In the second round of selection, it was no longer a dispersed selection of more than ten chefs, but more than ten chefs gave scores together on the spot, and there was also a specially hired national chef to take charge.

When you reach the level of the national chef, you are no longer working in a restaurant, but will be hired as a consultant by a catering giant to participate in the research of the R&D group's dishes.

Generally speaking, it is not easy for a catering group to have a national chef.

However, Huaixiang Group has five national chef consultants, which is why Huaixiang Group can develop so steadily.

Huaixiang Group is nominally Huainan cuisine, but as a chain of restaurants, when it is deployed across the country, in order to avoid disagreeing with the local environment, it must cater to the needs of local diners.

Therefore, the consulting group of Huaixiang Group not only includes Huainan cuisine masters, but also national chefs of Qilu cuisine, Bashu cuisine and Nanguan cuisine.

They have high salaries and don’t need to check in to work every day, but they need to help Huaixiang Group optimize products and develop dishes that are most suitable for local tastes.

Therefore, the Huaixiang Group is no longer pure Huainan cuisine, but a comprehensive catering group that combines the advantages of eight major cuisines.

The same is true for some other large catering groups, which will absorb the advantages of other cuisines.

However, Huaixiang Group still retains some traditional dishes because this is the foundation of the family.

Although Bashu cuisine and Hunan cuisine are the mainstream in the market because of their spicy or numbness.

However, in the past two years, Huainan and Nanguan cuisine have also been on the rise, because people eat too many heavy-tasting things, and always need light dishes to adjust their taste.

Moreover, Huaixiang Group has launched a lot of health-preserving dishes in the past two years, which has won praise from the high-end market.

In short, like hot pot, although dry pots are highly accepted by consumers and are also very popular, if they are high-end dinners, business negotiations, or weddings, they usually find restaurants under Huaixiang Group.

After all, there is no high-end game, so put a big hot pot on the table.

Therefore, with the precise positioning of the high-end dinner market, Huaixiang Group quickly became a leader in the domestic catering industry.

The chef who was in charge on the third day was Mr. Zheng Ze, a chef from Shandong Province. It is said that he personally asked to participate in today's selection.

Although Zheng Ze is over 60 years old, he is well maintained, has a thin figure, has bright eyes, and is used to holding a fan in his hand, looking like a calligrapher or painter.

Zheng Ze studied calligraphy and painting privately and is said to be a little famous in the calligraphy and painting circle.

Many people mistakenly believe that chefs are fat people with big belly. In fact, chefs who have reached a certain level will pay more attention to physical care.

Any leader in any industry has the inevitable reason to succeed.

Especially in the few national kitchen fields, those who can reach this position are all elites among the elites.

After Zheng Ze entered the venue, the judges stood up and greeted Zheng Ze.

Zheng Ze's aloof personality is praised in the industry.

Tao Nanfang also spent some energy to hire Zheng Ze.

Zheng Ze once invested in a company that encountered a bankruptcy crisis. Zheng Ze did not expect that as a legal person, he was implicated and almost fell into prison.

Tao Nanfang took the initiative to help Zheng Ze pay the debt.

After being together for many years, Zheng Ze felt that Tao Nanfang was a good person and took the initiative to propose the title of Huaixiang Group. Tao Nanfang was happy and signed a symbolic employment contract with Zheng Ze.

Zheng Ze did not ask for a very high salary, as long as he was grateful to Tao Nanfang for his timely help.

As for Tao Nanfang knows Zheng Ze very well, people like this are arrogant and arrogant. If you care about money with him, he will often feel that his self-esteem is humiliated.

But Tao Nanfang will still take care of and help Zheng Ze in other aspects.

It is rumored that Zheng Ze joined the Huaixiang Group for various reasons, conspiracy theories, and the most beautiful plan.

But no matter what, Zheng Ze’s contribution to Huaixiang Group over the years is obvious to all.

Huaixiang Group relied on him to successfully solve the problem of Huainan cuisine being unacceptable to the local environment in Qilu Province.

Otherwise, as a foreign enterprise, even if the funds are strong, the local catering institutions will not allow Huaixiang Group to develop so smoothly.

The catering industry is full of mountains and strict regional divisions.

To win over a master at the national chef level, not only relies on his superb achievements in dishes, but also plays a significant role in stabilizing a certain region.

Zheng Ze's status and influence in the catering industry in the Qilu area are still recognized.

Zheng Ze has settled in Nanquan City, the capital of Qilu Province for a long time. No one expected that he would be willing to participate in this second round of selection.

According to common sense, he should appear in the finals.

After Zheng Ze entered the venue, everyone stood up, and he smiled and shook hands with everyone.

After Gong Fachao shook hands with Zheng Ze, he sighed inwardly. Zheng Ze's palms were colder than he thought, and he almost made him smart.

After Zheng Ze sat down, he began to read the information in front of him and stopped communicating with others.

The other judges looked at each other and were very sensible. They did not chat with Zheng Ze to avoid embarrassment.

