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Top Professional Chef finalists six into three live.

Adam greeted everyone with a smile on his face. Steve at the next table was too nervous to speak continuously, but Adam didn't mind, instead he smiled and encouraged each other.The two referees, Simon and Tinno, briefly explained the rules of the game at the front. Adam stood there with his hands behind his back, nodding up and down with the rhythm of the speech, listening carefully.

While everyone was concentrating on preparing the ingredients, Tinno and Simon walked to Adam's table: "You seem very happy today, Adam."

"Yes, cooking is a very pleasant thing."

"Did something good happen? Because you didn't look like this last time. It's nice to see you back up again. It makes me look forward to your work today even more."

"I was in a bad state last time, I'm sorry, I won't do that again." Adam put down the kitchen knife in his hand, touched his head and smiled: "I met a very important person, and that person seemed to like me very much cooking, so I'm inspired."

Ting Nuo interjected: "Is it a girlfriend, or do you want her to be your girlfriend?"

Simon gave Ting Nuo a white look and said, "Maybe it's her boyfriend, don't be so rigid."

"You are all thinking wrong, it has nothing to do with that, you are a very respectful senior."

Hong Rui never mentioned Adam again, so Ting Nuo had no idea what happened that night when Hong Rui went to find Adam.

Simon said suddenly: "I remember I asked you a question at the beginning of the competition, why did you participate in the Top Professional Chef competition." He turned his head and said to the cameraman: "I need to find that video and insert it here. "Simon returned to the previous topic: "You said that through the competition, you may have the opportunity to cook a meal for a very respected person. Is that very respected person the senior you mentioned?" There are many channels for cooking , Adam may intern at that restaurant - Adam has already interned at a one-star restaurant, and maybe cook for that person by giving the chef's table and other activities.

Only then did Ting Nuo recall the past.Combining Adam's previous words and the time he took to cheer up, he said that the person who seemed to like his cooking was probably Hong Rui.Ke Ting Nuo must not let Adam say Hong Rui's name at this time. As a referee, he should not have private contacts with Adam, and it is impossible for Adam to meet Hong Rui without going through Ting Nuo.Before Ting Nuo could speak, Adam replied with a smile: "There are two people I respect, and I am very glad to have the opportunity to cook for you. I have benefited a lot from your evaluation."

"The expression on your face last time didn't say that. You are obviously more interested in that senior's opinion than ours." Simon changed the subject: "However, since this topic is mentioned, Adam, are you currently single?"

This question reminded Ting Nuo of Little Jane who was also single.Ting Nuo looked Adam up and down carefully. Adam was handsome in appearance and had a good personality.Little Jane also seemed to have a good impression of Adam last time.It's just that little Jane may be a year or two older than Adam.Ting Nuo asked, "Do you mind if your partner is older than you?"

"I don't mind." Adam quickly peeled the potatoes, and at the same time replied casually: "My ex-girlfriend is 4 years older than me, but she is very charming. I am indeed single at the moment. Why, do you want to introduce someone to me?"

"So, would you like to explain by the way? Since the show started, we have forwarded many courtship letters for you. If you explain what kind of women you like, maybe it will reduce the number of letters."

"How do you know it's a courtship letter? Maybe it's a business contract?" Tinno and Simon sang together. "Because there are red hearts drawn on the envelopes."

Adam laughed so hard he couldn't hold the kitchen knife.He stopped what he was doing for fear of accidentally cutting his fingers.The other 5 contestants stopped and turned to look at this unusually atmospheric corner.Adam calmed down and smiled at the camera with eight teeth: "I have to work 17 hours a day, and I only have half a day off a week. So I'm afraid I can't consider personal feelings for the time being. Thank you for your kindness."

Adam's eyes were dark brown, lightened by the bright lights, making them look like chocolate syrup sprinkled with gold flakes, making you want to lick them.The way he smiled did not seem to reject others at all, but more like saying, I am waiting for your letter.Ting Nuo secretly clicked his tongue, thinking that Little Jane might not be Adam's opponent.

"Okay, I'll let the program crew delete this paragraph—maybe not, who knows. Simon, let's be serious." Ting Nuo straightened his face and got to the point: "Adam, do you think you have Want to make it to the finals?"

