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Billy Houston and the others didn’t know that Jenny Kirk knew Adrian Zhekova, let alone what her intentions were towards him.
They just thought she was acting as an ordinary representative.
Originally, there was no need to report this to Adrian Zhekova.
However, being unaware of the situation with Jenny created this current predicament.
Now, to have Jenny Kirk removed was clearly unrealistic.
There are so many audience members present, and on live broadcast, it’s impossible to play it off as a joke.
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Peggy Lewis took a deep breath and said, “Let’s just hope she won’t find any faults in Cindy.”
However, although Peggy Lewis said this, she didn’t hold any such hope.
If Jenny Kirk really had a conscience or any shame, she wouldn’t be pestering Adrian Zhekova or coming to be a judge.
She originally didn’t tell Cindy to prevent her from worrying.
But now, Jenny Kirk couldn’t help but blurt out: “I now have reason to suspect that Jenny Kirk came to be a judge specifically because of Cindy.”
Peggy Lewis was certain that Jenny Kirk would score Cindy low.
Whether or not she was using her judge position to make Cindy yield to her was uncertain.
It’s hard to say whether she took this opportunity to boss Cindy around.
However, Peggy Lewis didn’t mind attributing the worst intentions to Jenny Kirk. n𝚘vp𝚞𝚋.com
After all, Jenny Kirk was not a good person.
“Very well, welcome Miss Kirk,” Grace Green stepped back onto the stage to say.
“Now, judges, please take your seats,” Grace Green said.
The six judges returned to their seats.
Jenny Kirk’s gaze remained on Cindy Clarke.
Upon learning that Adrian Zhekova had married Cindy Clarke, Jenny Kirk thoroughly investigated Cindy.
She knew Cindy was a food blogger and that she had entered the Cooking Competition.
It was rumored that she was a hot contender for the title.
The audience was eagerly looking forward to her participation in the International Culinary Competition.
Jenny Kirk hadn’t expected that Adrian Zhekova’s choice of a spouse was someone who wasn’t worthy of centre stage.
Did she think she could gain fame through the competition?
That’s why she absolutely had to be a judge.
She wanted to see just how competent Cindy Clarke was.
This time, Wesley Gordon, who had always led the competition, unusually, didn’t speak from the judge’s bench.
He handed over all leading tasks to Grace Green.
“Now, we proceed to the first round of the competition, soup cuisine,” Grace Green announced, “Soup can also be considered as the appetizer of Chinese meals.
Whether in a restaurant or at home, a meal is never complete without soup.”
“I’m not sure about other things, but starting a meal with soup lubricates the intestines and is good for the stomach,” Grace Green said, “As the common saying goes, drink soup before a meal.
This has been a long-standing habit of ours.”
“So now, contestants please open the top drawer to your right,” Grace Green instructed.
At Grace’s command, Cindy and the other competitors opened the drawers.
Inside were tomatoes, onions, potatoes, garlic, beef, lamb, and freshly processed fish meat with labels, none of it frozen.
The fish included crucian carp, bass, basa, and dory.
“As usual, other seasoning ingredients are in the food storage room.
You can select freely,” Grace Green continued.
“However, unlike previous competitions, competitors will not be limited to one entry into the food storage room,” Grace Green informed them.
“This time is different, you can enter an unlimited number of times,” she declared.
“No matter when or how many times, you can.”
“The first round, Soup Competition, will last for 1 hour,” Grace Green announced.
“Next, we will countdown from 10,” Grace Green said, “10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
Let the competition begin!”
While Grace Green was speaking, Cindy also took the opportunity to think about the soup she would make.
Now, she already had a rough idea in her mind.
When the start signal sounded, Cindy didn’t rush into the food storage room.
Instead, she first prepared the ingredients she already had.
After all, as Grace Green said, today’s competition doesn’t limit the number of times they can enter the food storage room.
There was no need to rush.
Not only did Cindy not go, but the other contestants also stayed put.
Everyone thought the same: there was no need to rush to the food storage room at the start.
In their hurry, they might forget something.
Runs back and forth also took time.
With only one hour, making a bone broth was not feasible.
Time was insufficient, the taste and effect of the stew would be somewhat lacking.
Cindy thought about it clearly.
Although it’s great to do well in all five dishes, to excel in all of them was a tough ask.
Others might be able to do it, but Cindy Clarke felt that she was not capable of surprising everyone with every dish and being the top in all of them.
In past competitions, they only prepared one dish per week.
During this week, and even during the competition, they only needed to think about this one dish.
But today was different.
Although there was no limit on the type of cuisine.
They limited the ingredients.
And they only found out about the five-dish requirement on the competition day, without any prior knowledge.
It’s important to know that a new dish in a restaurant requires the head chef and many others to experiment repeatedly, improve continuously, before finally being launched.
One week was actually very little, not enough at all.
It’s just because they were in a competition, not launching a new dish, that the requirements were not that high.
But to expect someone to think of suitable and innovative dishes on the spot was a lot to ask.
It might barely be possible for one dish, but certainly not for five.
At least Cindy knew she couldn’t.
The competition pressure was high and the time was limited.
They could only afford two or three minutes to think.
These two or three minutes had to be all effective time.
Because the noise from the audience and the surrounding environment could easily cause distractions.
Moreover, the pressure on the spot was too high.
Under these circumstances, it was very difficult to focus on one thing.
So while Wesley Gordon and Grace Green were speaking, Cindy seized the opportunity to think quickly.
Among the things the two of them said, there would be some important information.
Cindy couldn’t afford to miss it, so she had to divert her attention to listening from time to time.
This naturally took up quite a lot of time.
Cindy used this time to decide that out of these five dishes today, she didn’t need to standout in all of them.
As long as she ensured at least two of them stood out, it would suffice.
For the remaining three dishes, she should ensure there are no mistakes and strive to be more outstanding.
She should mainly concentrate on those two dishes.
She was able to do so at this level.
The first dish was soup, and as an appetizer before the meal, it played the role of lubricating the intestines.
It also couldn’t be so filling that one would not have an appetite for the following dishes.
Thus, not only was stewing soup for a long time removed as an option, but also soups with a large variety of ingredients should be excluded.
