Brush Up Your Proficiency

The National Culinary Competition finally ushered in its most crucial stage!

The entire competition venue was filled with a tense yet enthusiastic atmosphere, with only Wang Hao maintaining a somewhat indifferent expression.

The host stood in the center of the stage, holding a microphone, and announced in a loud voice:

"Next, we enter the cooking phase of this competition! Each contestant needs to use the available ingredients to create four exquisite dishes and one delicious soup.

Two of these must be cold dishes, and the other two must be cooked. Please make full use of your creativity and skills, but please note, the time limit is one hour!"

For the five experienced and skilled chefs present, including Wang Hao, creating four dishes and a soup might not be difficult.

However, the real challenge lies in how to create delicacies that can win the favor and high recognition of the judges, based on the limited amount of ingredients provided on site.

This not only tests their culinary skills but also places extremely high demands on their adaptability and innovative thinking.

The moment the host's voice fell, as if hearing the starting gun, the other contestants scurried towards the ingredient display area, vying to snatch what they considered the best ingredients.

For a moment, the scene of the four people actually appeared somewhat chaotic, with the four pushing and shoving each other, just to be able to take those high-quality ingredients into their possession first.

One of the contestants even swept away some popular ingredients without any mercy, causing the other contestants behind to be unable to obtain them at all, and they could only adjust their plans because the number of dishes on site was indeed very limited.

However, Wang Hao had no intention of competing with others for ingredients.

You should know that, as far as he was concerned, no matter what kind of ingredients were insignificant.

In his mind, there were already countless recipes stored, like an inexhaustible treasure trove.

Therefore, even when faced with a wide variety of ingredients of varying qualities, he could remain calm and composed.

After the others had finished selecting their ingredients, Wang Hao slowly walked forward.

He saw his eyes were like torches, quickly scanning the somewhat sparse ingredients in front of him, and then, according to the reasonable combination that four dishes and a soup should have, he methodically picked up some of the ingredients that others had left behind, and returned to his position.

At the same time, Wang Hao's calm and composed appearance naturally fell into the eyes of the judges present without any omission.

In fact, these judges had already treated Wang Hao with special regard before, and now seeing that he could still remain calm and unhurried in such a fierce competitive environment, maintaining a calm demeanor, a sense of heartfelt appreciation could not help but arise in their hearts.

Even in this stage, due to the selected ingredients, the final result presented by Wang Hao may not be perfect.

But just the calm demeanor and unflappable mentality he showed just now was enough to make him overwhelm the other four contestants in this competition.

"Look at that Wang Hao, he's really interesting! He exudes a master's demeanor from head to toe!" One of the judges said to the person next to him with a face full of amazement.

"That's right! It's really rare to see a contestant who is so young but has such an extraordinary demeanor! I really don't know where he was recommended from." Another person echoed.

At this time, someone opened his mouth and replied: "Oh, I just went to check, and it turns out that he was recommended by Xingyun."

"Xingyun? Isn't that Old Tang's territory? Tsk tsk, I really didn't expect that such an outstanding and unfathomable young man would come from that guy."

This person obviously knew Tang Guoliang, and when he heard that Wang Hao was related to him, a smile suddenly appeared on his face.

Everyone couldn't help but shake their heads and sigh.

For a time, the people around were all lowering their voices to talk to each other, whispering, praising the young man named Wang Hao, and not hiding their inner appreciation and admiration.

If there are problems or flaws in the ingredients themselves, even if the chef's cooking skills are superb, the final dish may be difficult to be satisfactory.

However, these people did not know the terrifying cooking ability that Wang Hao possessed.

And what happened next made everyone present completely understand what is truly meant by ruthlessly crushing with powerful strength.

These seemingly ordinary vegetables, meats, and spices have now become the focus of everyone's attention.

Wang Hao was seen standing in front of the cutting board, holding an extremely sharp kitchen knife in his hand, his eyes focused and sharp, as if he could see through the texture and veins of each ingredient.

With a slight flick of his wrist, the kitchen knife drew a graceful arc in the air, accurately landing on a radish.

Instantly, the radish was cut into paper-thin slices, crystal clear, like snowflakes falling.

Then, he quickly carved the carrots into exquisite flowers, lifelike, making people can not help but admire.

In this way, those originally ordinary ingredients, under Wang Hao's superb knife skills, seemed to be reborn, turning into exquisite works of art.

His artistic operation, like a gorgeous performance, firmly attracted the attention of everyone present. The judges stopped to watch, their eyes showing amazement and admiration.

At the same time, the relaxed state that Wang Hao showed when cooking was even more remarkable.

Compared to the other tense and busy contestants, he seemed to be more than capable, his movements were smooth and natural, as if he was not participating in a fierce competition, but leisurely cooking delicious dishes in his own kitchen.

In a short while, two cold dishes with excellent color, aroma, and taste had been completed and neatly arranged on the plate.

At this time, Wang Hao turned to the stove, lit the stove fire, and the oil in the pot suddenly made a "sizzle" sound.

He skillfully put various seasonings into the pot, stir-frying evenly, and in an instant, a rich and fragrant aroma filled the air, filling the entire arena.

The other chefs who were concentrating on their own knife skills suddenly smelled this tempting aroma.

They couldn't help but raise their heads and look in the direction of the aroma, their eyes finally focusing on the direction where Wang Hao was.

Looking at Wang Hao's skillful cooking skills and the bursts of aroma emanating from him, and then looking down at the ingredients in their hands that had not yet been processed, a sense of indescribable frustration suddenly surged in their hearts.

This difference was simply like a chasm, making them beyond their reach.