The beginning is only when you become a chef

Chapter 116: Space Kaleidoscope on the Plate! (3K Chapter)

On Shiomi Jun's plate was an orange-and-yellow painted spaceship.

It is like an exquisite model, a perfect industrial product, hovering quietly on the white plate.

A closer look reveals that from any angle, the details of this spacecraft are so amazing that even professionals cannot find fault with them.

Even, the spotlight shines on it.

The code names on the side of the spacecraft were all shining brightly in the program's footage, very clear:
"Shiomi"!
"This kind of minute detail is worthy of being called 3D printed food!" Chi Xiaobai exclaimed. "Manpower is limited, but with the help of technology, chefs can also build food models on the plate that are as detailed as a hair. Any model is fine!"

"Isn't this the most significant difference between the modern and ancient food worlds? Modern chefs harness and use technology. I think this is the trend and fashion, and the direction of the future!"

Wei Xuelin nodded and said:

"We have all heard of 3D printing technology, but this is the first time that many viewers have seen a food 3D printer in person."

These words caused the audience in front of the TV or other device screens to nod in agreement.

When it comes to 3D printed food, most people have only heard of it but have never seen it.

Liu Heng and Liu Bo, the two big bosses of the Liu family, looked at each other.

Liu Bo, the young and middle-aged leader of the Liu family, said:

"Professor Shiomi, why don't you take this opportunity to give the audience who are watching this program a detailed introduction to your 3D printing gastronomy?"

Shiomi Jun did not refuse, and said slowly:
“My 3D printing gastronomy is actually the general knowledge of 3D printing food.

It can be summarized from the perspectives of development history, working principle, materials used, application scenarios, and advantages and disadvantages.

In fact, as early as more than a decade ago, 3D printing technology had been extended to the field of food processing.

In 2016, the world's first 3D printed restaurant opened in the Netherlands. Everything in the restaurant, from furniture, tableware, decorations to physical objects, was made with 3D printing.

To date, many countries have developed many industrial or desktop food 3D printers.

The working principles of these devices are the same as traditional Fdm3D printing technology.

It’s just that the consumables are replaced with food materials, and the extrusion system of the 3D printer is upgraded and modified.

Therefore, a food 3D printer consists of three parts: printing system, operation control platform and food safety syringe..."

Shiomi Jun uses plain language as much as possible to explain the past and present of food 3D printing technology.

She lived up to her title of Professor Totsuki. When she taught in front of the camera, the audience did not feel bored at all and listened with great interest.

"And let me be clear, 3D printers do not directly cook food."

"The food that is poured into the 3D printer is either already cooked and ready to eat, or it is cooked in an external oven or other cooker after the 3D printing is complete."

This was something the audience had not expected.

It turns out that food 3D printers are only responsible for "carving" and "building models", but not for cooking?

“It seems that even if you use a food 3D printer, the temperature is still an indispensable skill!”

In kitchen No. 7, Yang Jinli pricked up her ears and murmured to show that she had learned something.

Xia An was making black handmade noodles.

Hearing this, he smiled:

“The heat is of course important.”

He has perfect pastry making skills, so he can calmly make black squid ink noodles while glancing at the live broadcast and listening to Shiomi Jun's 3D printing gastronomy lecture.

I only heard Xi Jianjun continue to say:

"As for the 'consumables' needed for food 3D printers, my summary is - any food in a paste or semi-liquid state!"

"For example, vegetable puree, fruit puree, etc."

“Isn’t plant-based meat popular in the American food industry in recent years?”

"Food 3D printers can use materials such as bacterial protein and bean protein to make artificial meat!"

Hear this.

The second floor stands inside the Juxia Building.

Xiang Shilin met Wu Zhu's surprised look and shrugged.
"I can prove that the American food industry is really into plant-based meat."

Jing Nina's tone was cold and disdainful:

"The concept of artificial meat is nothing but hype to deceive ignorant Americans."

"There is meat available and there is no shortage of meat, so why buy more expensive artificial meat? Only a crazy person would be fooled by those so-called elite chefs."

Xiang Shilin agreed greatly and complained:
"Those so-called elite chefs will definitely not eat this kind of artificial meat. If they are given a hundred chances, they will all choose to eat fantasy meat ingredients without thinking!"

Main studio.

After listening to Shiomi Jun's 3D printing gourmet course.

Chi Xiaobai clicked his tongue:
"Professor Shiomi, you haven't talked about the pros and cons of 3D printed food yet, right?"

He raised his hand and pointed to the orange-yellow painted spaceship on the white plate.

Obviously, Shiomi Jun was giving such a long and calm lecture because she was not worried at all that her dishes would get cold.

Shiomi Jun: "The advantage is that it can simplify things and make them tailor-made."

