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bang~ bang bang~

Early in the morning, colorful food fireworks bloomed over the Food Giant Pot Stadium.

Amid the enthusiastic cheers of countless audiences, this year's food festival finally ushered in the semi-finals and finals.

"It's coming! It's coming! It's coming! This exciting moment has finally arrived!"

"The first match of the Food Festival semi-finals, Chef Komatsu vs. Alice Nakiri is finally about to begin!"

"Let us express our sincere gratitude to both of you here."

“Thank you both chefs for bringing us a wonderful showdown during the Food Festival competition!”

"Okay, enough nonsense! Let's give a warm round of applause to welcome the chefs from both sides!"

As Chest Hair finished his words, warm applause quickly broke out in the Food Pot Stadium, which was packed with a full 100 million people.

Countless people shouted the names of the chefs they supported.

The atmosphere on the field was instantly pushed to the peak.

Buzz buzz

With a slight sound of mechanical operation, the entrances for the contestants on both sides of the central competition area of ​​the Food Giant Pot Stadium slowly opened.

Komatsu and Alice Nakiri entered the arena, one on the left and one on the right.

"Chef Komatsu? It was you who prepared the dishes at Aroku's wedding, right?" Nakiri Alice asked with a smile.

Xiaosong scratched his head and said with an embarrassed smile.

"Ahahaha~ Actually, it was all thanks to everyone's help. I wouldn't have been able to handle it alone."

Knowing that Komatsu was being modest, Nakiri Alice just smiled.

After all, there were only eight dishes for more than 5,000 people. Even if someone added more dishes, it would only be enough for tens of thousands of people at most.

Even Alice Nakiri could complete this amount of work by herself.

What's more, Xiaosong was described by Qin Hao as the second best chef after himself on the planet of gourmet food.

Then Komatsu continued.

"By the way, Miss Alice, your cooking in the last round also looked amazing. Um, Miss Alice, can you sign an autograph for me?"

As he spoke, Xiaosong suddenly took out a thick stack of signature pads from somewhere.

As one of the few hobbies besides cooking, collecting signatures of famous and powerful chefs is also one of Komatsu's hobbies.

Alice Nakiri was slightly stunned, not expecting that Komatsu, whose cooking skills were better than hers, would ask her for an autograph. Then she smiled and nodded.

"Of course. But, Chef Komatsu, I hope you can show your true strength and compete with me in the competition."

Seeing the fighting spirit revealed in Alice Nakiri's eyes, Komatsu also showed a serious look on his face, and then nodded.

"I'll do my best."

Although in the previous competitions, Komatsu had also completed the dishes wholeheartedly.

But at that time, Xiaosong only used relatively common ingredients, and he did not fully demonstrate his cooking skills.

So it can't be said that he has fully exerted his strength.

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Alice Nakiri and Komatsu stood in front of their respective cooking counters.

The host, Chest Hair, immediately raised the microphone and shouted.

"Okay, both players are in position!"

"Now let's decide on the theme for this round of cooking competition!"

"What on earth could it be?"

"Let's turn the camera to the side. Tina-chan, it's your turn!"

As the picture on the big screen changed, we arrived at the studio of Food TV.

Tina then raised the microphone.

"Hello everyone. I'm the host, Tina."

"Next, I will draw the topic for the first round of the food festival semi-finals."

"What kind of big surprise question will it be? I'll draw it!"

As she spoke, the lottery machine behind Tina began to spin rapidly.

As Tina pressed the switch, a golden ball the size of a ping-pong ball flew out.

Tina picked up the ball and opened it.

There were two words clearly written on the note inside: cold food.

"The topic of the competition has been revealed. It's cold food!"

In the judges' booth in the Food Pot Stadium, Patch spoke after seeing this question.

"Cold food?... This dish has a wider range of choices. Any dish that can be eaten cold can be considered cold food."

“However, the wider the range of food choices, the more it reflects the level of the chef, isn’t it?” Acacia said with a smile.

"Master Acacia is right. Every cook has his or her own area of ​​expertise."

"A wider range of cuisine choices can really allow chefs to bring out their full potential," Patch said seriously.

Froze glanced at Qin Hao and asked with a smile.

"Speaking of which, who do you think will win this round, Xiao Qinhao?"

Qin Hao touched his chin helplessly.

"Master Froze, do you think this is a choice?"

"Although I do want to support Alice more. But Xiaosong's cooking skills are obviously better."

"So if nothing unexpected happens, the winner of this round can only be Xiaosong."

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The theme of the competition will be determined.

Komatsu and Alice Nakiri began to select the ingredients they needed.

Because this round of competition was for cold dishes, Alice Nakiri simply took out her best molecular cuisine.

Even after following Qin Hao, Alice Nakiri still did not give up the molecular cuisine that she was already good at.

And with the blessing of gourmet cells, even without the need for those molecular cooking instruments, Alice Nakiri can use appetite energy to create kitchen utensils to process ingredients into the way she needs them.

As both parties finished selecting their ingredients.

Four huge food transport helicopters belonging to IGO slowly flew over from a distance.

He landed directly in the Food Pot Stadium and delivered the ingredients selected by Alice Nakiri and Komatsu.

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