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Chapter 871: Chapter 871: Total Score

The whole place was in an uproar!

The audience was completely stunned.

They thought there were more competitions ahead.

This was clearly supposed to be a preliminary round for the top ten.

How did it suddenly become the finals?

So, they are holding finals tickets in their hands right now!

Some spectators who bought package tickets suddenly realized, "No wonder my package ticket only goes until today, and there’s nothing after that. I thought it was weird before, thinking Changping was planning to sell another round of package tickets to make money twice. But unexpectedly, today is the finals."

"This is too sudden! Today is just for the top ten! Are they really going to decide the winner from these 10 contestants at once?" a spectator exclaimed, "This is too difficult! Those who get eliminated won’t even have a chance to struggle."

Typically, only one or two people get eliminated at a time.

The remaining competitors, those who barely succeed, at least have another chance to hold on.

Maybe in the next competition, they might get a topic they excel in.

But with this one-out-of-ten format, it’s like overturning a whole boatload of people.

This kind of competition is challenging and seems somewhat unfair.

It wasn’t just the audience; even the contestants themselves were taken aback.

The people from Changping Academy, and even Ye Fei, are all people with a great mindset.

But even they had a look of astonishment when they heard An Haiyin announce this news.

Neither Ye Fei nor the people from Changping Academy knew about this matter.

Upon hearing An Haiyin say this, everyone was astonished. frёeωebɳovel.com

They didn’t expect this round to be the finals.

The finals for the top ten is indeed very rare.

"The format of this final is different from past ones," An Haiyin said, "This competition will use a scoring system."

"Each judge has 10 points in their hand, with a maximum score of 10," An Haiyin explained.

"The final rankings will be decided based on the scores given by each judge," An Haiyin remarked. freewebnσvel.cѳm

"Now, let’s invite the judges: Chef Gu Changfeng, Chef Luo Jialin, Chef Lowell Dean, Teacher Guo Wenbo, Teacher Ye Huasong," An Haiyin announced.

The five judges came out together.

Then An Haiyin said, "The specifics of this competition will be explained by Teacher Guo Wenbo."

An Haiyin nodded and stepped down from the stage.

The stage was handed over to the five judges for explanation.

Guo Wenbo then said, "Originally, this competition was not the finals."

"According to the usual competition format, although the rules for each round might have some changes, it wouldn’t directly adopt such an aggressive ten-to-one method," Guo Wenbo explained.

"It’s just because this time, the culinary competition is linked with the International Cooking Competition," Guo Wenbo said, "The International Cooking Competition’s schedule was suddenly moved up."

"If we follow the normal advancing system of the Changping Culinary Competition, the International Cooking Competition would already have started, but the Changping Culinary Competition would not have crowned a champion yet," Guo Wenbo stated.

"However, in this International Cooking Competition, the Changping Culinary Competition has an advantage. That is, the champion of Changping Culinary Competition can directly qualify for the International Cooking Competition without having to participate in additional preliminary or qualifying rounds," Guo Wenbo said.

"But if the International Cooking Competition starts and our competition hasn’t ended, without a crowned champion, we will lose this qualification," Guo Wenbo stated.

"Moreover, it’s more than just a matter of the champion’s qualification. We also need to give the contestants time to participate in the preliminary rounds of the International Cooking Competition. If both competitions are held simultaneously, it would distract the contestants, affecting their performance in any subsequent competitions," Guo Wenbo noted.

"The contestants in the top ten now are all top young chefs in the country, and they are important forces for us to achieve good results in the International Cooking Competition," Guo Wenbo explained.

"So the competition organizers have discussed this for a long time and decided not to let their performance in the International Cooking Competition be affected. Thus, we decided to end the Changping Culinary Competition earlier," Guo Wenbo stated.

"Of course, we are trying to uphold the contestants’ rights as much as possible," Guo Wenbo said, "Deciding the winner in one competition indeed carries a higher risk and presents some issues."

"For example, a contestant might be very capable but could face a topic they are not good at, resulting in a loss in the competition, among many other issues. We have considered them," Guo Wenbo explained.

"A mature chef must touch on various types of cuisines. Of course, touching does not mean mastering. Take the major domestic cuisines for instance; each one is very complex, and mastering even one cuisine is already difficult," Guo Wenbo stated.

"It’s obviously unrealistic to expect mastery of all cuisines. Some topics can be known, but not perfected, which is the point," Guo Wenbo explained.

"So, considering these factors, we have deliberated and researched the topics for this competition for a long time, aiming for the greatest level of fairness," Guo Wenbo stated.

"Today’s competition does not have a restricted menu," Guo Wenbo stated.

"However, there are restrictions on the ingredients," Guo Wenbo said, "Today, you must cook based on the ingredients we provide."

"Each person will prepare one soup dish, one meat dish, one vegetarian dish, one Chinese snack, and one Chinese dessert," Guo Wenbo said, "A total of five dishes."

"There are no requirements on the type of cuisine; you can choose your preferred style of cooking based on the ingredients," Guo Wenbo remarked.

Everyone calculated: there were five judges and five dishes in total.

Among them, Guo Wenbo specializes in Cantonese cuisine, and Ye Huasong in Chinese pastries, including traditional snacks.

Gu Changfeng, as the head chef of Qiw味, also specializes in Chinese cuisine.

Luo Jialin owns a French restaurant where she serves as the head chef.

If it was some previous competitors, they might think the purpose of this topic was to allow them to create dishes based on the preferred cooking styles of the five chefs.

Guo Wenbo specializes in Cantonese cuisine, so they would choose to make a Cantonese dish.

Ye Huasong specializes in Chinese pastries and naturally matches one of the topics.

Then they would complete these five dishes according to the types of cuisine that the judges usually manage.

Of course, ordinary contestants might think this way.

But none of the contestants present had that thought.

"Each contestant must prepare five dishes in total," Guo Wenbo stated, "Considering the time factor, each dish will require different amounts of time."

"So, after each dish is completed, we’ll pause and enter the judging phase," Guo Wenbo stated.

"Each dish will be scored once, with a total of 10 points possible," Guo Wenbo explained.

"After the completion of the five dishes, the scores for each dish will be totaled to achieve a final score and determine the ranking," Guo Wenbo stated.

Now, both contestants and the audience understand that the organizers are making every effort to ensure a fair competition with the greatest possibilities for the contestants.

Chefs may not excel in every type of cuisine.