"Oh, what did you say?" Chi Xiaobai was very interested.

Wei Xuelin and Liu, the two big bosses, also showed obvious interest.

For these high-ranking veteran celebrities.

3D printing gastronomy is obviously not in the field of cuisine that they are proficient in, and they were not even familiar with it before.

It would be a good idea to seize this opportunity to get a lot of knowledge from Professor Totsuki.

"Tailor-made means that 3D printed food can be extremely precise and control the nutrition, vitamins and calories of each meal."

“Even print custom gourmet foods with different tastes, textures and flavors!”

"And simplifying becomes complex..."

"I have to state in advance that I have always respected food carving, but I think with the advancement of technology in the new era, it is too inefficient to spend a lot of time carving food shapes by hand!" "If you use 3D printing gastronomy, you can create any complex shapes and models, and you can mass-produce countless identical foods!"

This passage.

This caused many audience members to have subtle expressions.

Even the five guests present subconsciously looked towards Kitchen No. 7 where Xia An was.

Because people have a deep memory of Xia An's handmade food carvings half an hour before the show starts.

Xia An himself regretted that he only had enough time to carve two "wings".

Aren’t the audience also full of regrets?

I didn’t see Xia An attach this pair of “wings” to a carved mythical bird.

Therefore, regardless of whether Xi Jianjun did it intentionally or not, her words were equivalent to targeting Xia An and the Food Sculpture Technique from a distance.

3D printing gastronomy is a high-end concept, supported by technological equipment.

Food carving, handmade food carving.

It is a typical example of backward productivity.

Compare the two.

The art of food carving is complex and requires years of training and hard work. Even masters with decades of experience cannot guarantee that they will not make mistakes with their knife skills when carving large models.

Moreover, the master craftsman is also a human being, and human beings have ups and downs in their state. Therefore, the quality of the same food model carved out each time will vary!

But what about food 3D printers?

After the model is created, it is followed by a detailed recipe for "consumables".

Then you can realize the perpetual motion-like large-scale replication technique!
The main perspective was not on Xia An, so only agent Yang Jinli heard Xia An whispering in response to this "episode":

"What is handmade, handcrafted?"

"Just the feeling of creating something with your own hands?"

"I always feel that compared with the assembly line products mass-produced by machines, things made purely by hand are more flavorful and can impact a higher level of spirit..."

Of course, only Xia An and Yang Jinli beside him could hear these words.

Xia An didn't want to talk nonsense, there was no need for that.

Learn the complete [Zhou's Food Carving Technique], which is a golden skill.

And spend more money to add points.

Improve your mastery of unique skills.

Xia An will use his own hands to tell the audience that handmade food carvings can be endowed with soul and contain life.

In the studio, the class is still going on.

"So, Professor Shiomi, what are the disadvantages of 3D printed gastronomy?"

"The downside is that a machine is still just a machine. It loses the 'warmth' of a human being."

"It takes at least an hour to print a detailed 3D model layer by layer, which is very time-consuming and will make diners wait for a long time, so it will be weakened in terms of commercialization..."

There is no need for Shiomi Jun to go into more details.

This is just a public literacy class.

for example.

There is a lot of knowledge involved in food preparation.

If you think that you can just grind the ingredients into puree or juice and then pour them directly into a 3D printer, you are totally wrong. You will never be able to make a 3D printed dish that is nine stars or even close to the top grade!

"So--"

"The class is over—"

“Please invite a few judges to taste my 3D printed gastronomy!”

Shiomi Jun said seriously.

The judges didn't waste any more time and took the knife and fork that Shiomi Jun had provided on the plate.

When the shiny silver knife cut the orange-yellow painted spaceship in the middle, colorful sauce immediately gushed out.

Fortunately, not much of the sauce came out, only some of it was squeezed out due to the pressure after cutting.

Close-up of the camera.

"Wow!"

There was a burst of exclamations from inside the Kiku-sama building.

Looking from the side, the spacecraft was cut in half, and the cross-section was densely packed with layers.

If the "French Thousand Layer Dough" by Kojiro Shinomiya in the previous episode was "thousand layers".

At this moment, the internal layers of Shiomi Jun's spaceship are very shocking to the audience at first glance, and it is exaggeratedly at the level of "ten thousand layers".

“How many layers are there?”

"It's outrageous. You can't stack them so delicately by hand. Only a cold food 3D printer can create such a spectacle!"

“So, Professor Shiomi’s 3D printed dish is a colorful alien-shaped dessert?”

The audience was amazed just by looking at the cross-section.

From a close distance, the five judges were all visibly shocked when they smelled the gorgeous flavors emanating from the plates.

Freshness from fruits and vegetables.

Sweet and sour with candies and sauces.

Rich chocolate flavor.

(End of this chapter)