The story of a cook

Chapter 343 Busy Mid-Autumn Festival

The dumpling contest was held for three days.

It happened to be during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the restaurant was very busy during these three days, so I didn't go if I couldn't leave.

During this period, the owner of the Binhai "Qinghua Pavilion" dumpling restaurant introduced by the fourth child contacted me, and I introduced him to a head chef.The boss wanted me to go there. I couldn't leave and I didn't want to work in other places, so I declined.

On the day when the competition ended, the three bosses invited the competition organizing committee to have dinner at the restaurant, and all the people who came were relatively well-known people in the catering industry.I am not qualified to participate in such occasions. Master is qualified, but he is unwilling to participate, because he scolded some of the judges.Although many years have passed, Master still does not want to see them.

The third boss came to the kitchen to find Master.

"Brother, go and have a drink."

"Drink it, I won't deal with them." Master said.

"Hey, if there's anything wrong with it, it's all old buddies." The third boss said, "I'm getting angry when I look at them, isn't there anything I can do, come on bro, if you don't go, I'll have a drink with them. "

"You're willing to deal with them."

"I'm not opening a restaurant. If I don't open a restaurant, do you think I'm willing to take care of them?" The third boss was also a little helpless.

"Let's go, they all know you're here, it's not good if we don't see each other."

Master was dragged away by the third boss.

The master has been upright all his life, and he is a well-known stubborn old man in the circle of older chefs. Many famous master chefs have a headache when they see the master.

As the saying goes, master or apprentice, I am the same, not tactful and a bit stubborn.

For a period of time, the catering industry really recognized the name but not the craftsmanship.As long as it is a well-known chef, or the apprentice of a famous chef, regardless of the craftsmanship, the restaurant owner will hire it directly.The boss thinks that he is an apprentice of a famous chef, and he can't make mistakes in his skills, so he can rest assured that the kitchen is in the hands of such a person.

Not necessarily so.

A famous master no longer cooks, and the apprentices he accepts may not be taught by himself.Many young chefs just want to get a little fame as a famous chef and find a job for themselves. They spend money to pay homage to their masters, but they don't learn any skills at all.But after he became an apprentice of a famous chef, the boss didn't know if he had learned the skills, and thought that the apprentices of famous chefs should have good skills, so he hired such a chef as the head chef.As a result, the money was spent, the dishes were not good, and the business was naturally not much better.

Regardless of whether you are an apprentice of a famous chef or not, the guests speak according to the dishes. If the dishes are delicious, they will come a few more times, and if the dishes are not good, they will come a few times less.

Half an hour after Master passed by, the waiter came and called me and said that Boss Three told me to come over.

I went to the private room where Master and the others ate and opened the door, and saw the third boss and Master drinking with someone.

See me come in three bosses said.

"This is Big Brother's apprentice Xiao Tanzi, and he cooked the dishes today."

I smiled and bowed to everyone present.

"Hello, masters and uncles!"

The few in the private room can be said to be the top chefs in the provincial capital.

The master said, "Tan Zi, your masters and uncles want to meet you, so let me introduce you."

Master introduced from his left.

The first one is older than the master, looks like he is in his 50s and close to [-]s, and looks very dignified.

"This is your uncle, surnamed Liu, who is the chairman of our provincial catering association and the general manager of that catering company." Master said.

"Time Catering Company." Master Liu added for Master.

"Yes, Times Catering Company, I'm the general manager there." Master said.

"Hello Master!" I bowed and said hello.

Uncle Liu has a great influence in the catering industry in the provincial capital and has taken in many apprentices.I remember that at that time, he almost clearly marked the price for his apprenticeship.I didn't have a good impression of him. Later, I took over a restaurant that his apprentice quit. I didn't pry the business that time, but I went because his apprentice was fired by the boss.

The second person is also older than the master, very amiable, like a Maitreya Buddha.

The master introduced: "You have to call this Master Shi. His surname is Zhang. He is my eldest brother. We were like each other when we were young. We haven't seen each other for several years. Now you are the executive president of Gordon Hotel. In the future, you If you want to learn Korean cuisine, you can go to him, your master didn't say anything, he's a good person."

"Master, hello!"

Mr. Zhang is the master of the fourth master, the fourth master.

Mr. Zhang nodded with a smile, took out a business card from his pocket and handed it to me, saying: "If you have anything to do, go to Gordon to find the master."

"Don't worry, master, I will trouble you in the future." I said with a smile, and put the business card in my pocket.

The third one is younger than the master, very fat, with a sloppy face, more fierce than me.

The master introduced: "Your name is Uncle Shi, your surname is Bi, Teacher Bi, and now you are the vice principal of the culinary school. You have a lot of theoretical knowledge and always publish books. You will learn more from your uncle in the future."

"Hello, uncle!"

I call the fourth and fifth Uncle Shi, one surnamed Wang and one surnamed Cao, both pastry masters.

