From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

Feng Zhengming finally realized the difficulties faced by the judges.

It is really not an easy task to give fair scores to all the 100 dishes.

Especially when you come across two very similar dishes.

It is an extremely difficult decision to give the two dishes a suitable score.

The other judges were divided into five groups.

Each group also just tasted and rated 20 dishes.

As the team leader, Feng Zhengming needs to have a comprehensive understanding of all 100 dishes.

You need to taste 100 dishes made by these 100 young chefs.

You also have to give a reasonable score to the 100 dishes.

For Feng Zhengming, this is really a very hard physical job.

But he still took it seriously.

Feng Zhengming will carefully observe every young chef and every dish, taste them carefully, and give an appropriate score as objectively as possible.

So during the game, everyone will see Feng Zhengming running around the court.

He seemed to be walking back and forth on the scene with absolutely no purpose.

In fact, it was during these frequent movements that he observed the cooking skills of each young chef.

The focus is to see how the young chefs control the details during the cooking process.

And whether the young chefs use the techniques correctly.

After walking around in circles, Feng Zhengming was generally satisfied with everyone's performance.

At least, the young chefs did not make any mistakes during the cooking process due to nervousness about the competition.

Everyone has mastered the techniques proficiently.

As the young chefs completed their first dishes one after another.

Feng Zhengming was the first to taste each young chef's dish before the judges.

After each tasting, Feng Zhengming would immediately record his judgment on the taste.

But he won't give a score immediately, he'll just record his first taste experience.

He will still make some considerations before giving a score.

After all, the young chefs who made it into the top 100 are the best young chefs in the province.

The gap between them is actually not that big.

Therefore, if you are not careful enough in giving scores, it is very likely to affect the final ranking of the young chefs.

During his observation, Feng Zhengming still found many problems with some chefs.

For example, some chefs do not fully think about the appearance of the dishes before plating them, so when they think about plating the dishes after they are out of the pot, they often appear to be in a hurry.

They couldn't even produce the effect they thought of on the spur of the moment.

The result may be that they may have to wait until they are almost done with the plating, or they may give up after realizing that they cannot finish it.

In short, the result is that their dishes will have a huge deviation in taste.

After seeing this, Feng Zhengming reminded helplessly.

“You should remember that if you don’t have a plan for how to serve the dish beforehand, and you find that you can’t serve it after you’ve made it, the best thing to do is not to serve it.

You can use a clean rag to wipe off the soup on the edge of the plate, so that the dish can be served in a very intuitive state.

At least it can ensure that your dishes are well prepared and can be served in time for the judges to taste. "

Feng Zhengming's reminder helped many young chefs who were participating in the competition for the first time to understand.

Since we are participating in a cooking competition, in the end it all comes down to taste.

Plating is indeed one of the scoring factors and will add icing on the cake to the dish’s score.

However, if the serving of the dish is delayed due to the plating, and the dish tastes bad when it is finally served, the result will be more trouble than gain.

After a busy period, the first dish competition finally ended in the evening.

The players can go back and rest one after another.

Feng Zhengming still called together the judges from each group.

The next step is for the judges to discuss the scores for the first dish.

The judges were still divided into five groups and discussed separately.

As the team leader, Feng Zhengming did not announce his score in order not to affect the judges of other groups.

After all, if each group changes their scores according to his scores, then the other judges seem to have no meaning.

After another heated discussion, each group finally submitted the scores of their 20 young chefs’ first dishes.

Only at this time did Feng Zhengming take out the scores he gave to each chef's first dish.

The next step is to compile a summary of the scores in the presence of all the judges.

For each dish, the highest and lowest scores must be eliminated, and then the remaining scores are added up to get an average score, which is the score of each participating chef's first dish.

During the statistical process, something surprised everyone.

The highest score removed from each young chef was actually the score given by Feng Zhengming.

If it was just one dish, it would be fine, but all 100 participating young chefs will score points for their first dish.

Feng Zhengming gave them all the highest scores.

This also shocked everyone at the scene for a while.

In the end, Feng Zhengming saw this embarrassing scene and spread his hands helplessly.

