Dare to cook

Chapter 6 Taking Over the Kitchen
As the saying goes, friends of big bosses are often big bosses too.

These words are also very suitable for Yao Yu.

Tang Ying didn't expect that the chef Yao Yu called randomly would be such a powerful person.

Whether it's Chen Li or Yang Rui, their culinary skills can easily beat Lin Shuping.

Similarly, these two chefs are hard for Renhe Restaurant to hire.

Yang Rui's father, Yang Ji, is one of the top [-] chefs on the Qilin list.And Yang Rui, who has been learning from his father since he was a child, has actually already had the ability to compete in the Jade Food Ranking.

As for Chen Li, he was Yao Yu's younger brother, the youngest apprentice of Yao Yu's second uncle Yao Yunjian.

Counting from Yao Yu's great-grandfather, the Yao family has been cooking for four generations, and all of them are famous chefs all over the world.

Yao Yu's second uncle, Yao Yunjian, once ranked seventh on the Kirin list, and is one of the real masters in the culinary world.

Unfortunately, last autumn, Yao Yunjian had a car accident and passed away prematurely.

When Yao Yunjian died, Chen Licai had studied with him for less than four years, and he hadn't mastered many of Yao Yunjian's unique skills.

Otherwise, Chen Li's ranking on the Jade Food List would not be so low.

However, these are nothing now.

Because Yao Yu came back and brought the system with him.

He is fully capable of teaching Chen Li for Yao Yunjian, and helping him enter the top [-] on the Jade Food List as soon as possible.

With Yang Rui and Chen Li joining in, the back kitchen is barely enough.

Tang Ying immediately had three contracts drawn up and signed by Yao and Yu.

Chen Li and Yang Rui are also those who signed up for the famous contest.

And they will not stay in the Renhe Pavilion for a long time.So Tang Ying simply asked them to sign a contract for only half a year, just like Yao Yu.

Because they came in a hurry, the two of them still had some things to deal with.

Yang Rui, Chen Li, and Yao Yu left after a few words of reminiscence, and agreed to come back in the evening.

After Yang Rui left, Tang Ying was a little puzzled:

"Since you and Yang Rui are good friends, why don't you go directly to the back kitchen of Diaohualou?"

Yao Yu said:

"You don't know. Yang Rui and his father often quarrel and get angry. He, the young owner of Diaohualou, hasn't returned to Diaohualou for almost a year."

"If I go to the Diaohualou, won't that cause trouble for Yang Rui?"

"Ah? So there is such a thing." Tang Ying was surprised.

No, exactly.

Ever since Yao Yu came, she has been in accidents.

I've been busy, and it's past lunch time.

Neither Yao Yu nor Tang Ying had eaten yet.

In order to welcome Yao Yu's arrival, Tang Ying asked the kitchen to stir-fry some small dishes and bring them to the private room.

At the same time, the news that Yao Yu, Yang Rui, and Chen Li officially joined the Renhe Pavilion spread rapidly in the restaurant.

Among the back kitchens, three chefs who originally wanted to follow Lin Shuping to change jobs immediately changed their minds.

Just kidding, following Lin Shuping is not as cost-effective as following Yao Yu.

Yao Yu, Yang Rui, and Chen Li, those three are masters that ordinary chefs have no chance to meet.Are you afraid that you won't be able to learn skills if you work with them?
Contrary to others, Lin Shuping was in a bad mood.

If he loses the competition, he will leave again tomorrow.

Looking at it this way, it seems that Yao Yu kicked him out of the Renhe Pavilion.

In an instant, the joy of job-hopping and salary increase also became dull.

And Lin Shuping's apprentices were even more depressed.

Even if they wanted to stay, they had no chance.

Now that Tang Ying has Yao Yu's backing, in order to consolidate her prestige, she will definitely not let Lin Shuping's direct descendants stay.

……

The afternoon passed quickly.

At one o'clock, Tang Ying decided that the restaurant would be closed tonight.

There are two reasons for the suspension of operations.

First, Lin Shuping was in a bad mood after losing the test at noon.Tang Ying was really afraid that he would deliberately cook the food poorly before leaving and ruin the reputation of Renhe Restaurant.So let him leave early.

