American Ranch

Chapter 119 Big Head 【Please recommend, collect】

American chefs are not only cooking, but also participating in TV shows and publishing books in order to gain more fame...

Now is the era of Internet celebrities, and chefs can also become Internet celebrities.

Bai Xiaoou talked about his vision for the Chef Academy and his contribution to the development of Tangxia Yipin Company...

Bai Xiaoou dares to think and act, and Chen Mo likes An Yi: "It's a good idea, but Waylon Company and Barbona Company should give up their super kitchen (equivalent to Tang Xia Yipin's dish research and development department), and turn around and work together Is it too simple to set up a chef academy?"

"John Mike is very interested in my chef academy plan, and Garrison Investment Company is also interested. If you are interested, you can talk about it..." Bai Xiaoou smiled.

Chen Xiao listened to him, got up and made three cups of tea, and said, "Waylon Company is a listed company, and John Mike is just the CEO. He can decide what he says? A super kitchen should be very important to a large catering company. , just like our dish research and development department..."

"Waylon Company was founded only 15 years ago. Before John Mike took over the company, the company almost went bankrupt. Although John Mike is the CEO, his influence is even more influential than the founder and chairman of the company. At the same time, the company With a market value of 15.5 billion, John Mike is the largest individual shareholder of the company, holding about [-]% of the shares. The chairman of the company holds only [-]% of the shares." Bai Xiaoou pulled his face: "In the United States, The founder of the company is really miserable. Except for high-tech companies, as long as most companies grow bigger, the proportion of shares held by the founders is usually not too high..."

Chen Mo smiled...

Like Tang Xia Yipin, Bai Xiaoou was selling cars, houses, and car dealerships at the beginning of the expansion, and almost sold the small ranch he just bought in Billings...

With Chen Mo and Brett's capital injection, Tang Xia Yipin had millions of dollars when he went to San Francisco to develop.

But in the subsequent two financings, the proportion of shares held by Bai Xiaoou also decreased one after another, and the proportion of shares held by Bai Xiaoou now only accounts for a little over ten percent.

"The Barbona Company? They don't own any shares in our company."

Bai Xiaoou shrugged: "Garrison Investment Company holds our shares, and all of them have been transferred to Barbona Company. Barbona is a non-listed company. The company's valuation last year was 17.9 billion US dollars... and Garrison The investment company is their largest shareholder, accounting for more than 60.00% and an absolute holding.”

"The executives of both companies are interested in my Chef Academy plan, and this is likely to happen. It's just a matter of how many shares each company has in the Chef Academy and how to fund it... Our company is relatively weak, even if I invite Jing Chenghong."

"Master Jing is the master of the state banquet." Chen Mo said with a smile: "It should be worth a lot of money."

Now Chen Mo knows more or less why Bai Xiaoou insisted on inviting Jing Chenghong over. China's real state banquet masters are all national treasure-level chefs...

The chef who has participated in the state banquet is not the master of the state banquet, but the chef who serves as the commander-in-chief of the large-scale state banquet can be called the master of the state banquet.

The real state banquet masters all have career establishments, and it is very difficult for a foreign chef to serve as the commander-in-chief of the kitchen.Jing Chenghong didn't have a good relationship with his father, but his father was a veteran. Jing Chenghong also hosted a few small banquets for foreign guests through his relationship. As for the big banquet, he never did it.

Jing Chenghong is only known as the 'Master of State Banquet'.State banquet master, which was awarded by the Central State Organ Expert Committee, the full name is "Central State Organ Chinese Cuisine Master".

Jing Chenghong is proficient in eight major dishes. He is a master of Chinese cuisine in Guangdong Province. He has the title of National Senior Chinese Cooking Technician. National first-level judges in the catering industry.

If Jing Chenghong is willing to enter the establishment, it will be a matter of time before he is awarded the title of State Banquet Master.His achievements in culinary arts, even the real state banquet masters can't compare...

Bai Xiaoou opened the bag and cut a cigar for Chen Mo: "Indeed. Do you know about the Bocuse d'Or?"

"I know a little bit. It seems to be a competition for the world's top chefs, held every two years."

"Well, Master Jing is the only Chinese chef who has been recommended in the Bocuse d'Or China region so far, and directly entered the final of the 24 countries."

Chen Mo read the news, Jing Chenghong took No.7... and then disappeared, probably because he felt ashamed for not getting the first place.

Jing Chenghong's defeat is understandable. It was mentioned in the report that the dishes he chose in the final were authentic Chinese food. To get No.7 is actually quite remarkable.

However, the No.3 and No.5 of that year seemed to be the chefs of the Michelin three-star restaurant under Barbona.

"Master Jing is a very good chef in China, but he is not well-known internationally, especially after he disappeared for several years." Bai Xiaoou lit his cigar: "It is not easy for him to become the principal of the Chef Academy. Wei Lun Company, Barbona Company, all of their chefs are also very good. There are even top ten famous chefs in the United States... But Master Jing should be the most powerful chef I can hire in China..."

Wen Wu first, Wu Wu second, the world of chefs is also a quagmire.

When Jing Chenghong came to the United States, he still faced a problem of acclimatization.

Chen Mo still doesn't quite understand the mechanism of this chef academy, but he knows the candidate for the principal. If they really decide to join forces, the candidate for the principal will definitely be a fight.

There are not many chefs who can do Tang Xia Yipin, only Master Rong, and Jing Chenghong...

Barbona Catering has two Michelin three-star restaurants, three Michelin two-star restaurants, and seven Michelin one-star restaurants.

Waylon Catering has one Michelin three-star restaurant, four Michelin two-star restaurants, and nineteen Michelin one-star restaurants.There is another one that has publicly stated that it does not accept Michelin ratings... The restaurant is in Florida. The executive chef of the restaurant, Dodgson, has been ranked among the top ten famous chefs in the United States for many years, and is also a shareholder of Waylon Catering.

European and American chefs are much simpler than domestic chefs.

Their culinary skills can't be called supernatural, and the way their chefs are ranked is also very simple, wealth, fame, and influence.Of course, their own cooking skills are not bad...

It's really difficult to compete in cooking skills.Especially in the US, where the population is complex... and the tastes are varied.

This may also be the case. American high-end restaurants pay the most attention to the taste of the food itself. The taste of the food itself is called the original taste...

Such as the Bocuse d'Or, it also pays attention to the original taste of food.

The two had been thinking for a long time, how to get Jing Chenghong the position of principal, they didn't discuss the reason...it was a little confusing.

(End of this chapter)