Cutting vegetables blindfolded is not a difficult task for most chefs, because muscle memory has long been formed during the years of cutting vegetables, and it has become an instinct.

This is the reason why practice makes perfect.

However, this is just a theoretical point of view. In the competition, many people will be affected by various influences, such as the cheers of the audience, the tension in their hearts, the death-seeking time, etc. Any situation may interfere with their state and prevent them from focusing.

It's like talking. Everyone can say, can say, and can even talk endlessly, but once they are asked to give a speech on stage, they will become hesitant and stutter.

"Ding! Player No. 591 was eliminated and left the field..."

"Ding! Player No. 427 was eliminated and left the field..."

"Ding! Player No. 082 was eliminated and left the field..."

Less than twenty seconds into the game, the electronic prompt sound was remembered on the spot, and the emotional tone seemed to tell how cruel the game was.

How many years to prepare and how many seconds to play, this gap will have a big blow to the eliminaters!

The sound of 'da da da' chopping spread across the entire arena. The dense and fast rhythm made other players even more nervous, afraid of falling behind and making mistakes.

"Ding! Player No. 129 was eliminated and left the field..."

Chen Chong, who had just cut a potato the size of a fist, paused for a moment. Isn’t this No. 129 just someone unlucky near him?

Sure enough, there was a "clang" sound of a kitchen knife thrown on the table on the left, and then I felt someone passing by, and I could vaguely hear the helpless sigh of the person who left.

Chen Chong calmed down his mind and was not affected by various voices and emotions. He quickly reached into the vegetable basket beside him.

Previously, there was an airtight vegetable basket on each table, and the staff opened the lid of the vegetable basket after everyone put on the eye mask.

In other words, before the competition begins, no one knows what dish is inside.

In a dark state, Chen Chong's fingertips touched the ingredients, which were very soft and elastic, and should be meat ingredients.

To distinguish the types of ingredients, it was obviously not enough to touch the fingertips alone, so he opened his five fingers and touched the surface of the meat, and quickly determined the size of the meat, which was about half a palm, and was blocky.

During the process of taking the meat pieces out of the vegetable basket, he roughly judged that the meat pieces were 3 cm to 4 cm thick, with a rough texture on the surface and a dry feeling, not as smooth as chicken or pork. After putting them on the cutting board, the meat pieces were not sticky to their hands.

“It should be beef.”

Chen Chong guessed it almost everything, put his fingers on his nose and smelled it. Sure enough, there was a clear beef smell, and there was no sour or rancid smell, which meant that the beef was very fresh.

This fresh beef means that the texture is relatively tight and the overall elastic. If you use straight cuts to treat potatoes, it is easy to cause the beef to crack or spread.

Chen Chong carefully touched the surface of the beef with his left hand, and then found the rough direction of the meat pattern, and chose the "Lache" in the cutting method.

He first found the edge of the beef piece, lifted up the rust knife perpendicular to the beef, pressed it firmly with his left finger, and determined the thickness to be cut out, and then cut it.

Latches and pushches must be mastered by the straight cutting method before using them. Otherwise, the foundation will be unstable, and even the fancy knife skills will be just a mere appearance.

Push and cutting and pull cutting both use the power of the wrist, and the movements are generally the same. The difference is that push and cutting are backwards and pull cutting are from front to back.

Different directions represent different focus points when cutting. This characteristic directly leads to the difficulty of pulling cuts being better than push cuts, because the center of gravity of push cuts is near the wrist, while the center of gravity of pull cuts is at the front of the knife. The closer the distance, the easier it is to control, and the further the distance is, the more difficult it is to master the accuracy.

What's more, you are still blindfolded at this time. If you are not careful, you may hurt your fingers.

However, push-cutting is the same as straight cutting, and it is not suitable for handling this tough ingredient, so Chen Chong can only choose rake.

Of course, with his current skills, it doesn’t matter whether he uses a sword technique. This is a confidence that he cannot control himself.

Standing in front of him, wearing a cheongsam and a very good figure, the staff witnessed the first piece of beef being cut off, the meat was not stuck to the knife and slowly fell down.

Next is the second and third...

One piece after another, like a page of an open book, neatly and orderly.

The staff looked surprised and even suspected that Chen Chong had secretly left a gap to cheat while wearing the blindfold. At this point, she quietly turned around Chen Chong, and after confirming that the latter's blindfold was tightly worn, she was shocked.

This guy...is it possible for a human to combine his sword?

"Ding! Player No. 325 was eliminated and left the field..."

The elimination prompt is still ringing, just like a life-seeking sickle, reminding all contestants at any time that the next one may be yourself!

Under such circumstances, the atmosphere on the scene became more and more tense.

In the stands, all the audience stared at the big screen above. A chef in the picture was cutting potatoes with his eyes blindfolded. Every knife fell, as if he was about to cut his fingers. Many people were so scared that they tightened their minds and didn't dare to let out a moment.

The twelve people on the judges' seat have already left the stage and observe the performance of the contestants together.

Mr. Huang took the lead in front, while Yang Xiaoling, the leader of the judges, was half a step behind the former to show respect, and as for the others, he followed quietly.

