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Gu Bai's worry completely disappeared after seeing Wang Xiuquan and the others' state. Facing the victory, the rest of the people did not drift at all, but became more and more cautious.

Gu Bai was a little surprised, and Jiang Xiu smiled when he heard his surprise, "Abai, you don't know the characters of Master Wang and the others, so how dare you to drift away at this time, this is their last competition, if you miss I'm afraid they will all regret the chance to win the prize, right?"

Jiang Xiu's words hit the most important point, if it is other young chefs, then there will be a chance next time, Gu Bai will definitely participate in the competition next time, but Gu Bai can participate, they have agreed before coming It's the last time to participate in the competition, so I can't keep talking, so I won't be guaranteed at the end of the festival.

In order to prevent myself from regretting my rashness in the future, Wang Xiuquan and the others did not dare to drift. This drift caused the ranking to drop, and they would regret it for the rest of their lives.

24 chefs were selected in the rematch of the individual competition. The successful chefs can basically be regarded as the top 24 in the world. A bit of an element of luck, but they're both in the top 24 anyway.

However, for the chefs who did not participate in the competition, the top 24 is a very remarkable result. It can even be said that the top 48 selected in the preliminary round is also very impressive, but for the chefs who entered the ranking, this is nothing. The goal is the top ten, or the top eight, the top three.

As for the number one, there are fewer people to focus on, because the higher the chef is, the more aware of the gap between his own strength and the previous chefs, and they all have self-knowledge.

In the semi-finals, the top eight chefs will be selected from among the 24 chefs. For the top eight chefs, many people are eyeing it up, because if the top eight chefs have fame and benefits, the temptation will be even greater.

Although it is said that it is the top ten, the top eight are the real rankings, and the ninth and tenth are all estimated by gourmets and various media. Some media say which chef is, and some media say Another cook is, there is no point of authority.

It can be said that the top ten chefs, except for the first, second and third places are fixed, the rankings from the fourth to the eighth are not very stable, and the ninth and tenth are said to be two rankings, but there are actually more than a dozen candidates , Talking about each other for these two rankings.

Even if they win in the end, it seems that they are not qualified. Looking at the top eight, although the fourth to eighth may still be a bit controversial, but with the ranking of the World Chef Competition here, even if there is a slight gap, it will definitely not be bad. too many.

The theme of the semi-finals is also very simple - meat, compared with the previous stream of consciousness, it is really clear at a glance.

From Gu Bai's point of view, the facial expressions of many chefs are a little more relaxed. After all, the former is easier to accept than some stream-of-consciousness statements.

Because the latter is not only a test of cooking skills, but also a test of your ability to review questions. If you accidentally guess wrong, it is basically equivalent to Chinese as a wrong question. No matter how well written, it will still be a low score, or a zero score.

If the theme is meat, it will be much easier to handle. No matter what country the cuisine is, there are meat dishes. As long as you make a meat dish, even if it is just a regular one, it is much better than going off topic.

For a while, many chefs were thinking about what they needed to do. In fact, the chefs present were all prepared for what they wanted to do, but what they wanted to do depended on the choices of other chefs.

For example, beef, if everyone swarms to make beef, he chooses other ingredients, which may be fresher. Although the judges are all very well-educated, in the competition, even if the score is improved a little, it may be just overwhelmed. other people.

Not to mention that their match was eight out of 24, and the elimination rate was very high. Although the elimination rate in the final was also high, the problem was that they were all ranked in the top eight. Unless they were in the top three, everyone would gain fame and benefits Not much worse.

But the semi-finals are different. If you don’t enter the top eight, you won’t have much reputation outside the circle. People will remember the first, maybe the top three, and the top eight. Chefs with special characteristics are also easy to be remembered, but the top 24 , How many people can remember it.

The chefs present had different thoughts, but what they thought in the bottom of their hearts did not delay them from taking the meat, because they noticed that although the theme of the cooking was meat, there were many other vegetables in the ingredient room, and the meat seemed not too much. many.