Adam also changed a serious expression, "Every player here is excellent, I certainly hope that I can enter the finals. But now I can only say that I will do my best. I will do my best Come here, you will never be disappointed.”

"Come on!" Ting Nuo stretched out his hand to pat Adam's arm like he used to do to other contestants, Adam nodded at him, with gratitude in his eyes that only Ting Nuo could understand.

Two hours passed quickly, and Ting Nuo raised his wrist and announced the end of the game: "Time is up, everyone please take a step back."

Adam took a step back, pistachio shards still on his fingers, staring at the green pistachio cake and white slow-cooked turbot in front of him, letting out a long breath.Fortunately, everything went well, not even his weak presentation link.

Steve at the table next to him stares blankly at the plate in front of him, and Adam doesn't know if he's out of his game or out of it.He glanced at Steve's red and yellow strawberry vanilla cheesecake, and bone marrow beef tenderloin, a red-dominated dish that looked very festive.Steve, who had been so nervous before the game, was pale and looked like he was about to pass out.Adam stepped forward and patted Steve on the shoulder, asking softly, "Are you okay?"

Steve froze for a moment, then relaxed his shoulders and turned around to give him a hug: "Maybe I should congratulate us for making it this far."

Other contestants also came over and congratulated each other with arms around their shoulders. Everything was a foregone conclusion, and they happily accepted the results of their efforts.

Adam looked down at his toes, and the few minutes Tino and Simon were silent felt like 1 years.He doesn't feel nervous, he has a strong sense of mission, he must enter the top three, that is his promise to Hongrui.

People are always greedy and insatiable.Adam laughed at himself in his heart. His dream used to be to cook a meal for Hong Rui, but he thought that the top three might have the opportunity to intern at Alimentum, so he couldn't help but want to go to Hong Rui's kitchen to have a look.

That night, the rain fell down all night.No matter how hard-hearted Hong Rui is, he can't watch Adam ride his motorcycle home in the rain.Hong Rui insisted on giving him a ride.The two of them rushed into the car in the rain, closed the door, and fastened their seat belts.After the car started, neither of them spoke a word along the way.Hong Rui concentrated on driving, and Adam kept his head down thinking about Alimentum's internship all the way. He wanted to ask, but he didn't dare to ask—afraid that Hong Rui might think that he was planning to cook for him.

Hong Rui parked the car at the door, put on the handbrake, and raised his voice impatiently: "What do you want to say?"

"I know that Alimentum has not accepted finalists for kitchen internships in the past few years, but I would like to ask, is it possible to accept interns this year? If you don't answer, you don't have to answer, Dr. Dukas."

Hong Rui frowned, he was not impatient or disgusted.His mind went blank, not knowing what Adam was talking about. "Is this...shouldn't you ask Ting Nuo?"

"I heard Tinno tell Simon that the final decision is up to you. Could it be... Tinno hasn't told you yet?"

"I never heard."

"Oh." There was an awkward silence in the car.

Hong Rui recalled the process of the competition and asked: "I remember that is the privilege of the finalists. Do you think you can enter the finals?"

"It should be possible." Although the voice sounded unconfident, Adam felt that if he didn't make mistakes, he should still be able to enter the top three.

"If you enter the top three, I will give you a chance. But I want to explain in advance that that opportunity is not easy to seize." What Hong Rui didn't say was that after he found out that it was a misjudgment, he thought about killing Adam. Dig to his own hands.Hongrui plans to open a new store in Knightsbridge next year.The current chef Gray will go to the new restaurant as head chef, and Adam can succeed Gray as the new apprentice of Alimentum chef Marcus.Adam is a quick learner and maybe in two or three years he will be Alimentum's new chef.

But Adam has his own shop, and this is just one of the countless thoughts in Hong Rui's mind.And he had an opportunity in front of him to turn his idea into a reality: If Adam was interested in coming to Alimentum for an internship, maybe he wanted to stay after the internship.After all, Alimentum's job is much easier than opening a restaurant.

Adam blinked again and again, he could hardly believe what he had just heard.

Again and again the wiper scraped the outline of Adam's door from the rain streaks.The door was pushed open suddenly, and a corner of dim yellow light leaked out.The restaurant waiter, Carla, with long hair and a pink dressing gown, was walking towards the front of the car with an umbrella in her hand.She looked like she had just been disturbed by the headlights, so she got out of bed and came out to check.Hong Rui waved to Adam, and Adam immediately opened the door and jumped out of the car.

