webnovelvip Chapter 52 Wushan Shortbread
Chapter 52 Wushan Shortbread
The Tangqiao Ancient Town Cooking Competition is not a large-scale national competition. Except for the No. 1 can get the lost recipe, there are no prizes such as trophies or certificates for other rankings.
Therefore, there are not many chefs who come to participate in the competition. It can be said that only chefs who are really interested in the recipes of 饆饠 will participate in this competition.
Of course, there are at least five or sixty participating chefs.
At the judges' table, Ou Hongjun, the owner of the recipe, was very happy to see the lively scene in the audience.
Ou Hongjun himself is a well-known chef, and he also opened a homestay in Tangqiao Ancient Town. The scale is not very large, and it ranks at the middle-class level in the entire ancient town.
A few months ago, he got the recipe of 饆饠 by chance, and after repeated verification, he confirmed that the recipe is true.
The dual identities of a businessman and a chef made him immediately think of a way to maximize the value of the recipes.
This led to today's cooking competition.
"Our Tangqiao is so lively today! Hahaha." Mayor Xian Zhaohui walked up to the judges' seat.
"Mayor." Ou Hongjun and others immediately got up to greet him.
For a small competition in a small place, the mayor is already the highest rank among the participants.
"Sit and sit." Xian Zhaohui waved lightly.
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The cooking competition started at nine o'clock, and Yan Ran and others arrived at the scene at 08:30.
Yan Ran is now in the limelight, attracting many people's attention as soon as he appeared on the stage.
The first to recognize Yan Ran were the spectators who came to watch the fun.
"That seems to be Yan Ran, the God of Cooking."
"It's Yanran, the one who runs the snack bar."
"Gourmet Chef, the one in the documentary."
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The commotion of the audience soon caught the attention of the chefs in the venue.
When the chefs saw Yanran, they also whispered to each other.
"Why is he here too?"
"Who is he?"
"Yan Ran, let's just shoot the documentary one, a famous celebrity chef."
"Are the big stars also coming to this competition?"
"Every big star is a hype."
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Seeing that everyone was discussing, the judges at the judges' table looked at Yanran one after another.
Although there were many people in the audience, it was very easy to find Yanran. Not to mention his appearance, he was already outstanding in terms of height.
"Hey, this guy looks like a star on TV!" Xian Zhaohui said.
Ou Hongjun had paid attention to Yanran before, and recognized him at a glance: "Yanran also came to participate in the competition."
There was joy in his tone.
Xian Zhaohui was a little puzzled: "You know him?"
"Mayor, this is the hottest star on the Internet recently." Ou Hongxi said.
"Really? Then why did he come to participate in the cooking competition?" Xian Zhaohui asked.
"Yanran is a chef himself, and he became famous because of his cooking skills." Ou Hongjun explained.
Xian Zhaohui nodded suddenly.
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At nine o'clock, the game officially began.
The first topic is Wushan Suyoubing.
Wushan Suyoubing is a traditional snack in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, which belongs to pastry snacks.
Hehe is also a kind of pastry snack. It is extremely accurate to use Wushan ghee cake to assess the chef's ability to make pastry snacks.
Yan Ran had never made Wushan shortbread, so he immediately entered the Kitchen Cube space to focus on practice.
It took him more than 60 hours to perfectly master the method of making Wushan shortbread.
The reason why the speed of practice is so fast is thanks to the experience accumulated in making other snacks before.
After all, everything changes.
After leaving the kitchen cube, Yan Ran immediately started making Wushan shortbread.
Due to the large number of participants, the competition scene was soon enveloped by a strong crispy fragrance.
The evaluation criteria for the first round of the competition are very simple. The chefs make Wushan shortbread, and the [-] spectators selected at the scene can go in and taste it freely like visiting a night market.
There is a voting button next to each chef's cooking table, and there is a staff member in charge of supervision. As long as the audience thinks it is delicious, they can vote, and the results will be displayed on the big screen in real time.
Two hours later, half of the people were directly eliminated by counting the votes.
Although the rules of this competition are simple, the requirements for chefs are actually very high.
Because everyone cooks the same kind of food, the scene is basically shrouded in the same kind of fragrance, so it is difficult to attract people simply by the fragrance.
Therefore, the chefs can only make the finished product look more beautiful and attractive, and the most important point is that the hand speed must be fast. Only when more people eat the shortbread, the chances of getting votes will be greater.
However, it is often difficult to balance fast speed and good taste, which is also the biggest difficulty in this round of competition.
The first batch of Wushan shortbread came out one after another, and a hundred spectators entered the venue one after another.
The vast majority of people went straight to Yanran's booth as soon as they entered the venue.
No way, after the discussion just now, even people who seldom surf the Internet usually know that Yan Ran is a big star.
Ordinary people are always curious about big stars, let's put aside whether the food is good or not, you must try the shortbread made by big stars, right?
In this way, bragging can also cost more in the future: Back then, I ate shortbread made by the big star Yan Ran!
It's very face-saving when you say this.
Therefore, within a short while, Yanran's booth was surrounded by the audience three floors in and three floors out.
On the big screen, the number of votes for Yanran is also rapidly increasing, 3 votes, 7 votes, 12 votes, 18 votes, 23 votes...
