From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

This noon is a test for everyone in the kitchen of Huiquanlou.

Fortunately, although some minor problems occurred, they still united and handed in a satisfactory answer.

When the last table of customers left at noon.

He Yunqing also breathed a sigh of relief.

The foreman couldn't help but sigh: "It's so tense. Today's lunch is the most tense lunch I've had since I came to Huiquanlou."

He Yunqing smiled and agreed: "It is indeed nerve-wracking."

The head waitress couldn't help but complain: "The head chef is too careless. He dares to hand over the kitchen to those young chefs."

He Yunqing knew that everyone was indeed a little too nervous this afternoon.

So I didn't blame the foreman for her complaints.

Instead, he comforted everyone: "It shows that the chef really trusts everyone in the kitchen and believes that everyone in Huiquanlou is trustworthy."

A waiter asked: "Uncle He, why did you tell the customers that the chef was not here?"

He Yunqing warned seriously: "For this kind of thing, we must inform the customer in advance. If the customer does not want to stay and eat, then the customer can leave on his own, but we cannot hide it from the customer.

Because once you conceal the food from the customers and let them experience problems while eating, they will only feel cheated.

People will say we are deliberately deceiving our customers, and this will completely destroy the reputation that the chef has built for Hui Quan Lou.”

After He Yunqing said this, the foreman nodded in agreement.

"Yes, I would rather say that the chef is not here and let the customers who come for the chef go away than to cheat the customers."

He Yunqing handed the front part over to the foreman and went to take a look in the kitchen.

When I walked into the kitchen, I saw that everyone there still had serious expressions and the atmosphere was still quite tense.

He Yunqing smiled and told everyone: "Okay, the lunch business is over, the last table of guests has left, everyone relax, don't be so nervous."

Hearing this, everyone in the kitchen relaxed instantly.

Some apprentices even felt their limbs go limp.

Gu Zhicheng also breathed a sigh of relief: "I finally lived up to the chef's instructions and didn't embarrass him."

Seeing everyone's expressions, He Yunqing quickly encouraged everyone.

"Your lunch dishes are very good. Many customers said that your cooking skills are no less than many restaurants and hotels outside. They also praised you for your dedication in cooking. Every dish looks almost the same as when the chef was here."

Hearing these words can be said to be the best affirmation of the kitchen.

Everyone in the kitchen has always hoped that the dishes they cook can receive such recognition.

Customers will feel that his cooking is not much worse than that of chef Feng Zhengming.

At least the food they cook is no worse than that of other restaurants and hotels outside.

Feng Zhengming, Li Huidong and Cao Zhiguo are not here today.

The kitchen is staffed by young chefs who also receive such recognition.

It can be said that it inspires every young chef.

Now they are more confident about participating in the provincial youth chef cooking exchange competition this year.

Gu Zhicheng did not let everyone rest immediately, but asked everyone to start cleaning the kitchen.

With the recognition from customers, everyone has gained confidence.

The cleaning process went very smoothly afterwards.

Everyone in the kitchen actively participated, just like Feng Zhengming, Li Huidong and Cao Zhiguo did when they were there.

After tidying up everything in the kitchen, everyone walked out and sat down in the front hall to rest.

Finally, everyone sat down to rest in the lobby of Huiquan Building.

Everyone couldn't help but talk about what happened in the kitchen today.

Qi Jiale was worried about today.

"Fortunately, there was no problem with the preparation this morning, otherwise it would be really difficult to deal with if there really was a problem."

Bao Feng was calmer: "It doesn't matter. If there is a problem, we can just work together to solve it."

Guan Wei also agreed: "Yes, there are so many of us, we just need to solve the problem."

Lu Chongshan couldn't help but speak up at this time: "Without the chef, we were a little lax today. Fortunately, there was a small accident in the morning, which made us realize that everyone was a little lax."

Xia Hui reminded everyone with a serious face: "We really can't let our guard down. Once we do, problems will easily arise."

After listening to everyone's words, Gu Zhicheng, the temporary chef today, stood up and apologized to everyone.

"I was negligent today. As the acting chef, I did not coordinate the work well. I thought I could handle all the problems, but today I found that I might not be able to handle them well."

Seeing Gu Zhicheng take the initiative to step forward and take responsibility for the minor problems that occurred today.

Xia Hui immediately consoled him: "Today's problem is not your fault. Chef Gu, you don't have to take all the responsibility on yourself. We were a little lax and didn't do our job well."

