The three of them stood up and shook hands in order. He didn’t shake hands with Alan, but instead hugged him. There was a time when Alan and Dave were together in the same kitchen. Alan said in a calm voice.
“It’s the first time after it became a three star, right?”
“It seems so. Have you been well?”
“Well, I’m the same as always. But I do think that if I get one more star, I would be better.”
Dave smiled and took the orders. But there wasn’t even a need to call it as order. Animal or plant, it ended after you chose one of the two. All of the them chose the animal one.
Dave returned to the kitchen and the three judges just kept silent for a moment. Some meaningless words came between them and then Joseph, went straight to the main point.
“The level of the participants this time is rather high.”
It was a happy yet stifling voice. Actually, even his face was like that. He was putting a face of a student that didn’t know how to solve a problem. It was the same for Alan and Emily. Emily let out a sigh and said.
“Minjoon said this in the interview. That in the last buffet mission, there were six 8 points dishes. Although it’s funny to trust in his standards 100 percent, but honestly, I understand those numbers. The six dishes Jo Minjoon said didn’t fall back compared to the specialized chefs, certainly. If they decorated it a little better, even if they presented it in a restaurant, it would get good comments.”
“That’s why it’s all the more difficult as to what kind of mission do we have to make…….”
Originally, they would only have to use the missions they had planned to do. But now, they couldn’t do so. Because it was difficult to make the participants of this season to feel a sense of danger.
Actually, after the last mission ended, Martin let out a crying sound. He had to see one or two people that made mistakes or fell back compared to the others, but those cases were scarce. Because eliminating a participant that did well than another that did better was different to eliminating a participant that showed a decisive mistake.
Of course, if only the cream of the crop survive then the level will certainly rise, but if they wanted to make the viewers feel nervous, a scene which the participants were having it hard needed to appear. They needed to at least maintain that nervousness once. That was the theme for the next broadcast. Emily opened her mouth.
“What about making Asian food? I don’t think that all of them would be accustomed to it. We would get a fine scene where they are acting in a scurry way.”
“It’s not a bad idea. However, the audience would think that we would be giving Chloe, no, Minjoon an extremely advantageous mission. Looking at how much effect Minjoon’s popularity had……Even if it could happen once, if it happened twice, they would think that the director was doing it on pur……..”
Alan stopped talking. He gulped and looked at the servers bringing the food. The amuse bouche’s were placed on top of the torched wood plank. He put the gourgere in his mouth and felt the flavor of the cheese spreading in his mouth. That savory and sweet flavor eased his nervousness. Alan opened his mouth with a voice that was certainly more relaxed than before.
“Anyways, let’s reserve the idea of Asian cooking. We need a more certain item.”
They didn’t keep talking until they had finished eating the main dish. Honestly, they were concentrating on the dish in front of their eyes, so they couldn’t talk much. Dessert. Eating the sudachi curd with green apple jelly, Emily admired.