From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

Chapter 394: No disciples will be accepted for the time being
After asking Feng Zhengming and getting his consent, Mr. Yuan and his party went to the kitchen to have a look.

Seeing the young chefs in the back kitchen, Yuan Wenzi all looked familiar, and she even recognized Xia Hui.

Mainly because at that time, among the team of chefs responsible for catering at the Youth Conference, only Xia Hui was a serious young female chef, so everyone basically had an impression of Xia Hui.

Yuan Wenzi and Xia Hui also chatted alone for a while.

While Yuan Wenzi and Xia Hui were chatting, Mr. Yuan's youngest son who came with him this time, Yuan Hejing, who was also Yuan Wenzi's cousin, asked Feng Zhengming some questions.

"Chef Feng, the roasted sea cucumber with green onions that your Huiquan Restaurant made tonight seems to taste different from other restaurants."

After hearing this, Feng Zhengming smiled and asked, "Have you noticed any difference after eating it? What do you think is different?"

Yuan Hejing said seriously: "The sea cucumber you make is very flavorful. The flavor is not just on the surface of the sea cucumber, but the sea cucumber also has flavor when you eat it."

Hearing this, everyone in the kitchen laughed.

Feng Zhengming said: "If you eat sea cucumbers roasted with green onions and the sea cucumbers taste tasteless, it means that the dish was not cooked well and the chef's skills are not up to standard."

Yuanhe Scenic Spot nodded, and then asked: "And the two green onions you pair with it will taste different."

Feng Zhengming smiled and replied: "That is our own design. One scallion segment is cooked together with the sea cucumber. The other scallion segment is not cooked with the sea cucumber. Instead, it is fried until golden in appearance and then steamed. The taste and texture of the two kinds of green onions will be different.”

Yuan Hejing asked again: "And that bite of rice is also delicious."

Hearing this, Qi Jiale couldn't help but smile and said: "Hahaha, that mouthful of rice was designed by our chef, because many customers who eat our sea cucumbers roasted with green onions will like our sea cucumbers' soup very much. Before, Some customers asked for rice to be mixed with rice, so our chef specially gave them a mouthful of rice.

It is a relatively novel way to let guests cut the sea cucumber and green onion into sections, mix the soup and mix it with the mouthful of rice. "

Mr. Yuan said, "This design is great. Sea cucumber, green onions, and rice all go well together in terms of taste."

Yuan and Jing hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward and bowed deeply to Feng Zhengming respectfully.

"Chef Feng, I want to ask you. I hope I can stay here and learn from you. I want to learn your Shandong cuisine from you here. Please promise me."

Feng Zhengming was a little surprised by Yuan Hejing's sudden request.

Unexpectedly, just one meal made Yuan and Jing want to stay and learn cooking from him.

Before Feng Zhengming could respond, Yuan Wenzi suddenly came over and bowed to Feng Zhengming like her cousin, saying that she wanted to stay and learn cooking, and even expressed that she wanted to become Feng Zhengming's teacher.

Faced with this situation, Feng Zhengming looked at the two brothers and sisters in front of him, then at Mr. Yuan and Chang Zongfu.

Then he decisively refused: "I'm sorry, I have no plans to recruit apprentices for the time being, and I don't think you are suitable to stay in Huiquan Building. Our Huiquan Building is still in the development stage and does not have a complete process for teaching apprentices. "

Not letting the two of them talk, Feng Zhengming rushed to continue: "In addition, if you really want to learn Chinese cooking, my suggestion is that it is best to go to a big restaurant like Jufengde to learn, and I want to learn it in a big restaurant like Jufengde." With your status, you should be able to find a master to learn from. We at Huiquan Tower can't teach you anything yet. "

Feng Zhengming's words surprised both the Genji brothers and sisters. They did not expect that their apprenticeship would be rejected like this.

The brother and sister turned to look at Mr. Yuan.

Mr. Yuan looked at Chang Zongfu.

Chang Zongfu immediately said: "Mr. Yuan, don't look at me. I can't make the decision on this matter. I am a shareholder of Huiquan House. I can't interfere in the operation of Huiquan House, let alone the back chef of Huiquan House. Here is Where our chefs have the final say.”

Feng Zhengming then explained: "Perhaps you may think that learning Chinese food is as easy as your own country's cuisine and some Western food, but in fact it is very difficult to learn Chinese food. Just knife skills and spoon skills need to be practiced. For a long time, many basic skills need to be honed seriously.

If our Huiquan restaurant is like Jufengde, with a big business, a fully equipped kitchen, and a master chef, then naturally we will welcome you to come and learn.

But now, we are the only ones in the kitchen. We are still a group of young people. Every dish we cook has to be done under pressure, because there are too many big restaurants in Quancheng staring at us, and those The old masters and masters will also pay great attention to our craftsmanship.

