Gourmet Style Beast Taming - Chapter 57
Chapter 57: Chapter 57: Intense Scoring Competition
Translator: 549690339
With all twenty-six contestants entering the arena, the outdoors of the twenty-six Competitive Standard Kitchens became opaque in the countdown, leaving the audience in the Dongxia Arena unable to see the inside, and their enthusiasm cooled down a bit.
Spiritual Chef cooking requires time, so in a cooking competition, the audience has to go through a long wait before the first Spiritual Chef completes cooking and leaves the kitchen.
Not every single one of the audience members has such patience. Therefore, to make the cooking competition more entertaining, a preliminary performance is necessary, also presenting a considerable challenge to the host’s skills.
Of course, the host of the city-level cooking competition is top-notch.
“Now, twenty-six contestants have entered a heated phase of cooking, let us look forward to the diverse dishes they prepare!” The host’s passionate voice recovers some warmth in the atmosphere.
And his next sentence ignites cheer and applause from the audience on the competition venue.
“We have invited two outstanding-level trainers for this competition, they will provide us with an exciting exhibition match next!”
The title awarded in a cooking competition is “Cooker”, and the title given in a training competition is “Trainer”. Both titles share a consistent prefix.
Outstanding-level trainers are rare in Dongxia City.
Now, two have appeared to perform an exhibition match, instantly sparking the audience’s enthusiasm.
After the host finishes speaking, a battlefield slowly rises in an area far from the twenty-six Competitive Standard Kitchens, the Seven-star Map behind the two confrontational people on the battlefield lights up four stars, leading to cheers from the audience.
Spiritual Chefs who activate four Star Veins and own four Food Spirits!
This means they all wield the Spiritual Chef’s second Spirit Master Technique: the Spirit-ignite Power!
Unlike the most fundamental Spirit Master Technique, Star Spirit Protection, the Spirit-ignite Power can bless the Food Spirit, making the fierce battle even more captivating.
This will make the exhibition match highly entertaining.
Soon, the two powerful Spiritual Chefs summon their respective Food Spirits, bringing a visual feast for the on-site audience amid shouts and cheers.
Unlike a Food Fight, before the start of a cooking contest, in addition to submitting cooking ingredients for the Spirit Chef Association to check, the Spiritual Chefs also need to inform about the estimated cooking time so that the organizer can better schedule the competition.
Therefore, it is usually not the case where the preliminary show is still going on while a spiritual chef has finished cooking already.
After the performance’s culmination, the audience’s enthusiasm gets reignited by the ring of a “ding-” sound before it cools down.
The first Spiritual Chef comes out of the kitchen pushing a cart!
“The first one to step out of the kitchen is our contestant Xiao He!” The host’s voice swiftly raises as he briskly steps towards Xiao He who has pushed a kitchen cabinet car in front of thirty judges, handing a microphone to him.
Xiao He, a slightly chubby young man looking around twenty years old, is overjoyed and excited as he feels the focus of the onsite audience and sees his close-up shown on the electronic screen above.
To stand out in the scoring competition, Xiao He plans to complete his dishes at the fastest speed.
Being the first one to exit the kitchen, he will naturally leave a deeper impression on the judges.
For this, he specifically selected a vegetarian dish with short cooking time.
Everything is as he has expected—the first one to finish is him!
The judges will undoubtedly have a stronger impression of him, and their scores are naturally more weighted.
Striving to calm himself down, Xiao He lifts the microphone.
“I am honored today to let all thirty judges taste the dish I have prepared.”
“This dish is called Jade-like Vegetable Heart.”
After introducing the name of the dish, Xiao He, maintaining his facial smile, presents the dish divided into thirty portions from the kitchen cabinet to the judges. Each portion is not large. Then he returns to his place.
After slight bow, he starts explaining about the dish.
His deep and rhythmic voice, amplified by the sound system, reverberates throughout the arena, coupled with the real-time close-ups of the judges tasting projected on the electronic screen, these scenes make the audience salivate as if they could taste the flavor Xiao He describes.
After a while, Xiao He’s explanation ends, and the thirty judges also finish their tastings. Following a few judges giving their comments, the competition enters the next round.
“The judges have one minute to finalize their scores. We will disregard the highest and the lowest scores, and take the average of the judge’s scores as the final score for contestant Xiao He!”
The host speaks out loud, and at the same time, another “ding-” bell rings.
Another Spiritual Chef comes out of the kitchen pushing a kitchen cabinet.
However, this Spiritual Chef’s expression seems somewhat unnatural.
He shares the same idea with Xiao He, just that he is a step too late.
“Our contestant Li Yang has also completed his dish!” The host quickly approaches, “Contestant Li Yang, please wait. Once the previous contestant’s final score is calculated, it’s your turn.”
Li Yang calmly nods, standing at a side waiting.
One minute quickly passes.
Scores from the thirty judges are ready.
After glancing at the electronic screen in hand, the host speaks out loud.
“Congratulations to our contestant Xiao He, his final score is…”
After deliberately pausing, under the tense atmosphere of the whole venue, the host’s voice elevates.
“85.3 points!”
Hearing this final score, Xiao He takes a sigh of relief, a satisfied smile surfaces on his face.
Based on the circumstances of the previous years, this score is likely to make the top eight.
“Thank you, judges!” He speaks out loudly and then leaves.
Li Yang feels the pressure, but still maintains his facial expression as he walks towards the judges’ seats with the food trolley.
His final score is 82.9.
The alerts for two contestants completing their dishes one after another seem to make the remaining twenty-four contestants in the Competitive Standard Kitchens cooking feel a tad nervous.
They all speed up their cooking simultaneously, and not long after Li Yang, the third Spiritual Chef comes out of the kitchen,pushing a cart.
Following him are the fourth, the fifth…
Except for a Spiritual Chef not proficient in vegetables whose score is below 80 points, the scores of other Spiritual Chefs are generally above 80 points; however, none of the Spiritual Chefs achieved more than 90 points.
Until a contestant named Zhu Ming exits the kitchen.
This delicate-looking female contestant stuns everyone with a vegetarian dish named “Shattered Jade Flower”, achieving a final score of 91.2.
Shattered Jade Flower is a traditional recipe from the Zhu Family, a renowned Spiritual Chef family with a highly esteemed reputation in the chef circle of Dongxia City.
Zhu Ming, the one who brought out this dish, soon gets recognized as the most promising talent of the younger generation in the Zhu Family.
Based on the scoring in previous city-level cooking contests, Zhu Ming’s score almost guarantees her the first place..
