v3 Chapter 825： Unaccustomed

The China-US Kitchen King Competition is undoubtedly a very professional food competition reality show. Professionals to the semi-finals even need to rehearse in advance. On the fourth day after informing Jiang Feng to check the game scene and money, the program team again notified them to go to the scene for a rehearsal.

At the same time, the day of the semi-finals is also set, December 8th, a day that sounds very auspicious. The duration of the competition is also very long, a full twelve hours, which also means that the contestants can cook any dishes they want, whether it is hanging soup or freezing the dishes and cooking, except that the time is too long and it is too torturous to judge and work. There are no shortcomings other than personnel.

It is worth mentioning that the semi-finals and finals are different from other variety shows. Although the stage is large, there are no audiences. After all, the cooking competition does not require audience votes, nor does it require audience feedback and applause. If there are too many people and too noisy, it will affect the chef's competition state. Some chefs need a relatively quiet environment to calm down and cook their food.

All contestants and judges will be present at the rehearsal before the game. This is the last opportunity for everyone to get to know and get acquainted with the opponent before the game. Prior to this, Jiang Feng spent three hours compensating for his opponent's information, and then discovered that the four restaurants that have advanced to the semi-finals are actually related.

Needless to say, the relationship between Taifeng Building and the top-floor restaurant is not an exaggeration. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the enemy of a lifetime. If the chefs in Peking are asked to say which two restaurant owners are most likely to fight, their first reaction is definitely The top restaurant and Taifeng Building, and then the top restaurant and Babaozhai.

The two restaurants promoted in the US region, one is Peng Changping's own restaurant, and Chinese Food Restaurant is also a Chinese restaurant. The contestants were the penultimate apprentice of Peng Changping, who was Zhou Shi's senior. Peng Changping's son-in-law and Peng Changping's two apprentices were all acquaintances Jiang Feng had never met before.

Not to mention the New York Lights. Chef Arnold’s old club hasn’t made any staff changes after Chef Arnold’s quit. The four chefs participating in the competition are all the former brothers of Chef Arnold, who have been brothers for many years. He belongs to the kind of faithful brother who needs to shake when Chef Arnold sneezes. Chef Arnold said that he might sprinkle the wrong seasoning.

The lineup of judges is also very luxurious, Xu Cheng, Peng Changping and two well-known American food critics.

I have to say one more digression here. It is now in December, and the final month of the year, the selection results of the celebrity chefs have not yet come out. It has already been rumored that the reason why Chef Arnold would go all the way to Beijing uncharacteristically was to stop Xu Cheng and let Xu Cheng rank second in the list of famous chefs.

In this case, Xu Cheng still has the leisure time to suppress being a program reviewer instead of worrying about the ranking of celebrity chefs. It can only be said that the ace pigeon is truly an ace pigeon.

But no matter how the review is done, the first full meeting of the contestants is still very pleasant.

Especially between the judges, everyone is old acquaintances. The two American judges are serious and lean named Henry, and the other is chubby with a nice smiling face named David. They are both very common names. . The only similarity apart from the public name is that they are not young and their hair is a bit gray.

David obviously knows Xu Cheng very well. As soon as he saw Xu Cheng in the competition venue, he asked, "Xu, it's December now. Why haven't your celebrity chef rankings come out yet? Time to announce."

Xu Cheng has been an ace pigeon for so many years, and he is very comfortable with this kind of urging to come to the door: "Of course it hasn't come out because of controversy. Don't worry, I will come out this year."

"Controversy?" David's chubby face was full of distrust of Xu Cheng. "It's not that I said you, you really have become more and more lazy in the past two years. In the past few years, even if you were reluctant to write, every time There will be such an article in one or two months. Look at you this year and only wrote one. Last year, you wrote several columns."

"Good articles always take time to honed, and it is not always possible to write good food reviews. Do you want to write food reviews as commercial advertisements or spiritual chicken soup like some critics do now?" Xu Chengzi He has his own set of theories. Anyway, he is rich and he is the boss. He is not in a hurry and no one can push him.

Just as the judges exchanged greetings with each other, the sixteen contestants had a general understanding of the positions. In fact, this rehearsal is very simple. You only need to know and understand the direction of each stand. Don’t find the stand when you go on stage and introduce yourself.

Of course, it doesn’t matter if you can’t find the camera, the camera will look for them, and the camera will naturally zoom when it’s time to zoom in.

The director asked each contestant to go through it several times to determine the best site, and it was over after a few more words. The judges are relatively troublesome and complicated, but the four judges have rich experience on the show, the camera feels good, and the problem is not big.

After the rehearsal, you can leave individually. Chef Arnold rushed back to the restaurant almost as soon as the rehearsal was over. He didn't know that it was Roland who owed the money. In terms of professionalism, Chef Arnold really didn't say that.

