Shokugeki no Imitation Chef

"The results of Yuanyue Academy's first Top Ten Qualifying Tournament have come out!

The second-year student, Liu Maoxing, won the first place! With an absolute high score of 99 points, he won the first seat of the new top ten, and stood at the top of Yuanyue Academy...even being called by the "living legend" Mr. Dojima, surpassing himself when he just graduated man!

The second seat is Nakiri Erina, who scored 92 points, and is also a second-year student, but Mr. Dojima also gave the evaluation of "not inferior to myself when I graduated"!

The third seat, three-year-old, Isshiki Hui; the fourth seat, two-year-old, Mito Ikumi; the fifth seat, two-year student, Yukihira Soma; the sixth seat, one-year student, Oda Nobuna; the seventh seat, two-year student, Kurokiba Liang; eighth seat, second-year student, Tian Suohui; ninth seat, second-year student, Nakiri Alice; tenth seat, second-year student, Hisako Niito!

Let me dedicate my warmest applause to the new ten elites standing on the peak of Yuanyue..."

The new Top Ten are mainly second-year students!

There is only one three-year-old and one-year-old.

It's not surprising that there are so few first-years. Most of the time, there will be no top ten among first-years, and three-years... partly because there were originally two top ten three-year-olds, but they were dismissed, and partly because of the new The second-year student, the strength is indeed very outstanding!

In terms of the strength of the top students in each grade, they have surpassed the third-year students.

Rei Kawashima was making the final seat announcement on the field, but at this moment, she seemed to have received some new instructions from the headset, and suddenly changed the topic...

"At the same time, it is worth noting that the new top ten, whether it is Liu Maoxing and Nakiri Erina who are at the forefront, or Nakiri Alice and Niito Feisako who are in the ninth and tenth seats, all ten are on the judging panel. In their comments or scores, they have received higher evaluations than those of the same seats in the past!

The golden age of Yuanyue Academy will come again! The time is approaching for the new World Cuisine Competition "The Blue", Yuanyue Group has decided that this year the academy will send a representative team to compete again!

All the candidates for the representative team will be selected among the current students... Non-top ten students also have the opportunity to be nominated. Please perform hard in the next three months! "

Sure enough, the announcement of this news aroused considerable repercussions from the audience, whether they were guests or students.

The difference is that most of the guests were thinking about what Senzaemon’s decision meant, while most of the students were excited—looking forward to their own participation in the competition.

Although I know that as members of the representative team, there must be only a few of the best students, but since it is not limited to "selected from the top ten", it means that other people will have some hope!

The guests will feel strange, and even start to discuss, which is also reasonable...

"The Blue" has a history of more than 100 years as a worldwide cooking competition. It first existed in ancient Greece more than 2,000 years ago. After that, it was discontinued with the decline of the ancient Greek cuisine civilization circle. More than 1,500 years...

Until the early and middle period of the "Great Fusion of World Cuisines", with the increasingly frequent exchanges between major cuisines in the world, the Michelin Food Federation re-hosted the first worldwide "The Blue".

The new "The Blue" has become a worldwide cooking competition, which is held every four years. With the promotion of "world fusion of cuisines", "The Blue" has become one of the grand events in the cooking industry and even the world !

From the beginning, it was organized by the Michelin Gourmet Federation, and it has become the joint sponsor of the three major food certification organizations...

However, while the students off the field were gearing up, there were also some people who were taking pleasure in splashing cold water on the sidelines.

"Yuhime, you don't need to be so excited, right?" Marui couldn't help but said to Yuuhime who was already "ignited".

"Huh? Four Eyes! Are you trying to provoke me? I advise you to think twice, tonight's celebration is still held in your room!" You Ji threatened with a guilty conscience.

"But for 'The Blue'..."

"It's been said that it's not selected among the top ten, so I'm looking forward to it! And...even if it's not representing Yuanyue, I remember that 'The Blue' still accepts applications from non-governmental organizations? Otherwise, we will not bring Ah Xing and Chuangzhen, how about forming a team by yourself?" You Ji interrupted unhappily.

"Wait, although the nature of the participating groups is not limited, whether it is a country, a group or a restaurant, but don't forget... the current implementation of 'The Blue' is updated more than 20 years ago' Five-person twenty-four-star registration system'! That is to say, if you want to register, you must first ensure that five candidates are selected, and the sum of them must have 'twenty-four stars'."

"Twenty-four star registration system? What does it mean... Cough cough, I actually pay attention to every session, I still remember the list of the top eight last session! It's just..." You Ji said a little embarrassed.

It's just that it was just "watching the fun" before! I don't really know the registration rules...

Just like the Olympic Games in the world before Liu Maoxing traveled, everyone may pay attention to the medal table every time, but when it comes to the registration process of the Olympic Games... who pays attention to these?

Marui Zenji put on a pair of glasses and explained: "The so-called 'twenty-four stars in total' means that each contestant has the qualification of 'star chef', and the sum of the stars must reach or exceed 20. Four!"

Dawu on the side obviously didn't understand, and asked in confusion: "Five people reach 24 stars? Doesn't that mean that one person needs nearly five stars on average? Isn't the highest rating only three stars?"

