The story of a cook

Chapter 518 After the Consummation

After cooking all the innovative dishes of the coarse grain masters, the masters cleaned up the stove and went to the hall on the second floor together.

The big booth made of ten square tables was filled with dishes made by the chefs, and the judges were tasting the last four dishes.

Below the booth is the auditorium, where the kitchen staff of the old store and Coarse Grain are sitting and watching, discussing in a low voice which dish is good and which is not.

After the chefs came up, they all stood behind the booth, staring nervously at the dishes they cooked.

When he came to Mr. Wang and Manager Chen, he asked in a low voice, "How many dishes are still not rated?"

Mr. Wang said: "There are four more ways."

"How does it feel?" I asked.

"Very good, very good." Mr. Wang whispered, "The old man is very happy."

Seeing Accountant Cui and the old aunt tasting dishes, he asked, "Accountant Cui and the old aunt are also judges?"

"Well, the old man brought it." Mr. Wang said.

After tasting the dishes, the judges returned to the judges' seats one after another.

Zhou Xiaomei walked to the booth and said: "Judges, please rate the NO.11 chef's 'Old Fire Belly Head'."

It's Master Li's dish. I glanced at Master Li. He was really nervous. His face was a little red because of nervousness, and the corners of his mouth moved slightly.If you don't see the hand, it is probably compiled into a fist.

The judges began to highlight points.

"Eight points, eight points, eight points, nine points, seven points, eight points, nine points, nine points, seven points, seven points, seven points, eight points." Zhou Xiaomei reported the scores, and the scorekeeper beside him quickly calculated , to quickly arrive at the final score.

Zhou Xiaomei reported: "The NO.11 chef's 'Old Fire Belly Head' scored 79 points in the end."

Everyone applauded.

Immediately after scoring the last three dishes, the score of "millet fish ball" was 88 points.

After scoring all the dishes, the scorekeeper began to count the total points of each chef's two dishes. After the statistics, the top three will come out, and then fill in the certificate and award.This process takes 10 minutes.

Zhou Xiaomei said loudly: "Judges, chefs participating in the competition, you have worked hard! The results of the first cooking competition in Qinghua Pavilion will be announced soon. Please wait patiently for a few minutes. The scorer is counting the scores."

"I'm very nervous today, but I'm also very happy. Seeing every dish carefully prepared by the chefs, my taste buds are wide open, and my mouth water soars. Thank you again to all the chefs, you have worked hard. I think you must be sure when you are making I’m very nervous, now I’m sending you a relaxed and cheerful song, for every guest who came to be our judges in the busy schedule today, and for all the family members of Blue Flower Pavilion!”

Everyone applauds.

Zhou Xiaomei sang "360 Five Blessings", the singing voice was clear and sweet, and everyone beat the rhythm together, and the atmosphere suddenly became relaxed and cheerful.

The old aunt was sitting on the judges' seat, beating time and looking at Zhou Xiaomei with a smile, her eyes full of liking.Ever since she recognized Zhou Xiaomei as a goddaughter, she was the head of the old store and loved Zhou Xiaomei very much.Whenever it was time to eat, the two of them ate together, chatting endlessly while eating.In the last two days, she took Zhou Xiaomei to stay at home for one night. Zhou Xiaomei came back and told me that the old aunt lived alone in Binhai and had been separated from her husband for five years.I really don't know about this, and it is estimated that not many people in the entire company know about it.

With the end of the "360 Five Blessings", the scores have also been counted. Mr. Wang filled in the name of the winner on the certificate, and then handed it to the etiquette attendant, waiting for the award.

Zhou Xiaomei came to the booth again with the list of winners.

"The winners of the third prize of this competition will be announced below! The NO.11 chef of 'Old Huo Dutou', Li Fenglong; the NO.14 chef of 'Tujia Braised Eggplant', Ma Zhijun; the NO.18 chef of 'Kelan Shrimp Ball Ruyi', Wang Gang. Three award-winning chefs are invited to the stage to accept the awards. At the same time, the executive general manager of the company, Mr. Zhang, the chef of Tianxia Meijing, Ma Chu, and our loyal and regular customer, Ms. Wang, will present the awards to the winners."

Three award-winning masters came to the stage, and three award-presenting guests delivered certificates and prizes to the winners.Only then did I realize Mr. Zhou was taking pictures with his camera.I said I didn't see him on the judging panel, so he was a reporter on the spot.

The winners of the third prize are all coarse grains. The coarse grains employees are very excited, but the employees of the old store are a little listless.

