The entrance passage was clean and spotless. The white light reflected from the stadium spread everywhere, making Chen Chong's eyes white and he could not see anything, so he could only subconsciously move forward.

It was the third time he had passed by here, but unlike the calm mood of the previous two times, he was a little nervous this time.

The cheers in the ears were growing louder and louder, like an invisible hand, blocking its mouth and nose, causing a clear sense of suffocation and the heart was pounding.

Maybe this is what is called nervousness.

Fortunately, this feeling only existed in an instant and soon recovered. Then, waves of sound waves hit everyone's eardrums.

"Come on Chen Ruyun!"

"Come on Xu Jian!"

"Come on Wang Shi!"

…

All kinds of sounds about cheering are very noisy. After gathering together, I only feel my ears buzzing, and I can hardly hear the specific content.

I looked up at the audience seat above. What a good guy, there was no absent, crowded. With the various lights and cameras on the field, the scene was no less than a competitive game.

Chen Chong's eyes glanced at the excited faces, but until his eyes hurt, he couldn't find where Li Xiang and others were sitting.

"Please enter the venue as soon as possible according to their numbers."

The host's voice pulled back the minds of hundreds of contestants, and then everyone focused their attention and entered the field in an orderly manner.

The layout of the field is completely different from that of the team competition. The food area is removed and the fully equipped work area is gone. Instead, there are long and neatly arranged, simple and elegant tables. Each table is about 1.5 meters long, about 80 cm wide, and moderately high. In addition to the cutting board, there is also an airtight vegetable basket, and there is nothing else.

Chen Chong knew that the purpose of the individual competition was to compete with the chef's skills, and the scene in front of him just showed this. It seems that the first round will undoubtedly test the knife skills.

As for how to proceed, it is unknown for the time being, and the host needs to give a corresponding rule description later.

While looking for the table number, Chen Chong also noticed that there were slight changes in the review seat. In addition to the original ten reviewers, there were two more people.

One is Mr. Huang, the owner of the fifth-class chef god, and the other is Du Wenlong, the winner of the sixth-class chef god, from the Food City.

Judging from this, the two of them will also become one of the first round of judges.

Chen Chong didn't take it seriously. With so many judges present, Du Wenlong must not be able to do anything.

The so-called intention to harm others should not be without the intention to guard against others. Even if you have never dealt with Du Wenlong, those who are close to Zhu are red, and those who are close to Moon are black. With Zhao Xiaokang's past lessons, Du Wenlong is probably not a good bird.

In comparison, the middle-aged man named Li Shenghui is much more pleasing to the eyes.

The tables on the field are arranged in regular order, row by row, row by row, like the snake I played with when I was a child, coiling left and right.

Chen Chong counted about it and said that there were thirty people in one row, with a total of twenty people. Adding some scattered long tables, the number of people was about 600, not more than 620 people.

But even so, the number of people is exaggerated. If you can look down from above, you will be shocked by the scale of the arena below.

"There are only ten promotion places in the first round. Apart from the two fixed places, the last of these more than 600 people can only be left with eight promotions. It is indeed cruel."

Chen Chong came to the table No. 126, looked at the number marked with blue stickers in the upper right corner of the desktop, and couldn't help but sigh.

In fact, the total number of large, medium and small restaurants in Longjiang is no less than 100,000 or even more. In other words, Longjiang has at least 100,000 chefs, but there are only more than 600 people who know the Chef God Competition and are qualified to participate in the competition.

What is this concept?

In other words, the more than 600 people present were completely the elites selected from one in a hundred! Then, among these more than 600 elites, only one of them was able to win the title of Chef God, which shows its weight.

At this point, Chen Chong couldn't help but look at the direction of the judges. The old man who talked and laughed with many judges could win the title of five chef gods in a row with his own strength, and make the sixth chef god Du Wenlong the others. This ability really makes people excited.

"If there is no Game of Doom, I can only look up to it now..." He took a deep breath and threw away the extra distractions. Although his cooking skills are now from Game of Doom, it is not for nothing, but for the corresponding price.

Bang bang...

After reaching out and knocking on the cutting board, barabala vegetables, checking the table, and confirming that there was nothing unusual, Chen Chong became suspicious.

