The macarons made by David Norton, a very small one.

The colors are colorful, and the color of each one is different.

Placed on a delicate plate, with knives and forks, a total of 10 servings, sent to different judges.

Red, yellow, blue, green...... The colors are different.

These colors are basically made by food coloring, which has no flavors, so the taste is the original taste, but the color is different.

Pigments alone have very little effect on taste.

"Oh! Such a beautiful macaron, it is a delight to the heart. One of the judges exaggerated.

"The surface is smooth and the color is pure." Said one of the judges.

"Small and exquisite, as if every inch was precisely measured with a ruler."

……

The plug-in of macarons, in fact, mainly lies in whether the surface is smooth and whether the color is pure.

You know, although these colors are made with food coloring, it is a test of the chef's skills, some of the colors are extremely ugly, and some of the colors are pure and beautiful.

It takes a lot of work to get to this point.

Next is tasting time.

"There is a thin layer of crispiness on the outside, and on the inside it is soft, like a girl's skin. The crispy crust and soft lining add to the top of the layer, and it's wonderful. ”

"Huh? Is this cream? No, the one that bursts in your mouth is coffee! The cream mixes with the flavor of coffee, making me feel like I'm in a coffee shop. ”

"Different textures and flavors slowly merge in the mouth, interweaving a harmonious symphony."

……

The judges enjoyed and commented on the taste, which made them want to stop.

David Norton listened calmly and watched, a subtle smile on the corner of his mouth.

The judges enjoyed the end, and one asked, "David Norton, is the macaron stuffed with coffee?" ”

David Norton nodded, "Yes, it's espresso." ”

"How do you do that? I mean, how do you make them pop in your mouth? Another judge asked.

"In molecular cooking, there is a type called spheroidization, in which liquid is dropped into a solution and a thin layer of gel is formed around it. And I used this technique to make the concentrated coffee into coffee balls and sandwich them in the macaron filling. David Norton explained.

"I see."

……

At this time, the host said: "Please give a score to the judges." ”

Soon, ten judges gave scores.

After removing the lowest and highest scores, David Norton's final score was:

94.5 points!

As soon as this score came out, everyone exclaimed, this is almost one of the highest scores that can be easily achieved so far.

Akihisa Nagashima only scored 91.75 points, while David Norton was more than two points higher than Akihisa Nagashima, close to three points.

………………

"This David Norton is really good. With a score of 94.5 points, there are indeed some top-10 strengths. Lan Yuan said with emotion.

After a pause, he was puzzled again: "Senior sister, what I don't understand is that you said that Nagashima Akihisa also has the strength of the top ten, but the dorayaki he did only scored 91.75 points, this score, should not have the strength of the top ten, right?" ”

Wei Qiaoyi said softly: "Who said that this is the real strength of Nagashima Akihisa?" ”

When Lan Yuan and Qiu Weijun heard this, they were shocked.

"You mean, Akihisa Nagashima is still hiding?" Qiu Weijun asked in a deep voice.

Wei Qiaoyi said: "As far as I know, Nagashima Akihisa's best pastry is not dorayaki. ”

"Senior sister, if it's really like you said, then this Long Island Akijiu will be a little scary." Lan Yuan said.

Wei Qiaoyi didn't speak, but just looked at Gao Dian with a worried face.

…………

In the end, it was Gao Dian.

In the process of making lily cakes, he encountered some problems.

As mentioned earlier, no first-class pastry chef can guarantee that he will make impeccable pastries every time.

They can only achieve an infinite approach to 100% success rate through unremitting practice, but they can only get close, but they can't really achieve it.

For the sake of insurance, Gao Dian handed in an extra set of ingredients.

Fortunately, he was prepared.

What Gao Dian didn't expect was that his first production failed today.

The lily crisp did not reach the point of impeccable.

He has a plug-in, and he found it in time, otherwise, when he wastes time to make it, he finds that it has not reached the point of impeccable, then he can be eliminated directly.

He decided to remake it, but because of the waste of time in the front, Gao Dian became the last contestant to finish.

With the lesson of the first time, the second production, Takanori succeeded.

…………

"Gao Dian, what's wrong? How is it the last one to finish? I remember how to make the lily cake, it didn't take so long, didn't it? Lan Yuan was a little puzzled.

