The story of a cook

Chapter 353 Preparations for the Competition
Everyone has their own life.

Happy lives are almost all the same, and unhappy lives each have their own misfortunes, but they are all their own choices.

Everyone has the right to be happy, and also needs to have the ability to change misfortune.

Li Yanhua is living a happy life now.

I am very happy to see that she is living a good life now. Over the years, I will think of her from time to time and want to know about his situation. I have never heard of her.Now that I see her and know her condition, and she is fine, I feel a sense of relief in my heart.

After Sister Zhao and Li Yanhua left, Zhang Li appeared in front of me in a timely manner, looking at me with scrutiny, which made me feel a little scared.

"Old Tan, I found out that you know a lot of beauties."

"former colleague."

"Really? Why do you rarely see your former male colleagues?"

she asked lukewarmly.

"You know a lot of my friends too," I said.

"Cut! You think I'm willing to take care of you, just ask."

Her obvious duplicity.

"These two women are so pretty and young," she said, with a sour taste.

"What kind of eyes do you have? The older one is already 41." I said.

"I didn't realize that you, Old Tan, are still the idol of middle-aged and elderly women."

"Then you are middle-aged!"

"Old Tan, believe it or not, I will go find your wife tomorrow."

"Letter." I looked at her and nodded.

In the past two days, the chefs in the kitchen have been researching new dishes, and the working atmosphere is very good.

Master has been very busy these two days. Some time this master will come to ask this question, and some time this master will come to him and ask that question.

The craftsmen of the older generation are like this. As long as the younger generation asks them for advice on cooking, they will almost teach them all. I am afraid that you will not tell you repeatedly until he thinks that you really know how to cook.

"Why do you have to choose pork?" Master said to Sichuan cuisine master Da Cao there, "You have fallen into a misunderstanding when developing new dishes. You always use pork, mutton, beef, or chicken as the main ingredient for research and development. Our Chinese food There are so many ingredients, and there are many ingredients to choose from for research and development.”

"For example, for goods, there are pork belly, pork liver, fat intestines, pig heart, pig lungs, kidneys, and belly collars and belly heads. All of these can be studied, and any one can eat and live. No If you choose these pigs, you can also choose sheep, hairy belly, louver, sheep face, sheep feet, sheep blood, liver, sheep heart——these can be made into dishes.”

"After the raw materials are selected, the rest is to choose the cooking technique. You can fry it, braise it, grill it, stew it, etc., and don't limit yourself to roasting and stewing. You can also choose soup, sweet and sour. Portable dishes, including those with honey sauce, are fine. The dish is not a dish when it is fried, but it is no longer a dish when it is made into soup. Since it is a new dish, take a look at our recipes to see what dishes are missing in the recipes. Research what is lacking, if there is something on the menu, do less research, and if you research it, you can still have the original ones that sell well, okay?"

"Open your mind and think more about the ingredients, techniques, and taste. Don't be too rigid. I find that you are too rigid."

When the master told Da Cao, all the masters listened, and everyone benefited a lot.

"Look at you, you know that you need to develop new dishes, and you all want to cook them well. You know that you do research at home. No one says they go to the industry to see the raw materials. Now there are various ingredients in the industry. There are also some new seasonings, you guys are just lazy, if you have time to get up an hour or two early, go to the store to have a look, and also go to the store, if you go to the store and look at it, you will know what you should cook.”

After the master finished talking, several masters decided to get up early the next morning and go northbound to see the raw materials.

The fourth child called and said that on the 26th he brought a chef over. The chef was the chef in their shop and was going to come to participate in the competition.This time, it was a new dish competition for Linjiangxuan's internal chefs, and they didn't plan to invite outside chefs to participate.At the beginning, I planned to invite a few chefs from outside to participate, but my family knew their own affairs. The masters of Linjiangxuan have been complacent for too long, and they have no sense of innovation at all. These chefs are doing Linjiangxuan’s own dishes. It's hard to cook something new.I was afraid that if I invite outside chefs to compete, Linjiangxuan’s chefs will not be able to compete with others. The top three will be taken away by others, and I will be embarrassed. I, the head chef, can’t hold back, so I didn’t invite outside chefs to participate in the competition. .

I thought about it, and told my fourth brother that it's okay to come here, but it's not a competition, but a special guest to make live performance dishes.The fourth child said yes, as long as he can cook, he said that the chef is a culinary idiot and he likes to cook.

