This temporary young chef competition seems a bit too temporary.
But at the strong request of the three senior brothers and the masters, including the master.
Feng Zhengming had no choice but to hold this temporary competition after the New Year and Huiquan Building officially began to close.
Although Huiquan Tower has closed down, many people have gathered due to this temporary competition.
Several masters really attached great importance to it and brought their own complimentary apprentices with them. Of course, there are also young chefs who want to participate in this competition, namely the masters' apprentices and grandchildren.
There are also some young chefs who do not participate in the competition and are qualified to enter Huiquan Tower to watch the competition.
On Feng Zhengming's side, he and his three senior brothers were about to be present.
There are also Feng Zhengming's grandfather and Situ Grandpa.
Including Feng Zhengming's wife and daughter who had not seen Feng Zhengming for several months, they were also brought to the scene by Feng Zhengming.
There were thirty-six chefs participating in this competition on site.
Most of them are chefs in Feng Zhengming's current company.
Including all the young chefs in his Shanghai kitchen team.
There are also young chefs who have been recruited in several stores in Quancheng.
Among the grandchildren of masters and disciples, they are considered the best ones to get the chance to participate.
Feng Zhengming felt a little stressed when he saw this scene.
So before the competition, he specifically talked with everyone in the Shanghai-city kitchen team.
"Did you see it today? They are all bad people. As for you, don't hide it. Take out your best skills and show your best cooking skills to give them insights.
There is also some things about Jiang Cheng’s philosophy in Shanghai during this period. ”
Seeing Feng Zhengming, he specifically instructed the people who followed him in Shanghai.
The fifth senior brother immediately shouted, "Hey, hey, Zhengming, as the top scholar, how can you teach your subordinates temporarily?"
The third senior brother also started a clamor: "That's right, we want to compete fairly."
Feng Zhengming knew that the two senior brothers deliberately ordered their own.
He disagreed: "You are a lot of people, and we must make complete preparations."
At this time, the master also said, "Zhengming, have you not made any progress in Shanghai for so long? You still need to cram the Buddha's feet for a while?"
When Feng Zhengming saw his master speak, he could only smile and say.
"We may have learned some of the skills in Shanghai. In terms of basics, we may not be as good as you chefs in Quancheng. This aspect is also something I want to give them more requirements."
Feng Zhengming is really not modest, after all, the techniques of Lucai chefs have always been the most important.
Especially the basic skills of chefs, both the masters and the masters have very strict requirements on their apprentices.
所以这次小比赛，冯正明也想给沪城厨师们敲敲警钟，让他们不要忘记基本功这一块。
The competition is very simple, and every chef cooks a dish.
The ingredients are left in the kitchen warehouse in Huiquan Building.
As for what dish to cook?
It depends on all young chefs to decide on their own.
It gives young chefs great freedom.
But this freedom will also be a great challenge.
It is not easy for young chefs to make a dish by yourself and to satisfy the masters on the scene.
The first thing that happened when the competition officially began was a group of young chefs going to the kitchen to grab ingredients.
This was also designed by Feng Zhengming on purpose.
The purpose is to test the chefs' ability to adapt.
If you are not sure what ingredients you can get, are you able to make dishes with the ingredients you can get in the end.
This design can be said to have been unanimously recognized by the masters.
I saw young chefs screening and scrambling in the kitchen warehouse.
The master couldn't help but speak first: "Zhengming, your idea has deliberately increased the difficulty. They are fighting for ingredients like this. In the end, if they can't get what they want, what do you ask them to do?"
Feng Zhengming was very confident at this time: "We are in Shanghai, and I absolutely trust them in this regard.
Moreover, our Shanghai store changes menus from time to time, so I would ask them to be prepared at all times and be able to master the cooking of various dishes well. ”
As we were chatting, Xia Hui grabbed the pig's trotters with the help of Sun Hai and the ingredients to make the pig's trotters.
Seeing Sun Hai's care for Xia Hui during the fight, the third senior brother Yang Bin was a little surprised.
"Hey, Sun Hai is just thinking about helping others grab ingredients? Don't make it yourself?"
The fifth senior brother Cao Zhiguo leaned over and whispered: "Don't you see it? The two of them are obviously a pair now, so your apprentice needs to find a way to help Xiaoxia grab the ingredients first."