In this case, we must prioritize ensuring the quality of our food, so we don't have time to teach you cooking skills from scratch.

If you really want to learn cooking, it is recommended that you choose to study in large restaurants such as Jufengde, Taifenglou and Jubinyuan. "

Such an explanation left Genji and his party speechless.

Mr. Yuan could only say: "If this is the case, then we cannot force others to make things difficult. However, we still hope that Chef Feng can communicate with us more in the future. We come to learn Chinese cuisine from the bottom of our hearts."

Feng Zhengming smiled and said: "Mr. Yuan, please rest assured that you are communicating sincerely, and we will naturally treat each other sincerely."

Genji and his party did not stay in the kitchen for long. After saying a few polite words to Feng Zhengming and the others, they left together, accompanied by Chang Zongfu.

Feng Zhengming did not send the other party to the door, but asked He Yunqing to help him.

He himself returned to the kitchen and had some exchanges with everyone in the kitchen.

"Everyone has seen it? These people from Genji are here to exchange and learn. They may invite some people to perform there, and they may also poach some people with high salaries. If any of you want to go, I won't I will stop it, but I hope you can inform me in advance.”

Feng Zhengming's straightforward words surprised everyone in the kitchen.

Gu Zhicheng asked: "Chef, will they really recruit people with high salaries to work as chefs there?"

Feng Zhengming smiled and said: "I think they have such a plan. As the saying goes, people go to higher places. If the price they offer really makes your heart beat, I won't stop you if you want to go. You must tell me in advance. ”

Qi Jiale said: "You shouldn't poach us, right? We are all a group of young chefs. If we want to poach people, we will definitely poach those old chefs."

Qi Jiale's statement was recognized by everyone.

Everyone in the kitchen felt that the other party wanted to recruit people to their side.

That must give priority to the master chefs, or the master chefs who are in charge of major restaurants today.

Even if the master in charge cannot be poached, other masters will be poached.

Although young chefs like Feng Zhengming are not too convinced by the master chefs, they still admit in their hearts that the master chefs must be very good at their craftsmanship, and they must have a few special dishes.

At this point, for the time being, only Feng Zhengming in the back kitchen of Huiquan Building has good dishes.

So everyone didn't think that they would be poached by Genji's group.

Gu Zhicheng said directly: "Chef, your worries are unnecessary. Our skills are probably not worth the money to poach us now."

Feng Zhengming shook his head and said, "There is no need to belittle oneself. Huiquan House relies on the hard work of all of us to gradually be recognized. Therefore, our cooking skills are definitely above the standard, but we still lack some reputation."

Bao Feng said with a smile: "Since we lack reputation, we are even less likely to be poached easily. It would be better to stay in Huiquan Building and work with the chef to make Huiquan Building one of the top restaurants in Shandong cuisine." It's a matter of reputation." This is what the young chefs in the back kitchen are thinking about.

Why do you choose to come to Huiquan Tower to follow Feng Zhengming?
Don’t you just hope that you can follow Feng Zhengming here and have the opportunity to better improve and show your skills?
Huiquan Tower is now on the rise, and its reputation is gradually increasing. This way we can see the future status and further stimulate everyone's ambition.

So at this time, even if they have better treatment, it is impossible for the young chefs to leave.

Feng Zhengming also quickly realized that his worries seemed to be somewhat unnecessary.

He immediately changed the subject.

"Then let's prepare for recruiting apprentices."

As he spoke, Feng Zhengming asked seriously: "I still have to ask you first. Should the new apprentices go directly to the kitchen of Huiquan Building and bring them up by themselves, or should they go to the cooking shop first?"

If Feng Zhengming's original idea was to follow, he should let the newly recruited apprentices go to the dry rice shop to practice first.

Only those who can pass the test of the third senior brother at the dry rice shop will be transferred to the back cook of Huiquan Building.

But now that Huiquan Building is preparing to prepare wedding banquets, it will indeed be short of manpower.

In addition, Feng Zhengming still hopes to give enough respect to Gu Zhicheng and others in the kitchen.

This question also made Gu Zhicheng and the others fall into silence, and they thought about it carefully.

Finally, Gu Zhicheng said: "This batch of apprentices should go directly to the back kitchen of Huiquan Building. We will take them directly. If they go to the dry rice shop first, they will have to work in the dry rice shop for at least half a month. Then our wedding banquet will be The launch has also been postponed, which seems to take too much time.”

Qi Jiale, Bao Feng, Yao Zhenhui and Guan Wei also agreed to this arrangement.

Guan Wei, who usually doesn't talk much in the kitchen, said: "When there is no wedding banquet in Huiquan Building, let them go to the restaurant to exercise. This way, they can learn more things alternately."

