Time flies.

Before you know it, more than two months have passed.

During this period of time, Dianxinlou developed rapidly, and its status in the industry skyrocketed.

Although it is not as good as some old hotels and restaurants, among the new generation of high-end hotels, Dianxin Building can also be regarded as one of the best.

The reputation of the Dianxin Building, which belongs to the Dian Xin Building, has also gradually formed.

During this time, Dianxinlou did not encounter too many difficulties, most of them were blocked back by the Appreciation Building, and Dianxinlou faced not many alone.

During this time, people who have the idea of participating in the National Pastry Chef Contest are actively preparing.

This is different from the youth pastry chef competition, this competition, there is no age limit, and some veteran pastry chefs can also participate.

The major restaurants and restaurants are strongly supportive of their own pastry chefs to participate in this competition.

Of course, you have to have the ability to support it, and if you don't have the ability to participate, you won't support it.

If you get a ranking in this competition, the benefits for a restaurant are very great.

This can serve as a publicity gimmick to be able to attract a lot of guests.

As for going to the tournament to delay this little time?

That's the little thing.

However, there is no contestant from any company who can have so many Dianxin Building.

In the Dianxin Building, there are five people who are going to participate in the competition, and among these five, two are still the bosses of the Dianxin Building.

Fortunately, Yao Jun didn't plan to participate, otherwise, there would be no one in Dianxin Building.

This competition, for pastry chefs, is a grand event, and many pastry chefs are paying attention to this competition.

People, they all like to be divided into one, two, and three, and no one does this kind of chef's list. But through this game, you can also roughly see who is more powerful.

In addition to the pastry chef, there are some people who will pay attention, these are all gourmets.

On the Internet, there is no publicity about this game, everything is going slowly.

Those who have a heart may be able to know, but most people don't know about this game.

In the past two months, Gao Dian has not been idle.

He's trying to improve himself, and he's polishing dish after dish.

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The selection of the National Pastry Chef Contest arrived, and Gao Dian packed his things early and rushed to the competition venue.

Accompanying him were Li Dongyang, Zhou Yongqing and Feng Zhigang, and Wei Qiaoyi was in the Dianxin Building.

She doesn't have to participate in the tryouts, because the first-class pastry chef can directly pass the tryouts and enter the later competitions.

In the car, the four of them were a little silent, and the atmosphere in the car was a little dignified.

Soon, the car arrived at the competition venue, and the four of them each carried their own kitchen utensils and ingredients and got out of the car.

That's right, the selection competition is its own ingredients, not a unified procurement by the organizer.

The quality of the ingredients, to a certain extent, directly affects the taste of the pasta.

Bring your own ingredients, so that everyone can prepare the right ingredients and give full play to their cooking skills more perfectly.

If you want to use higher quality ingredients or rare ingredients, it is no problem, as long as you can control it, whatever ingredients you want to use, it is all at your own convenience.

The ingredients prepared by Gao Dian are just of the right quality, as long as they can bring out the taste of the pastry, and as for the more rare ingredients, he did not prepare.

Li Dongyang is full of confidence, and he is still very confident that he will pass this selection competition.

And Zhou Yongqing and Feng Zhigang had a somewhat solemn expression.

The four got out of the car, walked into the competition venue together, and after a series of check-in and other processes, the four sat in the lounge and waited.

The selection competition is to select the contestants, and the players with strength can enter the later competitions.

If all the contestants who have signed up are gathered together, it will be very difficult and troublesome. Through the early screening of the selection competition, a large number of players with insufficient strength can be screened.

There are a large number of pastry chefs in the country, and only a very small number of them sign up for the competition.

But even this very small number, and the number of people is not small.

The selection competition is divided into different regions and is conducted separately.

Each region has a different number of places depending on the general level of the local pastry chef.

Where there are more strong pastry chefs, there are relatively more places. On the contrary, where there are few strong pastry chefs, the number of places is relatively smaller.

Gaodian's region is one of the strongest places in China, so the number of places is actually quite large.

They have 20 places in this selection competition, that is, the top 20, to be eligible to participate in the following competitions.

