There were sweat drops on Chloe’s forehead. Jo Minjoon took out a towel from his apron and wiped off the sweat. He remembered the past, no, perhaps it should be the future. The time he worked as the youngest in the restaurant, he had to wipe off the sweat of his sunbaes countless times.
“Don’t force yourself. We aren’t in such a hurry. Do it more relaxed.”
“……It’s because I don’t want to be a bother to you.”
“You are doing it plentily well.”
The eyes of the judges that were looking at the two of them could only be satisfied. Precisely speaking, only Sergei was an exception. He said with a voice as if it was boring.
“Not funny bastards. You have to clash, fight, and yell for it to be a kitchen.”
“Please, stop the bluffs Sergei. People that listen to you get more tired.”
“You see this as a bluff?”
“Yeah. A bluff more pure than rock salt.”
At Rachel’s words, Sergei grumbled and rolled his eyes. For an old man that had the aura of a general, it was quite a frivolous expression. Rachel looked at Jo Minjoon and Chloe for a moment, and then looked at the other team. The reason Sergei talked well about Kaya Lotus. Only then did the start to see the points she couldn’t.
She was looking for the reason Sergei talked well about Kaya Lotus.
‘Her senses are frightening.’
At first glance, it may seem that she was just cooking roughly, but the timing of doing the seasoning or moving the pan was really close to art. Normal people would just see this as fast knife skills, or be amazed by the fire that surged up through the frying pan, but Rachel was a pro. Precise cooking at the exact moment. She knew better than anyone that that was the key point of cooking.
Kaya was showing that point really sophisticatedly. Anderson, who was next to her, was also the sophisticated type, but Kaya gave the feeling that she didn’t have anything to point out even compared to Anderson that had received elite education. For her to not have learnt anything, and just looked at how the amateurs cooked in the market, it was a really outstanding ability. There was a limit as to what she could learn from amateurs. In the end, that meant that she had grown on her own.
“By the way, those two are unexpectedly quiet. I thought that I would hear some yells.”
“Yeah. I’m also surprised right now.”
Unexpectedly, Kaya and Anderson didn’t make any discord. Although the temperament of the two was like fire, there was a reason they had to endure it right now. Although they have clashed a bit in the designing of the recipe, that was unavoidable. Because the philosophy of chefs couldn’t always be the same.
The fortunate thing was that Anderson had bent his stubbornness a bit. Was it because he didn’t want to show a petty side in front of Rachel? Alan opened his mouth.
“The Red Team must be in danger. It seems like one of the weak point the Blue Team had has disappeared.”
“Weak point?”
“Yes. Honestly speaking, Anderson and Kaya are the best among the remaining ones. It’s like that looking at their abilities. Although Chloe too is fine, I feel that there is a bit of uncertainness in her cooking. And I also acknowledge Minjoon’s potential, only that there’s still a long way until it’s completion.”
“So what’s the weak point?”
“Their character and the relation between the two of them. Honestly, the only ones that can receive Kaya’s temperament softly are only Minjoon and Chloe. If she teams up with one of the two you wouldn’t know, but if she doesn’t, Kaya isn’t a person many would want in their team. And nothing to say about if she teams up with someone like Anderson.”
“In the end, it was obvious that they would fight, so that was the weak point. Is that what you meant?”
“Yes. However, I don’t know why but it seems that they are died down their temperament. Anderson gives the feeling that he is calmer than usual…… Perhaps, it is because he is in front of victory that he has gotten more serious.”