Qi Jiale immediately agreed: "Yes, the problem today should be that I didn't do it well."

Gu Zhicheng waved his hand: "Since I am the chef today, the main responsibility must still be on me."

In the following time, everyone began to reflect on the mistakes they made today.

A group of people were chatting when Feng Zhengming and his two senior brothers returned to Huiquan Building.

When I walked in I saw them vying for responsibility.

Feng Zhengming couldn't help laughing after listening for a while.

"Hahaha, what big mistake did you make today? Did you blow up the kitchen of Huiquanlou? Or is there a customer who is not satisfied with the food today and is planning to sue you?"

Feng Zhengming's words attracted everyone's attention.

I saw him coming back with his two brothers.

Everyone immediately took the initiative to admit their mistakes to Feng Zhengming and others, like a group of children who had done something wrong.

Feng Zhengming and his two senior brothers listened to everyone's description.

He and his two brothers looked at each other.

Cao Zhiguo couldn't help laughing at first.

"Are you guys too nervous? It's just a small problem, there's no need to rush to take responsibility, right?"

Li Huidong also nodded: "Yes, there is no need to rush to take responsibility, these are just some minor issues. Didn't Lao He just say that the customers are satisfied with the dishes you cooked today?"

Feng Zhengming spread his hands and gave his recognition to the champion of the national cooking competition.

"You should believe in yourselves. You are the best chef team in Huiquan Restaurant. You can make dishes that satisfy customers. Even without me, the number one chef, you can still run Huiquan Restaurant very well."

This attempt at noon today can be regarded as a test by Feng Zhengming of everyone in the kitchen.

For such a long time, everything in Huiquanlou's kitchen was under his control.

He hopes to see progress from everyone in the kitchen.

This afternoon, the young chefs were able to work together to complete a task on their own.

Feng Zhengming was naturally quite satisfied.

With Feng Zhengming’s affirmation, everyone immediately came out of their self-doubt.

Everyone believes that they have the ability to be a good chef in the kitchen of Huiquanlou.

Through this test, the confidence of the people in Huiquanlou's kitchen was enhanced. Xia Hui couldn't help but ask, "Master, when you went to the meeting, did you determine the procedures for this year's provincial young chef cooking exchange competition?"

Seeing Xia Hui was so concerned about this matter, Cao Zhiguo smiled and asked, "Xiao Xia can't wait to win the provincial youth chef championship?"

Xia Hui was a little embarrassed by what he said: "No, there are many young chefs in the province who are better than me. For example, in the kitchen of Huiquanlou, I am not the best cook."

Li Huidong gave everyone a definite answer: "The process and time of the competition have basically been determined."

At this seminar, the competition time was finally confirmed to be in November.

It was scheduled in November to give all parties sufficient time to prepare.

After all, the national cooking competition has already been held, and the next one will be four years later.

Therefore, this year the province has sufficient time to prepare for the provincial youth chef cooking exchange competition.

As for the competition process, it will be similar to the first one.

But it will add more challenges to the basic skills of young chefs.

Just like in a national cooking competition, the top winner must also have solid basic skills.

The old masters also brought this up during the meeting.

You can’t judge whether a young chef is good enough based solely on a few dishes.

Chefs in China are still required to have strong basic skills.

Therefore, the second competition will increase the test on the basic skills of young chefs.

Of course, everyone agreed with this during the meeting.

Now after listening to Li Huidong's introduction of the process, everyone in Huiquan Building can accept it.

Everyone still hopes that their comprehensive abilities will be recognized.

Of course, Feng Zhengming and others did not say that the competition would still require some investment promotion. The province and the cooking association followed Feng Zhengming's advice and decided to attract investment and sponsorship.

After all, we want to build the Young Chefs Cooking Exchange Competition into a brand of Shandong cuisine.

Some commercial sponsorship is necessary.

And in the second competition, there will also be an amateur group.

Some amateur young cooking enthusiasts are allowed to sign up.

Of course, the amateur group will not make too many requirements on basic cooking skills.

The amateur group is more of a competition on one or two dishes.

It can also be regarded as an activity in which all the people of Qilu participate.

After all, it is the hometown of Shandong cuisine, and the brand of Shandong cuisine must be promoted.

These are also the suggestions put forward by Feng Zhengming.

When Cao Zhiguo talked about these details, he couldn't help but look at Feng Zhengming and tell them to everyone with a smile.

