From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

During the break between the start of the challenge.

Naturally, the sixteen celebrity chefs who won the Top 100 Chefs Competition began to be contacted by some people.

Among the 16 winning chefs, four are Feng Zhengming’s senior brothers.

The senior brother Li Huidong scored first.

Third senior brother Yang Bin and fourth senior brother Wang Jialiang tied for eighth place.

And sixth senior brother Zhang Minghai is tied for ninth place.

Originally, only the top ten were selected as the best ten.

Among Feng Zhengming's senior brothers, only the eldest brother is among the top ten chefs.

As a result, the list was expanded to sixteen winning chefs.

Feng Zhengming's four senior brothers all became outstanding chefs.

Naturally, the four senior brothers were found one by one.

Some bosses hope to invest in them so that they can build a kitchen team, and then invest in them to open a restaurant.

In fact, they just want to take advantage of their current fame so that they can open a Shandong cuisine restaurant and make money.

However, Feng Zhengming's four senior brothers clearly refused.

The eldest brother, the third brother and the sixth brother are all reluctant to leave their current store.

Fourth brother Wang Jialiang is also planning to return overseas with the certificate he obtained this time to help his wife's family expand the restaurant business.

In front of his fellow disciples, Wang Jialiang did not hide anything.

"Hahaha, with this certificate, I will show it when I go back. It will definitely attract more attention to our restaurant overseas. I will then promote it well.

Find a few food critics to give me a good review, and then ask the overseas recommendation guide to give me a star.

By then, we will remember that the restaurant will become a famous Shandong cuisine restaurant overseas.”

Feng Zhengming had to admit that Fourth Brother really integrated well into the overseas mechanism.

"Brother, if you want your restaurant to get stars, you must make some changes to your dishes, and the decoration of your restaurant also needs to be redone."

Fourth Senior Brother nodded: "Don't worry, Zhengming, I know all this. Your sister-in-law and I discussed it before I came back this time."

Feng Zhengming then asked: "Brother, do you need funds? I can give you some investment."

Wang Jialiang was stunned at first.

At the same time, the other brothers present were also stunned.

The next moment, everyone's eyes fell on Wang Jialiang.

Almost all the senior brothers realized that if Wang Jialiang wanted to run a good restaurant overseas, he would probably need to invest a lot of money.

Wang Jialiang was silent for a while and then laughed: "Hahaha, you really see through my problem. To be honest, if you want to run a good restaurant overseas, you definitely need money.

But I don’t need your money, your sister-in-law and I have already prepared it, and I will use it to raise funds after I return.”

As he spoke, Wang Jialiang shook the certificate in his hand.

Wang Jialiang knows the value of this certificate better than his fellow apprentices.

Although the competition was organized by Feng Zhengming, and it was also a Shandong cuisine competition.

But Feng Zhengming invited two tycoons from Hong Kong City and Macau City to sponsor him.

We also invited Mr. Wei Ling, a well-known gourmet in the Asia-Pacific region.

More importantly, there is Kaufman, a very famous chef overseas.

Now that Wang Jialiang has obtained the certificate of outstanding chef, it means that he has been recognized by Kaufman.

Wang Jialiang knows too well how important this kind of "waving the banner and pulling the tiger's skin" is overseas.

No matter who organized this competition?

Just tell me whether the judges' lineup is strong enough or not?

Just say that with the presence of the overseas famous chef Kaufman, has Wang Jialiang's cooking skills been recognized by Kaufman?
With Coffman's approval, perhaps not many people in the country will take it seriously.

But overseas where Wang Jialiang Restaurant is located, the effect is completely different.

Wang Jialiang could easily get some sponsorship in this way.

Wang Jialiang can even use this certificate to take the initiative to appear in overseas cooking competitions.

This way, he will gain more recognition.

More sponsorship is also available.

As long as he has sponsorship, Wang Jialiang believes that he can definitely run the restaurant well.

It's only a matter of time before you get stars in the overseas recommendation guide.

Seeing that Fourth Senior Brother was full of confidence, Feng Zhengming smiled and reminded him.

"If Fourth Brother needs help, you can ask Mr. Coffman for help. He will be willing to give you some advice. It should save you the trouble and allow you to get the star in the fastest way."

Wang Jialiang smiled and nodded, "Don't worry, Mr. Kofman and I have exchanged contact information, and your sister-in-law and I will go back and ask him for help."

Hearing Fourth Senior Brother say this, Feng Zhengming felt relieved.