The last one was a woman, about the same age as Master, with a very strict appearance.

"This is your uncle, and your surname is Meng. Your master has taught two female disciples in his life, one is your wife, and the other is your uncle. Don't look at your uncle as a woman. It is up to us to talk about face work. The provincial capital is one of the best, even your teacher and wife are not good. This time your uncle is the main judge of the dumpling competition, and even Mrs. Jiang from HLJ (HLJ’s noodle master) is convinced. In the future, if you have nothing to do, talk to your uncle, Learn how to do face work from her."

I said, "That's for sure."

Then he bowed to Uncle Meng, "Hello, Uncle Meng!"

"Okay, where are you among your senior brothers?" Uncle Meng asked.

"Fourth, youngest." I replied.

"Then you are your master's closed disciple."

"Yes."

"Learn more about stir-frying from your master. Your master is good at stir-frying. Don't look at our table is more dignified. If we talk about stir-frying, no one can beat your master, not even the chairman."

Master Meng is not polite at all.

"Your master has a stubborn temper. Don't be so stubborn like him. It's easy to offend people." Uncle Meng asked Uncle Liu, "Am I right? Chairman."

Uncle Liu's complexion was a little ugly.

"Yes, Lao Huang has a stubborn temper."

Master said: "I've been stubborn for a day or two, and I can't change it—"

"You can't change it, it's just like this for the rest of your life, don't lead the apprentice down." Uncle Meng said.

"It's okay, Xiao Tanzi won't do it." Master smiled.

I will pour a glass of wine for each of the uncles and uncles, and I will also pour a glass for myself.

"To my uncle and uncle, you are all elders. Welcome to Linjiangxuan. If you have done something wrong, just say it. I will correct it. At the same time, as a junior, I would like to respect all the elders. I wish you good health and all the best. !"

After the toast, I came out of the private room.

I'm not qualified to drink with them, as long as I'm accompanied by Master and the third boss.

After I came out, I happened to meet Zheng Jiaqi who was looking for a table, and she asked me: "Master Tan, do you have to give a big fruit plate to this table of your master?"

I said, "Give one away."

She asked the waiter to place an order, and then said to me: "Master Tan, these two days are busy enough, let's drink some wine to relieve fatigue in the evening."

I said, "Farewell, I still have to work for four or five days to finish the work. Let's drink after all the work is done."

"That's fine, I'll call you when the time comes."

"Okay." I said, "You can get used to it these two days, aren't you tired?"

"It's okay, not too tired, I'm used to it."

"Our family is busy, and most people can't get used to it when they first come here. You're okay, you got used to it."

"It doesn't matter if you and Zhang Li are here, I'd like to do it too. If you weren't here, I would have run away." She said with a smile.

In the past, the Mid-Autumn Festival was the National Day on October [-], and the hotel was busy for seven days.

At noon on October [-]rd, I went to Qiuping's partner's house on behalf of my second sister and second brother-in-law.

Qiuping's object family is an ordinary worker's family, and her object's parents look relatively young, 48 or [-] years old.People are very affordable, there is nothing to say, they are all people who live their lives in a down-to-earth manner.

I have nothing to say about such a family. It mainly depends on the opinions of Qiuping and her partner. If the two of them are willing, we have no opinions.

Qiuping and her partner work in the same unit. The young man is good-looking, very polite, honest and affordable, and has no bad habits. I am also very satisfied.

It seemed that Qiuping was also very satisfied, and if she was not satisfied, she would not call me over.

We had lunch at Qiuping's partner's house and had a good talk with her partner's parents. It was finally decided that the three of them would go to my second sister's house during the Gregorian calendar year. The marriage is settled.

The first thing to do after leaving Qiuping's partner's house was to call the second sister and second brother-in-law and tell them about the situation in Qiuping's partner's house.The second sister and second brother-in-law were also very satisfied after hearing this, and told them to prepare at home in the Gregorian calendar year, and the future in-laws will go there at that time.

The second sister said: "What are you doing here, you just make an appointment over there."

I said: "That's okay, your parents must meet once, and then you and my second brother-in-law will come to the provincial capital."

"Let's not go, let them come over, anyway, it's free time at that time, there's nothing to do." The second sister said.

"Then will you come back then?" the second brother-in-law asked.

"I won't go back. The Gregorian calendar year is when the restaurant is busy."

"Can you do it if you don't come back? There is no matchmaker who is not present when the parents of both parties meet." The second brother-in-law said.

"What time do you still pay attention to matchmakers, but now you don't need matchmakers."

After arranging Qiuping's affairs, I was busy with the hotel, because it was the National Day holiday, and many young people were rushing to get married at this time. The hotel had wedding banquets every day from October [-]st to October [-]th. After finishing the wedding package, I have to sell it loosely, and I am so busy that I almost hit the back of my head with my feet.It wasn't until October [-]th that it stopped and returned to normal.

(End of this chapter)