"It's true that the highest rating is three stars, but the chef ratings above two stars have been subdivided into various dishes. For example, Ah Xing's previous two-star certification was 'two-star Chinese pastry chef'. A three-star certification, a two-star certification, even if there are five stars!" Marui Zenji said.

Others also understood at this time. Although "The Blue" theoretically does not limit the participants, as long as the "team formation" meets the requirements, even a consortium of several small restaurants can register for the competition, but the registration criteria are different. Not ordinary high!

"Each participating team has five selected members, and the average needs to be close to five stars... There are also two candidate members, a total of seven members form the participating team. Although the candidate members are usually not required, this is just a registration rule! If the strength is not enough, , and it’s just to make people laugh.”

"That's right, so although the Yuanyue Group also signed up for the competition in the name of the group before, in the past, the group usually summoned outstanding graduates to form teams to participate in the competition!"

The easiest way to achieve a 24-star system for five people is to get two-star ratings for two dishes and one-star rating for one dish for each person...

Because of the development of cooking, the division of dishes has been very detailed!

For example, a large department of Chinese cuisine is not only divided into eight major cuisines, twelve other cuisines, but also official cuisine, imitation Shan cuisine, imitation Tang cuisine, imitation Song cuisine, Confucian cuisine, Honglou cuisine, temple cuisine... There are hundreds of small cuisines in total. .

Coupled with the branches of other major cuisine circles in the world, the dishes can be subdivided into hundreds!

And this number is not fixed. The specific cuisine to apply for is determined by the chef himself. In other words, you can even apply for a cuisine that no one else has heard of... Of course, if the application is too biased, then whether to accept the application , It depends on the judgment of the three major food certification agencies.

Among them, some cuisines that are too uncommon may not be very popular. For example, Liu Maoxing's qualification as a "two-star Chinese pastry chef" last time is already quite high in "gold content"!

Cuisines tend to be more and more subdivided, which also means that some dishes that are very close belong to different dishes according to the rules...

It can be said that if an older two-star chef is promoted to three-star chef, his ability may not be enough, but usually as long as he has enough experience, he can choose a similar cuisine, spend a few years to consolidate and further study, and then apply for a two-star qualification , The success rate is still not low!

Of course, only cooks who no longer have confidence in their star rise will spend their time on "gaining stars"...

After listening to Zenji Marui's explanation, Yuuhime and others from Jixingliao have basically lost their desire to compete.

No matter how confident they are, they still know how far they are from star chefs, and the registration criteria have already explained the intensity of the competition. Although there is no star limit as a candidate, they cannot accept being a "burden".

At the same time, I also understood why many of those guests would make an "unbelievable" look!

The top five of the top ten in previous years, combined, it would be nice to have three "one-star chefs" at the time of graduation.

For example, Si Yingshi, the last seat, won the "two-star chef" certification not long ago, which shocked many people. Even among the first graduates in recent years, he is also very good. score.

And this time the commander-in-chief meant to form an all-school student team?

You know, among all the current students in school, only Liu Maoxing has a "two-star" certification, although judging from the evaluation given by Dojima Gin, Liu Maoxing and Erina both have the ability to obtain "three-star" certification, and they are good at face-to-face It is very wide, and it must not only be able to obtain a three-star rating...

But starting from Yisehui of the third seat, I am afraid that there is still a distance from the "three-star". It would be good to get a two-star, which is the strength that Si Yingshi showed not long ago!

After that, Yu Mei with four seats, Chuangzhen with five seats, Nobuna with six seats, and Kurokiba with seven seats, there is still a distance between two stars, and one star is probably the limit!

As a student of Yuanyue, while cooking has its own characteristics, its "dishes" are very wide. For example, although Yu Mei seems to be "only" good at "meat dishes", in fact, she is very familiar with meat dishes from various mainstream cuisines in the world. Cuisine is involved in everything, Kurokiba Ryo is good at "aquatic cuisine", and is also proficient in various cuisines of aquatic cuisine...

They just have their own style, but they have a very wide range of dishes.

Therefore, many people believe that as long as they have the strength of one or two stars, they will soon be able to get two or even more stars of the same level!

"But the commander-in-chief is a bit too risky this time, isn't he? Even if these students can meet the requirements for the competition, they may barely meet the standard of the '24-star system'. If they are allowed to participate at this time, I'm afraid the results will not be very good ..." Many college directors and partners are not very optimistic about this decision.

Some Yuanyue veterans also mentioned that there was a time 20 years ago when Yuanyue Group used an all-school student lineup...

"I also vaguely remember this incident, but the grades were not satisfactory at the time, weren't they?"

Indeed, because Joichiro, who was the ace, withdrew from the competition in the middle of the competition, Dojima Gin and Nakamura Ji were only at the average level of ordinary contestants at that time, so the team was eliminated soon...

"Now only Liu Maoxing has the two-star qualification. If he fails to meet the standard of the 'five-person twenty-four-star system' when he signs up three months later, the commander-in-chief will have no choice but to change his mind. It is already a great publicity for the college and the group to gather the students of the 'five-person twenty-four-star system' standard."