He was actually afraid that his fourth senior brother would be too embarrassed to seek external help, and ended up being trapped by some overseas guys.

Judging from what Fourth Senior Brother said, he is obviously not a stubborn person.

Wang Jialiang is still very clear about certain overseas operating methods.

Many of them were promoted in the past as those who valued fairness and justice the most.

Wang Jialiang only understood this after he actually went abroad.

Fairness and justice do not exist, and discrimination is the norm.

It’s not that your skills are bad, it’s just that people look down on you deep down, so they are unwilling to give you more affirmation.

Knowing this, Wang Jialiang certainly would not go head-to-head with others overseas on his own.

His idea was to learn from Feng Zhengming's experience in Shanghai and make some more localized changes after returning.

Another thing is to contact Mr. Coffman for help.

With Mr. Kofman's support, Wang Jialiang will no longer be discriminated against as before.

In fact, Wang Jialiang already had the idea of ​​returning to his country.

But when I think of my fellow disciples, especially my younger brother, they have all achieved great success.

This time, senior brother Li Huidong surpassed all the other competitors and won the first place in a way that convinced everyone.

It really hurt Wang Jialiang's self-esteem.

He felt that he couldn't give up easily.

His fellow disciples are all working hard, so he must also continue to try hard.

If I could run my own restaurant overseas.

And if you can successfully get a star.

That can be regarded as a huge contribution to the promotion of Shandong cuisine.

When it comes to promoting Shandong cuisine, Wang Jialiang cannot lose to his fellow apprentices.

Senior brother Li Huidong gave Wang Jialiang some serious instructions.

“Lao Si, you don’t have to stick too much to tradition when you’re overseas. Cooking really needs to be adapted to local conditions. Since you’re opening a restaurant overseas, you have to adapt to the local tastes.

Of course you can use our Shandong cuisine techniques, as long as you preserve the technical heritage, you are still a Shandong cuisine chef."

Hearing what his senior brother said, Wang Jialiang immediately looked up at his fellow disciples in surprise.

Seeing the eyes of his fellow disciples, Wang Jialiang felt really warm in his heart.

Because he knew that his fellow disciples would support him.

When he first went overseas, Wang Jialiang always insisted on cooking traditional Shandong cuisine.

Later I found out that his insistence was indeed childish. It was like forcing the people of Quanzhou to like the cuisine of another place.

People in every place have their own eating habits.

How can you make others like the food you cook and eat it in the most traditional way?

So after coming back last time, Wang Jialiang started to make some changes.

But for the time being, these are just some changes in taste.

This time when I came back, I visited my junior brother’s store in Shanghai.

Wang Jialiang was immediately inspired.

Shandong cuisine does not necessarily have to be cooked in the most traditional way.

Retain traditional techniques and make some changes according to local conditions to adapt to the eating habits of people in different regions.

Just like Feng Zhengming in Shanghai, he made his restaurant serve Western-style fast food.

It not only attracts many domestic white-collar workers.

It is also very popular among many people who work in the country and come from overseas.

Combined with some adjustments to the taste, it can be said that it is easy to cater to the appetite of most people.

Wang Jialiang was greatly inspired and felt that he could follow suit when he returned home.

The cooking techniques of Shandong cuisine are still used, but the way of serving and presentation can be more Western.

To adapt to some local eating habits, and refer to and stick to the practices of those high-end restaurants abroad.

However, even though he thought so in his mind before, Wang Jialiang still had a hint of hesitation.

If I do that, can I still be considered a Shandong cuisine chef?

Now that the eldest senior brother said this, and seeing the supportive looks from his fellow disciples.

Wang Jialiang finally let go of the burden in his heart.

"Hahaha, okay, thank you all for your support, I won't bring shame to you. Wait for my good news, I must get the star in their recommended guide overseas."

The fellow brothers and sisters all laughed at once, and everyone was really looking forward to Wang Jialiang getting the recommended guide star overseas.

Feng Zhengming's senior brothers ignored the investors who tried to win them over.

But some people have secretly reached agreements with some capitals that have extended olive branches to them.

One person who was poached that many people probably didn’t expect was Kong Xingli from Jufengde.

Kong Xingli ranked third in the total score of the three dishes in this competition.

But his worth also includes his status as the head chef of Jufengde.

So during the two days of rest between the competition, many people took the initiative to contact him.

At first, Kong Xingli mostly ignored it.

