Chapter 98 Master Chef Competition 3

The competition had already begun, and everyone tensed up as they watched the contestants hurriedly cook.

As time passed by, the audience continued to discuss and observe the competitors.

"Heavens look at those knife cutting skills.... Senior Vegara is amazing"

"Just looking at senior Winston cook, makes me hungry"

"What kind of smell is this?... why is it so fragrant?... looking at them cook, has made me realise how far back my cooking skills are"

"Look!!!.. she’s already placing her dessert in the kiln."

"Senior Yorick is extremely fast and well... just look at the way he’s beating the eggs."

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Dominic saw the signal from Landon, and knew that it was finally time to stop the contestants.

Time for the judges to give their reviews.

Up first was contestant Milton.

He placed his dishes on a metal wheeled trolley, and brought them closer to the judges.

Once he had placed all the dishes on their table, he immediately stood a little distance in front of them and waited nervously for their comments.

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The judges had their own metal megaphones, so they began their assessments.

"Before we the judges eat, let’s talk about your plate presentation and appearance.

The theme of the meal was, adventure.. And your dish screams hunting in the Forest... Am I correct?" Chef Benita asked

The place was dead silent.

"YES!"

The audience held their breaths as they listened to the judges...

’So far so good’, they thought.

The judges on the panel smiled.

"And what would you call this dish?" Landon asked

"A hunter’s victory" Milton said anxiously.

"It certainly does look like forest.

The rice was sculpted like a mountain and placed at the upper most corner of the plate.. I can also see that you added a yellow colored sauce around the mountains top as well." Landon said.

"Around your mountain of rice, you mixed that same sauce with your meat, and placed at the doorstep of the mountain... I’m guessing that this signifies the ground itself..." Chief Lyore commented.

"Your leafy vegetables were then placed between each meat stack, creating the illusion of trees." Chef Blake said.

"And finally, you rolled your brown fried eggs, cut them into several pieces and stationed them at different points on your plate.. which made them seem like large rocks or logs of wood placed around the forest." Chef Benita added as she used her fork to poke the eggs.

"And for your dessert, I see that you also neatly placed star shaped cakes on a different plate... which probably signifies the stars at night..

So your adventure happens at night time... interesting....." Landon said.

"And finally for your appetizer, I’m guessing the fish sticks in the sauce signified a water body and life somewhere in your forest" Chief Lyore concluded.

Everyone in the audience couldn’t help but give 2 thumbs up to Milton... He had done so much preparation, and showed off his skills as a chef.

He was telling his own adventure story through his cooking.

Now, it was time for the judges to eat the meal.

As the judges ate, they all had different looks on their faces.

The audience couldn’t help themselves from guessing what the final outcome would be.

"Do you think chef Blake is impressed?"

Milton truly felt touched as he listened to the crowd.

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The competition went on with the audience hanging on a tiny thread of life again.

Their emotions were all over the place because of the judges.

Once the judges were done with their assessment, they awarded points to all the contestants.

For this part of the competition, Yorick came first, Vegara was second and Milton was third... of course there were 5 other contestants behind Milton as well.

Now it was time for stage 2 of the contest.

The audience quickly came down to eat their fill, as they themselves were hungry from watching all these juicy meals being prepared.

With 20 Sous-chefs helping each contestant, the dishes were served very fast to the citizens.

And finally by the end of the competition, the plates were gathered and counted.

Surprisingly, every contestant still had the same rank as before.

Which meant that the audience still found Yorick’s food to be the tastiest, followed by Vegara and then Milton.

Of course Landon gave a closing speech for the event, and awarded the winners with their rewards.

With this, the competition had come to an end.

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"Daddy..Daddy, you won"

"Daddy congratulations"

Milton turned around and looked at his wife, his 9 year old son and his 6 year old daughter running towards him.

They immediately hugged him as they felt immensely proud of him.

"I can’t believe that Chef Benita would be teaching you for 2 weeks.... hahaha... I’m so happy....Wahhh!!... look at all the money in the bag" his wife jumped about happily.

Milton smiled as he looked at his family.

Today had truly shown him that his road to being a chef wasn’t going to be easy...but there was no way in hell that he would give up without a fight.

Just as the judges had said, he needed to properly hone his skills in order to advance in the culinary world.

He needed to do this for his family, and for his future.

He had already swore that he would do his best and get Chef Blake and Benita’s recognition.

His new dream was not to be a 3 star chef like them, but to be a 5 star one.

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--Knighhood Academy, Capital of Arcadina--

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A young gentleman sat on a chair in his dorm room, with his personal guard standing beside him.

Suddenly, his window opened and someone in a cloak jumped in.

"Any news?"

"No young master"

"Keep searching"

"Yes young master"

And just like that, the cloaked person had left, as quickly as he had arrived.

Marder Shannon’s personal guard was worried as well.

"Young master Marder... What do we do about lord Shannon’s disappearance?"