Kara stepped on Adam to cover Adam under the umbrella. Adam lowered his head and pulled her into his arms. He still did not forget to turn his head and say to Hong Rui: "Dr. Dukas, I will definitely enter the final!"

The white body backed up neatly, turned around, and drove into the darkness beyond the reach of street lights.The only thing visible is the red taillights, and the red dots are getting smaller and smaller as the body moves away.The rain fell on the black floor, causing ripples here and there.Adam closed his eyes, the rain swirled into swirls, and the red light turned into a blurry dot. He watched until he began to suspect that the red dot was just an illusion of the retina.

"I will definitely go there." Adam said silently in his heart.

Simon called Steve's name, and now there is only one place left.

Adam looked up and happened to see Ting Nuo smiling at him: "Adam, please step forward for me, congratulations on reaching the final!"

The unsuccessful contestants were all taken out of the room, and only Steve, Scott, and Adam himself were the three finalists left in the room.Adam thought that the program team wanted to record a celebratory tidbit for them, but saw the double doors of the top professional chef competition venue suddenly open, and two men walked in.

He heard footsteps, maybe what he heard was his own heartbeat.

The man in the lead looked about 50 to [-] years old, with gray hair and a beard, and the corners of his eyes were covered with gentle wrinkles from a smile, and he looked very kind.He wears a white chef's suit with a capital A embroidered on the left breast that looks like the Eiffel Tower, next to his name: Marcus.Behind him was a short man who looked to be in his early thirties, wearing old-fashioned tortoiseshell-framed glasses, with slender eyebrows and eyes.He was wearing an identical chef's uniform, with Gray embroidered on it.

"I'm Marcus, next to me is Gray." After greeting Simon and Tino, Marcus said to them.Adam pursed his lips and tried his best to keep his lips closed. He was afraid that his mouth would be too wide open, and his heart would beat out and he would not be able to pick it up.That's Alimentum's head chef and chef.Hongrui fulfilled his promise.

"Oh my God." Adam wasn't the only one who recognized the two.Scott gasped, and Steve covered his mouth.

Marcus smiled: "It seems that everyone has recognized us. Our purpose is also very simple. The three of you must use the three ingredients we chose to make a dish as the main ingredient. The chef who satisfied us , you can go to Alimentum for an internship. But don’t worry too much, even if we are not satisfied, you will be assigned to other three-star restaurants. This overtime game will never affect your final results, and it will not be broadcast. You can rest assured. Of course, if you have no intention of going to Alimentum for an internship, you can leave now."

The three of them stood in place, and none of them planned to leave.

"Very good." The short chef Gray spoke, his voice was soft and sharp, which gave his words a natural sense of irony: "Then please go back to your respective stoves. I will decide the ingredients."

Gray walked around in front of their stove, looking at all the ingredients they had before.Gray looked very carefully. He picked out the bottle of French red wine from Scott's ingredients, and took out the turbot from Adam's table. Adam didn't know if he should breathe a sigh of relief, after all, Gray took the main The ingredients come from himself. Although red wine and white fish are not common, Adam has already thought of a match.Three pairs of eyes stared at Gray's hand at the same time, seeing what he was going to take from Steve's desk.Gray's fingers lingered between the beef tenderloin and strawberries, and the hearts of the three were pulled by his movements.Gray's fingers were put down, and when he lifted it, he was holding a half-split beef bone with marrow.

What?marrow?All three stared at Gray.Gray took a clean white towel to dry his fingers, and said casually, "Okay, you've all seen it, the three main ingredients are turbot, beef bone marrow, and red wine."

Adam stared at Steve as if asking, why are you using beef bone marrow today?Beef bone marrow and fish are an unheard of pairing.Beef bone marrow has a strong taste and a rough style, while turbot is tender and sweet, which is a high-end ingredient. The two are completely opposite in nature and taste.And Steve also stared at Adam, as if asking, why did you choose turbot for the main course?If there is no turbot, beef bone marrow and red wine are a perfect match.Scott looked at the two people with a look of grief and indignation. The two of them contributed the main ingredients, but what was picked out from Scott was the sauce. Scott didn't add fish and bone marrow like the other two (* Note [-]) Work hard up and down.