"With Zhao Xiaokang's character, it is impossible to make himself play peacefully. Could it be that this guy abandoned evil and went to good? Is it possible?" He took out the rust knife from the box, placed it carefully on the table, and muttered: "It is definitely impossible. No problem now does not mean that there is no problem at all. You must not take it lightly."

After understanding these questions, he looked around again. When he wanted to see if there were any familiar players around him, he happened to be looking at another person.

Isn’t this person the middle-aged Jay Chou who was just outside the gymnasium, who was giving advice to the country, claiming to be the chef of the big food, and was exposed by Wang Shan?

The other party is diagonally opposite him, less than two meters apart.

"What a coincidence." Zhou Jie's face looked ugly, but he forced a smile that he thought was "passionate", which made Chen Chong feel embarrassed.

"It's quite a coincidence." Chen Chong replied indifferently, then he was no longer interested and quietly waited for the competition to officially begin.

…

"According to the feedback from the staff, all the contestants on the scene are ready. Since that's the case, Mu Mu will introduce the specific rules of the first round to you." In the commentary seat, Liu Hua said in a magnetic voice and raised his hand to the female host Mu Mu on the side and made a call.

Seeing this, Mu Mu picked up the information in his hand and said, "Okay. The theme of this individual competition is 'Almighty'. As the name suggests, it is the chef's talents in all aspects.

As we all know, if you want to become an excellent chef, you must first have good basic skills, such as knife skills and spoon skills, which are indispensable. Secondly, you must have basic knowledge of cooking and various cooking skills, such as frying, cooking, roasting, stir-frying, stir-frying, stir-frying, marinating and other techniques. Even if you are not proficient in everything, you must know a little about it.

Finally, understand the nature of the ingredients, know how to match them reasonably, and pay attention to dietary concepts. On this basis, excellent chefs can often innovate and be brave to innovate.

Therefore, the content of the first round of the competition is basic skills.”

Mu Mu said a lot in one breath, his mouth was clear, and people could hear it very clearly. Immediately, a buzzing discussion echoed from the audience from all directions.

"Compared with basic skills? That's that simple?"

"Simple? Do you understand basic skills? Do you understand basic skills?"

"Aren't it just cutting vegetables and stirring spoons? I haven't eaten pork, and I haven't seen pigs run away yet..."

"Idiots, so-called laymen watch the excitement, and experts watch the tricks, and you belong to the former..."

"you.."

"He was right. Don't look at the host's words so easily. In fact, swordsmanship and spoon skills are just general terms. How to use them depends entirely on the nature of the dishes. Different dishes, swordsmanship and spoon skills are all given."

"That's right, take the knife method as an example. The knife method is divided into six categories: cut, slice, chop, chop, chop, beat, and slurry. There are many small categories for each category. For example, treating crispy ingredients such as potatoes and radish, generally use straight cuts in the cutting method, while foods with strong toughness such as fresh meat and kelp are usually used to cut and cut, etc.."

"You said it more one-sidedly. In fact, the knife method does not clearly limit the types of ingredients. The main thing is that the chef needs to flexibly apply it during the cutting of vegetables. Just like the 'rachet' you mentioned just now, if the chef first expels the fresh meat in the pot or refrigerates it at a low temperature, you can use push-cutting."

"It seems that this is indeed the case, it's amazing."

"I'm not so good at it, otherwise I wouldn't have sat in the audience, it's just some personal understanding."

"I would like to ask you all. Among the three key points mentioned by the host just now, I understand the basic skills and cooking techniques, but what does the last ingredient combination refer to? I don't have this concept at all when cooking at home."

"There are many sayings about the combination of ingredients, such as the combination of ingredients proportions, the combination of ingredients and color, etc., but you should note that the general proportions and color combinations are not difficult, and basically all chefs will not make mistakes. So, I guess the real meaning of the host refers to the combination of ingredients."

“What is the nature?”

"I know this, I tell you. When you have a cold, does Chinese medicine often tell you to avoid raw and cold foods? When your spleen and stomach are discomfort, should you avoid greasy foods? When you relieve cough and relieve asthma, should you avoid fishy fish? Should you stop eating abdominal pain and diarrhea?"

