Chapter 516: The Legendary Experience of the President of the Gourmet Chamber of Commerce
Three days later, it was sunny.
The stage for the 'Food Contest' is in the central square of the town. According to Kira's understanding during this period, this square now has a history of 30 years and has existed for many years before Irene, the city lord, took office.
After it was confirmed that the venue for the food competition would be the central square, special staff cleaned the place every day in preparation for this important day.
Today is the day of the competition, so the square is crowded with people coming and going.
In addition to the men, women, young and old who originally lived in this city, there were also many tourists from other surrounding cities. Their eyes were shining with golden stars of expectation as they talked, and there was a strong smell of fireworks as they walked.
Most of these people came here because of her reputation. As for whose reputation they were attracted to… Of course it was Irene! How could it be Kira?
Titles like 'Scarlet Despair' and 'The Strongest Female Wizard' are known to almost everyone in the entire Albares Empire, so it is normal for her to have fans.
Twenty years ago, after Irene took over the management of this place at the request of Jellal, she cancelled all "food" related activities in the city. Although the citizens did not know the specific reason, in order to avoid being caught by the imperial soldiers for tea, they still obediently did so. This also led to the fact that there have been basically no food-related activities in this place in the past twenty years, because they have all heard the rumor that "Lady Irene does not like others to eat good food."
Likewise, they didn't know why an event that had been cancelled for more than 20 years was suddenly restarted. They only vaguely guessed that it was related to the newly appointed mayor's assistant, the man named 'Kira'.
When the announcement came out, restaurants across the city were in an uproar. 300 owners began to recruit outstanding chefs, renovate their stores, and even formed a "Food Chamber of Commerce" in order to get a good ranking in this competition, promote their own brands, and go to the entire empire.
The reason for this confidence is that this place is directly managed by Lady Irene. It is considered a first-tier city in the entire empire, and its status is almost equal to that of the royal capital Vistarion.
In addition to the flow of tourists, there are also many snack vendors and food suppliers who have been emerging in the city for a few days. These people took advantage of the "food competition" to set up business here.
Kira did not use tough measures to expel these unexpected vendors. Instead, he asked people to manage and plan them and charge them stall fees. Thus, a thriving food street was formed.
The residents ate heartily, the vendors did brisk business, Kira collected money, and everyone had a great time.
In the center of the central square, there is a one-meter-high arena, which is the arena for competitions. On one side of the arena is the judges' seat, where Kira sits.
His handsome face, with slightly curly red hair, alluring sapphire eyes, and a gentle smile on his lips, showed his unique temperament, which made many young, beautiful, bold, passionate and beautiful girls in their prime feel excited and scream.
Kira is still just a judge this time. After all, we can't let the mayor's assistant be the host, that would be disrespectful to Lady Irene!
Kira came here on behalf of Irene, so he sat in the center of the judges' table.
On his left was the president of the city's "Food Chamber of Commerce", a middle-aged bearded man with a long pink whip; on his right was a reporter from the "Food Newspaper", a young lady in her twenties with a bookish air.
As for the host, his seat was on the other side of the president of the Gourmet Chamber of Commerce, but he needed to keep walking on the stage and had basically no chance to take a seat.
"Dear residents and people from nearby cities, welcome to the long-awaited 'Food Contest'!! I, xxx, will be the host!!"
The host held up the microphone and excitedly announced the start of the game. The loud voice quickly attracted the spectators who had been restless all along.
“The judges for this competition are:”
"Mr. Kira, the newly appointed mayor of XX city!!"
"Ms. YYY, reporter from XX newspaper!!"
"Mr. ZZZ, the president of the Food Federation Chamber of Commerce in XX City!!"
"And 100 diners randomly selected on the spot!!"
“The ingredients for this competition were provided by...and many other restaurants. Thank you for their great support!!”
Snap, snap, snap…
Amid enthusiastic applause and cheers, the host continued to announce the competition process.
"The process of the competition is as follows: one person registers for the competition, and the registration deadline is 10 am today!"
"The first five levels are limited to certain questions. The participating chefs need to cook within a limited time using the ingredients and kitchenware provided by the competition! Those who exceed the time limit will be eliminated! Those who fail to receive more than half of the votes will be eliminated!"
"After the fifth round, the remaining contestants will face off against each other one by one by drawing lots, with the judges randomly assigning questions and setting a time limit. After the third round, the remaining contestants will have a free showdown, and the one with the most votes will win!!"
"The champion of this competition will receive the following rewards: the official trophy of 'XX City's First Chef God' and a prize of 300,000 yuan, free national coverage from XX newspaper, and a two-meter-long elephant-trunk blackfin tuna from the XX City Food Union Chamber of Commerce!!"
“Ohhhh!!!”
Hearing about such an award, the cheers from the audience rose again.
"Master Chef!! It's the Master Chef!! Master Chef trophy!!!"
"XX Newspaper is the empire's leading food newspaper. I can't even imagine that they can report nationwide for free!!"
"There are 2-meter-long tuna in this world?!"
Since Kira had done enough publicity in advance, a lot of people signed up for this competition. A rough glance showed that there were no less than 200 people. After registering, the contestants would be taken to the backstage lounge, so most of the people here were there to watch the fun.
Kira was sitting in the judges' seat, bored, and could only start chatting with the two people around him.
After a chat, I found out that the president of the Food Chamber of Commerce actually had a legendary experience.
The president's father was a famous chef and his mother was a well-traveled gourmet. They met and fell in love at a food competition. Under the influence of his parents, the president learned cooking since he was a child. With his superb cooking skills, he became famous at a young age. However, because of his arrogance, he offended someone and had one of his hands chopped off.
Just when his life was at its lowest point, he met his current wife, a female chef who had lost her sense of taste.
His wife used love to eliminate his inner demons and gave him support. The president finally regained his confidence, relied on his tenacious will and unremitting efforts to overcome various difficulties, learned the magical skill of cooking with one hand, and enjoyed a second spring in his cooking career, and eventually became the current president.
Kira was stunned by this classic passionate and romantic novel. For a moment, he even thought he was in an anime world about cooking. The reporter next to him burst into tears and begged the president of the Food Association to let her find a chance to write this story into the report to promote the spirit of cooking.
"You said someone cut off one of your hands? But this..." Kira pointed at his body, looking puzzled.
Because now the president has both hands intact!
"You mean this?"
The president of the Gourmet Chamber of Commerce smiled and stretched out his hands to show off in front of Kira and the reporter, as if to say, "Look, I have two hands." Then he explained, "This is an unexpected surprise! A few years ago, I went to Kiltina to participate in a food competition, and I met a person there. It was that person who cured my hand."
Kira: ? ? ! ! !
"What?! Can a severed hand grow back?!" The reporter was shocked and asked, "Is this some kind of magic? Could it be the legendary 'lost magic'?"
The president of the Gourmet Chamber of Commerce shook his head regretfully: "I don't know about that. The man was very satisfied with the food I cooked. He didn't bring any money with him, so he healed my arm as payment. After that, I never saw that man again!"