It is worth noting that Du Wenlong, who is tall and powerful without anger, does not seem to be sociable, and is hanging far behind everyone without saying a word.

However, in order not to affect the contestants, they had a tacit understanding and did not have any conversation throughout the whole process, but made some gestures from time to time to express their views.

Mr. Huang stood in front of a contestant and signaled the staff not to speak out, and then observed silently.

Soon, everyone also came closer and saw at a glance that a piece of beef in the contestant's hand was handled very neatly. The knife method used was the Rachet used by Chen Chong.

The two seem to have chosen the same method when dealing with beef, and their skills are almost the same.

Mr. Huang stretched out his index finger and pointed at the contestant, then put away his index finger and gave him a thumbs up.

Everyone understands this simple gesture, which is praising the contestant's good knife skills.

In response, everyone nodded in agreement and could not find any fault.

Immediately afterwards, Mr. Huang and everyone stopped staying and continued to check the situation of other contestants.

Du Wenlong followed everyone with a expressionless face. When he passed by the previous contestant, a very shallow upward curve appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Because the person who uses a broach to handle beef is not someone else, it is Li Shenghui.

…

Time is approaching its end, but in this tense atmosphere, the director rarely gave a few funny scenes.

Some people cut potatoes into different sizes and are out of order;

Some people cut the beef to the point where it was undulating and extremely ugly;

What's more, for the sake of convenience, cut a carrot into three segments, each segment has a palm width.

In short, in order to complete the competition within the specified time, many contestants took a different approach and opened their minds, which made the audience laugh and tears.

Of course, in addition to these strange scenes, some powerful contestants brought the audience the ultimate shock. The sword technique of light and shadow intertwined, and the continuous sound were pleasing to the eye.

"One minute remaining in the game!" Liu Hua reminded him in time at the commentary seat.

Hearing this, Chen Chong, who was dealing with a piece of tofu, was not panicked at all, because one minute was enough for him to cut the last piece of tofu into small pieces.

There are five ingredients in the vegetable basket, potatoes, carrots, beef, fish and tofu, and he has already finished the first four ingredients.

Even if he hadn't insisted on turning the fish into thin slices like paper, he would have done it in advance now.

Tofu is the best one among the five ingredients. As long as you master the distance of the knife and the strength of the left hand, there are almost no technical difficulties.

"Although the competition does not stipulate what these five ingredients must be processed, it is absolutely true to strive for excellence."

Chen Chong pursed his dry lips and was about to drop the third knife when a cool breeze suddenly blew on his neck, very sharp, as if it was not the wind, but the extremely sharp blade.

This feeling appeared very strange, causing Chen Chong to be caught off guard and almost subconsciously bent down to avoid it. Even the rust knife held in his right hand deviated from its original trajectory.

This is a state of self-protection, just like being in the unknown darkness, you will feel fear, and fear makes people's body tense and their minds highly concentrated.

Fortunately, he reacted quickly enough and forced himself not to bend over and reposition the rust knife.

call.

I quickly tidied up my breathing, the wind had disappeared, but the residual coldness on my neck was still there, very real.

“What’s going on…”

Chen Chong murmured in his heart and didn't think much about it, and continued to cut the tofu.

On the other side, when the cold wind appeared, the staff who was standing in front of him who was admiring Chen Chong's gorgeous knife work shrank rapidly because she clearly saw Chen Chong holding the kitchen knife and chopping towards his left finger.

This discovery shocked her. Just as she was about to scream, she found that Chen Chong paused, and the knife edge of the kitchen knife was only about one centimeter away from her finger.

If it were one second later, the kitchen knife would definitely cut his finger!

"It's so dangerous!" The staff gently patted their undulating chests, and had no time to wipe away the cold sweat from their foreheads.

...

University Town, Food City.

Zhang Yun and Zhang Lei stood at the door of the "Zhang Family Restaurant", looking at the high-end and atmospheric plaque, with a very gloomy face.

"Boss Zhang, do you have anything to eat?" Someone recognized them when several guests passed by them, so they asked.

"No." However, Zhang Yun's answer caused a basin of cold water to pour on everyone. Not only did he speak in a very upset tone, but he also threw a look of hatred.

"Let's go." These people are very young and are obviously students, so they dare not speak out when facing the fierce and evil Zhang Yun.

"Brother, everything has happened. There is no need for you and yourself to be angry. Even if we don't open a store here, we two brothers can start again in other places." Zhang Lei, who was beside him, looked at the crowded restaurants around him, with a strong envious look in his eyes. He then withdrew his gaze and pretended to be strong to comfort him.

After the competition the day before yesterday, the Food City unilaterally terminated the contract and asked them to leave the Food City within three days. They were even worried that it would take too long and that it would be extremely sinister to cut off the air and power, without any room for maneuver.

"I'm so angry with myself?" Zhang Yun asked back, then snorted coldly: "You are too stupid!"

"Brother..." Zhang Lei was stunned, completely unaware of why the former pointed his finger at him.

"Do you really think that Zhao Xiaokang drove us away because of losing the game?" Zhang Yun took a deep breath.
To be continued...