From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

Feng Zhengming woke up at five in the morning.

I sat up and saw that the third senior brother next to me had also stood up.

The two brothers looked at each other, and without any further conversation, they got up and got dressed.

I got dressed and prepared to go out and wash up.

As soon as the door opened, the door next door was opened almost at the same time.

Then, at five in the morning in the dormitory, almost all the chefs got up and washed together.

No one spoke, and there was almost no communication.

Everyone washed up and waited until everything was cleaned up.

Feng Zhengming and the others walked out of the door again together. At this moment, all the chefs looked at each other and smiled.

We all went to the cafeteria here to have breakfast.

After finishing breakfast, everyone went back to their rooms to get their things.

While waiting for the car to pick them up, everyone got on the car in an orderly manner.

Facing the morning sunshine, Feng Zhengming and his team rushed to the state banquet kitchen.

Entering the kitchen, all the necessary ingredients have been prepared for them in advance.

Feng Zhengming and his colleagues immediately began to work according to their previous division of labor.

All ingredients that need to be preprocessed should be processed in advance.

All the braised foods prepared the night before must also be taken out of the braising pot.

Next, it is time to make the final decoration of various plating arrangements.

Although these days, everyone has done it many times through design and continuous experimentation.

But on such an important day as today, all the chefs were extremely alert and completed each step as carefully and meticulously as possible.

As the maps are reviewed one by one, they are completed.

Feng Zhengming and his team went to the state banquet together and placed the plates one by one.

The last step is to carefully remove the plate underneath.

We also need to gradually bring dishes from all over the country together.

Build a complete map of the motherland's mountains and rivers.

As for the protagonist of the returning state banquet, it is of course displayed separately.

Just starting from the preparation in the morning, to making each dish, to the plating work afterwards, and to piecing it all together on site.

The entire preparation work took Feng Zhengming and his team almost an entire day.

Except for eating in the middle, all the chefs can be said to be working hard on various preparations.

It was not until the evening that the provincial sections of the entire national map were completed.

Because the overall proportion is enlarged, the amount of each material used has also increased a lot.

And after completion, each province will also need to measure according to the proportion.

Everyone was really nervous during the whole process.

Because if there is a problem with the proportion, everyone may need to start all over again.

Among them, Xinjiang Province, Inner Mongolia Province and Tibet Province are relatively large.

The number of chefs who come is limited.

So chefs from all over the country also assigned some people to help after they had completed their respective tasks.

At this moment, there is really no regional barrier among all the chefs.

Everyone is determined to make this huge dish a success.

So while helping each other, a unique friendship was also established.

In addition, Feng Zhengming and his colleagues from Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and Tibet also helped to come up with some things with their own characteristics.

For example, in addition to their special pilaf, Xinjiang also adds many of the province’s famous fruits.

By adding fruits into it, the entire province of Xinjiang is pieced together.

The Tibetan province adds some of their own unique ingredients to ensure that the dish has some of their pastoral characteristics as a whole.

In Mongolia, beef and mutton are used in various combinations.

Feng Zhengming also gave some suggestions on the design. He used a green pepper sauce to cover the mutton to depict a grassland scene.

This design also shocked all the chefs present.

The Mongolian chef from Meng Province was so excited that he hugged Feng Zhengming.

"Great, our top pick you are really awesome."

Everyone watching started laughing.

Because everyone can feel the Mongolian chef's very happy mood.

Feng Zhengming also gave the other person a manly hug.

"I hope I can have a chance to visit your place, see your grasslands, and taste your local delicacies."

The Mongolian chef welcomed him with a smile: "Okay, top scholar, we have agreed that you must go."

Feng Zhengming nodded: "I will definitely go."

Chefs from Xinjiang and Tibet provinces also extended invitations to Feng Zhengming.

Naturally, chefs from other places also took the opportunity to extend invitations.

Feng Zhengming agreed with a smile: "Okay, when I have time, I will definitely travel all over the country and visit all your places. Then we can have a good exchange of cooking skills."

At this time, the eldest senior brother suddenly said: "We have to wait until our top scholar gets married."