Many restaurants know that Linjiangxuan will hold an innovative cuisine competition, and some chefs from the restaurant want to come and have a look and communicate with each other. I discussed it with Mr. Huo and decided that as long as the chef introduced by a friend can be on the 26th Come over to communicate, but only to watch the dishes, not to the kitchen, I am afraid that there will be too many people in the kitchen and the chef will cook.

In addition, this is the first time to hold a dish innovation competition, and I have no experience. If Master is not here, I will not be so relaxed.

For the first time, it is better to be conservative.

During the lunch break, Zhang Li, Li Shuang and I went to the small banquet hall on the seventh floor to have a look and decide how to arrange the venue.

"Master Tan, do we have to make a banner?" Li Shuang asked.

"I have to make one, how about I entrust this task to you?" I said.

"No problem, Xiaoyi, isn't it just a banner to ensure that the task is completed." Li Shuang readily agreed.

"Old Tan, where are you going to set up the judges' seats?" Zhang Li asked.

I looked at the layout of the banquet hall, the judges' seats can only be placed on the stage.

"On stage," I said.

"That's fine, the judges' seat is on the stage, below is the dish display stand, and behind the display stand is the audience seat, just right." Zhang Li said.

"Okay, I'll do as you say." I said.

"Then why do I host when I host?" Li Shuang asked.

I looked at Zhang Li, and Zhang Li looked at me and her, and she said, "Don't look at me, I haven't done cooking competitions, I don't know anything."

I laughed, and before I could say anything, she blocked the door tightly, this woman is terrible.

I said to Li Shuang: "Good host, first you announce the start of the competition, then the chef cooks the dishes, and when the dishes are finished, serve them up, and the judges start tasting and scoring. When scoring, the judges hold up the score boards, and you follow Just read it, by the way, there must be a scorekeeper at this time, Manager Zhang, have you arranged for a scorekeeper?" I asked Zhang Li.

"It's been arranged, and the blackboard for points is ready." Zhang Li said.

"I have to say that it's Manager Zhang, who thinks thoughtfully."

"Hey, I'm a little flattered to hear you praise me for the first time."

"Praise you more in the future." I said.

"I can't bear it, it's a good thing that you are not afraid of me."

I then said to Li Shuang: "When you report the score, the scorekeeper starts to calculate the score with a calculator. After you report the score, they will count the score, and then you report the chef's final score. The whole process of reporting the score That’s it, it’s pretty much the same as on TV, you know.”

Li Shuang nodded, "Understood, I will practice the drill again."

"After the judges have scored all the participating dishes, the rankings will come out, followed by the awards and certificates. Let the judges directly award the award-winning chefs, but the first prize must be awarded by our boss. Remember?"

"Well, I remember."

"The last item is the award acceptance speech by No. 1 of the competition, and then Mr. Huo will make a concluding speech. After Mr. Huo's speech, it will be over, and the time will be controlled within one and a half hours." I said.

"How about an hour and a half?" Li Shuang asked.

"That's not too bad. It takes more than 20 minutes for the chef to cook a dish, and the judges have to taste and score it. It's a good thing to finish it in an hour and a half." I said.

"It's troublesome enough." Li Shuang said.

"Don't be troublesome, this is also an exercise for you."

"Why don't you ask Zhang Li to host?"

I glanced at Zhang Li, she was looking at me.

"I can't afford to invite Manager Zhang."

"You didn't intend to let me host at all." Zhang Li said.

"The manager is not the one to do this, you are doing the right thing." I said to Li Shuang.

"Actually, Jiaqi is also fine," Li Shuang said.

"Jiaqi can't, she doesn't have the passion you have." Zhang Li said directly.

"It's not like I'm a tiger—" Li Shuang said with a smile: "I'm not afraid of those guys, I don't feel ashamed, I dare to do anything."

"Actually, this is your strength. You should really develop in this area." I said.

"She's really good." Zhang Li said to me, "Old Tan, you should train her well."

"How dare I play an ax in front of you." I said.

"Cut! Just pretend there."

Zhang Li and Li Shuang studied for a while, when Zheng Jiaqi came up to ask them to go to Wuai Market to buy shoes, I asked them three to take a look at what prizes to buy, write it down, and study it with Mr. Huo when they come back, and then Well, where to go for financial approval.

There is still a week left until the game.

(End of this chapter)