Master Du's face was full of smiles.

Next came the second prize, which went to Zhao Xiaojun's "Green Sea Cucumber Ruyi Shrimp" and Mr. Meng's "Millet Fish Ball".

By this time, I was confident that the champion would be Yang Zhijun's "Three Kinds of Chopped Peppers".

As expected, Yang Zhijun won the championship.

Although the winners of the old store do not have as many coarse grains, the champions belong to the old store and are content.

It was the old man who presented the award to Yang Zhijun. Yang Zhijun was a little flattered. When shaking hands with the old man, his hands could be seen shaking.

"Master Yang, congratulations on winning the champion of the first Qinghua Pavilion cooking competition. Is there anything you want to say to everyone?" Zhou Xiaomei asked Yang Zhijun with a smile that was so fascinating that he couldn't pay for his life, and Yang Zhijun was taken aback.Because the second and third prize winners before him did not give their acceptance speeches, Zhou Xiaomei asked him to say a few words when he was about to step down. It was obvious that she was taking the opportunity to tease herself, so she gave Zhou Xiaomei a bitter look .

There is no way, I can't get angry, I can only say a few words.

"I didn't expect to be able to win the championship. This was an accident. Our master Ru Lin, all the masters are better than me. Through the competition, I learned a lot, and I also feel that I still have a lot of shortcomings. I will continue to Work hard." Speaking of this, he paused for a while, thought about the words, and then said: "Thank you for the platform built by Qinghua Pavilion, thank you everyone!"

After speaking, he bowed and stepped down.

Everyone applauded.

Manager Chen who was next to me said, "Master Li shouldn't have been transferred to coarse grains, or else our family would have won three prizes."

I understand what she means, but I am a little bit worried about the fact that only two members of my family won the award.

I said: "You are the host, and you want to sweep all the awards, as long as the champion belongs to our family."

She said: "That doesn't want coarse grains to win awards."

At this time, she showed the air of a little woman, which was very charming.

The game is over at this point, and the rest is the leader's speech.

First, the representative of the judges gave a speech, and the speaker was the old leader of the tourism bureau that Manager Chen was looking for.

"Everyone in Qinghua Pavilion, masters, good evening. It is a great honor to be a food judge today. At the beginning, Xiao Chen asked me to come over to be a judge, saying that we are holding a cooking competition in Qinghua Pavilion, and asked me to try which dish is delicious , which dish is not delicious. I think it’s just that the masters cook a few dishes, bring them up and ask us to taste them, taste them, and then say a few words. But it’s different when I come here. .”

"The first one I didn't expect was that our home is a private restaurant by the sea. The culinary competition held by the TV station is not inferior to the competition organized by the TV station and the public sector. Our venue layout, process, scoring standards, including every detail. Everything is in place, and I don’t even believe that this is held by a restaurant. After entering the venue, I was infected by the formal procedures of our family. I immediately felt that it was not such a simple thing as coming to eat and taste, but responsible."

He picked up the scoring board and said: "I didn't expect that we had all the scoring boards ready. There are strict scoring standards for each dish, and there are strict scoring standards. It is very formal. After seeing these, give me the first The feeling is that the reason why Qinghua Pavilion has delicious dumplings, delicious dishes, and good business is reasonable, because everything we do is serious, rigorous, and valued. This makes me think that if we Binhai every Every hotel can do this, I believe our catering industry must be a bright spot in the coastal tourism industry and a business card of the city.”

All applaud.

"I didn't expect the second one to be a dish made by our master. Let's put it this way, I'm not a gourmet, but I have eaten a lot of big and small dishes, and I know a little bit. I ate the dishes made by our master today. It was very delicious I said that this is very delicious, not for the sake of rating. I mean, it is really very delicious. I have been to a big hotel, and I have eaten abalone and shark's fin. To be honest, it is really good, but it is also expensive. Anyone who always eats it I can't afford it, and I can't eat enough. Others treat guests to eat, and after returning home, I have to eat a bowl of rice to make up for it. I just want to eat some home-cooked food, which is large and affordable, tasty, and down-to-earth. This is the delicacy that ordinary people love to eat. I never expected to eat it here today. The dishes made by our master Qinghua Pavilion are the ones that can be eaten in the mouth and have a taste, and this is called a dish."