Hearing this, the Mongolian chef asked, "Getting married? When will the top scholar get married?"

Feng Zhengming smiled and replied: "Maybe this year. I'm already engaged and should be getting married by the end of the year."

The Mongolian chef immediately said, "Okay, I will definitely attend then."

Some other chefs also expressed their desire to participate.

Feng Zhengming also smiled and welcomed them: "Okay, if you guys want to come, I will definitely give you a good reception."

The chefs agreed that after the state banquet, everyone must leave their addresses and phone numbers for easy contact later, and they all emphasized this to Feng Zhengming.

As long as he sets the wedding date, he must inform everyone.

Feng Zhengming emphasized: "You can let me inform everyone, and then you can bring me your local specialties, but you are not allowed to pay. If you pay, I will not let you in to eat at the table."

"Hahaha……"

These words immediately caused laughter in the kitchen.

The chefs also agreed not to pay.

After the laughter, Feng Zhengming saw that the dishes from various provinces were basically ready, so he asked everyone to prepare to serve the dishes.

In order to ensure that the dishes were arranged neatly, Feng Zhengming and his team of chefs went together.

Everyone started from the middle province and arranged them one province at a time.

During the arrangement process, some of the fallen vegetable ingredients need to be replaced.

There were also chefs from all over the country who immediately made up for it on the spot.

This ensures the integrity of the final presentation.

After Feng Zhengming and the chefs carefully arranged the dishes, the dish of mountains and rivers of the motherland was finally completed.

Everyone at the scene looked at the huge picture of the motherland's mountains and rivers, and everyone's eyes were filled with tears.

Everyone is proud to live in such a rich and beautiful motherland.

I feel lucky that I can make such a huge profit.

Finally, all the chefs stood silently in front of the huge display plate and bowed to it in unison.

Then, the scene was temporarily isolated and protected, and Feng Zhengming and others withdrew one after another.

Tomorrow will be the official start of the state banquet, and Feng Zhengming and others are very excited.

So when we returned to the kitchen, no one felt tired. Instead, they all quietly prepared for tomorrow.

Most of the food was ready, but the chefs were still reluctant to leave.

Finally, several state banquet chefs came forward and asked Feng Zhengming and others to go back and rest.

Another sleepless night.

Feng Zhengming hardly closed his eyes.

As the sky outside began to brighten, Feng Zhengming could not help but get up. Hearing the noise, the third brother also sat up.

This time, Feng Zhengming and his friends got up even earlier.

Even if you arrive early, the chefs responsible for making breakfast have not yet started work.

Feng Zhengming and his team simply did it themselves.

Chefs from all over the country made some of the usual breakfast items in each place.

Wait until the chefs who are responsible for the state banquets all year round get up.

When I came here to have breakfast.

It turned out that it was made by Feng Zhengming and a group of chefs from other places.

Lao Yao stepped forward and said, "Hey, our top scholar, how can you make breakfast?"

Feng Zhengming smiled and said, "It's okay. After we attend the state banquet today, we may not have the opportunity to cook in Beijing, so today's meal is our gift to you all. Thank you for your care these days."

Chefs from all over the country also agreed and said that this can be regarded as a form of communication among everyone.

At this moment, the chefs in Beijing suddenly realized.

The top scholar Feng Zhengming is truly unique.

Not only is he humble, but more importantly, he really enjoys cooking.

He doesn't just treat cooking as a job.

He will immerse himself in cooking and enjoy showing his energy and creativity in cooking.

It is precisely because of his passion that he can easily infect the people around him.

Perhaps in the past, chefs from other places who came to participate in state banquets would generally not be so active.

This time, under the leadership of Feng Zhengming, every chef from all over the country was really enthusiastic.

It is because of their enthusiasm that even the chefs in Beijing who prepare state banquets all year round are infected.

In these days, everyone has rediscovered the enthusiasm they had when they first learned cooking and started working.

After a breakfast that included specialties from all over the country.

Everyone was full of energy and rushed to the kitchen of the state banquet together.