Obviously many people have this mentality.

At the same time, Oizumi Kakinosuke and other academy elders were worried about whether Liu Maoxing or Erina would repeat the mistakes of "Sura" back then, and they would discuss it with the commander after preparation...

At the end of the ten outstanding speeches, Liu Maoxing and others felt pressure when they heard Erina talk about the "five-person 24-star system" in detail after leaving the arena!

It seems that the next three months will be the time for them to "get stars"...

"Wait! Apart from the 'five-person twenty-four-star system', is there no age limit for the competition?" Liu Maoxing asked suddenly.

If this is the case, wouldn't the two dragon chefs Xie Yunlong and Lin Yi, together with the three Lin-level chefs like Liu Lousan, be able to sweep away?

"There is no age requirement, but there is a 'guideline' jointly decided by the three major cooking certification organizations, that is, to 'let more new faces in the cooking world'... All team members who have entered the main competition are not allowed to use any Participate again." Erina said.

"Each time there are eight teams entering the main match, each team has a total of seven candidates and candidates, that is to say, 56 people are 'eliminated' every four years..." Chuangzhen said while snapping his fingers.

This kind of "suspension" is based on the individual, not the organization. For example, the Yuanyue Group team may have entered the main match many times, but each time the players will be different!

Liu Maoxing also breathed a sigh of relief, so as to avoid the possibility of those old monsters coming out to monopolize the top few.

"There is one last question... How much is the prize money for entering the main competition, or for first place?" Liu Maoxing asked suddenly.

This time, not only Erina, but other people around him also looked at him with the eyes of a monster.

What should be considered now is how to satisfy the "five-person 24-star system"?

Even after participating in the competition, what should be considered is how to enter the main competition, right?

And...does "The Blue" need a reward?

"Entering the race itself is already the best reward."

Erina paused as she spoke, because it was Liu Maoxing who asked the question, so she explained additionally: "The main competition is divided into two parts: the team competition and the individual competition. As long as they can enter the main competition, the names of all the players will be published worldwide. internal communication...and if an individual has an outstanding performance, he will become an upstart in the cooking industry in the next few years."

"That's it? Really no bonus?"

"...In previous years, there were some symbolic ones, but not many."

Seeing Liu Maoxing's disinterested look, others felt that Liu Maoxing's vision was not wide enough at first, but immediately thought of Liu Maoxing's previous "Sword of Quick Healing", and realized... These "false names" do not seem to be attractive to Liu Maoxing !

Upstart in the culinary world? After the process of today's competition is spread, Liu Maoxing's name will already be heard in the culinary world...

At this time, Liu Maoxing suddenly remembered something, quietly leaned into Erina's ear, and whispered.

I don't know if it's because the distance is too close, or Liu Maoxing said something "indescribable", but Erina's face turned red all of a sudden, and then she gave him a shameful look!

The two murmured for a while, and ended with Erina nodding, as if agreeing to something to Liu Maoxing...

And on the second day after the "Ten Elite Qualifying Competition", the head coach suddenly summoned the Ten Elite for a meeting. There was only one thing he said, and that was that he had received accurate information. This year's "The Blue" The right to host has been handed over to the American Development Association!

"What? The three major culinary organizations agreed? Is the 'American Development Association' really going to become the fourth largest culinary certification organization?" Liu Maoxing wondered.

"That's right, the 'American Development Council' has reached a consensus with the 'Michelin Gastronomy Federation' from the very beginning, and the Michelin Gastronomy Federation advocates that the right to host 'The Blue' held by it this time be handed over to the 'American Development Council' ', and then the next one will start from the 'Michelin Food Federation', and the four will be held in rotation, but the Dragon Chef Alliance and the Brahman Tasting Association did not agree at the beginning..."

"'Originally' disagreed?"

"Well, I just got the news that the 'Dragon Chef Alliance' has already agreed, and I'm afraid the 'Brahman Tasting Association' will not continue to insist. It's just that the conditions have been changed. The next session will be held by the 'Dragon Chef Alliance'. The next session will be held by the 'Brahman Tasting Association', and whether there will be three or four rotations will be discussed separately."

"That is to say, it is agreed that the 'Michelin Food Federation' will be replaced by the 'American Development Association' this year? What do the people of the Dragon Chef Alliance think! Although it seems that the difference is not big, once this precedent is set, I am afraid..." Liu Maoxing Most surprised why the Dragon Chef Union would agree.

Because many senior executives of the "Dragon Chef Alliance" have presided over the "God's Cuisine Showdown" between him and Erina before, he feels that those old foxes are not so easy to bribe...

Is something wrong? If it wasn't in a meeting, Liu Maoxing wanted to find Liu Maoyuan immediately and make a phone call to Liu's house to ask what happened!

But there is no need for Liu Maoyuan to ask, because the relationship between the head of the Liu family and the Yuanyue family has eased, so Senzaemon has already received the news from the Liu family.

"It's related to the rewards provided by the 'American Development Association' to the champion team..."

When Senzaemon said this, everyone couldn't help but looked at him in surprise, and at Liu Maoxing...

I said in unison in my heart: I "beep"! Is there really a reward?