Yang Bin immediately smiled: "Not bad, this kid Sun Hai has finally gotten his head."
Senior brother Li Huidong looked at him and was worried: "You guys say, can the Xia family agree?"
Yang Bin immediately said, "What do you disagree with? Sun Hai is also my apprentice, with our master as his master and the top scholar Zhengming, who is not worse than the chefs in the Xia family."
Feng Zhengming smiled and continued: "I think Grandpa Xia Hui will definitely agree."
Yang Bin nodded: "Yes, I will definitely agree."
"San brother, don't you understand what I mean?"
Yang Bin looked at Feng Zhengming: "What do you mean?"
Feng Zhengming lowered his voice: "For the Xia family, if Sun Hai is there, isn't the Xia family an extra son-in-law who has a good or bad?"
Yang Bin was stunned at first, then he immediately understood: "It's true."
At this time, Feng Zhengming saw that Sun Hai helped Xia Mingye grab the ingredients he needed in the warehouse.
"Sun Hai, don't just rob it for your brother-in-law. You haven't taken it yourself."
Feng Zhengming shouted like this, making Sun Hai and Xia Hui blush.
Then the senior brothers Feng Zhengming and the masters who were watching the game all laughed.
Luo Qing approached her husband: "You really do you have to say it in public?"
Feng Zhengming hugged his wife and looked at his baby daughter in his arms.
"You don't understand, this is to announce it in advance. In such a situation, the news will be transmitted to the Xia family first by others, which will be beneficial to Sun Hai's visit to the Xia family."
As we chatted outside, the competition inside became fierce.
Xia Mingye and Sun Hai even joined forces to grab ingredients from other chefs.
This made me confused when I was robbed.
"Xia Mingye, we are from Quancheng store, why are you still helping others?"
Xia Mingye was stunned for a moment, then looked at Sun Hai.
"He is my future brother-in-law. He just snatched the ingredients for me, so of course I want to help him."
The other chef was stunned at first.
Then he couldn't help but shout, "This is unfair. The whole family united, both sides occupied, and we have an undercover agent here." This shout made everyone watching the game outside amused.
The laughter echoed in the kitchen of Huiquan Building.
Master Cui pointed at Feng Zhengming while smiling.
"Zhengming, you kid really know how to have fun for us. You have brought us such an interesting event during the Chinese New Year."
Master Sun also smiled and said, "Why would you say that Zhengming always has ideas that everyone would not expect?"
Master Yan couldn't help laughing: "I should have invited Lao Xia to come today. Seeing this scene and looking at Lao Xia's face, I think it's more interesting."
Grandpa Situ also laughed: "I will keep this program every year from now on. Let Zhengming organize it before the Spring Festival every year."
Grandpa Feng nodded: "Yes, right, Zhengming, have you heard it? This program will be retained before the Spring Festival in the future."
Feng Zhengming was a little helpless when the masters and the two grandfathers said this.
"I can't tell the final word about this matter. It depends on whether everyone is willing to participate?"
Then the masters present expressed their willingness to let their apprentices participate.
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As for the young chefs who were unable to participate today, they were even a little ready to go.
Feng Zhengming knew that this competition to compete for ingredients and cook food was indeed recognized by everyone.
He also decided to do it once every year after that.
"I will hold it next year. I will make some adjustments to the ingredients in the warehouse. I cannot make them find enough ingredients too easily. I will make it difficult for them to make the ingredients."
These words immediately made the masters and two grandpas present feel that it is feasible.
The masters also think that this approach can better cultivate the ability of their apprentices to adapt. Moreover, the masters all agree, and as apprentices, they can only agree.
Even the young chefs all thought it would be a bit difficult later.
Although there was a fight, the Huiquanlou warehouse prepared a lot of things, and everyone still got the ingredients for the dishes they wanted to cook.
Xia Hui made Feng Zhengming's popular pig's trotter in Shanghai.
This dish belongs to Feng Zhengming's innovative dish.
He combined the techniques of Shandong cuisine in Confucius's cuisine and also added some of the overseas chef Coffman's recipes.
So this dish is still a very novel dish.