"It seems that for the last two dishes, I, as the head judge, do not need to participate in the scoring. I feel that my scoring is somewhat lenient and not fair and impartial."

Feng Zhengming's words made the other judges present laugh.

Master Yan smiled and reminded: "Pay attention, you are our team leader and the top student in the country, don't always say weird things."

Feng Zhengming was reminded by his master, and he smiled: "It's okay, I just hope everyone can relax a little."

Finally, all the scores for the first dish were calculated, but naturally they could not be announced for the time being. Only after Feng Zhengming took a look and confirmed it, he asked the competition staff to keep it secret for the time being.

By this time, it was already past nine o'clock in the evening. From the end of the competition to the final statistics of the scores, all the judges and event staff had been busy for about four hours.

Just at this time, several of Feng Zhengming’s senior brothers pushed in some midnight snacks and invited everyone to have a sumptuous midnight snack together.

Li Huidong stood up as a representative and said: "Everyone has worked hard. This midnight snack was arranged by our champion to thank all the judges and staff for their hard work."

Seeing that there was midnight snack, all the staff members became excited.

Maybe except for a few old chefs, everyone at the scene was looking forward to the midnight snack.

There are also a wide variety of midnight snacks, including simpler white porridge and pickles.

There are also specially prepared stir-fried hand-rolled noodles.

There is also pork belly served with rice.

They even offer some Western-style buns and Chinese-style steamed buns, dumplings, and sesame cakes.

This midnight snack instantly cleared away the fatigue of the judges and staff. Feng Zhengming took the opportunity to have a conversation with several of his seniors.

This time, only the fourth senior brother is abroad and cannot come back.

Even the second senior brother came specially.

Several senior brothers were a little surprised to see that Feng Zhengming was not very interested in midnight snacks?
Feng Zhengming sighed helplessly: "If you taste a hundred dishes, I believe you will not have the appetite to eat anything else now."

Hearing this, the brothers couldn't help laughing.

The Sixth Senior Brother spoke first: "Zhengming, are you really that serious? Are you really going to try every dish?"

Without waiting for Feng Zhengming to answer, the second senior brother spoke up for him.

"Minghai, I think Zhengming's approach is very good. As the head judge of this competition, he must understand the skills of the participating chefs. If he himself does not understand the situation of the participating chefs, how can he give suggestions to other judges on scoring?"

The second brother's words were also recognized by his fellow disciples.

The senior brothers really admire Feng Zhengming's responsibility.

Feng Zhengming still looked helpless: "But the scores I gave in the end were directly eliminated as the highest scores for each dish."

This time the brothers really couldn't hold it back anymore, even the eldest brother who was usually the most patient laughed out loud.

Then the people who were having supper at the scene heard the laughter and looked over.

I saw Feng Zhengming sitting together and chatting with several senior brothers.

Everyone continued to eat their midnight snack and did not disturb their fellow apprentices from reminiscing about the past.

After several senior brothers laughed.

The third brother asked in a low voice: "Zhengming, how did you do it? You scored the highest among all the judges for all 100 dishes?"

The fifth brother couldn't help but reply: "Could it be that Zhengming gave you full marks?"

The senior brothers were indeed very curious, how did Feng Zhengming do it?
Feng Zhengming was even more helpless: "I don't know what happened, maybe it's because it's the first time I've shouldered such a heavy responsibility, and eating a hundred dishes at once is a bit overwhelming.

I thought that everyone in the competition had worked very hard, so I relaxed a little when grading. "

The eldest brother asked, "How many dishes will each group of judges judge?"

Feng Zhengming replied: "20."

Li Huidong nodded: "No wonder. Each group only needs to judge 20 dishes, so they have more room to consider the scores. So they will definitely be strict when scoring."

The second brother then reminded everyone.

“Don’t forget, the judges have just eaten Zhengming’s dishes, so when they give their scores, they will naturally make some comparisons with Zhengming’s dishes.”

Second Brother's words woke everyone up.

Even Feng Zhengming suddenly understood why he always got the highest score.

