Brush Up Your Proficiency

The second round of the culinary competition was significantly more challenging and complex than the first.

This round required the contestants to use the exact same ingredients, leveraging their individual creativity and skills to prepare the most outstanding and delicious dish they could imagine.

This stage not only placed extremely high demands on the contestants' culinary skills but was also a comprehensive contest of their knowledge reserves, innovative thinking, confidence, and practical abilities.

While many contestants furrowed their brows, scratching their heads and racking their brains, trying to figure out how to begin with the neatly arranged ingredients before them, Wang Hao had already formulated a plan and quickly began his cooking.

It should be known that, with his superb and almost divine advanced cooking skills, every dish Wang Hao prepared was nearly perfect, reaching an ultimate level of flawlessness.

Therefore, facing this challenge, he didn't need to wrack his brains to think about what kind of dish he should make to get a high score, because no matter what he chose to do, he was confident in presenting an astonishingly delicious result.

However, Wang Hao's swift and confident actions were like a bombshell, causing a great uproar among the other contestants and bringing them unprecedented psychological pressure.

Seeing that others were still carefully examining the question and pondering ideas, while Wang Hao had already started answering the question in a whirlwind, this strong sense of contrast made people feel frustrated, as if they were instantly inferior to him.

Especially in such a tense and fierce competition environment, a good and stable mindset often plays a vital role, and any slight psychological fluctuation can affect the final performance.

The judges sitting in the front row keenly captured Wang Hao's unusual behavior.

When they turned their gaze to Wang Hao, they were first slightly stunned, and then gently shook their heads.

Obviously, in the eyes of these experienced and discerning judges, they subconsciously assumed that Wang Hao was just a novice, and his behavior seemed too impulsive and reckless.

However, one of the judges was different.

This judge had been fortunate enough to taste the dishes prepared by Wang Hao before, and that unique flavor still lingered in his memory.

At this moment, when he saw Wang Hao's every move again, a bright light flashed in his originally calm eyes.

Especially after seeing Wang Hao's confident and artistic cooking techniques, a touch of anticipation appeared on his face.

Time passed by, and in the blink of an eye, three minutes had passed.

Several contestants not far from Wang Hao were now sniffing the rich aroma that filled the air.

This scent seemed to have some kind of magic, causing the sweat on their foreheads to roll down uncontrollably.

And when they turned their eyes to Wang Hao, their eyes revealed a kind of reverence, as if they were looking up at a high mountain.

Wang Hao raised his hand to signal the judging panel, indicating that he had completed the cooking.

Immediately afterward, the five anonymous judges in charge of their group quickly walked over.

Unsurprisingly, the judge who had previously supported Wang Hao's successful promotion was also among them.

When the judges arrived at the table, they first briefly verified Wang Hao's personal information, and then they were all attracted by the colorful, fragrant, and delicious dish in front of them.

The first to taste it was, of course, the judge who had tasted Wang Hao's cooking before.

He slightly turned his thoughts, and while the other four judges were still savoring it carefully, he began to devour it without any scruples.

His gluttonous eating habits made people stunned.

The other four judges originally planned to praise a few words, but seeing this colleague's so eager and bold way of eating, they instantly seemed to understand something, and the chopsticks in their hands immediately accelerated the frequency of their movements.

Under the concerted efforts of everyone feasting, the colorful, fragrant, and delicious dish was wiped out in no time, and there was not even a bit of residue left on the plate, which can be described as a veritable "Clean Plate Campaign!"

Wang Hao looked at the gluttonous people in front of him with a smile on his face, and couldn't help but find it a little funny in his heart, but he still politely shifted his gaze to other places, pretending not to see anything, so as not to embarrass these judges.

After a while, the five judges put down their chopsticks, wiped the oil stains remaining on the corners of their mouths, and then exchanged a look with each other.

From each other's eyes, they seemed to have understood each other's true thoughts and evaluations of this dish.

Then, one of the judges cleared his throat and said, "This dish is perfect in terms of ingredient selection, cooking skills, and seasoning. It can be said to be the best of all the dishes we have tasted today!"

The other judges also nodded in agreement and gave Wang Hao a thumbs up.

At the same time, those contestants who were focused on cooking while also paying attention to the surrounding situation were all stunned when they noticed what was happening here.

Especially when they saw the judges giving such a high evaluation to Wang Hao's dishes, they felt like they had been struck by lightning, and their originally firm Dao hearts instantly collapsed.

The movements they were cooking with became slow and weak without realizing it, as if they had lost their souls.

Some contestants even stopped their movements, staring blankly in the direction of Wang Hao, muttering to themselves: "It's not that I'm not working hard enough, it's just that this opponent is too strong... There's no way to compare!"

Wang Hao, who had successfully completed the second round of the competition, was now standing leisurely aside, looking around aimlessly.

When he noticed that other contestants were casting glances at him from time to time, he would kindly respond with a smile and nod slightly, as a greeting to everyone.

However, facing Wang Hao's relaxed and confident state, those contestants could only shake their heads helplessly, sigh secretly, and continue to bury themselves in the unfinished works at hand.