From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

After the second audition program was broadcast by TV station, it also caused quite a bit of discussion.

The main dish was the one cooked in the second show, which is a dish that is rarely seen in ordinary families, sea cucumber.

This may be the first time many people see sea cucumbers on TV.

It was also the first time I saw a chef prepare sea cucumbers on TV.

On the one hand, it was out of curiosity, and on the other hand, I was impressed by the chefs' cooking skills.

Especially the two dishes by Feng Zhengming and Lin Bosheng, which really changed many people's views on Shandong cuisine.

Unlike the veterans, most of the TV viewers made the same judgment as the judges, believing that Lin Bosheng's Wu Long Deng Yun was better.

Especially when the TV station was recording, they also specifically recorded some of the process of Lin Bosheng carving the dragon head and tail.

This naturally won Lin Bosheng a lot of favor from the audience.

Just like in Feng Zhengming's challenge, carving and plating won him a bright future with cold dishes.

For viewers watching on TV, carving is really more intuitive and allows them to understand the skills of the chef.

So even though Feng Zhengming ended up making an oolong playing with a pearl, the finished dish was still very good.

But most of the viewers in front of the TV thought that Lin Bosheng should be the first in the second game.

Feng Zhengming learned about this one-sided evaluation from his uncle, Luo Qing and some service staff of Huiquanlou when he was preparing for the third game.

In this regard, everyone around Feng Zhengming felt sorry for him.

Everyone thinks that Feng Zhengming's Oolong Xizhu is the best.

Feng Zhengming smiled and said, "Hahaha, don't be like that, Senior Brother Lin's craftsmanship is really amazing, and his carvings are really exquisite.

Moreover, he made the clouds in Oolong Dengyun by beating the egg batter with chopsticks on the spot, which was also a display of his craftsmanship.

My Oolong Xizhu does not use so many carving techniques, it simply uses cooking techniques, so it is indeed not as good as Brother Lin's performance."

Seeing Feng Zhengming so calm, Third Uncle Feng Jiandong smiled and said, "Since Zhengming can accept this result, it means he has grown up. After your competition, Third Uncle will introduce you to some big bosses."

Feng Zhengming became curious when he heard his uncle say he wanted to introduce her to his boss.

"What big boss is Third Uncle going to introduce to me? Will he come to Huiquanlou to spend money?"

Uncle San nodded: "Of course, I want to introduce them to Huiquanlou for consumption."

Feng Zhengming then smiled with satisfaction and said, "Okay, I will definitely entertain you well."

Luo Qing was still a little worried about Feng Zhengming: "What dishes have you prepared for the third round? Actually, you can also carve flowers. Do you want to show off your carving skills in the third round?"

Feng Zhengming smiled and said, "The dishes prepared for the third round do show some carving skills."

After hearing this, Luo Qing felt more at ease.

Feng Jiandong said: "There is no need to worry about Zhengming. Based on his performance in the first two games, he should have secured his place as a representative for the national competition."

Luo Qing was a little surprised: "Really? Has it been locked?"

Feng Zhengming waved his hand: "It's hard to say yet. We need to see the result of the last game."

"Hahaha, you are a bit too modest." Although Uncle San did not go to the scene to see it, he was still certain.

"I didn't watch it live, but I think that after two competitions, whether it's your solid basic skills or the creative innovation of your dishes, it should be enough for you to represent Shandong cuisine in the national competition."

Feng Zhengming could only nod his head at his uncle's accurate judgment: "Well, it seems that I should be able to go to the national competition."

Luo Qing was immediately very happy: "Great, you can finally go to the national competition."

Uncle San smiled and said, "It seems that what I said was right. I also won the bet with others."

Feng Zhengming looked at his third uncle. He always felt that his third uncle had not been in Quancheng for a while. He must have gone to discuss some big business.

"Uncle San, who are you betting with? Is it the big boss you mentioned?"

Feng Jiandong nodded: "Yes, it's a big boss in a southern port city. He always told me that Cantonese cuisine will be the mainstream in the future, and Shandong cuisine has been unable to keep up with the times. I have been arguing with him about this issue.

Later we made a bet, and I said that my nephew would definitely represent Shandong cuisine in the national competition this time, and then I would let them see what real Shandong cuisine is. "

Luo Qing also nodded and said, "That's right, we need to let them experience real Shandong cuisine and see Zhengming's cooking skills."