When the other chefs at the scene saw this, at least half of them cursed inwardly.
"Fuck, this is a competition and not a fan gathering!"
"How does this tm compare?!"
"Damn, this is more like a bird? It's not fair!"
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Although the mayor, Xian Zhaohui, also wanted to try Yanran's skills, he was more sensible as the mayor.
Looking at the scene under the stage, he said hesitantly, "Will this be unfair to other chefs?"
However, Ou Hongjun was secretly happy, what was fair and unfair, he organized this competition itself to promote his own homestay, and now he has the right to come to participate in the competition, which is exactly what he wants.
Of course, the superficial effort still needs to be sufficient.
Ou Hongjun thought for a while and said to the host: "You immediately arrange for security guards to go in, and it is stipulated that each audience can only taste one shortbread at one booth, and they cannot queue up repeatedly."
The host quickly stepped down to make arrangements.
Soon the security guards entered the venue one after another, and the order at the scene quickly became orderly.
Audiences started streaming to other chefs, too.
But many chefs' nightmares are just beginning.
"Is this a shortbread? How crispy is it?"
"Isn't this much worse than what Yanran did?"
"Shortcake doesn't taste like this, does it? Yanran's cooking tastes much better than this."
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Many chefs who can't master their skills quickly wilt under the comments of the audience.
Of course, there are also many viewers who are embarrassed to comment in public, but the disgusted expression on their faces makes the chef feel depressed and crazy.
Yan Ran's votes were rising rapidly, and the other chefs' votes were slowly catching up.
Two hours later, the game ended and the spectators left the arena one by one.
On the big screen, Yan Ran was far ahead in the number of votes, getting a full 2 votes, No. 46 only got 3 votes, and No. 35 got [-] votes.
A considerable number of chefs have less than [-] votes.
This situation is actually quite normal, because there are only 60 audiences voting, but there are [-] to [-] chefs. Most people will subconsciously choose the more popular chefs based on herd mentality.
"The chefs on the field are asked to check their own rankings. Those who are behind the [-]th, please leave the stage." The host said on stage.
Some chefs walked away frustrated, while others were filled with indignation.
"This round is not fair!" shouted a chef.
As soon as this remark came out, the chefs who were about to leave stopped one after another.
"Yan Ran is a star, so everyone voted for him. This competition is not fair at all!" the chef continued to shout.
"Yeah, it's not fair! We are ordinary chefs, and he is a big star, how can we compare?" Someone couldn't help but echoed.
"That's right, it's not fair, it's not fair, Yan is a big star, and everyone didn't vote because the shortbread he made was delicious!" Another person said.
"That's right, Yan Ran shouldn't have played with us at all, it's not fair to us!"
"Yes, it's not fair, this game is not fair!"
"We demand a rematch!"
"Yes, rematch, we want to rematch!"
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There was a surge of excitement at the scene.
The host couldn't resist, and looked back at Ou Hongjun.
Ou Hongjun stepped forward and took the microphone: "Where is it unfair? It's not that the audience only has one vote, and it's not that they can't vote for you if they vote. If the shortbread you make is delicious, how can no one vote? There are still three votes at the scene." Did the ten chefs advance? This shows that there is no reason for Yanran at all! It is all because your skills are not good enough!"
Ou Hongjun couldn't understand how they looked like they couldn't afford to lose, so he was not polite at all.
After he finished speaking, the scene immediately fell silent.
Those chefs who were eliminated couldn't help being speechless.
Ou Hongjun's words were correct, even if Yanran was eliminated, those who should be eliminated had to be eliminated.
But the chef who happened to be No.30 was still upset.
If he didn't say anything, wouldn't he be able to advance?
"Even if the competition rules are okay, that doesn't mean that Yanran's shortbread is really delicious." No. 30 said.
Ou Hongjun choked for a moment, not knowing how to respond.
"Then invite all chefs to try Yanran's Wushan shortbread!" He Jinrui's voice came out.
Yan Ran took a closer look and found that He Jinrui had squeezed to the judge's table at some point, looking at him with a microphone in his hand.
Seeing him looking over, He Jinrui nodded slightly.
Lin Hemiao breathed a sigh of relief. She originally wanted to step forward to rescue Yan Ran, but He Jinrui took the lead.
Yan Ran looked back at the 31 people, and slightly raised his hand to invite them to come and taste.
No. 30 looked at Yanran steadily, walked over with a serious expression, reached out to pick up a shortbread, and put the shortbread into his mouth while looking at Yanran.
Suddenly, he was stunned.
The entrance is crunchy, the taste is slightly sweet, and it is accompanied by the fragrance of osmanthus, green plum and rose.
It's... so delicious?His pupils shrank, his expression was very subtle.
The other eliminated chefs stepped forward one after another, and hurriedly divided up the shortbread that Yan Ran had made.
After everyone tasted it, they were all silent.
I can't say enough words to praise Yanran, so I can only leave the stage sadly.
The audience who watched the excitement and didn't think it was a big deal booed one after another: "Woo~"
The expressions of the chefs who were not eliminated slightly changed when they looked at Yan Ran.
What about these people?The shortbread he made is really so delicious?The chefs were stunned.