When they saw Joichiro Yukihira on the stage, most of the audience didn't recognize him. The status of the world-famous chef is quite high and he often appears in TV newspapers, so Joichiro Yukihira attracted some viewers because he was too unknown.
doubts.
However, the vast majority of the audience did not say anything. After all, his status as the former second seat of Totsuki Academy was enough to explain a lot of things.
"Hello, Miss Fubuki." Joichiro Yukihira greeted Fubuki, and the atmosphere was quite friendly.
Fubuki nodded slightly. She had to say that she was quite enjoying the Shokugeki these days. It could only be said that he was quite adaptable to this food-oriented world.
Fubuki wanted to be a hero before, so naturally she also liked to enjoy the praise of others. But now, she is also praised, but it's just changed to cooking. The world's pursuit of chefs is beyond her imagination.
For a few days, she basically enjoyed the treatment like a top superstar, and this feeling made Fubuki quite enjoy it.
Even the idea that being a chef would be good comes to her mind from time to time, but she also knows that this is a world limit, so she can just enjoy it for a few more days.
"Today's Shoji rules are a bit special." The host here continued, "Both parties have not realized the proposed Shoji theme. Today's Shoji theme will be temporarily decided by the judges on site."
The rules of the Shokugeki are somewhat different these days. Previously, they were proposed by the other party, and also by Fubuki himself. Before, they were decided in advance, but today they have been changed to improvised ones.
The reason for choosing a temporary plan this time, Linton probably is because the contestant Yukihira Joichiro just came back at midnight yesterday. Yes, Yukihira Joichiro was traveling abroad to study cooking before, and he was called back temporarily. Even if you are in advance
Even though he was notified, he couldn't make any preparations.
Of course, Linton and the others were notified of the temporary theme selection in advance, so Linton naturally accepted it casually. Anyway, he was not the one participating in the Shoji, and he was not the one who had the headache.
As the saying goes, brag yourself if you are awesome. If you lose, the world will be destroyed.
"Mr. Linton, has there been any theme in mind?" Nakiri Senzaemon next to him looked at Linton first and asked. Linton is also one of the judges, so Linton's opinion is naturally asked for the theme.
"Whatever." Linton said the most difficult topic in the world, two words that can be called a nightmare.
"Well... then let me think about it." Nakiri Senzaemon thought for a while, and then said, "Okay, I want to eat noodles today."
"Noodles?" The whole audience was stunned. They didn't expect that Nakiri Senzaemon would actually choose such a topic.
"In the past few days, we have been eating all kinds of meat. Today, let's make it simpler and make pasta." Nakiri Senzaemon simply explained, then looked at the other three judges, "What do you think?"
"I think it's pretty good." "Yeah, me too."
The other judges obviously didn't have any opinions, and they didn't dare to refute Nakiri Senzaemon's reputation. After all, Nakiri Senzaemon's status in the food world is quite high.
"Oh? Speaking of it, I have an idea here." Linton suddenly said aloud, "Since you, old man, have proposed a theme, how about I also propose one and let the two of them complete it at the same time?
Do you think it would be suitable for a dish that fits the theme proposed by the two of us?"
"Oh? That's a good idea." Nakiri Senzaemon also nodded directly, and both sides proposed a topic. This does feel more fair, "Then, little friend, you can also propose a topic."
"Since your theme is face-to-face, then the theme I proposed is...not face-to-face." Linton said with a smile.
"Huh?" Linton's words stunned all the audience who were listening to the conversation between the two. Isn't that what he meant? Playing the devil's advocate? That's not right. Linton himself just said that the dishes must conform to the themes proposed by both parties, but
The question is, are these themes contradictory?
What is noodles and not noodles? Is there such a thing? Everyone couldn't imagine what kind of cuisine this was.
"Non-face? Hahahaha, okay, it is indeed very interesting." Nakiri Senzaemon was also stunned for a moment, and then suddenly laughed. He looked at the three judges next to him and asked, "What do you think of this theme?"
"Agree." "It's indeed interesting." The three of them nodded directly.
"What about you, do you agree with this theme?" Nakiri Senzaemon continued to look at Fubuki and Yukihira Joichiro in the middle of the field and asked.
"I have no problem." Joichiro Yukihira agreed directly without much thought, although he didn't have a very formed idea in his mind right now.
"Me too." Fubuki was a little speechless, because she was the only one who knew that Linton was obviously ordering food, okay?
"Then the theme of this Shoji is... noodles, not noodles." The host here also continued, "I now announce that Shoji is the beginning!"
One thing that Shoji did not mention this time was the bet between the two parties, but in fact there was a bet.
Totsuki Academy's request has always been for Fubuki to join the Totsuki Group directly, and their bets are on some economic and profit-related matters. Of course, these things were negotiated between Asuna and the Totsuki Group.
Linton didn't really care about it. After all, he was just here for lunch, and it didn't matter what the other party was betting on.
For the academy, although there are a lot of assets and other things on the line, it is not very important compared to the current reputation of the academy that is beginning to collapse. They are already under a lot of pressure, but if they can win Fubuki
, she joined the academy, so that she could naturally earn back the reputation she had lost before. This is why they take it so seriously.
As the competition officially begins, the first step for the two is to choose ingredients.
Originally, most students had to prepare their own ingredients for Shokki, and the college would not provide them. However, this time for Fubuki's Shokki, the college promised to provide any ingredients.
After all, Yukihira Joichiro himself only came back at midnight last night. He had no time to prepare the ingredients himself, so he simply asked the academy to provide both sides directly.
The two of them went directly to the ingredients area next to it. Many common ingredients have been prepared here. Of course, if there are special needs, just tell the on-site staff and they will find a way to prepare them immediately.
"The contestants on both sides have started to choose ingredients. Let's see what kind of ingredients they will choose to complete this meal." The host was also broadcasting at any time, "Unexpectedly, neither of them had the first opportunity.
They went to get flour and other ingredients, but they all went to the fish and seafood section!"