Feng Jiandong said to Feng Zhengming seriously: "Don't let us down."

Feng Zhengming could feel the expectations of many Shandong cuisine masters and chefs from his uncle’s eyes.

He knew very well that his master and several of his uncles and uncles were expecting him to shine in the national competition.

It’s not that Feng Zhengming wants to surpass all the other competitors in the national competition.

The goal is to allow Feng Zhengming to show more new things in the national competition, and to use creative and innovative dishes to demonstrate Shandong cuisine's more solid basic skills and cooking techniques.

This also happens to fit the theme of this national competition.

Demonstrate the basic skills of Chinese cooking techniques.

It can be regarded as establishing a more intuitive set of standards across the country.

At the same time, it is necessary to use standard traditional techniques to showcase more creative and innovative dishes.

If we say that the first two national competitions were mainly about showcasing traditional classics.

So at the third national competition, the veteran masters who had competed in person, after discussion, hoped to hold a national competition that would build on the past and open up the future.

Standardize more traditional techniques and lay a foundation for innovation in future national competitions.

We want to ensure that each subsequent national competition can introduce more innovations while maintaining standard traditional techniques.

With such a purpose, the third national competition still attracted a lot of attention.

Of course, the original third National Cooking Exchange Competition just attracted more attention within the culinary industry.

Maybe many ordinary people don’t pay too much attention to a cooking competition.

But because of a series of television and newspaper reports on chef selection competitions in Shandong Province.

Especially the TV stations, which recorded the live footage of the game and edited it for broadcast.

It also triggered extremely high social repercussions, causing many people to start paying attention to the National Cooking Exchange Competition.

Just like Feng Jiandong's trip away from home for several months.

I have come into contact with many bosses from Hong Kong and abroad.

Originally, everyone might just be polite to each other on the surface.

It is not easy for Feng Jiandong to find a breakthrough in communicating with the other party.

However, the selection of Shandong cuisine representative chefs for the national competition has sparked too much discussion.

When the bosses Feng Jiandong came into contact with learned that he was from Quancheng, they all asked him about some relevant situations.

This allowed Feng Jiandong to find a breakthrough in communicating with those bosses.

Naturally, he discussed the competition with them and even directly stated that Feng Zhengming was his nephew.

This made Feng Jiandong a person that many bosses were happy to communicate with during this business exchange.

Later, Feng Jiandong made a bet with several bosses in Gangcheng. He was very confident that Feng Zhengming would definitely represent Shandong cuisine in the national competition, and Feng Zhengming would definitely shine in the national competition.

When making the bet, Feng Jiandong even said: "My nephew will at least win a gold medal in this national competition."

His confidence in Feng Zhengming made the big bosses in Hong Kong feel very good.

You have to know that in this era, many mainland bosses always appear less confident in front of Hong Kong bosses.

Feng Jiandong's confidence in Feng Zhengming when it comes to food makes him look very impressive in front of the bosses in Hong Kong.

Several bosses took the initiative to leave their contact information with Feng Jiandong.

They also said that if Feng Zhengming really won the gold medal in this national competition, they would definitely travel north to visit the City of Springs.

Even a boss from Gangcheng said that he would bring Gangcheng's famous chefs to visit Quancheng when the time comes.

Feng Jiandong saw that he had successfully established connections with the bosses in Hong Kong City through betting.

After he came back, he naturally encouraged his nephew to compete well.

"Zhengming, you must show your skills at the national competition and let chefs from other places know that Shandong cuisine is always the source of Chinese cuisine. Shandong cuisine is not inferior to any other cuisine in terms of technique. We also have our own innovations."

Seeing Uncle San so excited, I listened to his experience of attending a business exchange conference in another place.

Feng Zhengming also roughly understood why his uncle was so concerned.

He smiled and said, "Don't worry, Uncle San, I will definitely work hard and strive to win a gold medal."

Feng Jiandong laughed and said, "Yes, bring back a gold medal, and then ask those bosses from Hong Kong City to bring their chefs to Huiquanlou for exchanges. Your Huiquanlou's business will only get better.