"He made a mistake in front of him." Wei Qiaoyi said.

"Huh? Mistaken? Sister, how do you know? Lan Yuan was stunned.

Wei Qiaoyi naturally didn't see it, the distance was so far away, it couldn't be seen really.

She just found that Takanori put the finished dough aside and started making it again. So Wei Qiaoyi guessed that Gao Dian made a mistake and remade it.

"Mistakes are a big no-no in the game." Qiu Weijun said.

"Let's take a closer look, it's time for the grading process." Wei Qiaoyi said.

The two nodded.

…………

His lily crisp was placed in front of the judges, waiting to be scored.

"Is it lily cake again?"

"It's still so exquisite, no matter how many times I look at it, I think it's a real flower."

"Oh~ It's really a pleasure to be able to taste the deliciousness of lily crisp again."

……

Afterwards, the judges began to taste.

Because I had only eaten it once in the previous two days, everyone was mentally prepared to know what it tasted like.

They ate lily cakes.

Suddenly, one of the judges' eyes widened in disbelief.

"Why does this lily cake taste different from the other day? It seems to be more delicious. ”

"I'm also surprised, is there such an improvement in just a few days? What an amazing Chinese chef. ”

Most people listen to this sentence as a joke. Such progress in just a few days? What are you kidding? How is this possible!

They prefer to think that this is just a clumsiness before Gao Dian.

"Oh ~ God, is this really the lily crisp I ate the other day?"

Everyone expressed their exclamation.

Because the taste they ate earlier was not as good as this, but they thought it was the same taste they had eaten a few days ago, and suddenly it tasted better, so they were surprised.

…………

"Ask the judges to give them a score." The moderator said.

When the judges heard this, they began to write down their scores.

"91 points!"

"92 points!"

"89.5 points!"

"93.5 points!"

"94 points!"

"95 points!"

"91.5 points!"

"93.5 points!"

"93 points!"

"92.5 points!"

The moderator read out the scores, and the final calculated score was:

92.625 points!

Seeing this score, Wei Qiaoyi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The second place in the group is higher than Akihisa Nagashima, but not as good as David Norton.

Qualification was sufficient, although not group winners.

After the Gao Dian score came out, there was a person's face that suddenly collapsed, and he was eliminated.

The pastry he made was also above 90 points, and if it was placed in other groups, it would be enough for him to advance, but in the fourth group, he was actually eliminated.

He became the first player above 90 points to be eliminated at the beginning of the competition.

The fourth group of matches is over.

The second round of the tournament has also ended.

Akihisa Nagashima walked up to Takanori and walked down with him.

"It's unexpected, Mr. Gao." Akihisa Nagashima said.

"You're quite unexpected, you haven't shown this kind of strength before." Gao Dian said.

He didn't say that he actually knew that Akihisa Nagashima's level was more than what he had shown before.

Akihisa Nagashima laughed when he heard this.

"Mr. Gao's strength seems to be more than that, so far, Mr. Gao has only made one kind of pastry, lily crisp." Akihisa Nagashima said with a meaningful smile.

Gao Dian glanced at Akihisa Nagashima and said, "I don't know that Mr. Nagashima came here specifically to talk about this?" ”

"Haha, naturally it's not just about that." Akihisa Nagashima said with a smile.

"And who are?" Gao Dian was puzzled.

"I'm here to talk to Mr. Gao, and I'm looking forward to playing against Gao Dian again." Akihisa Nagashima said with a smile.

When Gao Dian heard this, he couldn't deny it, he wasn't interested, this Nagashima Akijiu made him a little incomprehensible.

Although Akihisa Nagashima did show a better level than before, but is this really his real level? Gao Dian was skeptical.

After Akihisa Nagashima finished speaking, he didn't stop and walked away quickly.

"Gao, be careful, that Nagashima Akihisa is not simple." David Norton suddenly said behind Gao Dian's back.

Gao Dian was stunned, and was about to ask David Norton why he said this, but found that David Norton had already left.

It's not good for him to chase people to the rest area of country F to ask, so the impact is not good, and he can only suppress his doubts in his heart.

