After hearing Lu Zhanlong's inquiry, everyone present was silent for a moment.
Although these chefs all have certain selfish motives, they all hope that the contestants in their stores can successfully enter the national competition.
But compared to selfishness, everyone also knows that even if you can really advance to the national competition circle, if you kneel down in the first round, it is better to keep a low profile, otherwise how embarrassing will it be?
Therefore, everyone is more cautious and has many concerns about recommending outstanding talents.
Just when everyone was looking at each other and no one answered, Yao Shi suddenly said: "There is a young chef in the back kitchen of our store who is very good. His name is Fu Yu, but he is a little younger. He has just become a full-time employee. His operations in red cases are outstanding. It’s very good, I think we can give him a chance!”
Du Yingchun nodded in agreement: "Well, our Chef Liu once praised him, saying that Chef Fu is the most talented young chef he has ever seen. He is only in his twenties now, and there is a lot of room for improvement."
If someone else had said this, it wouldn't have attracted much recognition or attention, but Du Yingchun is Fuchengchun's chef, and if he can be respectfully called Chef Liu, he must be referring to the boss Liu Yongping.
Liu Yongping is the first person to apply for World Heritage on behalf of this province. Who in the circle doesn’t know this big shot!
To be praised by him for his talent shows that this chef named Fu Yu must be very capable.
When Lu Zhanlong heard this, he immediately asked out of curiosity: "Fu Yu? I've never heard of him before. What's his resume like?"
Not only Lu Zhanlong, but everyone here is also unfamiliar with the name Yu.
In fact, this province is only that big, and there are only a few well-known people in the food circle. Occasionally, those who stand out will be heard by everyone soon. As long as they have some skills, everyone will not only know the basics, but at least they will know. There is such a person.
But everyone has really never heard of Fu Yu.
Yao Shi smiled: "As for his resume, he is too young after all. I think it is enough to refer to it. Fu Yu graduated from Bei'an Chef School. After graduation, he was recommended by the school to intern at Qianlima Kitchen. He became a full-time employee smoothly last year. Although he just It only took me a year to work, but my abilities are outstanding!”
After everyone listened, they couldn't help but smile.
I don’t mean to look down on him, I just think Yao Shi is a bit too pushy. No matter what, how good can a young chef in his twenties be?
Twenties
Looking at competitions over the years, how can anyone under the age of 37 or 8 have ever finished in the top three?
absolutely not.
Because I don’t have enough experience in cooking, and my cooking skills are not fully honed.
At this time, the chef of Sanxianlou said with a smile: "I think Wang Yiqi, the chef of our store, has quite a lot of potential. The year before last, he met the chef of Yumantang in the capital ahead of schedule in the group stage. He lost in the finals and did not participate last year. He has been diligently honing his cooking skills in private. He is very well prepared this year, if not give him a chance, he will make great progress this year."
The chef of Zhengyangmen Restaurant also began to recommend: "Our Chef Xu, Xu Zhenbo is also very good, he..."
As soon as Yao Shi took the lead, chefs from other restaurants immediately recommended their own contestants.
Once there are too many candidates, in the end, only a public vote can be held to determine the specific personnel.
Yao Shi and Du Yingchun looked at each other and sighed, there was nothing they could do about it.
For the sake of fairness and justice, this is the only way.
After all, a proposal is a proposal, but the final candidate still has to be decided together by everyone.
After voting, Liu Yunong, Wang Yiqi, and Xu Zhenbo were determined to be in three groups.
The remaining participants will still be divided into groups by drawing lots.
Coming out of the venue where the exchange meeting was held, Du Yingchun saw that Yao Shi was not in a high mood and couldn't help but enlightened: "Little Yao, okay, don't worry too much. The competition is fair and just after all. If Fu Chu's cooking skills are really good, even if he doesn't With recommendations and special care, you can still enter the national competition smoothly!”
Yao Shi smiled and nodded: "Yes."
Du Yingchun saw that he had listened, so he gave a few more words of advice: "Besides, Fu Chu is so young, and there will be more opportunities in the future. This is only his first year to participate in the competition, right? It's good to have some experience, and among the participants, , there are still many highly skilled people, we are competing on behalf of our province, even if we are leaders, we certainly cannot take this risk casually."
