Chapter 241 - Uproar (1/2)

Wang Ming heard the competitors around him gasp. They never thought that the rules would change this year. It had been the same rules for so many years already that most only prepared great recipes. Of course every chef there has a great basic understanding of food and cooking. But there are many intricate details on how you're supposed to cook different ingredients. Not only that they need to know how to process an ingredient before and after cooking for best effect. Depending on what topic they get, they could be screwed.

As for Wang Ming, he thought little about it. Even though he felt it was weird for them to change the rules like this, the new rules made the competition more interesting. Not only that this gave Wang Ming a leveled playing field, he was previously in disadvantage because most of the chefs had prepared recipes months even years in advance. With these new rules, no one could prepare on what questions they would get. This test truly challenges their general cooking knowledge.

A few competitors tried to argue with the production crew, as they felt that it's too unfair for them. They've never been to a culinary school, they are just chefs who learned their craft by cooking and experience. But they were immediately shutdown by the crew, as it's well within their rights to change the rules.

The competitors didn't give up though, since it didn't work to be nice. The ones that argued tried to do it louder, to get their point across. Their loud voices interrupted the show. Meng Zhong was about to introduce the participants for the next round, but a loud shout made him stop. It was so loud that the people watching at home felt their ears ring. Seeing these middle-aged men and women act like teenagers arguing with the production made Meng Zhong feel pissed.

They are all professional chefs, their attitude and actions should reflect that. But since he's the MC, it's not his place to discipline and argue with them. He would be acting out of line. He also didn't need to. As Natasha, ready to show off, reprimanded the chefs who were throwing a tantrum.

”You guys, are all established chefs! Start acting like ones. We are professional chefs. If you want to win the competition, you got to can be able to deal with every obstacle. Even if that means that you need to deal with the new rules! Now stop with the attitude and get back in line, or I will get someone to throw you out of here.”

The cameras kept going between Natasha and the chefs who tried to argue. Seeing their faces on the cameras made them feel embarassed they all have a reputation to uphold, being seen by the people at home like that, would affect their name and business severely. The cameras hadn't been pointed at them before as it was a private conversation but when they argued loudly and interrupted the show.

The cameramen had enough. When they saw Natasha scold them, they also took this opportunity to get revenge. They zoomed close onto the chefs who were arguing earlier, so everyone at home could see exactly who it was that were acting up. The cameramen hated them since they were disrupting the broadcast. As it means that they have to work more the longer it gets disrupted.

”Now that you understand it, do you want to keep disrupting the show and get kicked out or do you want to shut up and try to win this competition and maybe regain some face?”

With red faces, all the participants who tried to argue bowed their head to apologize and hurriedly ran back to the preparation room. They didn't want to stay out there in case the cameras would record them. Seeing that the ones that made a ruckus scattered, Meng Zhong continued the show.

”I'm sorry, everyone at home. Everyone here is human beings sometimes we get clouded by our feelings and make mistakes. Please don't judge the ones that interrupted the show, they just care about the competition and want to win. Now please if you hear your name step up to the stage.”

Meng Zhong then recited 16 names when the people at home heard the names in the group they all gasped. The group had a few interesting names, Tan Ai, Cheng Kecheng, Mao Qingling and none other than Wang Ming himself. There were other famous chefs in the group as well, but these were the most noteworthy ones. Everyone at home felt excited to see Wang Ming and Cheng Kecheng go head to head.

Ming Ming clapped her foam hands together and shouted. ”Daddy beat the bad aunty!” Zhang Hou hurriedly stopped her shouting. But everyone had heard what she said. Mao Qingling glared at Wang Ming almost like she wanted to kill him. She couldn't be angry at a kid so she could only direct all her anger to Wang Ming, as he's the one at fault not disciplining his child properly.