Chapter 165 - Chapter 165: Declaration of War (2) (2/2)
Lisa looked at Jo Minjoon silently The moment she was about to respond, they could hear Isaac’s voice
“The head chef has asked you to couess we are about to start”
Hall Rachel aiting for theently as she looked at everyone
“You all look like you’re about to head out to war or so No need to be that way Don’t be nervous and just relax You have no reason to be nervous”
Jo Minjoon quietly looked at his watch as Rachel spoke 9:55 Only fiveRachel slowly started to speak
“This is an i, but it is also an important day for us Rose Island’sits first course of business I’ht, Isaac”
“Yes chef”
“Open hell’s Kitchen”
(TL: Okay, she doesn’t say that, I just thought about Gordon Rain”
Isaac nodded with a determined expression and opened the door They could hear all sorts of noises on the other side of the door, but soon, they all came into the hall with nervous expressions Jo Minjoon quietly looked the level 5 4 4 5 ……2? What are they planning to do with that type of skill?’
The cooking level showed their level of skill There were definitely people like Yamamoto theyable to bring out a deeper flavor, but that was only the case when someone focuses solely on one field If their level was this low, it was hard to expect that type of specialty
Jo Minjoon’s forehead automatically started to frown He was sure that the people with low cooking skills were probably apprentice applicants, but even for apprentices, he could not believe that these people who probably have never even cooked properly were trying to enter into the kitchen
Cooking was not so you could only learn in a fancy restaurant If you put in even a bit of ti skill would improve But to not even be level 5, no even level 4…that was proof that they did not norly for Jo Minjoon’s expression to get cold This path was so to dedicate his entire life to it, so he did not like that there were people here who had never even shown a bit of sincerity for cooking Not only that, it was also an insult to the other applicants ere here
However, even though he was feeling that way, he welcomed the contestants with a different expression A whitein the back row, started to speak to the woman next to him with a thick Spanish accent
“Ehh, Jo was always sht he would have uess that’s not the case He has an extreuess tv and reality are really different”
The wo black hair in braids looked sideith a focused expression It was so sharp and scary that the man who spoke to her felt chills for a second However, the voice that soon folloas surprisingly cal to put more pressure on us”
“I definitely feel pressured Oh, o”
“Janet Pei”
Janet answered in a calm voice Javier smiled as he spoke
“Nice toto be a demi chef You?”
There would be no answer fro, Rachel’s voice echoed through the hall
“First, I want to thank all of you who have gathered here today To say that you want to be a part of my family, that tells ether with all of you One apprentice, two demi chefs, four prep cooks, and two bakers That is all ill be selecting today Of the fifty eight of you, forty eight will……”
(TL: Author changed it to fifty eight frouess the nine bakers do not count as part of the forty nine original number)
Jo Minjoon quickly whispered
“Forty nine”
“……Cough Forty nine will have to go home empty handed The rules of the audition are simple We will first start with the apprentice candidates The test is prepared in the kitchen For the other applicants, please wait in the hall It is fine if you spectate what is going on in the kitchen It is an open kitchen after all Alright, let’s go”
With that, Rachel turned around Anderson raised his voice
“Apprentice candidates, please head into the kitchen”
Seven individuals responded and followed thes they were handed inside were siarlic, and a knife Rachel calmly started to speak
“The first test is silio e Olio Minjoon, please derabbed the kitchen knife The garlic quickly became thinly sliced with every movement of his knife He did not look to be extrearlic was cut into thin and even slices that it was hard to see the changes in the garlic’s size with your eyes Jo Minjoon lifted up a thinly sliced piece of garlic as he spoke
“The thickness cannot be thicker or thinner than this Alright, start cutting”
I, the apprentice candidates started their battle with the garlic There were some who showed decent levels of knife skills, but the majority were all over the place It made sense Of the apprentice candidates, there was only one person who had a cooking level higher than 4
There was no need to talk about those with level 2 cooking skills Jo Minjoon silently went and stood in front of a younghis knife to try to slice the garlic as thinly as he could……but it was not easy to slice garlic It’d be a different story if they were cutting green onions Unfortunately, garlic was very sin with, and it was difficult to fir board If you hold the knife too tightly and cannot feel the arlic
At the same time, it was not considered to be an advanced skill If soet to this level of slicing garlic easily But that was not the case for this youngaside the fact that his slices were not the sa onto the knife like a steel rod showed that he had no experience cooking in his life
Jo Minjoon let out a sigh and looked behind hi uess I have to shoot the gun’
The decision was quick Jo Minjoon started to speak
“Mr Ben?”
“Yes!”
“Do you like cooking?”
“Yes, yes I do”
“You’re lying to me”
“……Huh?”
Ben looked towards Jo Minjoon with a confused expression Jo Minjoon took the knife fro it
“Do you think itto hold a knife like this? Do you even cook normally?”
(TL: Will Minjoon channel his inner Gordon Raet to cook often But I do want to cook”
“There are s The problem is whether or not they put in the time and effort, and show passion towards what they want to do To me, it just looks like you came here to fool around, Mr Ben”
“That is why I applied to be an apprentice I did it in order to put in the effort you are talking about Isn’t the apprentice level focused on learning?”
Maybe he didn’t appreciate being told he was here to fool around, but Ben’s voice was both challenging and vicious Jo Minjoon let out a sigh as he shook his head
“Effort is not so on where you are If you were really sincere about cooking, you would have tried to cook on your own even before co here Does itcooked?”
“I didn’t have time……”
“I hate that phrase the most No matter what, you must eat at home One meal, two meals No matter how busy, you must eat You must also sleep There is nobody in the world who is so busy that they cannot even touch the knife once You’ll have time if you slept just one minute less Of course, I would understand if you were SO busy that you could not even sleep for one ht Are you that busy?”
Ben could not respond There was no way he was that busy Jo Minjoon lifted up the garlic Ben had sliced
“You e to learn Don’t you have to first know the alphabet to learn English? Of all the people here, I think you are the only one who doesn’t even know the alphabet, Mr Ben”
The sound of whispers It looked like he was speaking politely and gently, however, the contents were poignant and critical Ben bit his lips and lowered his head Jo Minjoon looked at hiaze as he spoke
“It is hard for me to think that the passion you did not even have in your own kitchen will suddenly appear because you are standing in a restaurant kitchen There are too ether”
Ben’s hands did not even show any signs of sweat, as ifthe other apprentice candidates’ efforts Jo Minjoon looked at Rachel She nodded her head The decision was made”
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