Dare to cook

Chapter 340 Returning to China, Gathering Together

January [-], New Year's Day.

On the first day of the new year, the second green kitchen team returned triumphantly after playing in Europe for more than half a month.

It is worth celebrating for the Culinary Association and domestic culinary lovers to win the championship of the Orphan Championship again.

Lu Chenyu and others won praises from many people for their outstanding performance in the Olympian competition.

At the same time, it can be regarded as clearing away the depression of the defeat of the Qingchu first team for the Huaxia culinary art world.

Before the members of the Second Team of Green Chefs returned to China, news came from the Kitchen Association that they would be rewarded, and a series of media interviews were also arranged.

After Yao Yu and the others returned to China, they first rested in the capital for a day, and then patiently accepted a whole day of interviews before they dispersed and went back to their respective homes.

After returning to Shencheng, Yao Yu was called by Lu Tao to go to Lu's house for dinner.

Today, the Lu family basically no longer regards Yao Yu as an outsider.

Both Lu Chenyu's parents and her grandparents are very satisfied with Yao Yu.

Moreover, the two families were originally family friends, and Yao Yu's character and knowledge were impeccable. If Lu Chenyu really lived with him in the future, it would be perfect.

This year's Spring Festival came earlier, two days after Yao Yu returned home, Yao Chan also had winter vacation.

After a semester of college life, Yao Chan is much calmer than half a year ago.

However, when facing Yao Yu at home, she was still the eccentric young girl.

In the past six months, Yao Chan's university life has been very rich, she has participated in many activities and made many friends.

What Yao Yu didn't expect was that Yao Chan somehow became good friends with Bai Peiru.

Moreover, the two met two months earlier than Yao Yu met Bai Peiru.

The two of them, one is a freshman and the other is a master's student who is about to graduate, and they are not in the same college. Logically speaking, there should not be many opportunities to meet.

But things are so coincidental.

The two girls, who were several years apart, met at a school celebration, and they hit it off right away, and they chatted very speculatively.

If Yao Yu hadn't happened to pass by while Yao Chan was videotaping with Bai Peiru at home, he wouldn't have known that his personal finances were friends with his sister.

January [-]th, Laba.

Enteritis Road, after Laba Festival is the New Year.

On the day of Laba, Yao Yu cooked a meal, and then called Lu Chenyu, Chu Xinmei, Xu Yunle, Li Xungui, Shen Qiuming, and Yang Rui and Chen Li who just returned to Shencheng to gather at home.

In the past six months, Yao Yu and others who participated in the national team training are not the only ones who have grown up.

Chen Li studied with Chen Yuhui for more than half a year in Qindao, and Yang Rui also studied hard with the retired master in Xisanbanna for a long time.

The cooking skills of the two of them have also made great progress compared to half a year ago.

During the dinner at home, Yao Yu mentioned his idea of ​​opening a restaurant.

Shen Qiuming was a little surprised, and asked, "When do you plan to open it? Where is it? How big is it?"

Li Xungui also quickly said: "You goddamn finally decided to open your own shop. How big are you going to make it? Do you need start-up funds? Count me in."

Yao Yu smiled and said:

"Concentrate on making your movie. What are you doing with me?"

"I just plan to wait until I return from the World Youth Championship in March to open a restaurant similar to Renhe Hall."

"As for the restaurant area, tens of thousands of square meters should be enough. It is tentatively planned to have [-] seats at the beginning of the opening."

"Why is a thousand seats enough? Lao Zhu's restaurant has expanded to four floors, and Ji Xun's western restaurant has opened four chains." Shen Qiuming shook his head and said with contempt:
"After all, you are also the top of the jade food list and the captain of the national chef, so can't you be more grandiose?"

"If people in the industry know that you plan to open a store, there may be more than a thousand people willing to come to support you that day."

Restaurants that start with [-] seats can already be compared with mid-range restaurants.

What's more, the start-up capital for catering in Shanghai, where land is very expensive, is far beyond that of ordinary prefecture-level cities.

Even among the local people who own cars, houses and tens of millions of dollars, not many people dare to make it so big all at once.

After all, although the rate of return in the catering industry is considerable, the pressure of competition is also considerable.

Except for famous chefs like Yao Yu, Ji Xun, and Zhu Xingchen who can quickly build up a strong kitchen team, if ordinary people want to start joint ventures in catering, they will only sit in small stores that can accommodate 200 people.

As for the smallest fly restaurant on the street, it can only be regarded as supporting the family, not as a serious entry into the catering industry.

Yao Yu heard the words and said:

"How can it be so exaggerated? I just plan to start a small business, and I don't spread hero posts."

"Then have you chosen the store location?" Lu Chenyu asked.

"Not yet. I plan to open the store in the area from Century Park to Pearl Tower. It is best to find a location facing the street. It is close to the business district, close to the subway, and it would be better if it is close to the river."

"If you are free, please pay attention to me."

Yang Rui heard the words and said:
"The area along the riverside in Pudong is not cheap."

"The rents in those places are at least as high as the rents in other places in the city for three to five years a year."

"Peers who have the ability to take root in those places are definitely not easy to deal with. I'm afraid they won't leave you with many good locations and market share."

"For opening a store, of course you have to choose the place with the best location. As for business, just let customers vote with their feet." Yao Yu chuckled, pretending to be aggressive.

Shen Qiuming said: "From your tone, do you plan to be your own chef for a long time?"

"Not necessarily. I may not have that much time at that time." Yao Yu said, "Once the location of the store is confirmed, I will let Chu Xinmei, Qin Ming, Chen Li, and Yang Rui be in charge of the back kitchen."

Yang Rui heard this, but immediately said: "Hey, barbarian, do you mean to ask my opinion?"

"It's not too late for me to ask you now, right?" Yao Yu laughed and said, "Or are you planning to return from Xisanbanna and inherit your family's Diaohua Building?"

Yang Rui rolled his eyelids:
"Diaohualou does not belong to my family. I am too lazy to play with them."

As soon as this remark came out, Yang Rui's implication was that he agreed to continue to follow Yao Yu by default.

(End of this chapter)