novelraw Chapter 161 The competition officially begins!
Chapter 161 The competition officially begins!
Chapter 161 The competition officially begins!
The next day.
The gymnasium was full of people, probably thousands of spectators came.
Dozens of cameras were aimed at the stage. The host, wearing a short red skirt, stood out and attracted many coveted eyes.
After all, it is a national competition, and even the host is not comparable to the previous divisions.
In the front row of the auditorium, Su Xiaonian saw Wang Yuhan and Ye Xiaochuan, who were holding a light sign with Su Xiaonian's name written on it.
Su Xiaonian smiled slightly. People who didn't know better thought this was the idol's performance.
Hearing that Wang Yuhan and Ye Xiaochuan queued up half an hour earlier today in order to grab the front row seats, Su Xiaonian was a little moved, and they couldn't be disappointed.
On time, with festive background music, the host announced the official start of the International Food Newcomer God of Cookery Competition, the Chinese District Finals.
"Contestants please take your seats, and judges and teachers please take their seats!"
According to the usual practice, the host went through the process, first let the judges and teachers speak a few words, and then when the contestants spoke, everyone can face the camera and say a few words before the game. The time is only 30 seconds.
Don't look at this short 30 seconds. This is a live broadcast on a national TV station. The audience has reached hundreds of millions. A 30-second sponsor advertisement costs several million or even tens of millions. Each player can speak for 30 seconds Zhong, it's already very face-saving.
The contestants know the importance of it, and everyone talks a lot, hoping to become popular.
As a result, when he arrived at Su Xiaonian's place, he said directly: "I'll pass."
One word!
The big cameraman was dumbfounded. I'm afraid this person is not a fool, is he?Such a good opportunity to say a word?
Not only the cameraman, but everyone in the audience was stunned, and the atmosphere was awkward.
The host stood up to save the field, laughed and joked: "Apart from being tall and handsome, this player looks like Louis Koo, Wu Yanzu, and looks like nothing out of the ordinary. I didn't expect this player to have such a personality!
The audience in the audience laughed after hearing the words, and the director also gave the host a thumbs up from the audience.
This international-level host is amazing, and a few words can resolve the embarrassing atmosphere at the scene.
But when it was Lu Yao's turn, the embarrassment reappeared.
He was more straightforward than Su Xiaonian. He walked over without saying a word.
It made the director team think that he made a mistake, but he didn't want to speak at all.
However, the host is very adaptable. He directly inserted a sponsor's advertisement, which not only resolved the embarrassment again, but also made the sponsor's father happy.
After the contestants finished their speeches, the leader of the organizing committee came to the stage to explain the rules.
Since it is a live broadcast, there is a time limit for each game, a maximum of one and a half hours. If the time is over, the contestant's score will be deducted according to the excess time. If it exceeds two hours, they will be eliminated directly.
As for the competition dishes, there are no requirements. All eight major cuisines are acceptable, including stick dishes, Japanese cuisine, Western food, etc. There are no restrictions.
Although the rules are so, the contestants and the audience know that no one will choose to cook foreign dishes.
Because this is an international competition, the champion of the Huaxia Division can only be won by chefs who can cook Chinese cuisine.
This is not narrow, but the champion of each country represents the country behind him in the competition.
In addition to personal honor, there is also the glory of the motherland.
Just imagine, if a chef from the Huaxia District beats all the contestants with Western food and represents the country, even if he wins in the end and gets the title of world champion, people will say that you cook Western food. If you win, it can only prove Western food is number one in the world.
Therefore, although the rules of the competition did not require dishes, none of the contestants who participated in the finals would choose to cook foreign dishes.The same is true for other participating countries. When it comes to the finals, the contestants will not know how to cook foreign dishes.
There is no limit to the dishes, and the ingredients are naturally not limited. What ingredients the contestants need, they can directly greet the staff on the scene. The organizing committee has made full preparations. There is a large refrigerator in the gymnasium, which stores tens of thousands of ingredients. Basically, everything that can be bought on the market is available in the freezer.
This competition can be said to be very grand. All preparations are very comprehensive, and it is grander than previous competitions.
The key point is that the contestants in this competition are all excellent, evenly matched, and their level is much higher than in previous competitions.
There is even a prize quiz on the Internet, let everyone guess who is the most likely to win the championship.
Among them, the one with the most votes was actually Lu Yao. Although he wanted to keep a low profile, he was slandered by Su Xiaonian twice, and he even won the championship in the East China region.
There is also the short-haired girl named Su Su, she is the winning prospect from the West China Division.
However, her name has been ridiculed by many people.
Su Su?uncle? !
I suspect she is taking advantage of me!
Fortunately, she is a woman, otherwise no one would want to call her name directly.
In addition to Su Su who is the favorite to win, Qian Beisheng is also ranked third with the most votes.
As for Su Xiaonian, it seems that he is the last one...
However, Su Xiaonian didn't care too much. With the seventh place in the division and the fact that he didn't accept any interviews at all, it was normal for no one to know about him.
Su Xiaonian was also so happy.
The leader of the organizing committee read out the rules of the competition and then asked the players to draw lots.
The lottery process is very modern. It is not a black box lottery, but a random draw by computer, which completely guarantees the fairness of probability, and there is no possibility of being tampered with behind the scenes.
In the first round, Su Xiaonian faced a young guy from the North China Division. His name was Dong Chenggong, and he seemed to be a senior chef.
As a senior chef, it is already very impressive to reach the finals, and Dong Chenggong is very young, in his early twenties, and very talented.
But in front of Su Xiaonian, he was still a little stunned.
Even so, Su Xiaonian will not underestimate the enemy. If the ship capsizes in the gutter, it will be miserable. He doesn't want to work for so long, and the final mission of dismissal still fails, resulting in a decrease in system integration.
After the draw was completed, the host sounded the gong.
Bah!
"I announce that the new MasterChef China Regional Finals has begun!"
As soon as the gong sounded, the anger in the arena instantly became tense.
The 32 contestants moved almost at the same time. Those who cut vegetables, those who chopped meat, and those who chopped meat, all had unicorn arms, and the speed of their hands was so fast that the camera could hardly keep up.
Swish!
The sound of the knife chopping the chopping board one after another is very exciting.
Su Xiaonian quickly got into shape. The first dish he will cook today is Kunlun Bao Fu, a famous dish that has been lost.
The ingredients include abalone, sea cucumber, dragon grouper skin, white tofu, scallop meat, a total of more than 20 ingredients, and then simmered in seafood soup for 10 minutes.
There are more than 30 kinds of ingredients for this seafood soup alone, which takes 45 minutes.
The steps of Kunlun Bao Fu are complicated, the amount of ingredients, and the order of putting them in will affect the taste and taste. It is definitely a difficult cuisine.
According to the memories in his mind, Su Xiaonian handled the ingredients in an orderly manner.
(End of this chapter)