It sounds like there are quite a lot of places, but you must know that in Gaodian's area, there are 400 people who participated in the selection competition.

Among these 400 people, most of them are first-level pastry chefs, and a very small number of second- or third-level pastry chefs.

There are so many first-class pastry chefs, it is rare to see them on weekdays, and everyone is distributed all over the place.

It was this competition that brought us together.

Of course, these hundreds of first-class pastry chefs are not all first-class pastry chefs in this area.

There are still many first-class pastry chefs who did not come to participate.

Many people's reasons are similar to Yao Jun's. I didn't have this heart, and I knew that I wouldn't be able to get a ranking if I participated, so I simply didn't come to participate.

There are also some other reasons.

Gao Dian's four people, among the contestants, are relatively young.

So as soon as they came in, they attracted everyone's attention.

Gao Dian sat calmly, Li Dongyang also looked calm, but the faces of Zhou Yongqing and Feng Zhigang were a little nervous.

Li Dongyang's current level is not the top among this kind of contestants, but he also has the opportunity to compete for qualifications.

But Zhou Yongqing and Feng Zhigang have little hope.

Today is the first of the trials.

The four of them sat here, but no one came to provoke anything, everyone was concentrating on the next game.

After a while, the horn sounded in the rest area.

"Hello everyone, welcome to this competition. Next, I will read out the rules for this selection competition. Listen carefully. ”

Immediately, in the rest area, everyone looked focused.

Immediately after that, the loudspeaker began to talk about the rules of this competition.

Gao Dian also listened carefully to prevent any mistakes and omissions.

"This selection competition was conducted in groups, and each group of 50 people was conducted at the same time.

In the first round of the competition, the top 200 will advance; In the second round, the top 100 will advance; The top 50 in the third round of the competition advance; The top 20 will be determined in the fourth round.

After the end of each round, the list will be announced, so please pay attention to it.

When racing, please pay attention to the time, once the time has expired and the cooking is not completed, it will be considered as an automatic abandonment of the race.

The same pastry cannot be used in each round. ”

There are also rules, just some that are not very important.

Gao Dian listened to it, and he didn't take it to heart.

Feng Zhigang was puzzled: "Why is this competition so troublesome?" ”

"Is this a hassle? With a race of more than four hundred people, this is already quite simple. Simple and rough, cut in half in one round. Li Dongyang said.

"No, since the top 20 are selected to participate in the next competition, why not just end the round? Why do you have to play round after round? Isn't that even more troublesome? Feng Zhigang asked.

"I know that." Gao Dian said with a smile.

Hearing Gao Dian's words, the three of them looked over and waited for Gao Dian to speak.

The rules of the selection competition, Gao Dian has long known.

More than two months ago, Wei Qiaoyi helped Gao Dian ask about the rules of the selection competition, although it was the previous one, but it was much the same as this time.

Gao Dian also had some doubts and asked Wei Qiaoyi.

"I don't know if you've noticed this tryout, but the noodles of each round of the competition can't be repeated. In other words, the pastry you used in the first round cannot be used in the later competitions. Gao Dian said.

"Noticed, it's just a little strange, why did you set this rule?" Zhou Yongqing touched his chin and said.

Gao Dian explained with a smile: "This is related to Lao Feng's question just now, why do you design so many rounds of competitions?" Because the organizers should try to screen out pastry chefs with strong cooking skills. ”

After a pause, Gao Dian continued: "You should know that the production of pastries has a lot to do with the state at that time. For example, I am not in good shape today, and the pastry I make is not ideal, but can I say that my cooking skills are poor?

Having so many rounds of competition is also for a fairer screening. At the same time, different pastries are also used for the same reason, making the selection more fair. ”

With Gao Dian's explanation, the three of them also roughly understood the reason.

After all, as a pastry chef, you know more pastry, which is also part of your strength.

There will be more pastries, and in the end the victory will also be able to make everyone more convinced.

"But that makes the game more difficult." Zhou Yongqing said.

"Yes, there are four rounds in total, which means that if you want to stay, you have to prepare at least four pastries. At the same time, in order to increase the chances of promotion, these four noodles will also be arranged. Feng Zhigang said.