This morning is the time for everyone to prepare the ingredients.

Although most of the dishes are steamed, boiled, stewed and simmered, because it is a state banquet, the portions that need to be prepared are very large, so the chefs are still quite busy.

In fact, the most difficult thing for the chefs from all over the country to participate in the state banquet is.

They need to prepare special dishes reported from various places, and these dishes must be served separately.

The quantity of each portion cannot be too large because we also need to take into account the dishes of chefs from other regions.

Finally, these dishes will be combined and served to Chinese and foreign guests.

So some matching is also crucial.

At this time, the ability of Feng Zhengming, the top scholar, was once again demonstrated.

Feng Zhengming made some arrangements and combinations based on taste and ingredient characteristics.

Let each local specialty dish be well displayed.

It can be said that the dishes served each day embody the essence of delicacies from all over the country.

It was evening, before the state banquet began.

First, the media and some staff entered the scene.

Then the media entered the scene and naturally saw a huge picture of the mountains and rivers of the motherland.

In an instant, all the Chinese and foreign reporters who were at the scene to film and interview were shocked.

Everyone gathered around the huge map of the motherland's mountains and rivers to look at the stock market.

They all asked in surprise, is this an edible dish?

The on-site staff gave an introduction with a smile.

"This is a dish specially prepared by our top chefs from all over the country for our homecoming state banquet today, which took a whole day to prepare. It showcases the cuisines from all over our motherland."

When the media heard this, they were all shocked again.

And the staff to prove that it is really a huge dish.

Some was also specially allocated for reporters on site to taste.

The reporters were even more surprised after eating it.

“Oh, it’s really edible.”

"Yes, and it's delicious."

“It’s really delicious.”

"Bravo."

It was really edible, which completely shocked the media reporters and almost left them speechless.

Then, the media reporters started taking pictures, all wanting to capture this huge table of food.

This is also the key to the existence of this dish that celebrates the reunification of the motherland.

The goal is to let reporters take pictures and spread the photos so that more people can see them.

We must let people all over the world understand the urgency of the reunification of our motherland.

Of course, the first report must be the news from the central station.

That evening, such a dish was reported on the CCTV news.

All of a sudden, the whole country knew about it.

Seeing such a huge dish on TV, audiences across the country were also excited.

In Quancheng, Grandpa Feng and Grandpa Situ watched the news report on TV at home.

The two old men were really excited.

"Yes, it's really beautiful."

"Hahaha, it was reported by CCTV, which shows that Zhengming and his team did a really good job this time."

"It seems that this time it was Zhengming who came up with the idea."

"Yes, it was Zhengming who proposed it. It was all reported in the news. It was the champion who proposed it."

"Hahaha, Zhengming, Zhengming is really awesome. He is our pride."

"Yes, it is our pride."

After the news was broadcast, it wasn't just the two grandfathers who were excited.

Almost everyone in Quancheng who watched the news was excited.

Or it should be said that people all over the country are very happy.

In the eyes of the national audience, this is a great thing that will increase everyone's self-confidence.

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Maybe our technology and economy are not as good as yours in other countries, but our food is still better than yours.

Perhaps the confidence in the original food culture will have to be reshaped many years later.

But because of Feng Zhengming and others' view of the mountains and rivers of the motherland.

It immediately aroused everyone's cultural confidence in Chinese cuisine.

After the news report came out, many people across the country were excited.

At this moment, many people feel proud and proud that their country has such a great chef.

Some children have even aspired to become good chefs when they grow up.

Of course, Feng Zhengming and the others in the state banquet kitchen didn’t know about this.

They are still working on final preparations for the state banquet.

As the dishes were prepared one by one.

Feng Zhengming became the head chef, personally arranging the dishes and instructing the service staff responsible for serving the dishes.

Exquisite dishes were served one after another.

All of Feng Zhengming's chefs became nervous again.

Every chef is a little nervous.

Keep recalling the dishes you’ve prepared and thinking if there’s anything you did wrong?

During the state banquet, Feng Zhengming and his team stayed in the kitchen. (End of this chapter)