Chapter 56: The Opening of the Cooking Contest


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    The city-level cookingpetition, set to begin three monthster, has not only captured the hearts of all the spiritual chefs in Dongxia City, but also garnered the attention of ordinary people not involved in the culinary world. Due to the peculiarity of Food Spirits, people in this world pay great attention to everything rted to Spirit Chefs.


    Jobs that are popr among the public, such as celebrities and inte celebrities, are naturally favored by Spirit Chefs.


    Watching variouspetitions involving Spirit Chefs has be a popr form of recreation for ordinary people in the Food Spirit World, and the rted industries are all thriving.


    Thousands of tickets to watch the event on-site were sold out in just an hour after being released. Those who were unable to get the tickets sighed in despair and had to settle for watching the live broadcast of thepetition.


    The theme for the first round of scoringpetition that had been announced was also hotly debated.


    Many Spirit Chefs came forward, stating that the theme ‘Vegetables’ gave very little room for creativity and was even more challenging.


    This made people more curious about how the twenty-six contestants would tackle this challenge in the scoringpetition.


    In the midst of widespread discussion and attention across the city, two days passed swiftly.


    On the day of the Dongxia City cookingpetition, Qin Lang woke up early. After changing into a new chef’s uniform, he walked out of his door with Dan Bao.


    “Little Qin is setting off!”


    “Little Qin, cheer up! I’ll be watching yourpetition on TV!”


    Neighbors he ran into on the street greeted him, their faces full of sincere wishes.


    “I will,” Qin Lang, who had gradually be ustomed to these familiar faces from his memories, showed a friendly smile, “Don’t worry, everyone, I will do my best to achieve a good ranking!”


    After bidding them farewell, Qin Lang and Dan Bao headed straight for thepetition venue—the Dongxia Arena, built specially by the Dongxia City Spirit Chef Association for thepetition.


    Not just the cookingpetition, but also the tri-monthly trainingpetition held by Dongxia City takes ce here.


    The two do not conflict, each held at a different time.


    The Dongxia Arena is an open-air building in the shape of a cylinder.


    It is colored yellow all over, with the words ‘Dongxia Arena’ hanging high up.


    As he approached the arena, a wave of anticipation and nervousness filled Qin Lang’s eyes.


    In his previous life, he was the youngest Special ss 1 chef in Yan Huang, even participating in the preparation of state banquets.


    But now, he is just an unknown, newly-promoted Spiritual Chef.


    His opponents are no longer inheritors of the eight major cuisines, experienced national banquet chefs or The Three Stars’ head chefs, but Spirit Chefs who possess talents different from his previous life but just as dazzling. This is a new beginning!


    Qin Lang took a deep breath.


    “Dan Bao, let’s go in.”


    “Gudu!” <li>??</li>


    “Ladies and Gentlemen, wee to Dongxia Arena!”


    In the center of the arena, the host’s passionate voice echoed across the whole arena through a loudspeaker, rallying cheers from the audience filling the seats.


    “The Dongxia City Cooking Competition, held every three months, is about to begin.”


    “In everypetition, Spirit Chefs with enough strength will demonstrate their culinary skills and their passion for cooking to prove themselves on this arena.”


    “I believe, this won’t be an exception.”


    “Now, let’s give the warmest apuse to the eleven First-Level Food Rmenders in Dongxia City!”


    As the host gestured grandly, the eleven people sitting on the side seats stood up and waved to the audience amidst the thunderous apuse.


    Zhou Qing, Song Hui, and Fu Hang, who gave Qin Lang the Food Rmender Badge, were among them, and the other eight Food Rmenders each had their unique traits.


    “The eleven Food Rmenders will serve as judges in the uing elimination and ranking matches, whereas the judges for the scoringpetition are…”


    “The thirty senior judges from Dongxia City Spirit Chef Association!”


    “Let’s wee them with the same enthusiastic apuse!”


    As the host’s hand moved to seats on the other side, the thirty judges seated there also stood up and greeted the audience amidst thunderous apuse.


    “And today, under the assessment of these thirty judges, are our twenty-six contestants!”


    “Let’s cheer and p for them with the greatest enthusiasm!”


    All eyes of the audience focused on the twenty-six people standing in a row in the center of the venue.


    Various names of the contestants were heard in the cheers and apuse, echoing throughout the Dongxia Arena.


    Standing among the contestants, Qin Lang couldn’t help but feel tense.


    Although he had participated in cookingpetitions in his past life, he had never seen such grandeur.


    Looking at thepetitive standard kitchens, each with an area of one hundred square meters, identical to the ones used in Food Fights and already set up in advance, Qin Lang’s heartbeat quickened.


    It was a feeling of excitement.


    Vaguely, Qin Lang heard his name being called in the cheers.


    Mixed in with the deafening cheers, the sound seemed exceptionally clear.


    He looked in a certain direction and saw a few familiar figures on the stands closest to the arena.


    It was Qi Xiaoyu and the others who had managed to get VIP tickets.


    He nodded in the direction of the three who were waving at him, and shifted his gaze to the middle-aged man with a firm face and robust figure who was addressing the crowd.


    Li Yuantu, the deputy chairman of the Dongxia City Spirit Chef Association, was also the only Second-Level Food Rmender in Dongxia City.


    This deputy chairman Li was not one for verbose speeches, his speech was rather brief.


    After Li Yuantu’s speech, the city-level cookingpetition officially kicked off amid the enthusiastic apuse of the thousands of spectators. All the judges swore to judge each contestant’s dishes fairly and justly.


    “The scoringpetition theme this time, after a prepetition draw, has been finalized as a restricted cuisine theme. The theme this time is Vegetables!” The host announced loudly, “All twenty-six contestants have submitted the ingredients needed for thepetition in advance, and they have been verified by the association to meet the requirements of the theme!” “These ingredients have been transported into thepetitive standard kitchens, each tagged with the corresponding contestant’s name!”


    “The scoringpetition will officially start in five minutes, and the cooking time is limited to within three hours.”


    “Please enter your respectivepetitive standard kitchens. You have one chance to verify the ingredients before thepetition.”


    “After thepetition starting bell rings, the walls of thepetitive standard kitchens will automatically turn opaque.”


    “We look forward to your performance!”


    Among the cheering crowd, Qin Lang and Dan Bao entered thepetitive standard kitchen with his name on it.


    The transparent kitchen wall allowed everyone outside to see him clearly.


    Standing in front of the kitchen counter, his gaze scanned over each ingredient, condiment, and seasoning he had prepared. After confirming everything was in order, Qin Lang slowly closed his eyes.


    The key techniques of making vegetarian braised pork went through his mind over and over again.


    Five minutester.


    With the ringing of thepetition’s starting bell, the walls of the kitchen turned opaque.


    Qin Lang opened his eyes..