With the concerted efforts of everyone, at seven o'clock in the evening, all the ingredients to be used were ready.

The rest are fresh ingredients that need to be freshly made, and there is no way to deal with them in advance, so they can only be made freshly tomorrow.

Watching the ingredients being put into the fresh-keeping cabinet, freezer, and storage room in an orderly manner, Hao Libao couldn't help but nod with relief.

When he first arrived, he still thought that this kitchen was completely a grass table team.

But after a day of getting along, he found that the work of this grass platform team was not bad.

But this is all due to Li Yi's strong control, he seems to really have three heads and six arms, and he controls everyone in the back kitchen precisely.

He left all the difficult work to himself, and just let the guests do the simple work of preparing the ingredients.

He was able to make all the guests understand what they needed to do and do their best within the limits of control.

Even if there is a slight problem, he can remedy it in various ways.

In Hao Libao's view, Li Yi is like a spider, and the entire kitchen is his cobweb, and no situation can escape his perception.

Many times, he can predict what problems will occur in others, and will remind them in advance and tell them to pay attention.

The most important thing is that in this case, he was able to handle all the technically difficult work.

This ability is enough to be the executive chef of any large-scale catering kitchen.

After discovering this, Hao Libao suddenly realized that just in the morning, he was still considering taking Li Yi as an apprentice and training him to be the next executive chef of the State Guesthouse.

But by observing his work at the end of the day, Hao Libao found that his ability is definitely enough to serve as the executive chef of the State Guesthouse.

Even if it is to take over the position directly, Hao Libao feels that there is no problem.

This made Hao Libao a little surprised, and even felt a little incomprehensible.

How old is Li Yicai?

How did he do it?

For the back kitchen, the head chef is the emperor of the back kitchen.

But it also has a direct responsibility for the preparation of each dish.

If you want to become a head chef, you must be familiar with every aspect of the back kitchen, understand all the steps and possible problems of each dish from procurement to serving.

In addition to cooking well, the head chef must also know how to manage, know how to recognize and employ people, plan each type of work, formulate processes, save time and improve efficiency.

It's not the same thing as cooking, it's not something that can be played in a day or two.

You must know that the level of management is also high and low.

Some chefs rely on merciless scolding, erect prestige, and use coercive management, which is the lowest.

Some chefs are famous and have real skills in their hands, and their subordinates will find ways to do a good job, which is driven by profit and is considered a middle policy.

But Li Yi purely relied on his strong personal strength, backward compatibility, considered all possible situations in advance, made a good layout, and responded to emergencies at any time, and could handle them all properly.

This was done with a group of grass platform teams, which further highlighted the horror of Li Yi's strength.

Hao Libao asked himself, if it were him, he might not be able to take this kind of work, because the effort was thankless.

Even if he took it, he might not be able to do it so easily and freely as Li Yi.

From this point of view, Li Yi's experience as a chef seems to be more abundant than his.

After realizing this, Hao Libao's mood was quite complicated.

At the end of the day, he has raised his impression of Li Yi countless times, but Li Yi has overturned his impression again and again and given him more surprises.

And the surprises have accumulated again and again, and they have almost turned into fright.

He found that in front of Li Yi, he no longer had much advantage to speak of.

In terms of cooking skills, Li Yi's level is definitely not worse than him, and the noodles may even be richer than him.

In terms of kitchen management, he has already bowed to the wind, because he can't do a good table with so many unprofessional laymen.

The only thing he can do is his experience in hospitality.

Tangkou hospitality is the type of work in the front hall, which is responsible for soliciting and greeting customers, saying hello, introducing dishes, billing, serving dishes, sending guests out, as well as tea service in the front hall, countertop design, etc.

For restaurants, the type of hospitality is even more important than the kitchen.

Because it can't attract customers, no matter how good the cooking skills are, there is no use for the kitchen.

That's why there is an old saying in the catering industry, called "Toutang, two furnaces, and three piers".

Among them, the first hall is the entrance of the hall, and the stove and pier are lined up in the back.

As the top restaurant hotel in China, the State Guesthouse is also the most strict in terms of customer reception.

Although this job is mainly in charge of the front office manager, the front office and the back kitchen have to cooperate with each other, so Hao Libao also has a good understanding of these particulars and rules.

However, this experience can only be regarded as a trivial part compared to the level of cooking and management.

In the most important area, Hao Libao found himself at a disadvantage.

After preparing the ingredients, the program team did not leave, but just let the guests go back to the hotel to rest first.

All the staff of the program team stayed with Li Yi and other five people to have another meeting.

According to the program process, although the guests have been helping in the back kitchen for the past few days, in tomorrow's official shooting, the guests will all participate in the show as guests.

After all, in so many previous issues, the guests have already been called, and in the last issue, it is always a little inappropriate to call the guests.

Therefore, in tomorrow's official recording, the program team decided to allocate a part of the staff to help Li Yi and the others and provide good services for the guests.

Li Yi has already made plans for this.

All the male employees will go into the back kitchen to help him, while the female employees will go to the front office to serve as waiters.

These all require Li Yi to train in advance, and in addition, in the preparation of props, it is also necessary to meet the needs of the [Dragon and Phoenix Banquet].

So, at the beginning of the meeting, Li Yi asked the person in charge of the props team and asked about the production of the Changji and the Golden Dragon Banquet Table.

The main banquet of the Dragon and Phoenix Banquet is placed on the table of the Golden Dragon Banquet.

This table is the emperor's special table, and the edge of the table is embroidered with yellow satin with gold dragons and gemstones.

But because there are too many dishes, you can't reach every dish, so between the Golden Dragon Banquet table and the diners, you need to set up a long table to eat.

And at tomorrow's banquet, Li Yi, Liu Yifei and Wang Tian and others will dine at that long table.

In addition, all cutlery must be made of sterling silver.

In ancient times, emperors often did not use gold tableware for meals, most of them were silverware.

Because most of the ancient poisons were mineral poisons and contained sulfides, when they encountered silver, the silver would turn black, which could avoid the poison.

These utensils were all prepared by Li Yi in advance for the props team.

Listening to the communication between Li Yi and the person in charge of the props team, Hao Libao looked calm on the surface, but he was surprised in his heart.

He still seems to have underestimated the ability of Li Yi and this grass platform team, tomorrow's [Dragon and Phoenix Banquet], is there such a special thing?

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