Chapter 146 - Chapter 146 - 146: Exchange Recipes (1/2)

Chapter 146 – 146: Exchange Recipes

Tong Ya truly adored the wedding dress in her hands, holding it continuously from the moment she saw it until she went to sleep.

Chen Yu didn’t say much; he just stretched lazily and fell into a deep sleep.

The competition entered its second day, with the venue still swarming with people.

Chen Yu felt a bit depressed. Today was Thursday and, logically, most people should be at work. Why were there so many spectators present?

Today’s rules were a bit different from yesterday’s, not as freeform but rather directed competition.

The morning’s content was pastry, which did not have any specific restrictions. Both sides could create according to their own culinary strengths.

But the afternoon’s content was a bit more demanding.

The two sides had to exchange recipes!

This meant that in the afternoon’s competition, the Chinese chefs had to prepare Western cuisine according to the requirements of the Zeus Alliance.

And the Alliance had to do the same, preparing Chinese cuisine according to their demands.

This seemingly simple exchange actually concealed a deeper challenge.

It tested whether a chef had expanded their expertise beyond their specialty dishes.

In other words, it was a test of the chefs’ versatility, or rather, their learning ability.

As soon as the morning competition began, the atmosphere became intensely competitive.

Both sides chose to work on Fondant Craftsmanship!

This was no longer just a culinary competition, but rather a contest of artistic expression on some level.

Many regard Fondant Craftsmanship as edible figurines.

Some masters of Fondant Craftsmanship with superior skills have created works so lifelike that they have been featured in world-class art exhibitions.

Fondant Craftsmanship was an integral part of Chen Yu’s pastry and staple food series, so he was particularly skilled in this area.

In the midst of everyone’s astonished gazes, he quickly fashioned more than a dozen lifelike fondant figures.

In the end, he created a massive platform for these fondant figures and set them upon it, presenting a stunning depiction of the flying apsaras of Dunhuang before everyone’s eyes.

When the judges and the audience saw this fondant scroll, they rose to their feet.

Thunderous applause erupted at the venue.

Such a fondant creation, rich in regional flavor and cultural heritage, was top-notch wherever it was placed.

It seemed the Zeus Alliance had aimed to create Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, but their fondant work was only half completed, and in terms of difficulty and technique, it fell far short of Chen Yu’s.

Even most of the judges believed there was no need to continue the competition and declared the Chinese chef the winner outright.

Perhaps even the people of the Zeus Alliance hadn’t anticipated such an unequivocal match, where Chen Yu secured victory with an overwhelming advantage.

Their fondant work had been practiced countless times in private, and today’s execution was their fastest yet, but even so, they were soundly defeated.

When Chen Yu returned to the resting room, he was met with absolute respect from the other six chefs, and two of them even asked to take him as their master.

Chen Yu dismissively attributed it to practice makes perfect and then changed the subject to chat idly with the other masters.

In the afternoon, they had to prepare Western cuisine, and these Chinese chefs, who had handled cleavers and large spoons all their lives, knew very little about Western cuisine.

Take Master Wang Hai, for example, he was definitely top-notch in Chinese cuisine, yet he didn’t even know the basic steps of cooking a steak.