"What impressed me the most was the dish made in a casserole called "Three Flavors of Chopped Pepper". I heard the name of the dish and thought it was similar to "Chopped Pepper Fish Head", but when I opened the lid of the casserole, I was attracted by the aroma Yes, I want to eat it when I smell it. I was the first one to strike, good guy, it’s delicious, it’s just ordinary fat intestines, belly, and refreshing belly, it’s delicious!” He smacked his lips while talking, and continued Said: "Just this dish, you can't eat it 100% in big hotels and places that sell abalone and shark's fin, and I guess they don't know how to cook it either. This is the real gourmet food, something that ordinary people like to hear."

"Not much to say, I am a frequent visitor to our family. I hope that in the future, I will be the first to call me. I am obliged to come here. I also wish our Qinghua Pavilion to be better and better, and to make our dumplings bigger and bigger. Make famous, make authentic home-cooked dishes famous. Thank you everyone!"

There was applause below.

A leader is a leader, and the speech is level.

Finally, the old man spoke.

"This culinary competition was held very well, and I did not expect to achieve such an effect. It can be seen that we have done a lot of work. Everyone attaches great importance to this competition and has worked hard."

"Seeing the dishes made by the chefs, I have great confidence in our dishes. We hold cooking competitions. Winning awards is not the purpose. We can learn from each other and improve each other, improve the quality of our dishes, and develop more suitable for ordinary people. The dishes are the purpose. It has been four years since our family opened, from the first store to the current two directly-operated stores, the third store is being renovated, and it will officially open in two months. There is a cooperative store that has already opened. We have great development potential and broad prospects. While developing, we need many chefs with superb skills and noble cooking ethics to join us to develop and make progress together.”

"Through this competition, I saw that our chefs have a high level of skill and technical strength. Every chef takes his dishes seriously and does a good job. If our daily normal dishes can reach today's level There is nothing wrong with it, we are number one. I hope that the chefs will study it seriously, take it seriously, maintain a rigorous work style, and make our dishes better and better."

"This is our family's first culinary competition. If there is a first session, there will be a second one. We will hold it regularly in the future. Don't be discouraged if you don't get the ranking this time. Exercise hard and strive to get the ranking next time. I would like to congratulate the chefs who got the rankings here, keep working hard, make persistent efforts, show your skills in your work, and let your dishes get the praise of the guests, the praise of the guests is the greatest affirmation.”

"That's all I'm going to say. Generally speaking, today's cooking competition is very successful. According to this model, the front desk can also do something. I strongly support it."

After the old man finished speaking, everyone applauded and ended the event.

The four judges that Manager Chen asked for did not stay for dinner. The four chief chefs Mr. Wang asked for stayed. They are all chefs. For a moment, communicate with each other.

It was past twelve o'clock after eating, and I was very tired when I returned to the dormitory, with indescribable fatigue.

Lying on the bed unwilling to move, I feel that my arms and legs are not my own, and I have no strength at all.

It was really tiring during this period. I went to the hotel every morning and worked for a whole day. If Master Du was around, I could be more relaxed. Now everything is mine alone, and I am a bit too busy.

I can't help but miss the days when I first came here. It was so good at that time. I just cook vegetables and don't care about other things. I go back to the dormitory after work, or go out for a drink with Master Li. The days are leisurely and leisurely.Now as a head chef, I earn more money than when I was a chef, but I also have a lot of things. I have to do this and that every day. If I have something to do, I will find me, and I have to stand on the stove to cook. Can you not be tired?

It would be great if I was at home. Although I am tired, I can go home after get off work every day, see my wife and children when I get home, and chat with my wife if I have something to say, so I won’t be so tired.

To be honest, I miss Lin Yan and her son a little bit, and really want to go home and see their mother and daughter.

Qiuping will get married at the end of this month. When she gets married, she will go home and stay at home for a few more days to spend time with their mother and daughter.

After lying on the bed for half an hour, I slowly sat up, took the washbasin, towel, and toothbrush to the water room to wash, and came back to sleep after washing.

When I walked to the water room, I felt that there was no root under my feet, I felt light, and my body was still a little swaying.Why are you so vain?I'm not being naughty, it's impossible to be so imaginary.

It must be tired. I get up at seven in the morning, work for a whole day, go to bed at twelve o’clock in the evening, and take a two-hour break at noon. Sometimes I can’t rest. I work for nearly fifteen hours.If it doesn't work, I won't go to inspect the goods in the morning, and let Wang Yaxin be responsible alone.

After entering the water room, I brushed my teeth first. Halfway through the brushing, I felt a little nauseous. I spat out. I felt something was wrong when I vomited. My throat was hot and salty. It felt the same as when I vomited blood last time.

When I spit it out, it was really blood.

Followed by another mouthful.

(End of this chapter)