When he arrived at the place, Fu Yu found out that Liu Yunong had taken him to the local chef school.
The school is actually not far from the hotel where they stayed, and it only takes seven or eight minutes by taxi.
"My friend is the vice principal of this school. I've said hello to him and I'd like to borrow the viewing room tonight."
Liu Yunong took Fu Yu into the viewing room with the green light.
There were only two of them in the spacious room.
The teacher who came to help with the screening adjusted the machine, gave some brief instructions on the specific operations, and then left.
Liu Yunong pressed play, and a cooking video that had been edited in advance appeared on the huge high-definition projection video.
Liu Yunong said: "I asked someone to help download and edit the cooking videos of outstanding national contestants in the past two years. Because time was tight, I only selected a few high-scoring contestants for observation."
"These early contestants were the ones who scored over 94 points at that time. Last year's second place He Jie scored 98 points. Among them, in terms of cooking operation skills, there are more cooking operations such as stir-frying and stewing."
Liu Yunong obviously did enough homework. He watched all the cooking videos of these contestants in the early stage, and also carefully divided the specific cuisines and various techniques of cooking skills.
The level of detail in the classification surprised Fu Yu.
Moreover, the videos played are also step-by-step, allowing you to observe and communicate while explaining the cooking operations step by step.
The cooking videos of two players with similar operating skills were even deliberately arranged to be played back and forth.
Liu Yunong's ability to appreciate cooking operations is really strong, especially the summary of learning is particularly detailed.
The two of them stayed in the viewing room until late at night, constantly communicating and discussing.
By the time I got out of the chef school, it was already half past one in the morning.
Walking in the cool night breeze, Fu Yu didn't feel sleepy at all. On the contrary, he felt that his spirit was very high.
These cooking videos made Fu Yu particularly intuitively feel the advantages and disadvantages of some cooking skills of these chefs with relatively high level of cooking skills.
When he returned to the hotel, Fu Yu thought he would lose sleep, but he fell asleep almost as soon as his head hit the pillow.
Early the next morning, the four of them had breakfast together and rushed to the competition site together.
Without being there in person, there would be no such intuitive comparison.
Looking at the grand opening ceremony of the game in front of him, Fu Yu couldn't help but become solemn.
Whether it is the layout of the venue, the number of participants, or even the service staff in the venue, the dress and reception services give people a very grand and formal feeling.
This is an atmosphere Fu Yu didn't feel in the provincial competition.
All the seats in the venue are labeled with names, and attendees need to be seated according to their numbers. Everything is in order. The auditorium is no longer separated, but is arranged on the second floor of the open hall. The seats are almost full. At a glance, it is all made by the provinces themselves. Competition banner.
On the huge electronic screen in the middle, a display of gourmet dishes from all over the country is played.
Du Yingchun told Fu Yu very experiencedly that when the actual competition takes place later, the cooking scenes of the contestants in the live competition will appear on the big screen, but it is usually a live broadcast of high-level cooking operation videos.
There are also two rows of expert judges on the stage. During the entire competition, the experts will analyze and evaluate the cooking videos that appear in them.
At the opening ceremony, the president of the National Food Association, the leaders of the Food Supervision and Administration Bureau, and officials from some relevant departments, a total of six or seven high-ranking figures spoke.
The entire opening ceremony lasted for more than half an hour.
Fu Yu's blood boiled with excitement when he heard it, and he was extremely excited.
The national competition is different!
Next to him, Lu Wen took advantage of the opening ceremony and when the host was concluding his eulogy, he quietly approached Fu Yu and said, "Stand straighter and slide closer. I just saw a drone flying over."
Fu Yu was stunned and asked curiously: "Why, is this live broadcast?"
Lu Wen whispered: "Our game will be on CCTV in the end! This national event has attracted a lot of attention, and there will be relevant reports when the time comes. However, after editing, the people who appear at the opening ceremony should all be the chairman. Those leaders on the stage, but in the final awards ceremony, the top three contestants all have the opportunity to show their faces!”
