Three food judges discussed in front of the stage, and the contestants were busy in the audience, and half an hour passed in a blink of an eye.

Among all the contestants present, except for Yang Wei, Huang Rong, Hong Dandan and others, they used Western food techniques more skillful and standardized, and their expressions were orderly, and they were very confident in this mysterious box challenge.

Most other contestants racked their brains to extract memory banks and explore salmon cooking through the food programs and videos they saw on TV or computers, or the various Western cooking knowledge accumulated from cooking-related books.

Therefore, the expressions are very serious and cautious, as if they are facing an extremely difficult task.

Xie Qingfeng has the advantage of his position and observes the cooking process of all the contestants from top to bottom. He nods from time to time or his eyes lit up, and it seems that he has gained a lot.

Halfway through the challenge, the three food judges stopped discussing and began to enter the venue, inspecting the contestants' cooking process in advance as one of the basis for the next judgment.

Only the best and worst candidates were selected in this competition. Obviously, the three food judges were not optimistic about the players' Western food skills before the competition began.

The main purpose of this mysterious box challenge may be to explore the creativity of the players and adapt to unfamiliar ingredients.

Creativity and resilience are all essential components of top chefs.

"Mei Tao, tell me what are you doing?" Liu Yifan came to Mei Tao's platform and saw Mei Tao stir-frying pistachios in a dry pot. The salmon on the cutting board had been cut into thick slices. He couldn't understand what dish to cook.

“I’m going to make a salad.”

"Salmon salad?" Liu Yifan raised his eyebrows, "This idea is OK, but your ingredients are a bit messy, how do you prepare them."

Mei Tao seemed to have his own creativity and said calmly: "I first fry the pistachios and then crush them into small particles. I cut the salmon into 0.5 cm thick slices. Later, I will fry them in butter until golden on both sides. Add ingredients such as blanched green bamboo shoots and perilla chips, stir together and finally pour in balsamic strawberry juice."

"Do you use strawberries and salmon at the same time?" Seeing that someone really matched this way, Liu Yifan raised the corner of his mouth.

This combination is not completely impossible, but the risk of matching the two is very high, and it will make a taste that is difficult to taste if you are not careful.

"No, not exactly, I just squeezed out the strawberry juice and used it, and the strawberries won't be put in."

"Why do you think salmon needs strawberries?"

"This is what you gave me. Didn't you use this dish?" Mei Tao was very confused.

"Good luck." Liu Yifan did not deny or affirm it. A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth and turned around and walked towards the next contestant.

On the other side, Cao Kefan came to Wu Xiaomei's stage at this time and asked, "What kind of dish are you going to make?"

"A method I have never tried, using a small amount of mustard and a small amount of cheese, plus flour to make a salmon meat pie." Although it was the first time Wu Xiaomei made it, he looked quite confident.

"Don't you think this is a bit too bold with mustard and cheese? The seasoning of mustard is not easy to control." Cao Kefan said with a smile.

Mustard is a harsh and spicy taste, with a strong rush. It can instantly rush from the mouth to the nostrils and spread to various positions such as eyes and ears. It is usually used to dip or to smear after applying.

It is rarely seen that mixing it like Wu Xiaomei is used like this.

"I think it's okay, Teacher Cao, don't you think it's very creative?" Wu Xiaomei smiled at Cao Kefan's charm and was very confident in her creativity.

"I think it's okay, come on!" Cao Kefan smiled and repeated Wu Xiaomei's words, and did not directly comment, just like Liu Yifan.

Zhou Huajian, the last judge who divided the troops into three groups, found the strongest Yang Wei. Looking at the orderly arrangement of various items and ingredients on the stage, he asked with interest: "Yang Wei, how is it now?"

"It's all under my control." Yang Wei flipped the salmon pieces on the grill and spun with the white pepper bottle.

"I'm going to make three flavors of salmon, eat one fish three times. I'll fry the salmon selected in the middle with dill chopped leaves. The rest are marinated and charcoal grilled. The auxiliary ingredients are fried potato slices and cheese bread, and finally use lemon juice to make a refreshing appetizer dish."

"You look ambitious and powerful." Zhou Huajian leaned over and leaned over and slapped his hand, "It smells so delicious. I can imagine the feeling of them delicious. Judging from the current progress of the game, you are in the leading position for the time being. Do you have the confidence to keep it going?"

Yang Wei’s three furnaces started construction at the same time. Although they were made with a more complicated method, the speed was still much faster than other players.

"I think I'm very smart, but not conceited. I mean, I feel that I'm very talented in cooking. When cooking Western food, I know that many other contestants are very unfamiliar with cooking skills. It's normal for me to continue to lead other contestants."

Yang Wei's strength in Western food is like Xing Feng's crush on knife skills. Facing a group of opponents with only half-baked Western food skills, Yang Wei does have this confident strength.

"Yang Wei's three dishes are on fire at the same time, and no dish makes any mistakes. It can be seen that he is indeed the strongest among our 15 contestants in Western cuisine." Xie Qingfeng, who had learned a lot of valuable experience throughout the process, also faced and felt Yang Wei's strength for the first time.

If we only talk about Western food production, Xie Qingfeng is no match for him at all.

However, "Top Chef" is mainly Chinese cooking, and Xie Qingfeng's solid basic skills are also far superior to Yang Wei. The two of them have their own advantages and are considered to have a draw.

Who will win the final victory depends on their performance in the game.

However, in terms of this challenge, Yang Wei is still not the absolute winner, because the salmon creativity chosen by several players is a kind of "gambling" with great risks and great returns.

As long as they can handle it well, the balance between hedge ingredients can still win the privilege of this challenge with their creative advantages.
Chapter completed!