Dare to cook

Chapter 163 The Empty Nest Old Man
May 5st, Labor Day.

It is also an off-day for the Masters Tournament.

After six consecutive days of high-intensity competitions, both the players and the judges need to rest and adjust.

The staff of the famous contest also need time to arrange and prepare the venue for the next round.

Because, the next round of competition will be transferred from Tangdao Bay to Qindao University Town.

The judges of the competition will also change from professional chefs to ordinary diners.

However, in order to facilitate the statistics of turnover during the next round of competition, the staff of the famous competition will also issue special meal coupons to diners.

Only diners who hold meal coupons for the famous contest can dine in the small shops run by the contestants.

The next round of competition - the team management competition, will start the day after tomorrow.

As for the next round of team matching list, it will not be announced until tomorrow, that is, the evening of May 5.

Before that, the players can take a good rest for a while, or have a good time playing around Qindao City.

Eight o'clock in the morning.

In the short-term rental villa, Yao Yu and others were having breakfast.

Shen Qiuming, who was eating and sleeping in the villa, had already changed into a sexy pink suit and went out.

Looking at the back of Shen Qiuming leaving, Yang Rui said curiously:
"This guy has been full of love since last night. Whose girl is he going to harm?"

Yao Yu spread blueberry sauce on his toast and said:

"His fiancee came to Qindao to see him. I heard that the marriage was recently arranged."

"Hasn't Shen Qiuming always been the prodigal son of Huacong? When did he change from evil to good?" Yang Rui was startled, with a "shit" expression on his face.

Shen Qiuming and Chen Duanrui are both among the most handsome celebrity chefs on the Jade Food List.

As for Shen Qiuming, that playboy, wandering around the rivers and lakes, is often widely circulated in the culinary arts circle.

Zhu Xingchen also once said that no good girl would appreciate Shen Qiuming's virtue of breaking his legs and making waves.

Yao Yu said calmly:

"I don't know the specific situation, but this time Shen Qiuming should be locked up."

"Her fiancée's family is very close to the Shen family, but Shen Qiuming's protection measures were not in place. After the girl won the bid, the two families urged him to get married quickly."

On the side, Mu Shaoran, who was drinking millet porridge, said with a surprised face:

"How do you know the inside story so clearly? It's like you've watched the live broadcast?"

Yao Yu rolled his eyes and said, "Chu Huangyou told me. That guy is Bao Daqiu from the Jade Food List. If you want to hear gossip, you can go to him."

"Tsk, tsk, I feel like all of you chefs on the Jade Food List are weird." Mu Shaoran said.

Yao Yu squinted at him and said, "Do you dare to say that in front of Lu Chenyu?"

"Why not? My senior sister is not unreasonable."

In the middle of speaking, Mu Shaoran remembered something and said, "By the way, I will go to pay a visit to a senior with my master and sister these two days, and I won't be going back to the villa tonight."

Yao Yu nodded, he knew about this when he chatted with Lu Chenyu last night.

Yang Rui also said at the moment: "I also have an appointment with Zhao Jingxi today, and I am going to climb Laoshan Mountain. I will not go to watch the cooking showdown between you and Samuel in the afternoon."

On the other side of the dining table, Chen Li also said:

"Brother, I'm going to the city today to buy something to send to my parents. I won't watch your competition this afternoon."

Yao Yu's expression suddenly became a little subtle.

He suddenly thought of a public service advertisement many years ago.

And he is the empty-nest old man in the public service advertisement who sighed and said, "Everyone is busy, please be busy".

"It's just a matter of talking, if you have something to do, just go to work, and you don't need to report to me."

After breakfast, Yang Rui, Chen Li, and Mu Shaoran cleaned up and went out.

Yao Yu, an empty nester, made two phone calls after washing the dishes.

After confirming that all the ingredients for the afternoon competition were ready, Yao Yu took his mobile phone and sat on the balcony on the second floor to bask in the sun.

While basking in the sun, Yao Yu brushed Wanghai Tower.

He found that on the Wanghai Tower, the odds and bets for the championship of the famous contest had changed a lot.

At the beginning of the celebrity contest, there was a bookmaker on Wanghai Tower who opened the market and selected several favorites for people to place bets.

At that time, Yao Yu's odds of winning the championship were higher than Lu Chenyu's.

Players with high odds usually have little hope of winning.

At that time, Yao Yu's odds were higher than Lu Chenyu's, which meant that people felt that Lu Chenyu had a greater chance of winning the championship.

Now, based on Yao Yu's recent performance in the competition, the dealer has lowered Yao Yu's winning odds to 1:1.33, and the runner-up odds to 1:1.45.

Lu Chenyu's current odds of winning the championship are 1:1.45, and the odds of winning the runner-up are 1:1.33.

Moreover, within 24 hours, the number of people who bet on Yao Yu's victory also increased by tens of thousands.

It can be seen from this that in the eyes of the dealer and the public, Yao Yu has a greater chance of winning the championship than Lu Chenyu.

The main reason for this change in betting odds is that Yao Yu defeated Chen Duanrui and broke the world record for Longxu Noodles.

Yao Yu couldn't help smiling as he looked at the latest odds.

You know, he bet [-] on himself to win the championship, and also bet [-] on Lu Chenyu's runner-up.

As long as these two bets were right in the end, he could make a small fortune.

Although, the lower your odds are, the less you earn.

But seeing more people supporting him to win the championship, Yao Yu was quite happy.

I browsed Wanghai Tower for a while.

Yao Yu called Yao Chan again, asked her about her life in the past few days, and then, like an empty-nest old man, walked into the kitchen to study new dishes.

In the afternoon, 01:30.

Yao Kongchao came to the contestant village alone with a kitchen bag on his back.

The contestant village was much deserted today.

On the one hand, due to the end of the two rounds, many eliminated players have already left Starlight Island.

On the other hand, today is also an off-season day, and most of the contestants who have successfully advanced have gone to play in various scenic spots on Qindao.

Through his connections in the Culinary Association, Yao Yu borrowed a cooking classroom from the contestants' village and used it as a competition venue.

He entrusted the official platform of Wanghai Tower to invite the notary and judges for the competition.

Although Yao Yu was in charge of all the preparations, Samuel did not think that the judges would favor Yao Yu.

A competition is a competition. With Yao Yu's reputation and strength, he would never engage in secret operations.

Samuel also believed that Yao Yu was not that kind of person.

Nearly two o'clock, the judges and both sides of the competition came to the scene.

On Starlight Island, some chefs who didn't go to the downtown area heard that Yao Manzi was going to compete with the Italian chef, so they also came here after hearing the news.

In just a short while, the inside and outside of the cooking classroom were completely blocked.

At this time, the referees also began to select topics for them.

According to the agreement with Samuel yesterday, Yao Yu and him will compete with one Chinese food, one Western food and one dessert today.

The time for the competition was two and a half hours in total.

All three dishes can be cooked at the same time.

The topic selection is randomly selected by software specially used in the industry to draw questions.

When the question drawing software was activated, the names of three dishes were also displayed on the referee's computer: Orange Chicken Fillet, French Foie Gras, and Egg Pudding.

(End of this chapter)