By then, Huiquanlou might be able to surpass Jufengde and truly become the number one restaurant in Quancheng."

Then the uncle said, "Besides, haven't you always wanted to go south to Shanghai? After you communicate with the chefs in Hong Kong, you can open a restaurant in Shanghai. The big bosses in Hong Kong will definitely be happy to invest in you."

Feng Zhengming felt that what his third uncle said was very right. If he could go to Shanghai and get other people to invest, it would be easier than starting from scratch.

At this time, Grandpa suddenly said: "Zhengming, your Grandpa Situ also said that if you go to Shanghai, he will definitely support you with all his strength."

Luo Qing followed up by saying, "And Boss Wang will also support you."

Feng Zhengming laughed when he heard this: "Hahaha, it seems like I have become rich all of a sudden."

This statement also made everyone laugh.

Grandpa reminded him seriously: "But you have to remember that your performance in the national competition will determine your future development, so you must handle it well and not be proud."

Feng Zhengming nodded seriously and agreed: "Don't worry, Grandpa, I will definitely prepare well."

Everyone has great expectations for Feng Zhengming.

Everyone hopes to see him shine in the national competition.

However, Feng Zhengming still has to deal with the third game first.

In the second game, Feng Zhengming made a mistake, which once again raised everyone's expectations.

So in the third game, he needed to go a step further and make a more amazing dish.

After hearing that the program recorded by the TV station was broadcast, many people discussed the second show.

I learned that everyone was more impressed by the dish Wulong Dengyun.

Feng Zhengming also had his own set of new ideas in his mind.

He decided to prepare well in the third game and use the carvings.

He couldn't let others think that Feng Zhengming didn't know how to carve patterns and arrange dishes.

So Feng Zhengming also began to prepare for the third game very seriously.

According to the news announced in advance, there will no longer be fixed dish restrictions for the third game.

However, the requirement for the third round is that the ingredients must be fish and shrimp.

This gives all chefs the most freedom to play.

In other words, the third game allows the chefs to perform freely and showcase their best dishes so that they can compete for the qualification to represent Shandong cuisine in the national competition in the final game.

All participating chefs are also preparing seriously.

Especially the chefs from Jufengde, Taifenglou, and several well-known restaurants in Quancheng.

Their performance in the first two games was not very impressive.

Everyone has almost guessed that Feng Zhengming and Lin Bosheng should rely on their performance in the first two games to secure two places in the national competition.

Naturally, everyone will try their best to fight for the final eight places to participate in the national competition.

Therefore, the chefs try their best to prepare.

He even picked up the carving skill that he hadn't practiced for many years and started practicing it seriously.

Through Lin Bosheng's Oolong Dengyun, everyone realized the importance of carved plating in the competition.

Since there are no restrictions on dishes for the third round, everyone naturally wants to make it as gorgeous as possible.

The reason why master chefs are master chefs is that their skills are absolutely good enough.

The master craftsmen also have mastered the basic skills of carving.

However, when they usually cook in the restaurant kitchen, they may not need to use the carving patterns too much.

But with a little practice, the masters can still master the skills.

After another two days of waiting, the TV station was ready for the live broadcast.

The last round of the trials that many people have been looking forward to has finally begun.

In order to demonstrate fairness and justice in the end, this final show will be broadcast live on TV, with more professional judges who will score each dish on the spot.

Based on the previous scores, the list of names representing Shandong cuisine in the national competition will be announced on site.

In order to support Feng Zhengming, not only Grandpa, Luo Qing and his senior brother came to the scene today.

Even the families of my second aunt and third uncle came to the scene to show their support.

Even the eldest and third brothers brought their families to support the event.

It can really be said that a huge live lineup has been formed to support Feng Zhengming.

Some other master chefs also had many friends and relatives who came to support them.

So there were really a lot of people at the competition today.

The TV station also made careful preparations to ensure that there would be no problems with the live broadcast.

Before the competition started, Master Cui once again gave a special speech.

Master Cui encouraged the chefs, hoping that they could truly perform at the level of Shandong cuisine chefs in the final competition and show the true excellence of Shandong cuisine.

After Master Cui’s speech, he announced the start of the competition without wasting any time.

All the chefs immediately entered their respective cooking stove compartments and began their busy work for the final game. (End of this chapter)