Chapter 1000 - Crisis Of The Hosts Career (1/2)

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“As Master Chef Restaurant is the challenged restaurant, and as Head Chef Yuan was the one who had finished cooking first, we shall start the grading from the seafood alliance first,” said the host.

“That’s not bad. We can see how good the 28 restaurants actually are,” muttered someone.

While waiting for the result, the place became somewhat noisy. But Chef Li did not hear any of the noise. He could only hear the sound of his own heartbeats.

This was the first dish, also the start of his victory over Yuan Zhou if he was to eventually obtain the victory.

“I wonder how many points I’ll get,” Chef Li was nervous, as if his confidence from earlier had vanished. He stared at the judges as he waited.

“Judges, please raise your signboards and show the points you are giving this dish,” said the host.

That’s right. The points would be announced by raising boards. In order to give a visual impact during grading, two signboards had been provided to each of the judges.

Since Zhou Shijie and Zhang Yan had one additional point they could give each, they each had three signboards instead, one for one point, one for two points, and one for three points.

Naturally, Bai Xiaoxiao and Wang Xiang only had two signboards, one for one point and one for two points.

Whoosh. Whoosh. Whoosh. Whoosh. The judges quickly raised their signboards with no hesitation.

Almost at the same time, the four raised their signboards. The makeup of each signboard was actually a long handle with a round board on top while the points were clearly written on the board.

“Alright, we can all see that all four judges have raised their signboards. All four have given the same points as well,” said the host.

“Judge Bai is giving the Hot and Numbing Mantis Shrimp one point. To the side, Judge Wang is giving one point as well. Even Chairman Zhou and Chairman Zhang are giving the dish one point as well. Looks like the judges are all very strict,” concluded the host.

When Chef Li heard that, he could feel the veins on his forehead stretched taut. That was truly quite a low number of points. Just as Chef Li was wondering why were Bai Xiaoxiao and Wang Xiang not giving him the maximum points, the host spoke.

“The red side, representative of the seafood alliance, Chef Li’s mantis shrimp obtains a total of four points. With the maximum being 10 points, this isn’t exactly high, but it is understandable since the judges are all very strict,” said the host comfortingly.

“True, that’s probably because Chairman Zhou and Chairman Zhang are very strict,” thought Chef Li who was slightly relieved.

“After all, the two are known for being strict. It is already good for them to give me one point each,” Chef Li comforted himself.

“Judge Bai, please share your thoughts on this dish,” said the host.

“Ok,” Bai Xiaoxiao felt somewhat awkward when he saw Chef Li’s fervent gaze on him. He coughed slightly before he spoke.

“For this dish, regardless of the flavor allocation or heat control, there are no problems whatsoever.” As usual, Bai Xiaoxiao started with praise.

The host did not interrupt. He waited for Bai Xiaoxiao to continue.

“However, Chef Li has forgotten that the essence of seafood is seafood, all the other condiments are only supporting characters. With the shell removed, the pleasure one can derive from personally removing the shell is gone,” said Bai Xiaoxiao seriously.

“Impossible!” This was Chef Li’s first reaction when he heard the comment.

“Doing unnecessary things, akin to drawing legs on a snake, an incomplete dish,” said Zhang Yan before the host could even ask him.

“Haha, looks like our judges are indeed very strict,” said the host, trying to laugh it off.

“Next, let us move on to the Bell Pepper Prawn,” said the host.

When the host saw that the mood was somewhat oppressive, he walked towards Yuan Zhou, evidently trying to ask for Yuan Zhou’s opinion.