In order to better prepare for the semi-finals at Taifenglou, Wang Xiuli gave them a big holiday. Although it was a holiday, only Sun Mao was the only one who had a rest. Both Wu Minqi and Sun Jikai were dragged by Jiang Feng to study how to apply the method of the eight-treasure chestnut pigeon to Jiang's ginseng soup. This is a bitter for Wu Minqi and Sun Jikai.

When the three of them worked together to study the thickening method of Babao Lixiangge, Jiang Feng's cooking skills were better than them but not much better, and the three of them could barely maintain the same level of cooking skills. Now Jiang Feng has left the two of them far behind in culinary skills, and they have different ways of thinking about problems at different levels and levels. During the discussion, Wu Minqi and Sun Jikai often failed to follow Jiang Feng’s ideas, but the two were still willing I spend a lot of time studying with Jiang Feng every day.

Because this can really learn a lot.

Even though it was very hard to learn, hard work and even wondering if I was a fool, the speed of improvement was really fast.

Sun Maocai said a word to the three of them and left first. He also arranged other things today that it is impossible to stay here too much time. Jiang Feng did not return to Taifeng Building to study the thickening first. They wanted to stay and exchange a few words with the chefs in the Chinese restaurant. Although Jiang Feng is not their relatives, nor their juniors, nor their old friends, there are always a few. To divide a wonderful relationship, both emotions and reason should say hello.

During the rehearsal, the two groups of people do not stand together, and it is not easy to say hello at a distance. After the rehearsal, they must say hello.

"Master Sheng." Jiang Feng smiled and walked to Peng Changping's son-in-law, Sheng Ming, and said with a smile.

It is also good luck. Peng Changping is recognized as the world's number one Chinese chef. Although his children and grandchildren are very competitive and have achieved good results in all walks of life, they obviously do not have much talent in cooking. Instead, his son-in-law Shengming, and his apprentice inherited his craft. Currently, Sheng Ming is responsible for the cooking of Chinese restaurants, while Peng Changping's son is responsible for the management.

Sheng Ming obviously did his homework in advance and saw Jiang Feng’s photos. He knew Jiang Feng’s relationship with Peng Changping and responded enthusiastically: “You...don’t be so polite, just call me Sheng Ming. During this time, I often hear my dad mention you. Sure enough, he is extraordinary, young talent."

Sheng Ming obviously spent too many years abroad, and his mother tongue is not very familiar. When speaking, he always unconsciously wants to mix English words and forcibly resists it, which leads to confusion in logic, and Jiang Feng sees the confusion. .

After a few simple polite sentences, another apprentice of Peng Changping also joined the polite ranks. After a few minutes of difficult communication, just when Jiang Feng felt that this set of greetings could be ended and happily returned to Taifeng Building to continue studying thickening, Sheng Ming finally said what he wanted to say from the beginning.

"I don't know if you are free tonight. If you are free, we can have a meal together. My uncle has been talking about seeing you for these two days Sheng Ming said.

"Uncle Shi?" Jiang Feng reacted as soon as he finished speaking. The Uncle Shi in Sheng Ming's mouth should be Qin Guisheng.

Didn't Qin Guisheng break his leg? Why did you come to Peking?

Jiang Feng thought about it again. It seemed that Qin Guisheng broke his leg a long time ago, and logically speaking, he should be well raised now.

"Yes, my uncle is Qin Guisheng, you should know him." Sheng Ming said.

Jiang Feng nodded, but still didn't quite understand.

Qin Guisheng has a quick temper. This was clearly understood by Zhang Zhiyun's retelling by Jiang Feng when he ate in Yun last time. It can be said that Qin Guisheng hasn't changed his temper no matter when he was young or now. He can say whatever he wants and do what he wants. He can't bear it and doesn't want to bear it.

According to Qin Guisheng's temper, if he really wants to see himself, since he was in Peking two days ago, he shouldn't have to let Shengming come out to meet him until now. When he gets off the plane, he will ask Peng Changping to make an appointment.

Jiang Feng thought so, and asked the same.

Sheng Ming didn’t hide it, telling the truth: “Uncle Shi actually went to see you when he was about to take the plane, but he just recovered from his leg injury and he was still a little weak. The long-distance flight was a bit too much for him to go to the hotel to rest after getting off the plane. Up."

"I thought that a day off would be better, but I didn't expect that the uncle was unaccustomed to the water and soil, and the jet lag was too bad, so he went to the hospital after staying in the hotel for a day and was discharged this morning."

I wanted to see Jiang Feng as soon as I was discharged from the hospital, which can be said to be very urgent.

Jiang Feng:...

Who could have imagined that Qin Guisheng, a native of Peking, would be uncomfortable after returning to Peking after many years.

"No problem, it is my honor to have dinner with Master Qin." Jiang Feng agreed with a smile.

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