He also has his own pride. He is already the head chef at Jufengde. He will definitely get a salary increase after returning from this competition. The key is that his status and position will be improved.

So instead of taking the risk of going to other restaurants, or running your own restaurant with other people's investment.

It is really better to continue staying in Jufengdeli where you have a good reputation and status.

But after two days of rest, Kong Xingli and everyone returned to Quancheng.

He was found by a boss who was waiting in Quancheng.

The other party offered Kong Xingli a series of excellent conditions.

Moreover, the other party invited Kong Xingli to open a high-end Shandong cuisine restaurant in Shanghai.

“Chef Kong should know that Feng Zhuangyuan has opened four stores in Shanghai, but you may not know how good the business of Feng Zhuangyuan’s four stores is.

It can be said that those four restaurants can be regarded as the most popular restaurants in the four areas of Shanghai.

Chef Kong, you are the winner of the top 100 international Shandong cuisine chefs this time.

With your current fame, if you open a high-end Shandong cuisine restaurant in Shanghai, will your business be worse than Feng Zhengming's?"

The condition offered by the other party was that Kong Xingli only had to bring his kitchen team with him.

All the investments for opening the restaurant are from the other party.

Including decoration and salaries of the team members brought by Kong Xingli.

They also recruit waiters and so on, and the other party will take care of them all.

Kong Xingli will have a guaranteed monthly salary and 30% of the restaurant's dividends.

Such conditions were offered.

In particular, he invited Kong Xingli to open a restaurant in Shanghai.

Or you can go the route of a high-end restaurant.

This really made Kong Xingli unable to help but be moved.

Especially when thinking of Feng Zhengming's fame in Shanghai, Kong Xingli's competitive spirit was aroused.

As the head chef of Jufengde, how could he lose to Feng Zhengming?
Moreover, Kong Xingli went to Jubin Garden which was reopened by Cheng Guosheng in Quancheng.

Although Cheng Guosheng's new Jubinyuan is not doing very hot business now.

But his high-end atmosphere also made Kong Xingli somewhat moved.

So Kong Xingli really wanted to go to Shanghai to give it a try.

Driven by such thoughts, and the favorable conditions offered by the other party.

Kong Xingli finally made up his mind and reached an agreement with the other party.

"Okay, after this challenge is over, I will resign from Jufengde."

The other party was very satisfied with the decision made by Kong Xingli.

"Okay, Chef Kong, if you can defeat Feng Zhuangyuan in the challenge, I can give you an extra 2% bonus. We can split it 50-50, and I will give you an annual salary of 100,000."

Such conditions made Kong Xingli extremely excited.

Of course, he was just excited for a moment. After changing his mind, Kong Xingli smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"We are just runners-up in the challenge. Feng Zhengming and my master are the protagonists. We are no match for him. Maybe his senior brother has a chance."

The investors who approached Kong Xingli were somewhat surprised.

"Chef Kong is so unconfident?"

Kong Xingli sighed helplessly.

"It's not a matter of confidence or not, it's just that our cooking skills are indeed inferior to others. Apart from anything else, do you really think that chefs like us can basically compare to Feng Zhengming?
Let me tell you, Feng Zhengming can complete every step of a dish exactly as per the chef grading standards.

I can’t even say I can do this.”

The other party was surprised, but still asked: "What about the dish of sea cucumber with green onions?"

Kong Xingli smiled bitterly: "Do you know what dish Feng Zhengming made when he won the national championship?"

"Oolong playing with pearls?"

"No, the dish that Feng Zhengming won the national championship for was actually scallion-fried sea cucumber. His dish, Oolong Playing with Pearls, is a combination of scallion-fried sea cucumber and hydrangea scallops."

"I know this, but it seems like there's more to it than just a simple combination?"

“Yes, he came back and did it for us once after the national competition.

I went to eat with my master at that time. After tasting the Oolong Xizhu dish he won in the national competition, I really understood the gap between me and him. "

“Can you tell me what’s so special about that dish?”

“What everyone didn’t know was that the sea cucumber in that dish actually had three layers of flavor.”

“Three layers of flavor?”

Kong Xingli nodded in admiration: "The first layer is the taste of the surface of the sea cucumber and the scallion sauce that the sea cucumber has been seasoned with in advance, the second layer is the taste of the golden soup under the sea cucumber, and the last layer is the taste of the filling inside the sea cucumber."

After listening to Kong Xingli's introduction, the investors who came to attract him were shocked and surprised. (End of this chapter)