As the bell rang, the second round of the second stage of the Sapporo competition officially transitioned from the cooking phase to the tasting phase.
Apart from the team comprising Qiushan Hong and Shinohara Shigetaro, who had submitted their dishes early, the remaining nine teams stopped their cooking at the sound of the bell. In fact, several teams had already finished cooking half an hour earlier. However, the dishes of Qiushan Hong and Shinohara Shigetaro unexpectedly scored only 80 points—a fairly acceptable result—which probably intimidated many of the chefs present.
Qiushan Hong wasn't at the bottom of the Lin Chef pyramid.
And Shinohara Shigetaro was also among the few top-tier chefs who had the potential to understand the essence of food and advance to Lin Chef level.
The competitiveness of this team was undeniable, and it was expected that many contestants regarded them as formidable opponents.
"Let's serve the dishes—"