There are not many difficulties in the practice, that is, picking the pig's trotters.
As for some of the subsequent cooking, the steps are not very difficult overall.
But today Xia Hui knew it was a game.
Even if it is a joke-like internal communication competition.
Xia Hui will still be more serious, so he is indeed more meticulous in his work.
Seeing Xia Hui's craftsmanship makes the masters appreciate it somewhat.
After all, among the young chefs present, there was only a female chef like Xia Hui.
So Xia Hui will naturally receive more attention.
Of course, the masters do not discriminate on gender.
Even when the masters see Xia Hui's craftsmanship, they will very much recognize Xia Hui's efforts.
The eldest brother looked at Xia Hui and whispered to Feng Zhengming.
"Xia Hui is following you in Shanghai City, and she looks like she is working very hard."
Feng Zhengming responded: "She has always worked very hard. Because she is a woman, she will often be discriminated against in the kitchen and even be looked down upon by some male chefs.
So she often works harder than many male chefs, and she is in Shanghai with me, and I think she has gained greater freedom. ”
The third senior brother Yang Bin took the conversation: "You can see that she is happier with you in Shanghai."
Feng Zhengming smiled and said, "Do you know why she is happier? Because she will not be treated as a woman in Shanghai. There is no difference between her and other chefs in the kitchen. I will treat them equally."
Senior Brother Wu couldn't help but sigh: "It's true that in the kitchen of Huiquan Building, although we take good care of her, she actually doesn't need that care. Our care makes her look different in the kitchen."
Senior brother Li Huidong agreed: "The respect she wants to gain can be the same as everyone else."
This sentence is easy for everyone to understand.
Looking at Xia Hui's confident appearance now shows that she has really made greater progress.
After the pig's trotters are removed, soak the pig's trotters in the prepared spice water and soak them for a while.
Taking advantage of this period of time, Xia Hui prepared the filling that was about to be pulp into the pig's trotters.
When the filling is almost ready, heat the pig's trotter and cook it.
During the cooking process, keep cleaning the foam.
Xia Hui, according to Feng Zhengming's method, added ice cubes to a large bowl, and then placed the filling on top and whipped it.
This process is to manually beat the filling into a state similar to ice cream.
Then, it is accompanied by other ingredients that mix the flavor and put it into the half-cooked pig's trotters.
Looking at Xia Hui's approach, the fifth senior brother asked strangely: "What did she add to the filling?"
Feng Zhengming replied: "It's pig's brain. You must first clean the membrane of the pig's brain flower, then roast it with charcoal fire, cut it into small pieces and add it to the filling to ensure that the filling has a more texture."
Listening to Feng Zhengming's answer, the three senior brothers looked at him in surprise.
The third senior brother asked strangely: "Zhengming, how did you think of this?"
Feng Zhengming replied: "We have also studied these things a lot and finally found the most suitable taste and the best taste fusion."
Xia Hui is the representative of Feng Zhengming among the chefs in Shanghai.
Other young chefs in Shanghai stores also showed more or less uniqueness.
Their basic skills are still the traditional techniques of Shandong cuisine.
But they will be more bold in fusion of other cuisines.
Also, the dishes they cook are basically all the dishes that Feng Zhengming has innovative in Shanghai.
Most of these dishes are usually made in Shanghai stores. Feng Zhengming and Jiang Chengzhe.
Usually, young chefs can only help in the kitchen and can see two people doing it with their own eyes.
Today may be the first time they have started making these dishes step by step.
If you really get started by yourself, young chefs will realize that it is difficult to innovate every dish.
Because every step of cooking these dishes can be said to have been carefully designed by Feng Zhengming.
Simply put, if you want to replicate the dish made by Feng Zhengming, you can only follow the steps designed by Feng Zhengming. If the steps are different, the taste of the dish may be deviated in the end.
If you do some comparison, it will be easy for all the bystanders present to see.
In terms of the accuracy of cooking, the chefs brought back from Shanghai City need to do better.
In comparison, there are newly recruited young chefs in several stores in Quancheng and the disciples of several masters.
We cannot say that their cooking skills are not good, nor that their skills are wrong.
But in comparison, their skills seem a bit rough. (This chapter ends)