American chefs not only cook, but also participate in TV shows and publish books in order to gain greater fame...
Now is the era of Internet celebrities, and chefs can also become Internet celebrities.
Bai Xiaoou talked about his idea for the Chef Academy and how it helped the development of Tangxia Yipin Company...
Bai Xiaoou is a person who dares to think and do things. Chen Mo likes comfort: "The idea is not bad, but it requires Wellen Company and Barberna Company to give up their super kitchens (equivalent to Tangxia Yipin's dish R&D department) and turn around and work together
Isn’t it too simple to start a chef academy?”
"John Mike is very interested in my chef academy plan, and Garrison Investment Company is also interested. If you are interested, let's talk..." Bai Xiaoou smiled.
Chen Xiao was listening, stood up, made three cups of tea, and said, "Wellen Company is a listed company, and John Michael is just the CEO. Can he make the final decision? A super kitchen should be very important for a large catering company.
, just like our food research and development department..."
"Waylon was founded only 15 years ago, and the company almost went bankrupt before John Mike took over. Although John Mike is the CEO, his influence is even greater than that of the company's founder and chairman. At the same time, the company
With a market value of 1.55 billion, John Michael is the company's largest individual shareholder, holding about 7% of the shares. The company's chairman holds only 4% of the shares." Bai Xiaoou said with a face: "In the United States,
Company founders are really miserable. Except for high-tech companies, as long as most companies become bigger, the proportion of shares held by the founders is usually not too high..."
Chen Mo smiled...
Like Tang Xia Yipin, Bai Xiaoou sold cars, houses, and car dealerships at the beginning of his expansion, and almost sold the small ranch he just bought in Billings...
With the capital injection from Chen Mo and Bright, Tang Xia Yipin had millions of dollars when he arrived in San Francisco to develop.
However, in the two subsequent financings, the proportion of shares held by Bai Xiaoou has also been reduced again and again, and the proportion of shares held by Bai Xiaoou now only accounts for a little more than 10%.
"What about Barberna? They don't hold any shares in our company."
Bai Xiaoou shrugged: "Garrison Investment Company holds our shares, and all of them have been transferred to the name of Barberna. Barberna is an unlisted company, and the company's valuation last year was US$1.79 billion... And Garrison
The investment company is their largest shareholder, accounting for more than 63%, and they have absolute control.”
"The top management of both companies are interested in my chef academy plan, and this is likely to happen. It's just a question of how much stock each company holds in the chef academy, and how to fund it... Our company is relatively weak, even if we invite
Jing Chenghong.”
"Master Jing is the master of state banquets." Chen Mo said with a smile: "It should be worth a lot of money."
Chen Mo now knows to some extent why Bai Xiaoou insists on inviting Jing Chenghong over. China’s real state banquet masters are all national treasure chefs...
It is not the chef who has participated in the state banquet that is the master of the state banquet, but the chef who has served as the general conductor in a large state banquet can be called the master of the state banquet.
Real state banquet masters have professional establishments. It is very difficult for an outside chef to serve as the kitchen commander. Jing Chenghong does not have a good relationship with his father, but his father is a veteran. Jing Chenghong also hosted several receptions for foreign guests through connections.
A small banquet, as for a big banquet, I have never done it.
Jing Chenghong is only known as the ‘State Banquet Master’. The State Banquet Master is awarded by the Expert Committee of the Central State Organs, and its full name is ‘Chinese Cooking Master of the Central State Organs’.
Jing Chenghong is proficient in eight major cuisines. He is a Chinese cooking master in gd province. He has the title of national senior Chinese cooking technician. He has won the title of first-level special chef of Shandong cuisine, Anhui cuisine, Jiangsu cuisine and Cantonese cuisine, and the title of second-level chef of Zhejiang cuisine and Hunan cuisine...
National first-level judge in the catering industry.
If Jing Chenghong is willing to enter the establishment, it will be a matter of time before he gets the title of State Banquet Master. His achievements in cooking are even inferior to those of a real State Banquet Master...
Bai Xiaoou opened his bag and cut a cigar for Chen Mo: "Indeed. Do you know about the Bocuse d'Or?"
"I know a little bit. It seems to be a competition for the world's top chefs, held every two years."
"Well, Chef Jing is the only Chinese chef who has been recommended and directly entered the finals of the 24 countries of the Bocuse d'Or World Culinary Competition in China."
Chen Mo had seen the news. Jing Chenghong won seventh place...and then disappeared. He probably felt ashamed for not getting the first place.
Jing Chenghong's defeat is understandable. Reports mentioned that the dish he chose in the finals was authentic Chinese food, and he finished seventh, which is actually amazing.
However, the third and fifth place finishers of that year seemed to be the chefs of Barberna's Michelin three-star restaurant.
"Master Jing is a very good chef in China, but he is not famous internationally, especially since he has disappeared for several years." Bai Xiaoou lit a cigar: "It is not easy for him to become the principal of the chef academy. Waylon
The company, Barbera Company, all their chefs are very good. There are even top ten famous chefs in the United States... But Chef Jing is probably the most powerful chef I can hire in China..."
There is no first in literature and there is no second in martial arts. The world of chefs is also a world of martial arts.
When Jing Chenghong came to the United States, he still faced the problem of not being able to adapt to the local environment.
Chen Mo still doesn't quite understand the mechanism of this chef academy, but he knows the candidate for the principal. If they really decide to join forces, the choice of principal will definitely be a battle between dragons and tigers.
There are not many chefs who can excel at Tang Xia Yipin, just Master Rong, and Jing Chenghong...
Barberna Catering has two Michelin three-star restaurants, three Michelin two-star restaurants, and seven one-Michelin-star restaurants.
Waylon Catering has one Michelin three-star restaurant, four Michelin two-star restaurants, and more than nineteen one-Michelin-star restaurants. There is also one restaurant that has publicly stated that it does not accept Michelin ratings... The restaurant is in Florida, the restaurant
Dougson, the executive chef of the restaurant, has been ranked among the top ten celebrity chefs in the United States for many years and is also a shareholder of Wellen Catering.
European and American chefs are much simpler than domestic chefs.
Their cooking skills cannot be said to be magical, and the way their chefs are ranked is also very simple: wealth, fame, influence. Of course, their own cooking skills are not bad either...
It's really difficult to compare people in terms of cooking skills. Especially in the United States, the population here is complex... and the tastes are also all kinds of weird.
Maybe this is also the case. American high-end restaurants pay most attention to the taste of the food itself. The taste of the food itself is called the original taste...
For example, the Bocuse d'Or World Culinary Competition also pays attention to the original taste of food.
The two of them had been thinking together for a long time about how to win the position of principal for Jing Chenghong, but they didn't come up with a reason... and they got a little confused.