The judges had eaten Feng Zhengming's dishes before, so they were able to judge fairly.

It was always hard to avoid the dishes cooked by Feng Zhengming leaving an impression on them.

In comparison, the dishes prepared by young chef contestants are always below the judges' expectations.

As a result, the judges generally give lower scores.

The second brother then reminded Feng Zhengming: "For the second dish tomorrow, I think you shouldn't give a score, or if you give a score yourself, don't show it to others, and only count the judges' scores."

The second brother's words were also recognized by other brothers.

Feng Zhengming nodded and agreed: "Okay, my score will not be included in the summary tomorrow."

After discussing the scoring issue, Feng Zhengming took the opportunity to ask several senior brothers about helping him recruit young chefs.

The eldest brother gave a brief introduction of the situation.

"We have recruited more than ten people so far, and they are all very willing to join our company. They are also willing to undergo training and be sent to their hometowns to take charge of branches."

Feng Zhengming nodded: "That's good. In this way, we should be able to open dry rice shop branches all over the province soon."

The senior brothers were also full of anticipation and were quite optimistic about the prospects of their junior brother's catering business empire.

Feng Zhengming took the opportunity to ask his second senior brother: "Second brother, why don't you join us? I traveled all over the province and said I would look for you, but you are not in your hometown."

The second brother replied: "When you went to my hometown, I happened to be out of town with my brother-in-law."

Then the second brother gave a brief introduction of his situation.

Originally, among the brothers, the second brother was in the best situation.

But he didn't know that he was cheated by his own brother-in-law.

The second brother was taken on a trip to the Northeast by his brother-in-law.

That was when Feng Zhengming was traveling across the province on foot.

So the two people just happened to miss each other.

"I originally thought that the guy had contacted a restaurant in the Northeast, but when we got there, we didn't expect that the restaurant had already closed down, and they asked us to go over and take over the restaurant with money.

How could I have so much money to take over a big restaurant? So I gave up and came back.

I have been staying at home for more than a month. I am too embarrassed to come to see my fellow apprentices. "

The third brother laughed when he heard this: "Hahaha, second brother, you are wrong. Now Zhengming is rich, aren't we all working for him? Second brother, your skills are not bad, come to Zhengming's place, how can Zhengming treat you badly?"

The second brother quickly said, "Third brother, stop it. I'm not as shameless as you."

The third brother was not angry either: "Second brother, do you mean that the eldest brother is also shameless?"

"No, that's not it." The second brother quickly explained, "I didn't say that about the eldest brother."

Feng Zhengming smiled and said, "Don't worry, second brother. Third brother was just joking. Big brother is not angry. I think third brother is right. Second brother, you can just come. We brothers should work together."

At this time, the eldest senior brother also spoke up: "Yes, we brothers get together to do things, just like we were together in Yanxi Tower before."

Just at this moment, the master also came over.

Hear what Feng Zhengming and his eldest disciple said.

Master Yan immediately clapped his hands and cheered: "Well, you brothers can get together to do things. Master is very happy for you. Remember, you brothers should compete in a healthy way and support each other."

Hearing the master's voice, Feng Zhengming and his fellow brothers immediately looked towards the master.

Then all the fellow disciples stood up and surrounded the master.

Master Yan looked at his apprentices and a gratified smile appeared on his face.

It is great to see the disciples gathered together again, and with the help of the little disciples, they are working hard together.

Let’s work together to promote and pass on Shandong cuisine.

Master Yan felt very relieved at this moment.

He even felt that his career was complete as he was able to teach these apprentices.

Master Yan patted Feng Zhengming gently and said, "You should gather your fellow brothers and work together to complete your ideas."

Feng Zhengming nodded: "Master, don't worry, I will work hard with my brothers."

Master Yan reminded his young apprentice: "Remember not to be too ostentatious. You should be high-profile in your work, but low-key in your life. You can't always think of suppressing others.

Especially now that you have a different identity, your every move is already a representative of Shandong cuisine chefs, so you must be more cautious. "

Feng Zhengming nodded seriously: "Master, don't worry, I have taken note of it and will be careful." (End of this chapter)