"The weak are in front, and the strong are in the back?" Zhou Yongqing asked.

"Not really, if it's too weak, what if you are eliminated in the first round?" Feng Zhigang said.

"When you say that, it's really a bit difficult to arrange." Zhou Yongqing said.

Li Dongyang said: "If you want me to say, it means that the weak are in the front and the strong are in the back. If the weak one is in the front, it will be eliminated in the first round, and then the later one is estimated to not be able to advance, so it is better to eliminate it early. ”

"That's not what you said." Zhou Yongqing smiled bitterly.

"Doesn't what I say make sense?" Li Dongyang said with a glare.

"Of course it makes sense, but no one wants to be eliminated in the first round, even if they can't get into the top 20, but it's good to be able to hold on to two more rounds and then be eliminated." Zhou Yongqing said.

"I don't think there's any difference." Li Dongyang shook his head and said.

When Zhou Yongqing heard this, he didn't bother to tell him, the two had different cognitions.

"You didn't know the rule before?" Gao Dian suddenly asked.

Li Dongyang said: "I know. ”

Zhou Yongqing and Feng Zhigang shook their heads at the same time and said, "We don't know." ”

When Gao Dian heard this, he answered, and didn't say anything.

The registration is more than two months in advance, and the two months of more than two months are also the time for everyone to prepare.

Not only the preparation of ingredients, but also the adjustment of the state.

In fact, most people who come to participate in the competition know this rule, but there are also a few people who don't know.

The only thing I don't know is how many rounds will be played.

Zhou Yongqing and Feng Zhigang have been busy improving their cooking skills during this time, and they have no time to care about the rules or anything.

They forgot about it and didn't tell their master.

Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't know, it's not much.

With the exception of a few specific ingredients, most of the ingredients are ready now.

Then, the screen began to announce the players who will play today.

Among the four Gao Dian, only Li Dongyang participated today.

The first round of the competition is divided into two days.

In the morning and afternoon of each day, two sets of competitions are held.

Due to space limitations, a maximum of 50 people can be accommodated for cooking at a time.

In fact, such a venue is already quite large.

Like the back kitchen of more large restaurants, it can accommodate about a dozen people cooking.

The venue for fifty people is still specially arranged.

If it were not for the venue restrictions, the organizer would not have divided the event into two days.

People who didn't see their names on the first day's roster got up and left.

There are also people who don't choose to leave, like the three of Gao Dian, who are waiting here in the venue.

Because Li Dongyang is going to compete today, the three of them stay and can be regarded as accompanying him.

The rest area was a lot empty all of a sudden.

Subsequently, the list of the first group came out on the screen, and there was no Li Dongyang on it.

The first group of 50 people stepped forward, and there were several small screens in the rest area, through which you could see the scene of the game inside.

The four of them sat there, watching quietly.

Halfway through the first group of games, the roster of the second group appeared on the big screen.

Li Dongyang is in this second group.

Then, Li Dongyang withdrew his gaze from watching other people's games and began to prepare.

First the kitchenware was inspected, and then the ingredients were inspected.

After the inspection, he closed his eyes again and prepared for the next match.

None of the three of them bothered him, and they didn't even continue to talk.

Gao Dian looked at the screen, he looked at the different cooking of a pastry, and these cooking contained their understanding of the pastry.

Through observation, Gao Dian hopes to get some inspiration.

Time passed slowly, a group of games ended, and it was Li Dongyang's turn to compete.

A group of people came out, they didn't know if they could pass, and the judges just tasted and didn't announce the scores.

Some of them are confident, some are depressed, and some are nervous.

At noon, Li Dongyang finished the game and walked out.

"How does it feel?" Gao Dian asked.

"Should be able to pass." Li Dongyang said with a smile.

"That's good." Gao Dian nodded.

The four then left the playing field.

Gao Dian didn't have anything to gain and didn't want to stay and watch the afternoon game.

After returning to Dianxin Building, Wei Qiaoyi asked about the situation, and Gao Dian told her.

Others were also a little curious, and Gao Dian simply spoke again.