Angus looked at the leftover meat and frowned. He felt that the organizer was messing up. The theme was all meat dishes, but there was a little less meat. If any chef took more meat, He felt that if there were a chef, he would not be able to get the meat.

This is a 24-to-[-] game. If you can squeeze out an opponent by taking more ingredients, who will not do it? This is a costless business.

There are few risks, but huge benefits.

Obviously, Angus was not alone in thinking this way. After seeing the amount of meat in the ingredient room, all the chefs present quickened their pace.

Gu Bai's score was the highest when he entered the top 24. Of course, his position is also the highest, which makes it easier for the audience and judges to appreciate his cooking style, which is considered a good thing.

As long as your skills pass the test, the judges will pay more attention to you, and smell the aroma of your cooking, it will be easier to get greedy, and the score for you may naturally be higher.

But now, the closer you are to the front, the more inconvenient it is to get the ingredients, especially more than 20 people crowded into the ingredients room, blocking Gu Bai's gaze, although Gu Bai felt that the ingredients room There was a problem here, but when he really walked to the ingredients room, he couldn't help being silent.

What about the meat? !

Gu Bai doesn't think that there is no meat prepared in the ingredient room, because the chefs who come out from here all have meat in their hands. If you say no, it is absolutely impossible, but...

Gu Bai looked at the situation in the ingredients room, and finally confirmed that the meat was probably taken away by other chefs.

The chefs who came in with Gu Bai saw the situation in the food room, and their faces changed unconsciously. The theme of the competition is meat. If there is no meat here, how can he still cook.

This is in the arena, not in other places. If the ingredients are not suitable, it is very difficult to surpass the chef who has the right ingredients. After all, others are not vegetarians.

At this step, he has already lost a step first, which is considered to be a congenital deficiency, and it is too much effort to make up for it, but after scanning the food room a few times, the other party seems to have seen something, walked over quickly, and then picked up the covered food. In a small tank, shellfish were found inside.

Although it seems a bit far-fetched to say that shellfish is meat, the other side is indeed meat, but it is a little different from common meat.

The camera faithfully recorded this scene and put it on the big screen. The judges and audience also saw the situation in the food room, and many people exclaimed.

The chef who was eliminated from the Huaguo team changed his expression when he saw this scene. Originally, he thought that Gu Bai was lucky. The theme of this competition was very clear. It was a good thing, but he didn't expect that good things might change bad thing.

After all, if the theme of the competition is the vocabulary of the stream of consciousness, the scope of the ingredients for the dishes is actually relatively small, as long as the ingredients used can fit the theme, it will be fine.

But now, the theme is meat, which means that they are making meat dishes. If Gu Bai didn't grab the meat, it will definitely affect the other party's cooking.

Although there is no lack of ways to use vegetarian dishes to make meat dishes in Chinese food, it also depends on the occasion. Now it is a world-class competition, and the judges who score are very tricky, and normal meat dishes are not necessarily Satisfied to be able to eat, but it is difficult to satisfy the judges with meat dishes made of vegetarian dishes, and even give them high marks...

The eliminated Hua Guo team members looked at each other, and they all saw the pressure in their eyes. They have confidence in Gu Bai, but the strength of the others is not weak. Their confidence in Gu Bai is based on normal cooking. But now, even if he is confident, he feels very uneasy.

When Gu Chen and the others competed against Gu Bai, they would never lose a game. Naturally, they also saw the situation on Gu Bai's side, and they all frowned.

Wang Xiuquan, Zhang Ping and the others also noticed Gu Bai's situation, and hurried towards Gu Bai, saying that they would let Gu Bai get some meat from them for cooking, and the three of them would give some to Gu Bai, and Gu Bai It is also enough.

Gu Bai glanced at the meat brought by the three, one piece of beef, two pieces of pork, no matter how he chooses, there will always be one person who doesn't have enough meat, which is tantamount to sacrificing the other party. love doing it.