"Moreover, after our Chef Liu came back from Bei'an, he praised Chef Fu so much that he was full of praise. It shows that Chef Fu's ability is extraordinary! Maybe he will become a blockbuster in the provincial competition this year, even if If you can’t enter the national competition circle, it can still be considered as leaving a deep impression on everyone. Wouldn’t there be a chance next year?”
Speaking of this, Du Yingchun also said with emotion: "After all, he is a newcomer, and everyone doesn't know much about him!"
Yao Shi sighed: "Huh? Oh, that's not what I meant. I'm just a little worried."
Du Yingchun was stunned: "Worried? What do you mean?"
Yao Shi said: "Well, it's not Fu Yu that I'm worried about. I'm also thinking that our province can get a good ranking this year, so I'm a little worried. What if Fu Yu and Wang Yiqi from Sanxianlou, and Zhengyangmen Xu Zhenbo was assigned to a group and the two of them were directly eliminated, what should we do?"
"After all, let's not say that Xu Zhenbo is really good. Just Wang Yiqi. Didn't you listen to what they just said? Chef Wang has been working hard for two years. It's really not easy."
With these words, Du Yingchun was stunned.
Yao Shi could say such heartfelt words to Du Yingchun because he felt that the two of them had the same position, and for Liu Yongping's sake, he did not treat the other party as an outsider.
What he just said was from his heart.
Yao Shi now really appreciates and even admires Tao Yu's cooking skills.
Du Yingchun was a little confused by what Yao Shi said
Seeing Yao Shi walking towards the hotel, Du Yingchun hurriedly caught up with him.
"No, Chef Yao, what did you mean by what you just said?"
Yao Shi sighed, what could he mean?
I just hope that our province can have a few more players enter the national competition circle.
And Fu Yu is a very unstable factor.
If it was a year ago, Yao Shi might just think that Fu Yu has great potential and a very solid foundation in cooking. It would be good to go to the competition and gain some experience.
But now he suddenly felt that Fu Yu was actually a hidden BOSS!
During this period, whenever someone from the study group comes to the store, Yao Shi will basically accompany them to observe and learn.
He often watched Fu Yu give cooking demonstrations. He made many dishes of various special dishes in the store. He could see Fu Yu making progress every time.
Moreover, Yao Shi gradually discovered that the more he observed Fu Yu carefully while he was cooking, the more he felt that Fu Yu's cooking skills were very powerful.
This gave Yao Shi a misconception about Du Yu. He always felt that this kid had an epiphany as a monk. No matter what cooking skills he had, he could master them completely as long as he casually learned them.
If Fu Yu meets Wang Yiqi during the provincial competition and is eliminated directly, the chef of their Sanxian Restaurant will die of regret.
well.
How sad
And Liu Yunong, if Fu Yu accidentally collides with his master, it will be a pity for the master and the disciple no matter who is eliminated.
After much deliberation, I still think that Fu Yu should be placed in Xu Zhenbo's group. Anyway, everyone in Xu Zhenbo's outstanding circle knows that winning or losing a game does not have a big impact.
Oh, I am so tired.
Thinking of this, Yao Shi took a deep breath, helpless.
It's really helpless to feel like everyone is drunk and I'm alone.
It was obvious that he had good intentions and was thinking about everyone, but in the end no one was willing to appreciate it.
Yao Shi shook his head and thought, since he doesn't accept it, he will regret it when the time comes.
Du Yingchun saw that Yao Shi kept sighing and said nothing, so he quickly followed him: "Yao Chef, are you talking?"
Yao Shi asked directly: "You have never been in contact with Fu Yu, so you don't know what level he is at now."
Du Yingchun was stunned, nodded, and said: "This is the first time I met Chef Fu today, but I heard our Chef Liu talk about him before. A young chef with very good cooking skills can make Chef Liu I’m full of praise, it must be great.”
Yao Shi nodded. After all, he is a leading figure in the industry. Liu Yongping's vision is really unique.
How long ago did Liu Yongping come to the store to observe?
He had just watched Fu Yu's cooking demonstration a few days ago, and it seemed that he had improved a lot compared to before. If Liu Yongping came to watch once, he would definitely be amazed again!
Yao Shi said with profound meaning: "I just sigh a little. I feel that when Fu Yu competes, no matter who he is in a group with, the players in the same group are unlucky enough. Let me tell you, Fu Yu can crush them to the point of doubt." Life."
Du Yingchun had never met Fu Yu before, and he heard everything about him from Liu Yongping. The reason why he cooperated in praising him was because Liu Yongping, in addition to mentioning Fu Yu, also said that Yao Shi was in A chain of music restaurants was opened in Beian, and the business was booming.
