Chapter 433: Graduates of the Past Ten Masters of Totsuki

"How could it be like this..."

When informed that this training camp prohibited bringing anything other than personal clothing, including ingredients and kitchenware, many Totsuki students began to stir.

Regarding this, the Totsuki instructors gave a very sufficient reason: "This training camp is meant to test your ability to improvise on the spot.

You bring so many bags and bundles; do you really think of this training camp as a vacation?

Moreover, not everyone has access to good kitchenware and ingredients, so treating all students equally is the fairest thing for you."

Hearing the Totsuki instructors' words, Megumi Tadokoro, who had felt confident because she brought many rare ingredients, suddenly became dejected.

After all, the severity of the training camp far exceeded ordinary courtesy assessments; if she performed as she usually did, being eliminated this time was almost a certainty.

In fact, after being told they could not bring other items to participate in the training camp, there were quite a few students on the scene as anxious as Megumi Tadokoro.

Because in previous years, such important grade-level activities at Totsuki would result in many people being expelled for failing the assessment; there was even a year where over 900 students went to participate in the training camp, but only about 500 returned.

The previous first-year class had 812 students, but only 76 were promoted to the second year; this was not without reason.

Because for grade-level activities like the training camp, this was not the only one in the year.

The so-called training camp was merely the beginning of hell!

This year's Totsuki first-year class was much larger than in previous years, with a full 981 students, but according to the promotion rates of previous years, at most only about a hundred would be able to advance to the second year.

After arriving at the location of the training camp, everyone was gathered in a large hall, and the person in charge introduced the lecturers and judges participating in this training camp to Shengzai and the others.

When the students present learned that the lecturers for this training camp were all former graduates of the Totsuki Ten Masters, they were quite excited.

After all, to them, the graduates of the Totsuki Ten Masters were almost all star seniors.

And just as many students thought that since the lecturers and judges were former seniors, they would show some mercy to their juniors, one of the lecturers, a graduate senior with glasses and cherry-pink hair, suddenly pointed at an unlucky guy next to Shengzai and said: "That person over there, you are eliminated. Pack your things and go back."

Kojiro Shinomiya, the first seat of the 79th generation of Totsuki Ten Masters, was the first Japanese person to receive the "Prix de l'Étoile" medal, owned his own restaurant in France, and was hailed as the "Magician of Vegetable Cuisine."

Being named by the former first seat of the Totsuki Ten Masters, the extra had originally been quite excited, but upon hearing that Kojiro Shinomiya wanted to eliminate him, the extra's face turned ashen, and he unwillingly asked for the reason.

"You must have used hair gel, right? And it even has a citrus scent.

Using such pungent hair gel will cover up the original aroma of the dish and affect your judgment of the dish itself."

Hearing Kojiro Shinomiya's words, the extra student was speechless on the spot; he wanted to refute the other party, but could find no excuse.

Citrus-scented hair gel would indeed affect a chef's judgment of flavor, but eliminating the other party because of this seemed, in Shengzai's view, truly nitpicking.

After all, life is full of various scents; not to mention the hair gel used by a few, what about the shampoo and body wash used by most people? Could it be that these have no scent?

Of course, Shengzai did not know the extra, and acting on the idea of not wanting to invite trouble, he listened to the so-called star senior's high-flown talk with his eyes fixed on his nose.

But perhaps because the expression on his face was too dismissive, or perhaps his taunt aura was not turned off, after lecturing the extra and eliminating him, Kojiro Shinomiya turned his head to look at Shengzai and said: "You are the same; you are also eliminated."

Shengzai: (▽｀)

"You seem to be quite dismissive of my remarks just now, right?

As your former senior and this time's lecturer, it is one thing for you to be disrespectful to me.

But the main reason for eliminating you is that you have been standing too close to him since just now, so you also have a very strong citrus hair gel scent on you.

As a chef, you should have been quite sensitive to scents, but how could you not have noticed it for so long? This shows that you are not suitable to be a chef."

Hearing Kojiro Shinomiya's words, Shengzai, who had originally thought of staying out of it and keeping a low profile, laughed directly.

"This former Totsuki Ten Master senior, I have no opinion on you wanting to eliminate me and have me expelled; after all, I didn't really want to enter Totsuki in the first place.

But regarding your high-flown talk just now, I do have a different opinion.

Pungent scents do indeed affect a chef's sense of smell, but I believe that a truly excellent chef should be able to adapt to cooking in any environment.

Him spraying citrus-scented hair gel is his own lack of importance and attitude toward cooking, but on what grounds do you arbitrarily assume that I didn't notice this scent from the beginning? And because of this, I cannot become an excellent chef?"

Shengzai's rebuttal made Kojiro Shinomiya's expression turn ugly instantly.

He was a man who was quite neurotic and nitpicking whenever it involved cooking, and he stubbornly insisted on his own views.

But now, he was being refuted by a first-year brat; how could he endure this?

"You must be Shengzai Wen, right? I have heard your name from the Totsuki Director.

Kojiro was indeed a bit nitpicking just now, and even vented his anger on you, but as a lecturer this time and a senior many years your elder, your words and actions just now were indeed disrespectful.

Let this matter end here; consider it as giving me some face."

Shengzai did not care too much about expulsion or anything, so he was too lazy to argue with Kojiro Shinomiya and turned to leave.

However, just as he was about to leave, a figure wearing a suit, with a buzz cut and an unusually burly body, suddenly blocked Shengzai.

"Senior Tangdao, I..."

Kojiro Shinomiya, who was somewhat unconvinced, originally wanted to say something, but under Gin Tangdao's powerful aura, he ultimately chose to lower his head and remain silent.

And the burly man in front of Shengzai introduced himself: "My name is Gin Tangdao, and I am also a former graduate of the Totsuki Ten Masters.

But now, I am the General Chef of the Totsuki Resort and also a member of the Totsuki Board of Directors.

Shengzai Wen, I have heard about your affairs; it is said that the Director and Chengyilang both think highly of you.

I am looking forward to your performance in this training camp; whether the Director and the others are exaggerating or if you really have the substance, I will witness it with my own eyes."

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