God of Cooking Chapter 15:

MAY 15, 2016 BSUBAK 8 COMMENTS

The people who passed to the second round were basically set to be a hundred people . But in reality you couldn’t exactly know if there were a hundred or not . Because the broadcast didn’t show each one of them .

And right now, Jo Minjoon could know the truth .

‘98,99,100… . There’s exactly a hundred . ’

He didn’t know how they made it to exactly be 100 . But one of his curiosities were resolved . The people who passed to the second round were a hundred . There weren’t less nor more . Exactly 100 . The differences from all around the country that were elected were gathered here .

Jo Minjoon took out a zipper bag . Inside it were different coloured jellies, enlarged like worms . It was made by Jessie . After the incident on that day, whenever she was bored, she would make some jelly .

“Not delicious . ”

It was an honest thought . It wasn’t sweet, nor soft . If you kept on chewing, it just hurt your mandible . And that was the worst kind of jelly . But somehow, when he chewed that, the nervousness all faded away . Should he say that it was as his parents were holding his hands?

The participants were holding conversations with the people around with a nervous face surrounded by the installed cameras . The broadcasting place was inside Grand Chef’s building in Chicago . The 5 floored building was a place only people with connections with Grand Chef could get in . Even the rooms the participants could stay were provided inside . Of course, it didn’t mean that all 100 participants could stay . The rooms for the participants were at least 30 . And .

‘That means that at least 70 of us are not going to pass . ’

After letting a short sigh, Jo Minjoon turned his head . And soon put on a face . Next to him was  seated a familiar person . Kaya . It was Kaya Lotus .
It wasn’t like they seated together on purpose . It was because they were both participants from New York . Although the seats weren’t assigned by countries, the participants that entered in the room ordered themselves as if they were being loaded on a truck . They weren’t an exception just because they came together from New York . The four people that passed were on a state that didn’t even know why they were like that .

“Ahem, how about we present ourselves properly? Earlier on the plane I thought I was dying of awkwardness . I’m Amanda Olsen . ”

The one who opened her mouth was a fat, no,  a big bodied white girl . She was a **** with freckles, and because of the fat on her face, it was difficult to determine her age . However he was sure that she was at least on her thirties . The one who replied Amanda was a black man near Jo Minjoon’s age . He had a height that seemed to surpass 180cms but compared to his height, he was quite the timid type . He said while laughing awkwardly .

“Oh… . . I’m Marco Denver . ”
“Jo Minjoon . ”

Jo Minjoon replied briefly . He was a bit unkind, but he didn’t want to hold a long conversation with people he would probably soon separate . He didn’t want to make friends in vain, because in case they disqualified he would feel uncomfortable . Precisely speaking, he was thinking that about Amanda . Jo Minjoon, before reincarnating used to watch Grand Chef season 3 . And even knew who passed and who did not . For Kaya, it was obvious . Because she was the winner . And… . .

‘Marco . This person got to the top 10, probably . ’

He didn’t exactly know when he got disqualified, but he remembered that he survived for quite a while . However Amanda didn’t . In the first place, Jo Minjoon didn’t even see her on the broadcast . Even if he did, that scene didn’t give him a deep impression . If that wasn’t the case, then there would be no way to not remember her .

Holding a long conversation with someone who was soon going to get disqualified, only he would feel bad . Even so, it wasn’t that he chose to distance himself only with Amanda . So Jo Minjoon chose to distance with everyone . In the first place, he wasn’t even feeling comfortable . The mission that was soon coming, Jo Minjoon knew well . So he practiced beforehand… . . But he wasn’t confident that he was going to be successful .

“What about you? What’s your name?”

Amanda asked Kaya that was keeping her mouth shut . Kaya looked at Amanda . Her trademark, the smokey make up, made her eyes more frightening, but amanda just looked at Kaya laughing hospitably . At her laugh, Kaya couldn’t seem to keep acting crudely . She let a sigh and said .

“Kaya Lotus . I’m a bit sensitive, so if possible I would like to be silent . ”
Her husky voiced combined well with her blunt tone of the voice . Amanda stopped for a moment, and looked at Kaya’s body . Her skinny body stood up even more next to Amanda . Amanda said with a smile . Looking at that, Jo Minjoon thought inwardly . That it could be a useless thought to distance himself from others . Until now, he didn’t have an opportunity to like a person with that kind of smile .

“Are you tired? Cooking is stamina . Being slim must be quite difficult . ”

Kaya looked at Amanda flabbergasted . And slowly raised her fist . It was at that moment when Amanda looked at that fist confused . The **** of the fist slowly rose . Looking at the fat Amanda’s face, Kaya said with a sharp voice .

“Your jokes are lacking compared to your weight . ”

Jo Minjoon couldn’t help but laugh by himself . The reason Kaya was called as the worst genius was precisely because of her attitude . Sensitive and sharp like a stray cat . Kaya Lotus was someone who could satisfy the audience by showing her wild image without the need of editing .

So rather, she became more popular . Her wild attitude was funny and pleased them . Of course it wouldn’t be so pleasurable if you were on the side that got attacked . Even so, Kaya didn’t fight anyone . She only acted like that like Amanda’s example just now .

And Amanda wasn’t as big hearted to receive that gesture . She opened her mouth while flushing her cheeks .

“You, why are you talking like……!”

However Amanda couldn’t end her sentence . Before she could say what she wanted to, steam blew out of the stage, and from the door behind it came the judges . They were Joseph, Alan and Emily . Immediately all the participants shut themselves . From the judges, Joseph was the first to speak .

“Congratulations . You are the selected few from the thousands . It’s good to feel proud just by being in this place . ”

Nobody opened their mouths . Joseph looked at the participants and smiled . Alan, who was next to him, said with a cold voice .

“One of you today will become the Grand Chef . Nobody knows if that will be you, or the person next to you . ”

No, Jo Minjoon knew . He knew who would be the protagonist of this competition . Jo Minjoon looked at Kaya . She was looking at the judges with an expression hard to decipher . At that moment, Kaya turned her head . Her sky blue eyes were staring at Jo Minjoon . She opened her mouth . It seemed as if she wanted to say something, but at that moment, Emily’s voice sounded from the speakers and covered Kaya’s voice .

“The winner will take 300 thousand dollars along with glory!”

Jo Minjoon opened his mouth . He didn’t have interest on the judge’s stories . However, when he wanted to say something to Kaya, his voice got covered under the cheers of the participants . Jo Minjoon let a sigh and turned his sight to the stage . When the cheers died a little, Joseph opened his mouth . It was a harsh rather than soft voice .

“Then I’ll reveal the first mission of Grand Chef . ”

Along with what he said, the walls on the broadcasting zone opened . And a truck containing a huge container was coming in . Even if it was the first floor, won’t the floor collapse? The truck was so big it made people think that .

The participants looked nervously at the truck . However Jo Minjoon wasn’t . Because he knew what was inside of it . Joseph said with a rough voice .

“The menu for the first mission… . ”

Even before he finished speaking, the walls of the container box started to open . And at that sight, the participants laughed dumbfounded . Joseph continued speaking .

“It’s catfish . ”

Inside the aquarium the many catfishes were swimming . Jo Minjoon thought of the recipe he prepared in his head . And as he did so, besides him appeared a window like always .

[The estimated cooking score is 7 . ]

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