From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

Chapter 249 A awakening cry

In the final round, the dish Xia Hui drew was silver sprout tenderloin, and the dish Sun Hai drew was braised fish fillet.

Because there are so many shortlisted chefs on site, there may not be much time to clean up the kitchen utensils after each batch of chefs.

The next batch of chefs also need to clean the kitchen utensils themselves after receiving the materials.

Fortunately, the judges took this into consideration and deducted time for cleaning the kitchen utensils.

Of course, some of the more nervous young chefs made some serious mistakes.

Even situations where the firepower was not controlled well and all the pots were burned occurred during the game.

Because the province also attached great importance to this competition and arranged professional fire fighters on site, there was no fire on site.

But there are still cases where some stoves and kitchen utensils are burned and can no longer be used.

At this time, the credit of Master Tianyan and a group of masters who travel back and forth to the competition every day is reflected.

The old masters have participated in many similar competitions, so they have predicted some situations.

If a kitchen utensil or stove becomes unusable on site, specialized personnel will immediately replace it.

In this way, it can be regarded as ensuring the smooth progress of the on-site shortlisting selection.

After waiting for a while, it was finally Xia Hui's turn.

When Xia Mingye saw her sister lining up to enter the arena, she was so excited that she couldn't help but remind her grandfather and father.

"Father, dad, look, my sister is here."

"Humph." Xia Zhennan snorted coldly and looked dismissive, but he kept looking at his daughter.

Master Xia also stared at his granddaughter, with some expectation for her in his eyes.

Xia Mingye watched his sister wearing a chef's uniform and walking to his stove. He shouted loudly: "Sister, come on, you will definitely be shortlisted."

When Xia Hui heard her brother calling, she raised her head and looked over. When she saw her brother trying to wave to her, a smile appeared on her face.

Xia Hui's appearance undoubtedly attracted the attention of many people.

After all, there were not many female chefs in the back kitchen.

Today's young chef cooking exchange competition was attended by the best young chefs from all over the world, so there were even fewer female chefs participating in the competition.

Especially today, this is a competition for young chefs, and almost all of them are young chefs.

On a piece of green grass, a gorgeous red flower suddenly appeared.

That naturally becomes the sole focus.

Almost everyone's eyes fell on Xia Hui.

Then some people couldn't help but talk about it.

"Female chefs are really rare."

"very beautiful."

"The figure is also very good."

“It’s so rare to have a female chef attend.”

"I wonder how the craftsmanship is?"

"What else can a female chef do with her craftsmanship? It would be great if she could avoid cutting her hands."

"Hahaha, you can't say that. If someone dares to enter the competition, they must be skilled."

Most young chefs are not optimistic about Xia Hui.

When Xia Hui entered the room and stood in front of his stove, he noticed that the eyes of the people around him were on him.

Originally, she thought that she had developed a strong psychological endurance by spending so much time at the food stalls with Feng Zhengming.

Even if he is the only female chef at the scene and everyone is staring at him, he must be fearless.

But when she actually stood in front of the stove and noticed the gazes of the people around her, Xia Hui became uncontrollably nervous.

There were some blanks in her mind, and Xia Hui even forgot to check the kitchen utensils and seasonings carefully.

He actually started directly and started preparing to cut the tenderloin shreds on his hands.

This obvious display of nervousness was naturally noticed by the chefs at the scene.

Because the kitchen utensils have not been cleaned, cutting the tenderloin directly will only make it more confusing.

When Xia Mingye saw her sister's appearance, she realized that she must be nervous.

He wanted to shout again to remind his sister.

But before Xia Mingye could open his mouth, he shouted a reminder.

Another voice had already shouted ahead.

"Xia Hui, what are you doing? Don't you want to be shortlisted?"

This shout was so powerful that it directly covered all the sounds in the entire venue.

Then everyone looked for the direction where the shout came from in surprise.

When Xia Hui heard this shout, she suddenly woke up.

After carefully looking at everything on the stove in front of her, Xia Hui quickly stopped cutting the tenderloin.

She quickly started to clean the stove, cleaning the woks and spoons.

After cleaning up the kitchen utensils, Xia Hui carefully selected the bean sprouts and picked out the straighter ones. She quickly pinched off the heads and tails with her hands to get enough silver sprouts for a plate.

Wash the silver buds and set aside.

After everything was ready, Xia Hui began to cut the meat seriously.