The three people who came here were talented or experienced chefs who knew what they were dealing with.Red wine and bone marrow are a perfect match, but beef bone marrow cannot be a dish alone.Although red wine and fish (*Note [-]) are not very common pairings, you can still try them.But when these three ingredients are mixed together, it is a disaster.No self-respecting chef would be crazy enough to challenge this trio.

Even Marcus touched his forehead after seeing the three main ingredients that Gray had picked out, obviously knowing that Gray was deliberately making things difficult for the players.

"Is there a problem?" Gray looked at the sweet smiles of the three people. After asking, he looked towards the door with obvious meaning, "Even if we accept interns, not everyone can enter Alimentum. If someone wants to enter our store, That person must pass the test that everyone must pass in our store." After speaking, Gray glanced at Ting Nuo who was silent beside him.Tino shrugged, rolled his eyes at Gray and said, "Yeah, I'm the only one who didn't pass this test, oh, that's because I'm not technically an Alimentum chef, right?"

Tino ignored Gray, and he encouraged the three contestants: "This competition will not affect your results, just do your best. You have 20 minutes to design recipes, 10 minutes to receive other regular materials, and 90 minutes to cook. And Question?"

All three nodded, expressing their understanding.Adam did not design the recipe first like the other two. After he got the beef bones, he boiled a pot of warm salt water and soaked the dissected beef bone marrow in warm water.After finishing these, he picked up the pen and paper and thought carefully about the next steps.

Red wine can only be used to make French red wine sauce (MarchanddeVinsauce).The bone marrow has a strong taste and can only be used as an embellishment, so the fish becomes the main ingredient.So it seems, the lack of carbs in this dish brings all the flavors together.The fries are too hard, the rice is too loose, and carbohydrates with a soft taste are needed, so that they will not conflict with the tender texture of the fish.Mashed potatoes are all too common.Adam thought of celeriac.Root celeriac has a faint celery fragrance, and when pureed, it can dilute the red wine and bone marrow without conflicting with the tender texture of the fish.The creamy and nutty aroma of celery itself can also serve as a bridge between fish and bone marrow.

Adam was going to make a sauce out of fish bones, and he dug up some leftover chicken thigh bones from a loser's table.Adam charred the chicken and fish bones in a pan, then added red wine until the bottle of red wine was concentrated into a syrupy texture, continued to add red wine to concentrate again into syrup, and finally added chicken stock.All the broth is filtered and concentrated again into a sauce.He started a new pot and used the leftover wine to make another pot of red wine sauce as thick as syrup.

When the time was up, Gray asked Scott, who was standing in front of Adam, to bring up the plate. "This dish looks so sad, the bone marrow smells...bad..." Something was spat in the bucket, and Gray's shrill voice was disturbing: "Disgusting".Adam lowered his head and looked at his toes. The black canvas shoes had several drops of red wine on the white laces, which were as red as blood.He didn't listen to what Gray and Simon said.He goes through the cooking process over and over in his head, wondering what could possibly go wrong.The fish was fried just right, and the knife and fork would fall off when touched, and he didn't add too much salt to damage the flavor.

"Adam." He heard his own name.

Adam looked up quickly, and he saw Scott flushed and Steve frowning. "That's it." Adam closed his eyes and wiped the sweat from his palms on his pants. He was holding the plate tightly, as if he was holding a very precious ticket. Every step was loud to his ears. It's scary.

Adam lowered his head and did not dare to look at Marcus and Gray. He put the plate on the judging table and retracted his hand. "Hmm." Both Tino and Marcus gave a small sigh of admiration.

Adam chose a white plate, turbot fried golden brown, diced bone marrow garnished with croutons, celery leaves, chives placed on top of the turbot.Red and black threads of sauce emanate from the center of the plate in a spiral pattern.The milky white celeriac puree was piled on the side in a ball.A red to black round drop of sauce fell next to the fish, like a drop of water, or an annihilated red light.

Black, white, red, green.The color contrast is extremely bold, the shape is round, lined and square, and it is also tall when viewed from the side.

"I think this is your most beautiful presentation so far, Adam." Simon smiled and looked at Adam: "This is as beautiful as a painting. Is there any reason?"