“You may not know the situation at that time. At the beginning, everyone had their own speeches. When your chef spoke, the scene became silent. Everyone was attracted by his speech.

Those leaders were all in disbelief. They never expected your chef to have so many ideas."

These words made everyone in Huiquan Tower laugh.

Everyone looked at Feng Zhengming.

We all feel proud to have such an excellent chef.

Facing everyone's admiring gazes, Feng Zhengming could only smile and explain helplessly.

"I didn't think too much about it. I just thought that we should expand the influence of Shandong cuisine. Through these competitions, perhaps more people will pay attention to Shandong cuisine, and gradually let Shandong cuisine go beyond the land of Shandong, so that more people will be willing to taste Shandong cuisine."

When Xia Hui heard this, she immediately clapped her hands.

"Master uncle is right. As Shandong cuisine chefs, we should take these into consideration."

Xia Hui was the first to applaud, and everyone was used to it.

Because everyone knows that Xia Hui is Feng Zhengming's real little fan girl.

Even in the kitchen, she imitated Feng Zhengming in many ways.

Of course, while imitating Feng Zhengming, Xia Hui also learned from Feng Zhengming to show her culinary talent.

In any case, Xia Hui's efforts in cooking are noticed by everyone and no one will look down on her.

Feng Zhengming looked at Xia Hui clapping and cheering, smiled and waved his hands: "Don't be so quick to applaud. Many of my ideas are not yet mature. We all need to work hard together in the future."

Xia Hui quickly expressed her opinion: "Uncle Master, I will definitely support you."

At this moment, the young chefs also expressed their opinions upon seeing this.

Everyone expressed their support for Feng Zhengming.

Cao Zhiguo also said with a smile: "I support it. I also support the chef."

Feng Zhengming couldn't help laughing immediately: "Fifth brother, please stop joining in the fun. The inheritance and development of Shandong cuisine cannot be relied on by one person, not even me. It requires the joint efforts of all of us."

Li Huidong finally spoke up: "Zhengming is right. Each of us is just a screw in Shandong cuisine. We should each do our own dishes well first, which is the best support for the inheritance, development and promotion of Shandong cuisine."

These words were recognized by all the young chefs present.

Cao Zhiguo smiled and said, "It is still the senior brother who can summarize."

Feng Zhengming changed the subject: "Okay, that's all about the competition. Everyone, please prepare. You will all represent Huiquanlou and Zhengluxing to participate in the competition. I hope you all get good results."

At this time, Qi Jiale suddenly asked a question: "Chef, are you going to be a judge then?"

Feng Zhengming nodded: "Yes, I will be a judge."

Then he emphasized: "As a judge, I may be stricter with you."

This surprised the young chefs.

“Why are you even stricter with us?”

Feng Zhengming smiled and reminded everyone: "Don't forget, you are in the kitchen of Huiquanlou. I am strict with you because I hope you can show your strength and let others know that every chef of Huiquanlou is great."

After encouraging everyone, Feng Zhengming asked the eldest and fifth brothers to stay in Huiquan Tower for a rest.

He rushed to the old Feng family restaurant without stopping.

When he stepped into the old store, there were still customers even though it was afternoon.

Seeing Feng Zhengming come in, the third sister-in-law, who is now in charge of the cashier at the old store, greeted him with a smile.

"Zhengming is here. I heard you guys were going to a meeting today. How was it?"

Feng Zhengming responded with a smile: "It's OK, Third Brother hasn't come back yet?"

The third sister-in-law shook her head: "He didn't come back. I guess he went straight to the new store after the meeting."

Feng Zhengming quickly apologized to his third sister-in-law: "It's my fault for neglecting it. You and your third brother are now living apart."

The third sister-in-law laughed and said, "What do you mean by living apart? It's good that we don't have to work in the same store. It saves him from getting angry with me instead of others."

Feng Zhengming was a little surprised when he heard this: "Third brother is angry with you? Why didn't you tell me about your sister-in-law? I'll talk to third brother later."

The third sister-in-law waved her hands again and said, "Don't talk about him. He's not targeting me. Sometimes others do things wrong and he has to clean up the mess for them. He can't get angry at them, so he can only be mean to me."

Feng Zhengming still insisted: "That won't work either. I'll talk to my third brother later."

Without waiting for the third sister-in-law to say anything, Feng Zhengming had already walked into the kitchen. (End of this chapter)