Back in the rest area, Lan Yuan smiled and said, "Congratulations, you have been promoted again." ”

Yes, Miao Meiling, who is in the fourth group with Gao Dian, also advanced.

"Thank you." Gao Dian said.

Miao Meiling nodded, rather cold.

This Miao Meiling can only be regarded as handsome, but her cooking skills are very high, and in the group, she is the fourth to advance.

Gao Dian sat next to Wei Qiaoyi, Wei Qiaoyi turned his head and smiled: "Not bad, when did your lily cake reach this level?" ”

Gao Dian smiled and said, "It's just these two days." ”

Wei Qiaoyi looked at Gao Dian deeply and didn't say anything.

Others may not know, but Wei Qiaoyi knows too well that Gao Dian's progress is fast, and it is not the first time she knows it, but every time she sees it, she still feels surprised in her heart.

In the eyes of others, maybe Gao Dian was hiding clumsy, and the previous lily cake did not have this score, but Wei Qiaoyi knew that it was not, Gao Dian was really making progress so fast.

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"Brother Dian has been promoted again, it's amazing." Lou Xiangpeng said.

This time no one thought he was licking, and so did they.

Advancing to two rounds in a row is already unexpectedly powerful.

"You say, what kind of expressions will those who scolded Gao Dian on the Internet look like now?" Zhou Yongqing suddenly asked.

The other four were stunned and began to speculate.

…………

In the live broadcast, at the moment when Gao Dian was promoted, the barrage stopped for a while, and there was a short gap in the dense barrage.

Then, an even more ferocious barrage struck.

"Who dares to say that Gao Dian's level is not good now?"

"What about the professionals? Will you be able to advance to the two rounds? ”

"I took it, I really took it, the third-level pastry chef can also be better than the first-level pastry chef, and I have a long experience."

"Strictly speaking, Gao Dian is actually a first-class pastry chef, after all, he has reached this level."

"It's me who blames him, it turns out that chef rank doesn't mean everything."

"I apologize!"

"I apologize!"

Subsequently, it was densely packed with three words "I apologize".

At this time, a discordant popped out of the barrage.

"Hehe, you have all been deceived by him, this is just a play he played, how can a third-level pastry chef be more powerful than a first-level pastry chef?"

Suddenly, the following were:

"I'm sorry, the hospital door was not closed, let him run out, and the attending doctor was crazy."

"Please bring him back, hard work."

"Good work."

"Look at it next time, don't release it again."

The comments about Gao Dian have slowly changed on the Internet.

It doesn't seem to be the same as before.

…………

Lou Xiangpeng and the others, looking at their mobile phones, suddenly felt relieved.

They once helped Gao Dian talk on the Internet, but as a result, they were almost scolded for being autistic. Now seeing these people being slapped in the face, my heart is very happy.

The change in wind reviews was faster than expected, mainly because they didn't expect that Gao Dian advanced twice, once to be the first in the group stage and once to be the second in the group stage.

And, although the second round was the second in the group stage, it was not that he regressed, but that the opponent was too strong.

Even so, Gao Dian was still able to advance with the second place in the group stage, and I have to say that he is very good.

After watching the barrage, Zhou Yongqing put down his mobile phone.

He looked at the others and asked, "Do you think we still have a chance to catch up with or surpass Gao Dian?" ”

This is a bit frustrating, in fact, it shouldn't come out of Zhou Yongqing's mouth, he is very confident, but now, he is shaken.

Feng Zhigang was silent, could he catch up? He wanted to answer, but he couldn't say it.

"I didn't expect to catch up anyway." Lou Xiangpeng shrugged his shoulders and said that his mentality was much more open-minded.

Maybe it's because he has long given up on this idea, so he has such an open-minded mentality.

Zhou Yongqing smiled bitterly, he was unwilling.

At this time, Li Dongyang said: "I can." ”

Zhou Yongqing and Feng Zhigang were both stunned, and looked at Li Dongyang in surprise, seeing that he didn't say this for the sake of face, but really felt so.

The two of them glanced at each other, and both saw the complicated look in each other's eyes.

Li Dongyang held his head high, he was confident that he was only temporarily behind, and he would not fall behind forever.

In an era, there may be geniuses who will obscure all the light, but there will also be people who will catch up.