NOVPUBChapter 868: Chapter 868: Owning a Restaurant of Your Own_1 Chapter 868: Chapter 868: Owning a Restaurant of Your Own_1 On the day that Cindy Clarke and Adrian Zhekova made their official announcement via video, Parker Honi and their team from Pingla Academy were among the first to share and send their well wishes.
All the contestants who made it into the top ten, including the one who fell short at the eleventh spot, Ava Brown, publicly shared and commented on the Facebook post Cindy made.
They did not share Adrian’s post.
After all, they were not really acquainted with Adrian.
Sharing it would just invite accusations of calculated flattery.
Nonetheless, being skilled competitors, they didn’t believe Pingla Academy would give them a hard time over such a matter.
Precisely because they shared and commented in support!
The matter of Cindy and Adrian was met with an attitude of support, free of any animosity.
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And this helped in reducing doubts and skepticism.
It was evident that the other contestants weren’t concerned about Cindy’s relationship with Adrian, nor were they worried that Cindy’s results would be bias.
Parker Honi and the rest were setting an example with their own actions.
They believed in Cindy.
The doubts and concerns raised by outsiders!
They simply didn’t bother about them.
If the contestants themselves showed no concern, why should the bystanders make a fuss?
Thus, even though there were individuals who wanted to create a scene, they never got the chance to.
“Cindy, keep going!” After cheering Cindy on, the elders left so they wouldn’t hinder the contestants backstage.
The elders left ahead, while Adrian stayed behind.
Cindy saw Adrian out to the backstage door. 𝘯𝑜𝘷𝘱𝘶𝘣.𝘤𝘰𝑚
Adrian said, “Don’t put pressure on yourself.”
The competition becomes more challenging as it progresses.
Especially at this stage.
The contestants from Pingla Academy would have to give it their all.
Adrian had confidence in Cindy.
But he didn’t want her to cave in under the pressure and not perform at her best.
That could lead to more regret than losing to a more skillful contestant.
“I understand,” Cindy said, “I didn’t expect to win first place when I originally decided to participate.”
“Being able to get this far has already exceeded my expectations,” Cindy continued,”I haven’t forgotten, my initial reason for participating was to silence Zoe Silverstone.”
“To prove to the public and my supportive followers that it’s Zoe trying to discredit me.
Every ingredient in my dishes is authentic, and I didn’t hire someone else to cook or take photographs for me.
Everything is authentic.”
“In fact, during the early stages of the competition, Zoe was eliminated and as I progressed in the competition, proving my cooking skills, I’d already achieved my initial goal.” Cindy laughed.
“Any subsequent achievements are just a bonus,” Cindy stated.
“When I helped out at the small restaurants back in Nork City, I occasionally got the opportunity to cook a few dishes.
Back then, my dream was simply to become a chef and own my own restaurant.”
She had never rested her hopes on her family’s small restaurant here.
Even though it was small and Wendy Clarke didn’t value it, she never thought it would be given to her.
Wendy didn’t want it and wouldn’t bail out of it to her.
So, Cindy only planned to leave once she finished university.
Even without the incident with Adrian, she still planned on leaving Nork City.
However, due to the scheming, Cindy had to advance her departure date from Nork City.
Because Cindy knew that if she stayed in Nork City, she wouldn’t be able to accomplish any of the things she wanted to do.
Christy Xenos and Wendy Clarke would not allow her to pursue her dreams, they would only discourage and oppress her.
They wanted her to continue as the family’s domestic helper.
To confine her to the small restaurant, whether as a drudge or in the kitchen.
Then, when the time came, they would hand over the small restaurant to Wendy.
Wendy, not valuing the small restaurant, would let Cindy manage it, but Wendy would own all the fruits of its success.
Even if Cindy loved cooking, she never thought of using love as motivation.
And especially not when the resulting energy went to Wendy.
To let herself be suppressed by Wendy’s control all her life.
She too wanted to have her own life, to have her own passions.
So, Cindy decided long ago that she would secretly leave Nork City after her graduation from university.
She wanted to use the four years at university to save a substantial amount of money.
At least enough to survive in a foreign city.
However, plans cannot keep up with the changes.
Because she had been framed by Wendy and Christy Xenos, she was forced to run away early.
She had not saved enough money.
And had gone through some hard times in Belford.
“As for now, participating in this competition and progressing this far, I feel that I’m already so close to my dream,” Cindy said.
“Before meeting you, when I registered for the competition, I was thinking that after proving myself, I could start planning for my restaurant,” Cindy stated.
“During these years, my earnings as a food blogger have been high, and I’ve paid attention to finance and savings, wanting to wait until life is stable and then use that saved money to start a restaurant.”
“I calculated it before, and according to my plans, the budget should be enough.
I never planned to start with a large-scale restaurant.
Everything has to be done step by step, accumulated bit by bit.”
Just like when she first came to Belford, she never thought she would become a renowned food blogger.
Even when she began blogging about food, she never thought she could reach this stage today.
Actually, other than the foundations laid by Joshua Clarke in the small restaurant in Nork City, …
It was largely due to the fact that she had worked in a restaurant kitchen after coming to Belford.
Cindy learned a lot.
No matter how much Joshua Clarke taught her, he could only teach the dishes that the small restaurant offered.
In the small city of Nork City, that was enough.
The restaurant wasn’t competing against high-end restaurants after all.
Their target customers were snack bars, food stalls and the like.
But this was not enhancing Cindy’s cooking skills.
Even though Joshua Clarke’s culinary skills were better than an average person’s,
He couldn’t compete with professional chefs.
Only when Cindy arrived in Belford and worked in a restaurant kitchen did she learn many things she’d never come into contact with before.
Whether it was in culinary methods or knife skills, she made significant progress.
The head chef at that time saw that this girl was willing to work hard — She was even more hard-working than his own apprentices and uncomplaining.
And she had a genuine passion for the culinary art.
The restaurant’s head chef broke the rules and took her as an apprentice.
Unfortunately, Cindy fell pregnant and couldn’t continue.
Even the head chef was quite regretful.
But later, the head chef found out that Cindy had become a food blogger and got in touch with her.
He learnt that Morgan, Cindy’s kid was slightly older,
That Cindy was financially better off than before, enough to hire a nanny to help take care of Morgan.
The master chef saw that Cindy still loved the culinary art as much as she used to.
And that she had not stopped digging deeper into the culinary world even after earning money as a food blogger and could have lived a comfortable life.
So, he introduced her to a famous chef.
Of course, the master chef himself couldn’t directly ask the old master to accept Cindy as an apprentice.
Cindy would still have to rely on her own efforts in the end.