When Fu Yu heard this, he became more and more excited. If he could get the top three, would he have a chance to be on CCTV?
His parents will definitely be overjoyed by then!
"Really?" Fu Yu asked quickly.
Lu Wen nodded: "Yes, I specially watched it at the beginning, but it's a pity that I didn't have the chance to show my face."
After Lu Wen finished speaking, he couldn't help but sigh when he saw Fu Yu's excited expression.
I think I was like this back then!
At nine o'clock in the morning, the game officially started.
All contestants began to draw lots in turns under the guidance of the host.
There are three games in total today, one in the morning and two in the afternoon.
After Fu Yu lined up to draw lots, he registered.
Group B 005.
Fu Yu remembered his position and entered with the staff.
This time, there was no waiting area at the competition site and all players entered the venue.
The configurations in the rooms are similar.
The games are played simultaneously.
With experience in the provincial competition, Fu Yu behaved quite calmly after entering the competition.
He first bowed politely to the expert judges and said hello.
Then wait patiently for the game to start.
After the game officially started, all the players present did not know what the content of the game they were about to face was.
So when the service staff brought the prepared ingredients, Fu Yu saw what was on the tray and was stunned!
On a tray were chicken legs, hand-made noodles, and various soup seasonings, such as refined salt, star anise, bay leaves, and ginger.
On the other tray, there are dried tofu, carrots, coriander, and green onions, and the seasonings are more complete, including sweet and sour cooking wine. Just by looking at it, you can tell that it is a cold seasoning.
Is this proposition cooking?
Seeing the pile of ingredients in front of him, Fu Yu immediately recognized that these should be the ingredients and seasonings needed to cook shredded chicken noodles and cold dry tofu.
Shredded chicken noodles is Fu Yu's specialty. He usually makes it for others to eat when he is in the kitchen at Chollima.
The cold dry tofu itself is a side dish of Chollima's. He makes it almost every day and is a very skillful dish.
Fu Yu quickly estimated the specific cooking steps in his mind and felt that it should be stable.
As a result, at this time, the host suddenly announced: "The content of today's first competition is to ask the contestants to cook a dish that they are good at based on the ingredients in front of them. There is no limit on the cuisine, and the time is limited to 2 hours. You can start cooking now, Please follow the rules on the field."
After listening to the competition content announced by the host, Fu Yu's expression suddenly changed!
Although there are many types of ingredients in front of you, there are actually not many that can be used as side dishes.
Chicken drumsticks, hand-made noodles, carrots and dried tofu cooked together
Although it is not a direct cooking content, it only provides ingredients and seasonings, allowing contestants to freely cook dishes, but it is even more restrictive!
Especially when it comes to one side and one dish, it is equivalent to directly crossing out the two most common dishes that come to mind.
This will undoubtedly increase the difficulty of the game!
The content of a contest with propositions and the rules of a contest with fixed ingredients may seem the same, but in fact they are very different in nature. The most difficult point is the selection of dishes. As long as the cuisine is not selected appropriately, it will be a failure!
But precisely because there is no fixed proposition, there are more possibilities to create culinary miracles.
The ingredients are fixed, but there are many dishes that can be made.
There are popular ones, unpopular ones, stir-fry, stew, whatever you like.
The specific choice depends entirely on personal cooking preferences and on-site cooking performance.
How can you make the simplest ingredients look the most advanced and get high scores from expert judges!
Such difficult choices will not exist when the proposition is fixed.
When Fu Yu saw all the ingredients and seasonings on the kitchen table, he was a little confused and had no clue.
No wonder I want to increase my knowledge and expand my knowledge in cooking, because the content of such competitions is actually very representative.
Just like this time!
The types of prepared dishes are so simple that people don’t know where to start. Chicken legs are a very common ingredient and are very versatile in cooking.
It can be cooked whole, chopped into pieces, deboned, shredded and sliced.
Dried tofu and carrots are versatile side dishes. Even if they are put on a plate, they can be paired with any ingredients.