When Feng Zhengming heard what Guan Wei said, he thought for a moment and asked, "What does Lao Guan mean, are you willing to take turns with my third senior brother?"

After Feng Zhengming said this, everyone else understood what Guan Wei meant.

Gu Zhicheng said immediately: "This is a good idea, but it does seem a bit unfair to let Master Yang work as a cook in the restaurant. Master Yang's skills are also very good. Why don't we take turns to cook in the Huiquan Building?" After a while, I will go to the kitchen for a while."

Qi Jiale suddenly asked: "Then if we exchange jobs with Uncle Yang to work at the restaurant, wouldn't that mean we become the chef there?"

Feng Zhengming said with a smile: "The chef must be the chef, but you have to think about it, it is not easy at the dry rice shop. The business there is now even more prosperous than the Huiquan Building."

Sun Hai also said: "Yes, don't underestimate the dry rice shop. Master Yang's spooning skills are not inferior to those of Master Feng, so Uncle Feng can safely hand over the dry rice shop to Master Yang."

These words made Gu Zhicheng and others feel a little guilty.

It's not that they don't have confidence in their spoon skills.

The main reason is that if the customer flow at the dry rice shop is very large, it will indeed be more difficult than at the Huiquan Building.

Seeing Gu Zhicheng's hesitation, Feng Zhengming said with a smile: "Well, I'll ask Third Brother later. If we really need manpower, when the apprentices are recruited, you can take the apprentices over and give it a try."

What Feng Zhengming said aroused Gu Zhicheng's unyielding pride.

"Okay, I'm willing to give it a try as a chef. If possible, I'd like to swap with Master Yang. Let Master Yang come to Huiquan Building to help you, and I'll go to the restaurant to take his place for a while."

Seeing the straightforward and unyielding look on Gu Zhicheng's face, Feng Zhengming couldn't help but smile and said, "Okay, if you want to give it a try, I will make arrangements for you after we have discussed it with Third Brother."

Qi Jiale, Bao Feng, Yao Zhenhui and Guan Wei all remained silent this time.

At this moment, the four young chefs were still scared.

Feng Zhengming didn't say much. After all the customers in Huiquan Building in front had left, he led everyone to start cleaning in the back kitchen.

During the cleaning process, Chang Zongfu sent Yuanji and his party back to Huiquan Tower.

He came to the kitchen to find Feng Zhengming and expressed that he wanted to chat alone.

Feng Zhengming washed his hands and followed Chang Zongfu out of the kitchen.

Come to the back kitchen of Huiquan Building and the passage for purchasing goods at the back.

Feng Zhengming spoke first: "Chang always wanted to say that I shouldn't refuse those two brothers and sisters to stay as apprentices? Having them stay in Huiquan Building can make Huiquan Building's reputation even greater and help us attract more customers. ? We can even get investment from Genji?"

Chang Zongfu looked shocked and looked Feng Zhengming up and down.

"You said everything I wanted to say."

After Chang Zongfu exclaimed, he said seriously: "You should understand that keeping those two brothers and sisters and obtaining investment from Yuanji will be better for the future development of Huiquan Building. With sufficient cash flow, you can do more matter."

Feng Zhengming nodded: "I know, doing that can save us a lot of accumulated time."

Then Feng Zhengming asked: "But Mr. Chang should understand that I cannot accept it."

Chang Zongfu suddenly smiled bitterly: "You are really a tough guy."

Feng Zhengming continued: "Mr. Chang, you went to pick them up specifically to come to Quancheng and have this meal at Huiquan House because you want them to see some of the innovations of our group of young chefs at Huiquan House. You want to tell them They should seek exchanges and cooperation with our young chefs.”

Feng Zhengming guessed that Chang Zongfu simply didn't shy away from it.

"Yes, I think this is a good opportunity to help you and Huiquan Tower improve their reputation. Now that you have received recognition and investment from foreign countries, it will be better than your hard work in preparing wedding banquets and slowly opening up the situation among ordinary people. Accumulating Word of mouth, good reputation, will rise faster.”

Feng Zhengming smiled and said: "Sometimes it is not necessarily a good thing to gain fame too quickly. The entire chef team at Huiquanlou is still very young. We need time to accumulate and settle."

At this point, Feng Zhengming didn't wait for Chang Zongfu to speak. He said first: "If Mr. Chang wants to withdraw his shares, I will agree at any time."

Chang Zongfu immediately said: "Who said I want to withdraw my shares?"

Then Chang Zongfu understood what Feng Zhengming meant.

"Okay, I won't withdraw my shares. You need time to accumulate and settle, and I am willing to accompany you." Chang Zongfu finally had no choice but to compromise with Feng Zhengming.

(End of this chapter)