"Damn it seems that's the case!"

"This is the nature of food. Unreasonable combination will cause harm to the eater's body. What he said is just a rough idea, and the specific contents are divided very carefully! For example, pork is avoided by buckwheat, mutton is avoided by vinegar, pork liver is avoided by carp intestines, duck is avoided by mulberries, plums, etc.."

"As you say, I felt uncomfortable when I was eating outside several times. At that time, I saw that the restaurant was formal and clean in all aspects, so I left it alone. Now that I think about it, it is very likely that the problem lies in the combination of ingredients."

"Haha, if this is the case, no matter how good the chef is, he will never become an excellent chef! There is a problem with his professional qualities."

"It seems that today's individual competition is interesting."

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Seeing that the audience was talking in full swing, the two hosts at the commentary table met each other, with intriguing meaning in their eyes, Liu Hua immediately smiled and said, "It seems that everyone understands the three key points Mu Mu just mentioned. However, since it is the chef god competition every four years, and the contestants present are all elites in the food industry, so the basic skills competition in the first round has some changes, which is called 'the same missing'!"

"It's missing? What does it mean?" Many viewers asked in confusion.

"It's very simple, please ask the staff to enter the venue." Liu Hua did not explain, but said another sentence inexplicably.

Wow.

At the same time, the audience sitting in the front row immediately saw a beautiful woman wearing cheongsams and holding silver plates in their hands.

However, everyone's eyes did not stop at the beautiful staff, but turned to the things in the silver plate.

It’s not food, not kitchen utensils, just eye masks!

"That's right, the so-called 'missing one' is an auxiliary means to deprive the participants of the eyes," Liu Hua said loudly: "Without the assistance of eyes, the difficulty of cutting vegetables will naturally increase in disguise. But I believe that this is not a difficult task for the participants present!"

"Liu Hua, you're a little stuck." Mu Mu suddenly smiled and continued: "Under normal circumstances, it's really not difficult, but if there is a time limit, the situation will be different. Here, I remind the participants off the field that once they cut their fingers during the competition, they will be eliminated directly. Therefore, you must consider whether to continue the competition or eliminate them directly."

As soon as this statement was spoken, many contestants realized the implication of this sentence. It seemed that the first round of the competition was not just about cutting vegetables, but also about the follow-up.

They were silent, obviously when considering whether to seek stability or speed when chopping vegetables.

It’s a pity that they forgot one thing. There are more than 600 contestants, and each of them has no bad skills. In this case, the statements of seeking stability and seeking speed are not accurate, because only those who are stable and fast have a better chance of advancement!

Chen Chong smiled and shook his head. This not only tests the contestants' basic skills, but also the psychological quality of the postgraduate entrance examination participants.

"The first round of this guy game is getting more and more interesting," he thought.

…

When more than 600 staff members handed the eye masks in the silver plate to the contestants, they did not leave, but put down the silver plate, revealing a pen and paper in the hand of the tray.

"In the upcoming game, the staff in front of you will monitor your game process."

Mu Mu just said this briefly, and everyone present understood that this was to let the staff "guard" one-on-one to prevent anyone from cheating, such as secretly revealing gaps when wearing eye masks.

"Please wear eye masks, the competition is about to begin." Liu Hua signaled everyone to look at the big screen above, and a five-minute countdown appeared on it. "The first phase of the first round is five minutes. The contestants need to touch the ingredients in the frame with their hands within the specified time and complete it in an appropriate way.

Those who have not finished processing are considered elimination; those who have cut their fingers in the middle are considered elimination; those who have failed to handle the ingredients are considered elimination; those who cheat and cheat are considered elimination. Do you understand that the remaining ones enter the second stage?”

"I understand!" More than 600 contestants, including Chen Chong, responded loudly, and cheered themselves up.

As if I felt this atmosphere, all the audience was shouting for the contestants they supported, and the atmosphere was extremely hot.

"Since that's the case, then the first round of the 7th Chef Competition God of Chef Competition..."

Liu Hua nodded to Mu Mu, the two of them took a deep breath, and said, "Start!"

5:00

4:59

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Chapter completed!