Chapter 15
Chapter 15: The 100 chefs (1)
Posted on May 15, 2016 by bsubak — 13 Comments ↓
The people who passed to the second round were basically set to be a hundred people. But in reality you couldn’t exactly know if there were a hundred or not. Because the broadcast didn’t show each one of them.
And right now, Jo Minjoon could know the truth.
‘98,99,100…. There’s exactly a hundred.’
He didn’t know how they made it to exactly be 100. But one of his curiosities were resolved. The people who passed to the second round were a hundred. There weren’t less nor more. Exactly 100. The differences from all around the country that were elected were gathered here.
Jo Minjoon took out a zipper bag. Inside it were different coloured jellies, enlarged like worms. It was made by Jessie. After the incident on that day, whenever she was bored, she would make some jelly.
“Not delicious.”
It was an honest thought. It wasn’t sweet, nor soft. If you kept on chewing, it just hurt your mandible. And that was the worst kind of jelly. But somehow, when he chewed that, the nervousness all faded away. Should he say that it was as his parents were holding his hands?
The participants were holding conversations with the people around with a nervous face surrounded by the installed cameras. The broadcasting place was inside Grand Chef’s building in Chicago. The 5 floored building was a place only people with connections with Grand Chef could get in. Even the rooms the participants could stay were provided inside. Of course, it didn’t mean that all 100 participants could stay. The rooms for the participants were at least 30. And.
‘That means that at least 70 of us are not going to pass.’
After letting a short sigh, Jo Minjoon turned his head. And soon put on a face. Next to him was seated a familiar person. Kaya. It was Kaya Lotus.
It wasn’t like they seated together on purpose. It was because they were both participants from New York. Although the seats weren’t assigned by countries, the participants that entered in the room ordered themselves as if they were being loaded on a truck. They weren’t an exception just because they came together from New York. The four people that passed were on a state that didn’t even know why they were like that.
“One of you today will become the Grand Chef. Nobody knows if that will be you, or the person next to you.”
No, Jo Minjoon knew. He knew who would be the protagonist of this competition. Jo Minjoon looked at Kaya. She was looking at the judges with an expression hard to decipher. At that moment, Kaya turned her head. Her sky blue eyes were staring at Jo Minjoon. She opened her mouth. It seemed as if she wanted to say something, but at that moment, Emily’s voice sounded from the speakers and covered Kaya’s voice.
“The winner will take 300 thousand dollars along with glory!”
Jo Minjoon opened his mouth. He didn’t have interest on the judge’s stories. However, when he wanted to say something to Kaya, his voice got covered under the cheers of the participants. Jo Minjoon let a sigh and turned his sight to the stage. When the cheers died a little, Joseph opened his mouth. It was a harsh rather than soft voice.
“Then I’ll reveal the first mission of Grand Chef.”
Along with what he said, the walls on the broadcasting zone opened. And a truck containing a huge container was coming in. Even if it was the first floor, won’t the floor collapse? The truck was so big it made people think that.
The participants looked nervously at the truck. However Jo Minjoon wasn’t. Because he knew what was inside of it. Joseph said with a rough voice.
“The menu for the first mission….”
Even before he finished speaking, the walls of the container box started to open. And at that sight, the participants laughed dumbfounded. Joseph continued speaking.
“It’s catfish.”
Inside the aquarium the many catfishes were swimming. Jo Minjoon thought of the recipe he prepared in his head. And as he did so, besides him appeared a window like always.
[The estimated cooking score is 7.]
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