Du Yingchun had met Yao Shi before during a national competition and knew that Yao Shi was very good at cooking, so they always had a close relationship.
He simply thought that Fu Yu was a Chollima man, so he tried to help him too much.
However, he has also heard that Fu Yu is only in his early twenties this year. How powerful can he be at such a young age, no matter how talented he is?
So, when Du Yingchun heard Yao Shi's words, he burst into laughter: "Chef Yao, you are so funny!"
Obviously he felt that Yao Shi's words were a bit exaggerated.
Yao Shi saw that Du Yingchun didn't take it seriously, so he smiled: "Yes, I was just joking, so I'm going back first!"
Du Yingchun nodded, looked at Yao Shi's back, and muttered: Chef Yao is so talkative.
Fu Yu saw that the day of the competition was getting closer and closer, feeling a little anxious.
The task I received before was to complete the cooking of 10 dishes with spoon-turning operations as soon as possible. It seemed very simple. However, when I actually started to do the task, I discovered that these 10 dishes could not be counted casually. They must reach the level deemed by the system. Only to the extent of satisfaction.
To make the system satisfied, you must work hard to improve your understanding and techniques of tilting operations.
Fu Yu worked hard to take the order and cook, but in the end he got stuck on the threshold of completing 8 dishes and could not get past it.
He habitually turns to Zhao Meng for help when it comes to spoon-turning. After all, this is the cooking skill that the other person is best at.
However, it now seems that Zhao Meng's guidance has also fallen into a bottleneck period.
After much deliberation, Fu Yu decided that he should go to Liu Yunong to see if she had any experience in operating spoons that could help him complete the task.
After getting off work in the evening, Fu Yu hurriedly took a taxi to Shangshi Private Restaurant.
Seeing that there will be a competition the day after tomorrow, I haven't even reached the advanced level of the most basic and most critical skill, the spoon-bumping skill.
At the beginning, Fu Yu felt that he had physical strength and endurance, as well as fire control skills, as well as the guidance of green lines and dialog boxes. Although the spoon-bumping skills failed to advance, they were enough.
But since seeing Xie Mingyou's demonstration last time, Fu Yu was shaken!
If you think about it carefully, the country is so big, there must be more outstanding young talents than the crucian carp crossing the river. Since they can be recommended by the store to participate in the competition, who can't have some special skills?
Xie Mingyou already made him feel a little confused. If he was unlucky enough to run into the cooking operation that his competitors were best at, and accidentally missed the task, the gain would outweigh the loss.
Thinking of this, Fu Yu felt extremely stressed. When he arrived at Shangshi Private Restaurant, he quickly changed into his work clothes and went directly to the kitchen.
After entering the door, I found that Wang Yulong and Liu Zhangpeng were busy cooking, but Liu Yunong was not there.
Seeing Fu Yu coming, Wang Yulong smiled and said hello, and then said: "I heard from your master that you participated in this year's National Chef Cooking Competition?"
Liu Yunong never mentioned this matter deliberately in the store. The extra customized cooking exercises and guidance he usually gave Fu Yu were the same as usual learning in the eyes of others.
Because Liu Yunong always directly set the dishes that he wanted to instruct Fu Yu to cook as the recipes in the store that day.
It was also because of this that Wang Yulong was so surprised when he accidentally heard that Fu Yu had participated in this year's National Chef Cooking Competition.
The main reason is that this game is large-scale and takes a long time. The most critical point is that it is difficult for newcomers to get ahead and they are very vulnerable to crushing blows.
After all, I usually work in my own hotel, and occasionally I get the chance to go out. At most, I just participate in small competitions in the city to gain fame.
As for the nationwide competition, there are many participants, and they are all outstanding representatives selected by each province. Just thinking about it, you know how fierce and cruel the competition is.
In Wang Yulong's view, Fu Yu's courage to participate in the competition is already worthy of praise.
In particular, he felt that with Fu Yu's strength, he might actually be able to take this opportunity to stand out.
However, isn't it a bit too hasty?
In fact, in two years' time, when Fu Yu's level improves, it may be more secure to get the ranking in one fell swoop.
That's right, in Wang Yulong's heart, with Fu Yu's strength, it would only take about two years at most to get a good ranking in the National Chef Cooking Competition.
(End of chapter)
