Jiang Yu politely said, "Please go ahead."

"Here's the thing, this August, the 'Huaxia Young Chef Culinary Competition' organized by our Famous Chef Committee will be held in Tanzhou. At that time, we will invite a group of renowned chefs to perform culinary demonstrations before the competition."

Bai Zhentian briefly introduced the situation and then continued,

"Mr. Jiang's culinary skills are now renowned across the country, and 'Lao Gluttons' from all over are moving to taste the delicacies made by Mr. Jiang, which is truly astonishing.

For this reason, after our committee's discussion, we've decided to formally invite Mr. Jiang to attend the pre-competition culinary performance during the Young Chef Competition in August.

This morning, our committee's official invitation has already been sent by express mail, and the reason for my call now is to extend this invitation once more verbally, to show our appreciation.

Our Famous Chef Committee sincerely hopes to see Mr. Jiang in Tanzhou this August before the Young Chef Competition officially starts."

"Thank you to the distinguished teachers and elders of the Famous Chef Committee for the invitation, it truly flatters me."

Jiang Yu listened carefully as Bai Zhentian spoke, thinking that it was indeed what Jia Dequan mentioned before.

At the same time, he was a bit surprised himself, not expecting that the committee seemed to value him quite highly, holding a special meeting to discuss inviting him to the pre-competition culinary demonstration and calling after sending an invitation letter to invite him again.

If it were another chef, they might have felt extremely flattered and agreed promptly, but Jiang Yu's thoughts were indeed as he had previously told Jia Dequan; he wasn't very keen on such matters, so he wouldn't feel much about it.

However, Jia Dequan's previous words were not wrong either; while he did not actively seek fame and fortune, why should he push away what he earned through his skills?

Besides, having a shiny title serves as a shield; although he doesn't fear trouble, too much trouble can indeed be quite bothersome.

With a shield, at least most unnecessary troubles can be avoided.

Thinking of this, he asked,

"But I've never participated in similar events before, and I'm not quite sure what a culinary performance is. Could the director briefly introduce what this culinary performance event entails?"

"Mr. Jiang, you don't need to worry about this at all. With your culinary skills, such a culinary performance event is a piece of cake."

On the other end of the line, Bai Zhentian couldn't help but laugh and explained,

"The culinary performance is divided into two segments. One is a skills demonstration, like showing off superb knife skills, often by cutting meat or vegetables on a balloon, or dicing tofu blindfolded; demonstrating noodle craftsmanship where the noodles can pass through a needle, or blowing noodle balloons, etc.

The other segment is a culinary display, which is cooking one's signature dishes on-site."

"I see, I think I get it now."

Listening to a few examples given by Bai Zhentian, Jiang Yu suddenly had an epiphany, realizing that's what a culinary performance is. He seemed to have seen related content when watching TV before.

For instance, chefs riding unicycles, balancing dough on their heads while performing knife skills, or cutting vegetables while spinning hula hoops, and even worse, pulling noodles barefoot on broken glass...

When he saw such scenes, he couldn't help but find it amusing—was this a culinary skill performance or a circus act?

Shouldn't a chef be dedicated to creating more balanced, nutritious, and better-tasting dishes, rather than engaging in such acrobatic-like culinary feats?

It doesn't improve culinary skills at all!

However, the examples given by Bai Zhentian were not as exaggerated. It's quite challenging for the average person to cut vegetables on a balloon or make noodles that can pass through a needle's eye—these are genuine skills that can't be faked.

After some thought, he said,

"Mr. Bai, it's only April now, and talking about August might be a bit premature since I can't confirm if I'll have other commitments by then.

How about this, I'll consider it first, and if I determine that I'm free during the Young Chef Competition, I'll contact you. How does that sound?"

"Of course, of course!"

Bai Zhentian readily agreed. He hadn't expected Jiang Yu to commit immediately, as it was still too early. He chuckled,

"I hope Mr. Jiang will carefully consider after receiving the invitation letter. I look forward to meeting Mr. Jiang in Tanzhou, and I believe we will certainly become friends."

"Absolutely, absolutely!"

Jiang Yu replied with a laugh.

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Yu couldn't help but exhale deeply.

Earlier in the private room on the first floor, he had told Jia Dequan that he hadn't heard anything from the Famous Chef Committee yet and wasn't sure what the situation would be, but shortly after, the phone call from the committee's office director came through.

Now, he really needed to seriously consider whether to make a trip to Tanzhou or not.

If he did decide to go, he'd have to carefully think about what to perform during the culinary skills exhibition. He couldn't just play with balloon-cutting like the others, that would be too dull!

And of course, as for cutting vegetables while spinning a hula hoop, he wouldn't do it in front of so many people, not even under duress; that would be too embarrassing!

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