The onlookers did not expect that the sudden shout just now woke up Xia Hui, and she seemed to be a different person.

The Xia family looked at Xia Hui's neat movements.

The grandfather nodded in approval of his granddaughter's craftsmanship.

Xia Zhennan's eyes showed unconcealable surprise.

Xia Mingye was even more excited: "That's great. I learned my skills in vain. I've made great progress."

After praising her sister's progress, Xia Mingye muttered strangely: "Who reminded my sister just now?"

The grandfather behind him whispered: "Of course it's Uncle Feng."

Xia Mingye immediately raised his head and looked towards Feng Zhengming.

Feng Zhengming stared at Xia Hui and Sun Hai in the arena.

The shout just now was indeed him who woke up Xia Hui.

Feng Zhengming saw that Xia Hui was in a daze because of her nervousness. What should she do first? She completely forgot what she did next.

Her action of slicing the tenderloin first was entirely out of her instinct.

So Feng Zhengming shouted to wake her up.

Let Xia Hui understand what she is doing?

what should I do?

Fortunately, Xia Hui woke up in time and quickly entered the state.

Senior brother Li Huidong, who was next to Feng Zhengming, saw Xia Hui cooking seriously.

He whispered to Feng Zhengming: "You care about Xiaoxia very much."

Feng Zhengming looked at his senior brother and said, "She called me uncle. We should give her some help just like the master did before, so that she can realize her cooking ideals."

Li Huidong then whispered: "It seems that you are a little nervous today. You should believe them. Xia Hui and Sun Hai's basic skills are still passable."

Senior Brother's words reminded Feng Zhengming, and he suddenly remembered that Sun Hai was also shortlisted for selection.

Feng Zhengming quickly scanned the field, but found no trace of Sun Hai.

Just when Feng Zhengming was a little strange.

Looking away from the venue, he saw Sun Hai walking towards everyone in a swaggering manner.

Feng Zhengming and the others immediately stepped forward and asked, "Sun Hai, how are you?" Sun Hai smiled and took out his shortlisted sign.

Feng Zhengming immediately patted Sun Hai gently: "I knew you would be fine."

Li Huidong said with a smile: "Sun Hai is more reassuring than my two apprentices."

Sun Hai was a little embarrassed by the praise: "Everyone should be able to be shortlisted successfully."

Then everyone turned and looked into the venue.

Feng Zhengming's eyes naturally fell on Xia Hui, who was concentrating on cooking.

Xia Hui had indeed processed the silver buds and tenderloin shreds as required, and also prepared a bowl of juice. She also added a little water starch according to Feng Zhengming's instructions.

Also staring at Xia Hui were the Xia family members.

Because the selection is open to the public, what ingredients each young chef puts in cannot be hidden from the onlookers.

Capture Xia Hui's action of slightly adding water starch into the bowl of juice.

Xia Mingye immediately turned around and asked his grandfather: "Master, did I make a mistake? How can the silver bud tenderloin be thickened?"

Master Xia whispered: "It's not thickening, it's stealing. I haven't mastered the thickening technique, so I don't dare to do that. Other chefs don't dare to do it, because they are afraid of messing up."

Xia Mingye asked in a low voice: "Master, sister, is this okay?"

Master Xia said: "It shouldn't be a big problem. Judging from her technique, she knows it well. She probably learned this technique from Feng Zhengming."

Not long after, Xia Hui's silver sprout tenderloin was ready.

When the judges came to check, they saw that the tenderloins of the silver buds on her plate were clear and the roots were clearly defined, so they naturally gave Xia Hui the shortlisted brand.

Seeing Xia Hui get the shortlisted brand, the Xia family can be said to be quite happy.

Even Xia Zhennan had a smile on his face when he saw his daughter's joyful expression holding the shortlisted sign.

In full view of everyone, Xia Hui held the shortlisted sign tightly and ran out of the venue happily.

Then she quickly passed through the crowd and rushed directly in front of Feng Zhengming and the others.

The next scene left everyone stunned.

The excited Xia Hui rushed forward and hugged Feng Zhengming.

This shocked Feng Zhengming.

Feng Zhengming raised his hands and did not dare to touch Xia Hui.

But even so, in the eyes of the people around him, this scene was very shocking to everyone.

Soon, some people at the scene began to boo.

When Feng Zhengming heard the commotion, he could only calm down Xia Hui's excitement.

"Don't get excited, you are great and you deserve to be shortlisted."

