou Gong are my teachers, this competition is won."

This guy ran the train with his mouth full, and fell asleep on the table again, only to hear Xie Yun and Zhao Shixuan staring at each other, at a loss.

"This little enemy has a big heart, and he can sleep on such an occasion...... However, since the Wang family is willing to help, there is still a turning point in this matter. Xie Yun muttered to himself.

God is pitiful, if Wang Tong hears this, he must be confused.

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The five-person judges' seats, Wang Hanzhi in the center, Wang Tong on the left, Lu Qing on the right, and Zhou Jin and Meilin Jushi - Yang Fang on both sides.

Wang Tong and Wang Hanzhi turned their heads from time to time to talk about something, looking extremely familiar, while Lu Qing and Zhou Jin were sitting upright with solemn expressions, only Yang Fang looked indifferent, elegant and quiet.

At this time, the first round of the cooking competition is also in full swing.

Six kitchen tables and stoves, six chefs representing the highest level of cooking skills in Jiangning, are nervously cooking their best dishes.

This may be the first serious cooking competition in Chinese history. Cooking on the spot, more than 100 people supervised on site, and then tasted and scored by five judges in turn.

The competition implements a five-point full score system, which is calculated according to the total score of the five judges, but does not remove the highest score and the lowest score.

In order to make the competition process more exciting, a single-round elimination system is implemented, that is, two of the lowest scores are eliminated in each round, a total of three rounds, and the best one is determined, called "King Chef".

Five judges, one is the head of the palace of one of the four major mansions, one is the parent official of Jiangning Mansion, two great Confucians who are famous in Jiangning, and one is a mysterious and famous pianist in Jiangnan, Yang Fang's status is slightly lower, but it is convincing enough.

These five people are all people who cherish their reputation very much, how can they show favoritism?

The whole hall was steaming, although the curtain was added on three sides, you could still hear the sound of chopping vegetables, the sound of stir-frying, and all kinds of fragrances wafting in the wind, but there was no closed solid wall around, and the river breeze was blowing, but the smell was not too strong.

Relatively speaking, the women in the west suffered a little, after all, the stove and kitchen table were closest to them.

In the process of waiting, there are singing and dancing performances from time to time, and there is the sound of bamboo all around, which is not boring. Moreover, most of the women who performed were the top names of the brothels in various Qinglou brothels, with both color and art, and there were many Qingqi people, which made the atmosphere extremely lively and elegant.

And this time I am afraid that this is the most gathering of the upper class of people in Jiangning City, and all the scholars and scholars want to take this opportunity to visit and make friends, during which it is very lively, and even many people forget that this is a tense competition, and regard it as a grand event.

It's just that this is a game after all, a cooking competition between Zhao and Zheng, although the loser will not hurt his muscles and bones, but he will lose face.

And big mansions like the Zhao Mansion and the Zheng Mansion value reputation and face the most.

After all, the first round of the competition gradually came to light, and plates of steaming delicacies were carefully served to the five judges from the little guy in Tsing Yi gown, and the judges were invited to taste and judge.

Six chefs, all stir-fry!

Although there were six dishes, Zhao Hao and everyone's attention was focused on two of them.

A plate of big Chu blood duck, the first style of Jiuyang stir-fried vegetables, produced by Uncle Tang.

A plate of "small test cattle knife" is actually a small fried yellow beef, produced by Wang Gang, the number one chef of Kyoto Taihe Building.

Although the slaughter of cultivated cattle was prohibited at this time, it only restricted the common people, and the upper class of Jiangning City ate fresh beef every day.

One of them no one dares to report, the second is that no one pays attention to the report, and the third is that even if someone is really serious, the Great Song Dynasty is forbidden to slaughter the cultivated cattle that can plough the fields, as long as it is said that the ploughing cattle that fall and are injured and cannot go down to the land are allowed to be slaughtered, but they are also impeccable.

Sure enough, although the stir-fried dishes of the other four people were at the level of delicacies at that time, they may not be considered in the eyes of Wang Tong, Wang Hanzhi, Lu Qing and Zhou Jin. And after the training of the gentleman who is known as "a chef who can't write poetry is not a good son", the food realm has naturally improved a lot.

Of the four, most of the scores were threes and fours, and none were fives. After the five judges hurriedly evaluated, they focused all their attention on "Da Chu Blood Duck" and "Small Test".

At this moment, the audience was silent, and everyone's eyes were focused on the judges' bench in the east.