Besides, it may be that the meat grabbing was too fierce, even Wang Xiuquan and the others didn't get too much meat, they just barely had enough for themselves.

Angus also came over and asked Gu Bai, if he needed meat, he could give Gu Bai some.

For Gu Bai not getting the meat, although some chefs have no expression on their faces, they are still very happy in their hearts. First, they have solved a competitor, or weakened Gu Bai's strength. In their opinion, Gu Bai has a lot of potential. There is a high probability that you can enter the top eight. If you weaken the opponent's strength, you will be more likely to enter the top eight.

Secondly, Gu Bai had offended quite a few chefs in the previous two individual competitions and two team competitions, because the judges were a little stricter in scoring after eating the dishes he made, which cannot be regarded as Gu Bai Bai's problem, but in the final analysis, it can also be said to be Gu Bai's problem, and naturally people are dissatisfied with him.

Seeing that not only the people from the Huaguo team wanted to help Gu Bai, but even Angus extended a helping hand to Gu Bai, many chefs couldn't figure it out. The people from the Huaguo team can also be said to be teammates. Gu Bai is still the captain of the Huaguo team, it is only natural for the team members to help the captain, and with Gu Bai's strength, the Huaguo team can also gain an advantage in the team competition.

But you Angus and Gu Bai are competitors, and Angus still shouted that Gu Bai is his biggest competitor, so you treat your biggest competitor like this?

Is this an opponent or a teammate? !

Gu Bai was stunned for a moment, but still shook his head and rejected Angus's suggestion. He glanced at the ingredients in the ingredients room, and after finding that there was no meat, he had already thought about how to make this meat.

If there is no real meat, then make vegetarian meat, and Gu Bai thinks that if he makes vegetarian meat, the judges may like it more.

After all, there were 24 chefs present, besides him, Gu Bai guessed that many of them cooked meat dishes. This meat dish would get boring easily, even if it was delicious, but the more you eat, the easier it is Tired.

Vegetarian meat is even better.

For vegetarian meat, there are many ingredients that can be used in Chinese food, such as tofu, winter melon, etc., can be made, but Gu Bai looked around the ingredients, picked up konjac, and took some rapeseed, shiitake, Hericium erinaceus and other ingredients For seasoning, compared with other chefs, the ingredients he took are a bit too messy.

Seeing Gu Bai's actions, the members of the Hua Guo team knew that Gu Bai was going to cook vegetarian meat, and the judges also understood when they saw his actions. But it’s okay to deceive others. With their mouths, how could they not be able to taste the difference between meat and konjac.

What they didn't know was that Gu Bai wanted them to taste the difference. If they couldn't taste it, wouldn't it mean that the advantages of konjac couldn't be brought into play.

Gu Bai put the konjac in the refrigerator as soon as he got it, this will make the konjac tissue more compact, and it will be easier to taste after freezing into a honeycomb shape.

Normal meat has a meaty aroma, even if it is simply roasted, as long as it is cooked properly, the taste will not be bad, but konjac itself has no taste, it can only rely on the taste of ingredients and seasonings, which is why Gu Bai wants to The reason for choosing so many seasonings is that it is really not easy to burn out the taste of meat.

However, this freeze lasted for two hours, and the time was not up, and the konjac was not frozen properly. Taking advantage of this time, Gu Bai soaked the shiitake mushrooms and prepared to slice them later. Hericium erinaceus also needs to be processed. Speaking of this , Gu Bai was a little lucky, fortunately, the competition party prepared fresh Hericium erinaceus, if it was dry, then he probably planned to change the method.

Because if you want to use dried Hericium erinaceus, you need to soak it in cold water for four hours, then steam it in a pot for one hour, rinse it in cold water, steam it on high heat for 10 minutes, and finally simmer it slowly for one hour. This series of treatments Down, the time spent is terrible.

Even in normal times, Gu Bai would not be willing to do it for so long, let alone in a competition.

Fresh Hericium erinaceus is much more convenient, just wash and blanch, and then it can be used.