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Chapter 182 Kitchen King Competition

After lunch, Lu Shiyuan returned to his own tavern. The store was busy at this time. He walked into the kitchen and saw Brock standing by the oven, observing the progress of each steak.

"Brock, have you passed the preliminaries of the Chef Championship?" Lu Shiyuan asked.

"Of course." Brock said, "Although Liyue cuisine is indeed extensive and profound, not every Liyue chef is Xiangling. It is not easy to pass the preliminaries."

"That's good." Lu Shiyuan nodded, thought for a moment and then reminded, "You have two strongest competitors in this chef competition. Xiangling is of course the best. There is also Yanxiao from Wangshu Inn. His cooking skills are not inferior to yours and Xiangling's."

"Yan Xiao? I'll remember him!" Brock was not nervous when he heard that. Instead, he was full of fighting spirit.

The Chef King Competition was held as scheduled. After round after round of competition, contestants with poor skills were eliminated one after another.

As expected, Xiangling, Yanxiao and Brock won all the levels and their rankings rose rapidly.

Top 16, top eight, top four.

After the three of them advanced to the semi-finals, the judges saw that they were evenly matched with each other, so they decided to temporarily change the rules. The semi-finals gathered directly at Yujingtai, and the champion, runner-up and third place were decided by the judges' vote.

On this day, the sun was shining brightly and the Yujing Stage was packed with people, all of whom were witnesses of this cooking showdown.

The Lu siblings, Mona, Ganyu, Diona, Ying, Paimeng and others were all standing in the front row, looking at the game that was about to begin with anticipation.

A pink-haired girl wearing a Xiezhi crown stood in the center of the venue. She had curved eyebrows and a gentle face, but it couldn't hide her shrewd and capable aura.

This is the most famous legal consultant in Liyue Harbor, Yan Fei.

"Welcome everyone to the finals of the Liyue Chef Championship. I am Yan Fei, invited by the organizing committee to serve as the notary and host of this competition." The girl's voice is crisp and powerful. She is very eloquent, which makes the audience feel particularly comfortable listening to her.

Then, Yan Fei focused on the process of this competition:
"This year's Chef King Competition is hosted by Liyue Seven Stars and organized by multiple organizations. It is divided into two stages: the preliminary round and the final round..."

Then, she introduced the judges. There were three judges on the scene, namely Tianshu from Tianshu star who was disguised as a senior gourmet, Ningguang from Tianquan star, and Keqing from Yuheng star.

Three of the Seven Stars of Liyue came at once, which shows the value of this final.

In addition to the judges on the field, ten off-field judges will be selected from the crowd. The thirteen judges will vote, and the one with the highest number of votes will be the champion.

Then, it was time for the contestants to be introduced.

The knife smells delicious, the chef with a sharp knife - Yan Xiao.

The hot-tempered and skilled cook, Xiangling, and her mysterious assistant, no one knows who they are.

Oil cooks in a raging fire, the tyrant among the meat - Brock.

And an unknown mixed player.

The contestants took an oath, and finally Ningguang decided the theme of this competition, "Land and Water Ceremony".

Simply put, it is to use animals that swim in the water and run on the land as ingredients to make three dishes that can be perfectly combined.

"Xiangling, come on!" Paimon shouted extremely loudly in the audience, not caring at all about the strange looks from the people around him.

Diona was not to be outdone and shouted, "Sister Brock, you have to work hard too!" The two people whose names were called on the stage nodded to Paimon and Diona respectively, and then looked at each other, and they could see the burning fighting spirit in each other's eyes.

On the competition stage, the top four contestants began to prepare ingredients and cook.

Among them, under Lu Shiyuan's management, Brock's ingredients have been replaced with ingredients available in the game. This is the limit of what Lu Shiyuan can do within the rules.

Next, it depends on how Brock performs!
The competition lasted for one hour. During this short hour, the chefs had a very heavy workload and many twists and turns occurred.

For example, Yan Xiao was extremely nervous because he was unfamiliar with the place and had never cooked in a crowded place before.

Finally, with the joint comfort of Guoba and Xiangling, he was able to perform at his best.

Then there was the unnamed top four contestant who brought finished dishes to the competition, attempting to get away with it. The sharp-eyed Yan Fei spotted the abnormality at a glance and sent him off the competition.

During this period, the organizing committee was also selecting judges off the field. Unexpectedly, Lu Shiyuan was also one of the judges off the field. He thought the organizing committee would avoid suspicion and not choose him.

At this time, there were only three people left on the field. As time passed, the dishes of the three people were gradually completed. Finally -

"Time's up!" Yan Fei called a halt to the competition, and then asked the three contestants to present their dishes to the judges in the order in which they were completed, for the judges to comment on.

At the same time, a portion of the same dish was served to Lu Shiyuan.

Seeing the delicious food in Shi Yuan's hand, Paimeng standing beside her was drooling with greed. She looked at Lu Shi Yuan pitifully: "Shi Yuan, I want to eat these delicious foods too. Can you give me some?"

"Sure." Lu Shiyuan smiled, asked for a plate for Paimeng, and shared the food among them.

"Shi Yuan, you are so nice!" Paimon thanked him excitedly. Looking at the delicious food on the plate, after some struggle, he decided to share it with Ying.

The food of the three contestants was a carnival of taste for the buds, but Lu Shiyuan frowned because he found that the chef Brock, whom he bet on, had a fatal flaw.

The three dishes were not integrated well with each other, to put it simply, they were not well matched. Brock's strength is animal meat, and his level in seafood has not reached the level of barbecue.

That would be fine, as the gap could be made up by using high-quality ingredients, but the bigger problem was that she did not understand the "complementarity" advocated by Liyue cuisine. She only focused on the main dish and did not pay enough attention to the side dishes.

Although the quality of these side dishes is still enough to defeat a large number of chefs, they are far inferior to Xiangling and Yanxiao.

When the voting began, Lu Shiyuan cast a vote for Brock against his will, but in his heart he was not optimistic about her performance.

Soon, the vote counts for the three parties came out: Xiangling with 5 votes, Yanxiao with 4 votes, and Brock with 4 votes.

Xiangling was naturally the undisputed champion and the king of chefs, and the other two were tied for second place. However, Lu Shiyuan knew in his heart that Brock's vote was fake, and the latter must have understood this as well.

After the rankings were announced, the crowd cheered for the champion and gradually left after the judges left.

"Brock, you're good enough." Lu Shiyuan stepped forward and gently patted his chef on the shoulder.

"How can it be good enough?" Brock's expression was more natural than Lu Shiyuan's. "The ranking is the result of voting by diners. I have tasted their side dishes, and I am far behind them in terms of side dishes. I also know that although I seem to be tied for second place, I am actually third.

In the future, we have to continue to work hard.”

(End of this chapter)