Adam shook his head. He thought it was a whim, but looking at it now, it reminded him of the red light in the dark and the white car body.

Gray and Marcus took a knife and fork and tried it.

Gray ate very slowly, moving his mouth slowly, apparently savoring carefully.After he finished the first bite, he changed to another sauce and put the second bite into his mouth.Tinno and Simon picked up their knives and forks and joined the tasting.

"It's delicious. No one talked, so I started first." Ting Nuo chewed the fish and said, "The fish is cooked just right, and the bone marrow red wine is a perfect match. The key is that it doesn't violate the harmony with the fish. And the celeriac The mustard makes the whole dish more interesting."

"Don't insult professional chefs with your amateurish opinions, Tinno." Gray glanced at Tinno out of the corner of his eye, and said slowly: "You rinsed the bone marrow with salt water repeatedly, and refrigerated the bone marrow after cooking to lighten the The flavor of the bone marrow itself, mixed with lemon peel and bread, is a salad. The processed bone marrow is just right with the fish and the sauce, not too strong. The soft texture of the bone marrow also matches the texture of the fish .”

"It seems obvious to me." Gray finished speaking and looked at Marcus, who also nodded.

Adam didn't know what Marcus' nod meant.His heart was brought to the top by this action.Gray's thin lips parted in vain, and he didn't show the slightest smile: "You follow us."

"what?"

Gray looked up at Adam and frowned at the name on his apron: "Look up, how old are you? Are you 20?" Gray ignored Adam and said to Tinno: "Call the photographer over here. , I can leave after you finish filming this part."

Adam was pushed into the program crew's car in a daze, and he no longer remembered what Ting Nuo said.It seemed that Ting Nuo ran over to hug him, and he and Ting Nuo also exchanged phone numbers, but he couldn't see clearly.The memory is gray and white, surrounded by a layer of mist.The scene around him fast-forwards at an eerie speed, and the voices become white noise.He felt both confused and vaguely aware that something was about to happen, and his heart was full of anticipation.

Street scenes fly by and the light changes.The car door opened suddenly, Gray got in, unceremoniously pulled the motionless Adam out of the car, and led the way.

Adam didn't know where he was going, but he knew he had to follow Gray.The photographer carried the camera and shot Adam's back as he walked along the road from behind.

A row of symmetrical flowerbeds came into Adam's eyes, and the square metal lines above the black gate in the middle of the flowerbeds gleamed in the sunlight.Adam took a few brisk steps, then he stomped his feet and looked up: the Alimentum in black and white hung overhead, just as he had seen countless times in magazine TV, but never this close. "My God... God Christ..." Adam heard his own voice.

Gray stood in front of him wearing a white chef uniform, and the door slowly opened behind him: "Adam, welcome to Alimentum."

Did Gray laugh?Still frowning?Adam had no time to think about it, he was looking at the name on the lintel.If possible, he would like to touch that line of writing with his own hands.Did he really stand here?He got here and was unsure again.Is this his fantasy?Or has all this not happened yet, and the real time now is actually the night before the semifinals?

Who is behind this door, where he can't see?

Boom, boom, boom, Adam's heart beat violently, he heard small whispers, the wind blowing through the flower garden, or maybe it was the sound of the waiter behind the door preparing dinner, and whether it was also mixed with Hong Rui With a deep voice, what would he say to himself?

The red car lights disappeared in the rainy night, and his eyes followed the lights.He was standing in front of Alimentum's door when the rain had stopped and the sun was shining.

Adam was motionless, like a statue, and the photographer shrugged, gathered his tools and left the scene.After the staff dispersed, Gray suppressed his smile, leaned closer to Adam and lowered his voice: "I don't welcome you at all, so, as long as you make a mistake, you can pack and go home."

"So all of this is true?" Gray's face finally pulled Adam's consciousness back to the real world. Adam looked down at Gray with a sneer in his eyes. There would never be such an offensive character in his dream.

Gray didn't answer, and walked into the door: "Can you come in? If you don't come in, I will close the door."

*Note [-]: Fish and bone marrow are really a heaven-defying combination.

I can only find two photos on the Internet.

Adam's plate comes from the first picture, which is the work of Paulliebrandt, a two-star chef in the United States. It is cod cheek with bone marrow.

*Note [-]: I have really tasted the combination of red wine and fish, which is not common.