Secondly, she also had to give Yao Yu time to reorganize the kitchen.

At five o'clock in the evening, Chen Li and Yang Rui returned to Renhe Pavilion.

Yao Yu met with them, and the three of them chatted and began to draw up new kitchen recipes.

Every time a new chef takes office, the menu of the original chef will be replaced and adjusted.

A chef who doesn't make menus made by others is actually the same as a swordsman who disdains to use other people's weapons.

A chef with a real reputation like Yao Yu naturally wouldn't cook recipes left by others.

Redesigning the menu is the first step in taking over the kitchen.

The second step is to test the working ability of each staff in the school kitchen.

Renheguan originally had five chefs in charge of cooking, seven assistant chefs who cut and serve vegetables, two pastry chefs, two assistant chefs responsible for fruit plates and cold dishes, and three waiters.

Lin Shuping will leave tomorrow, and he would have taken away all the cooks, pastry chefs and cold dishes chefs.

But now that Yao Yu came, the two cold dish chefs and one pastry chef chose to stay.

The three remaining people were not Lin Shuping's cronies.

Out of consideration for the stability of the back kitchen, Tang Ying decided to forgive them.

Yao Yu tested everyone's culinary skills in the back kitchen, checked the various equipment in the back kitchen, and went to Tang Ying with the newly drawn menu.

"This is the costing of the new menu and new dishes, take a look."

Yao Yu handed the menu to Tang Ying.

"In addition, the range hood on the blast stove in the back kitchen is not working and needs to be replaced. The sealing of the roast duck oven in the barbecue room is also not very good. It is recommended to replace it with the latest model from Changfeng Group."

Tang Ying took the menu and looked at it, and found that except for the store's signature dishes, all other dishes had been replaced by Yao Yu.

She believed in Yao Yu's professional level, nodded and said:

"I will have people replace the range hood overnight. The new roast duck stove will also be delivered within three days. Do you have any other requirements?"

Yao Yu shook his head and said:

"Not anymore. However, I suggest that it is better to prepare some fresh high-end ingredients tomorrow. For example, the green lip abalone that is usually used in restaurants can be temporarily replaced with Jipin abalone."

"Eh? Why? Are you going to promote high-end dishes?" Tang Ying asked.

Renhe Restaurant is considered to be a relatively affordable restaurant, and the dishes are neither cheap nor too expensive.

If Yao Yu prepares a batch of high-end ingredients as Yao Yu said, the price of some dishes will increase by more than 25%. If you do so rashly, you risk losing customers.

Yao Yu smiled and said:
"You should take a look at the Wanghai Building. The news that I joined the Renhe Pavilion has spread."

"Tomorrow, there may be a group of picky guests coming to eat. Those are masters who are not short of money. If they are entertained with ordinary ingredients, they may not be satisfied."

Tang Ying logged into the Wanghai Tower and saw some hot discussion posts:
"Has Yao Yu's sense of taste really recovered? Can his cooking be compared to before?"

"Crazy Yu must have come out to work because he ran out of money, right?"

"If this is the case, Yao Yu will be too miserable..."

"Hearing is delusion, tasting is believing. I plan to go to Renhe Restaurant for dinner tomorrow to see how much Yao Yu's cooking skills have recovered."

"Let's go together, I haven't eaten eight-treasure duck made by Yao Manzi for a long time. I don't know if he will make it tomorrow?"

As a talented chef who has attracted much attention, Yao Yu's comeback will naturally affect many people's hearts.

And if you want to find out the strength of a chef, apart from watching him cook on the spot, you can only analyze it by tasting his dishes.

Tomorrow night, many of Yao Yu's old friends and enemies will definitely come to have dinner.

Once Yao Yu can't cook decent dishes tomorrow night, those jealous opponents will mock him mercilessly like he just lost his sense of taste three years ago.

Therefore, preparing dishes for tomorrow night is very important to Yao Yu.

Tang Ying also realized this after reading the discussion post.

This is the challenge that Yao Yu will face, and it is also an opportunity for Renheguan to expand its reputation.

Tang Ying raised her head, looked at the calm and confident Yao Yu, and said seriously:
"Don't worry, as long as it is the ingredients you want, I will let people prepare it!"

(End of this chapter)