After a while, Xia Hui finally let go of Feng Zhengming.

When she raised her head again, Feng Zhengming saw that her face was full of tears.

Xia Hui choked and said, "Thank you, I am finally a qualified chef."

Everyone who was making noises around him immediately stopped making noises when they heard Xia Hui's words.

Yang Bin, who wanted to make fun of Feng Zhengming and Xia Hui, also swallowed his words.

Master Yan was the first to applaud Xia Hui.

Li Huidong and Yang Bin also applauded Xia Hui.

Lu Chongshan, Sun Hai, Chen Anbang and Shen Rongsen also applauded.

Finally, everyone onlookers applauded Xia Hui.

Applause is recognition of a hard-working female chef.

Today at the Provincial Young Chefs Cooking Exchange Competition, Xia Hui was able to successfully break through from the first round of finalists, and she also stood out among almost all male chefs, which has proven her ability.

Xia Mingye was very excited when he saw that almost everyone at the scene applauded his sister.

"Sister is really awesome."

Master Xia echoed: "Our Huihui has grown up."

Xia Zhennan didn't say anything this time, but as a father, he looked at his daughter with a hint of relief.

After the round of applause, the shortlisting selection is still going on.

Xia Mingye waited for the crowd of onlookers to disperse, and then he quickly ran to his sister.

"Sister, your silver bud tenderloin is very well done."

Xia Hui had already wiped the tears on her face with a handkerchief. When she saw her brother coming to congratulate her, she raised her shortlisted sign.

"I will show no mercy."

When Xia Mingye saw the sign in her sister's hand, she immediately smiled and said, "I am no match for you, sister. When I came here this time, my father and I both told me to watch more and learn more, and don't care about my ranking."

After listening to his brother's words, Xia Hui immediately said: "No, you have to show your true skills."

Xia Mingye spread his hands and said, "Sister, you know, I haven't even started training yet."

Xia Hui said solemnly to her younger brother: "You have to go all out even if you are not a teacher. You represent our Xia family. You are the successor of Confucius cuisine. You must come up with a convincing dish."

When Xia Mingye saw his sister being so serious, he grimaced at first, but after a while he couldn't help but laugh.

"Hahaha, don't be so serious. Usually at home, my father, my father, and my uncle are so strict with me. I finally came out and let me express myself freely. Sister, please don't put pressure on me."

Xia Hui was very dissatisfied with her brother's playful smile.

"You have to put pressure on yourself, you can't be idle, you have to be in the top ten."

Xia Mingye still smiled playfully when facing his sister's dissatisfaction.

"Why didn't you say that I must win the top prize?"

Xia Hui immediately said: "You can't get it, the number one scholar must belong to my uncle."

Xia Mingye was stunned by her sister's words.

"Sister, are you going to attack your brother like this? I am your biological brother."

Xia Hui curled her lips: "Now you think I've hit you? Didn't you just have a moral character that focused on participation?"

Xia Mingye was told that there was no room for reply.

However, he soon remained nonchalant. He approached his sister, looked at Feng Zhengming and whispered, "Sister, the uncle you mentioned is going to win the top prize, should he be little uncle Feng, right?"

Xia Hui immediately corrected his younger brother: "What are you doing, Uncle Feng? Your name is Uncle Feng."

Xia Mingye said: "Uncle Feng is not a few years older than us, right?"

Xia Hui nodded: "Two years older than me."

Xia Mingye asked a little strangely: "Then why do you say he can win the top prize? This time, I heard that there are many masters coming, and big restaurants from all over the country have sent powerful apprentices."

Xia Hui looked at Feng Zhengming and said with certainty: "No matter how many masters come, my uncle will definitely win the top prize."

Xia Mingye followed his sister's gaze and looked at Feng Zhengming, then turned to look at her sister's eyes.

Suddenly he asked in a low voice: "Sister, you don't like Master Feng, do you?"

Xia Hui came to her senses instantly and reached out to slap her brother on the arm.

"What nonsense are you talking about? My uncle has a girlfriend. I appreciate and admire my uncle. You don't understand my uncle's ability. If you follow my uncle, you will understand how good my craftsmanship is."

Xia Mingye was a little hurt from being beaten by her sister. While rubbing the slapped area, she asked, "Can you be better than dad?"

Xia Hui thought for a while and said, "Sooner or later, I will be better than dad."

Hearing what his sister said, Xia Mingye became more and more curious about Feng Zhengming.

(End of this chapter)