Gong Fachao was in a bad mood. His apprentice Chen Ming had already participated in the competition. Although he performed well, his score was not high. The total score was more than 20 points different from the current first place. Even if he could enter the next round, he would barely enter.

Although Chen Ming worked hard enough and quickly adjusted his mentality, his talent was particularly important in the chef's profession.

Some things cannot be obtained through hard work.

"Let's start now!" Zheng Ze whispered after reading the list.

Luo Yi hosted: "The first one was Shen Xian from the southeastern region of the group. He relied on pineapple, honey and chicken in the first round to win the thirteenth place."

The staff introduced Shen Xian, and Zheng Ze glanced at Shen Xian roughly and frowned slightly.

Shen Xian was nervous and took a deep breath and began to prepare cold dishes according to the competition process.

The other judges began to pay attention to Shen Xian's knife skills. The 100 people selected from 600 people were basically very solid.

The crystal lotus segments are not only neat, but also just the right size.

Although it is a cold dish, it has a sweet aroma that seems to be there or not, which is stronger than the aroma that is generally hot dishes.

Shenbowei added a chopstick lotus root and put it in his mouth and tasted it carefully.

I just felt that the tip of my tongue quickly secrete water, wrapping the lotus root section tightly, and the sweet taste slipped smoothly from the esophagus into my abdomen, and subconsciously wanted to grab a piece.

He quickly controlled himself to avoid losing his composure.

Tease the appetite, for these judges, is already considered a success.

Even the strict Shenbowei gave a very high evaluation of this cold dish.

From the eyes of the rest, it can be seen that this dish is very successful.

The most exquisite thing about cold dishes is the crispy feeling wrapped in a layer of crystal on the outside, which is made of brown sugar mixed with honey and solidified, and the taste is

Chen Xian began to prepare the second dish, stir-fried loofah.

Zheng Ze waved his hand gently and said calmly: "No need to continue."

Chen Xian was slightly stunned, his wrist was stiff and he didn't know what to do.

Tang Long coughed and asked softly: "Mr. Zheng, has something happened?"

Zheng Ze said lightly: "The appearance is not good."

The other judges were stunned for a moment.

Luo Yi defended Chen Xian: "Being a chef is not a beauty pageant."

Zheng Ze remained calm, "If I were in the kitchen, I could give the first dish full mark, but now I am preparing for the chef king competition. At that time, I will compete with contestants from all over the country. Everyone has to face the most difficult and harsh judges. And this is the first impression of the selection, good looks, and bad looks, which determines the judges."

Several judges nodded one after another, Zheng Ze's words made sense and were in a very high angle.

Chen Xian clenched his fists and had the heart to kill.

"You don't need to make the other two dishes. Your final ranking will be in 21st. Although you can't participate in the final, Huaixiang Group will be included in the first-level reserve talents."

As soon as Zheng Ze's words came out, the emotions that Chen Xian's anger, which was almost exploded, disappeared instantly.

First-level reserve talents means that Chen Xian will get a lot of resources and opportunities, and his professional title evaluation and promotion speed will be faster than others.

Ugly, it is an objective fact.

He, recognize it!

Chen Xian has been very dark since he was a child, with small eyes and a flat nose, so he had a lot of effort to find a wife a few years ago.

Zheng Ze's reason is also reasonable. It is not important to be compared to the chef, but it is particularly important for the eight major cuisine chef king competition.

If Chen Xian appears, it will even affect other people's views on Huaixiang Group.

Chen Xian left with mixed feelings. Zheng Ze followed him out and called him to the small room. After chatting for five minutes in private, Chen Xian went out again and his mood changed significantly.

Although Zheng Ze was arrogant, he was definitely not the kind of person with low emotional intelligence. He knew that it might have affected Chen Xian's self-esteem just now, so he encouraged him.

In Zheng Ze's opinion, Chen Xian is a talent with good strength and great potential, but this kind of internal selection competition is not suitable for him to participate in.

Zheng Ze promised that Chen Xian would be adjusted to the dish R&D center in the future.

Chen Xian knew that this was the most mysterious and critical department in Huaixiang Group’s back-kitchen system.

The talents here are like special forces of the Marine Force, and their strength and potential are significantly higher than other types of troops.

Although Zheng Ze is not the head of this center, as a national chef, he has the right to speak and there is no problem in stuffing one or two people into it.

In the eyes of other judges, today's selection work may be difficult.

Zheng Ze is not only strict, but also tricky.

As the leader of the judges group, Luo Yi smiled bitterly. According to today's judgment standards, the scores in the previous few days had to drop to five to ten, so that fairness could be ensured.

After the selection is over, we will discuss with Zheng Ze whether to raise today's score by five points or reduce the previous score by five points.

In short, this is not an ordinary trouble.

"Below is Qiao Zhi from the second canteen of Qiongjin Vocational and Technical College."

Luo Yi reported the list and secretly glanced at Zheng Ze.

He suddenly straightened his back and closed the folding fan, and a solemn look appeared in his eyes.
Chapter completed!