Thus, upon seeing Ye Fei dressed like this, the judges didn’t say anything.

It was as if Ye Fei’s attire was completely normal.

Seeing the judges’ reaction, everyone understood what was going on.

She had genuinely applied to the organizers and got approval.

Everyone: "..."

At this moment, they really wanted to curse.

She wore a mask and covered herself so thoroughly, yet the judges pretended not to see it.

Could this be any more absurd?

However, since the judges didn’t care, they dared not speak up.

They didn’t want to leave a bad impression on the judges before the competition even started.

But they couldn’t help but wonder, even such a request was approved by the organizers.

Could it be that the judges would also give Ye Fei special treatment? 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Everyone glanced suspiciously at Ye Fei, showing resentment.

If she really received special treatment, it would be so unfair to those of them who were competing seriously!

"Let’s introduce ourselves first. I am Guo Wenbo, a teacher at Changping Culinary Academy, and my specialty is Cantonese cuisine," one person said.

"I’m Ye Huasong, a teacher at Changping Culinary Academy," one of the female judges said, "I mainly teach desserts at the academy."

However, although each teacher has their main specialty, it doesn’t mean that’s all they can do.

As teachers, they have to choose a subject to teach.

In fact, being qualified to teach at Changping Culinary Academy means they must be very well-rounded.

"I am Luo Jialin, a graduate of Changping Culinary Academy, now the owner and head chef of Wei Lin Restaurant," another female judge said.

The judges had been announced online in advance, so no one was surprised upon hearing them.

"I am Gu Changfeng, the head chef of Qiwetaste."

"I am Lowell Dean, and I have 18 restaurants worldwide, three of which are Michelin-starred eateries: one with three stars, one with two stars, and one with one star," the last judge stated. "I am the head chef at the three-star Michelin restaurant and also work as a guest chef at the other locations."

"You can speak Chinese?" Fu Jiaxu exclaimed in surprise.

Lowell smiled, "Besides work, I spend some time researching local cuisines. Twenty years ago, I spent five years in Hua Country, so I’m quite proficient in Chinese."

"Alright, now we’ll announce today’s competition theme," Guo Wenbo said.

Everyone held their thoughts for a moment and listened as the judge said, "Today, your group’s theme is noodles."

"Any form of noodles, regardless of nationality, whether it’s a dessert or a main dish, or a side dish. As long as noodles are the main ingredient, there are no other restrictions."

Noodles provide many choices, but it’s really not easy to make them stand out.

Everyone else began to get to work, and after some thought, Ye Fei decided to make soup dumplings.

She chose chicken feet and pig trotters, boiled them with bay leaves, green onions, ginger, and other ingredients to produce a thick broth rich in collagen, and put it in the fridge to solidify.

Next, she ground shrimp meat into a paste and mixed it with raw crab meat.

She also pounded beef and pork manually to make a minced meat paste.

Luckily, with only a few judges, she didn’t need to make a huge amount, so she didn’t have to expend much effort mincing lots of meat.

The hand-pounded meat paste was quite firm and sticky, easily formed into a ball.

She poked a hole in the middle of the tiny meatball, filled it with the shrimp and crab paste, and then added the broth that had solidified like a jelly into the shrimp and crab paste. Finally, she formed the meat paste into a ball and wrapped it in dumpling skin.