Dishes that can be cooked with the three ingredients in front of him quickly appeared in Fu Yu's mind.
But the camera that wanted to shine directly into his face reminded Fu Yu all the time.
Don’t rush to decide on the dish, think slowly and make your decision carefully!
It may seem like a very simple ingredient, but with so many contestants competing, how can a dish stand out and win unanimous praise from the expert judges? It is a very difficult choice!
Fu Yu frowned!
There are so many dishes he can cook that it becomes a very difficult choice to choose which one to cook.
If you want chicken legs to be delicious, it is generally better to stew them and braise them.
But if you want to cook dry tofu and carrots together, the taste is indeed easy to neutralize, but just a little bit, any dish cooked with these three ingredients is too homely.
Although home-cooked food is relatively conservative in terms of taste, it is difficult to stand out in terms of innovative ideas.
At the same time, common dishes are very easy to conflict with other contestants present and should not be used!
But at this time, there is not much time for him to choose from!
What exactly are you cooking?
Looking at the ingredients in front of him, Fu Yu fell into deep thought.
Thousand-piece braised chicken is actually good. It tastes delicious when cooked. Whether it is chicken legs or dried tofu, it is very delicious, especially side dishes can be added, and even hand-rolled noodles can be directly made into braised noodles.
However, this dish is really not too difficult to show off your cooking skills, nor can it impress the expert judges and dazzle them.
Teriyaki chicken drumsticks are also good, but in this case, the hand-made noodles cannot be used.
In a few seconds, Fu Yu was already thinking about cooking methods for many kinds of dishes!
Finally, Fu Yu looked at the fresh chicken legs and suddenly had an idea!
yes!
Anyway, the ingredients are provided, and there is no requirement to add them all to the dishes for cooking!
What are you worried about?
If you want to be unique and impress the expert judges, then come up with an innovative dish!
Thinking of this, Fu Yu decided to make a bold attempt.
At the same moment, the judging area.
Several experts sat together and watched the video of the players playing on the big screen.
Sitting in the auditorium behind them were well-known hotel chefs from all over the country, as well as slightly famous chefs, leaders of food-related departments and Internet celebrity bloggers, as well as specially sent guests from major hotels. Emerging chefs come to exchange and learn.
The host is responsible for enlivening the atmosphere and connecting the various processes of the competition.
At this time, the players had already started competing, and the expert judges were watching the video playback attentively.
The host started to stir up the atmosphere with a smile on his face: "Since ancient times, there has been a life philosophy of 'food is the first necessity for the people, and safety is the first priority'. Our National Chef Cooking Competition has held its first competition in 1997 After that, it will be held as scheduled every year, providing a platform for outstanding chefs in the circle to showcase themselves, and also providing a good opportunity for peers to observe, exchange and learn!”
"Now that the cooking competition has begun, I must be like everyone here. I am very excited every time I participate in the National Chef Cooking Competition! Because I can witness with my own eyes the continuous rise of batches of outstanding chefs and take over the hands of the older generation. Pass the baton and become the leader and mainstay in our food circle!"
"I believe that everyone can't wait to see the performance of the contestants! Now, let us hand over the right to speak to the expert judges and let them comment on the cooking operations of this competition!"
At the beginning of the competition, in fact, the candidates for the cooking video were not decided based on on-site performance. After all, in the early stage of cooking preparations, one's cooking skills cannot be seen at all.
Therefore, the players currently appearing on the screen are actually based on the seed players listed on the list who have performed well in the past two years.
As the host finished speaking, the video on the screen soon switched to the cooking scene of one of the contestants.
At this time, the content of the first round of competition was officially announced.
After seeing the shredded chicken noodles and cold dry tofu delivered to the kitchen counter by the service staff, plus the corresponding ingredients and seasonings.
Immediately, heated discussions broke out in the judges' box and the audience's seat!
It is really a very creative competition to arrange and cook dishes by selecting the ingredients!
Due to the limited food ingredients, the players obviously increased the difficulty in performance, making the game more interesting. (End of chapter)
