God of Cooking Chapter 41:

Anderson could only wonder . Was he going to refuse or not? But looking at Jacob’s eyes, it was obvious that even if he did refuse, he was going to be taken by force . And if that did happen, he would only hurt his teammate from the start and waste a forceful move .

In the end, it seemed that he didn’t have the right to refuse . Anderson moved . Jacob laughed and shook Anderson’s hands .

“Thank you for coming . ”
“…… . Who are you going to pick next?”
“Let’s think about that after looking at who Kaya chooses . ”

They both directed their eyes to Kaya .

Kaya was looking with a complicated face to the people that were in front of her . If she had to choose someone she was close with, then those will only be Chloe and Marco . Kaya hesitated for a minute and opened her mouth .

“Chloe . Come here please . ”
“Whew . Thanks . ”

Chloe let out a relieved sigh and walked towards her . But the one left was Marco . He sent a nervous expression . However Jo Minjoon didn’t worry . Because Marco’s skills weren’t properly revealed until now . Because the other participants only knew that Marco had a little skill in baking . So he thought that there would be no way Jacob was going to pick Marco .

“Marco . I will be grateful if you come . ”

So at Jacob’s words, Jo Minjoon couldn’t help but get surprised . He had never imagined that Jacob would actually choose Marco . And that was the same for Marco . He couldn’t do anything and just stared at him .

However, Marco’s decision was already decided . He forced a smile and walked towards Jacob . Although Jacob could take him by force, it wasn’t a good thing to decline . In the first place, even if he didn’t have the right to take him forcefully, Marco was a person that didn’t know how to decline to a person that said that wanted him .
‘If things are like this, then the forceful move has no meaning . ’

Jo Minjoon let out a sigh . Well, didn’t the judges also know of that and gave him that right on purpose? Because all of the skilled chefs couldn’t be gathered in Kaya’s team .

When the sixteen people found their own teams, there was no one that declined the proposal . Kaya picked from the participants that chose her, and Jacob had the forceful move so they didn’t think of declining .

It was a bit unfortunate for those that didn’t wish to be on Jacob’s team, but in the end, it was a good result . At least, they didn’t get hurt, and could balance the overall skills .

Emily opened her mouth .

“Good . The teams are decided . Then, I will now announce the theme of the mission . This mission… . . ”

Emily paused . But nobody was curious about what she would say next . Because it was really obvious . When they split in two, they could only think of one reason for that . Emily laughed as if it wasn’t fun and said .

“Well . Everybody should have expected it . It’s a full course . Saying it in french, it would be a haute cuisine . But of course, there’s no need to make it only with french dishes . You have to make a full course that’s similar to haute cuisine . ”

Nobody got surprised . They just let out a sigh or looked at Emily with an excited face as if they had known all along . Jo Minjoon was one of the excited people . Full course . Haute cuisine . All of that was a chef’s romance .

Emily continued speaking .

“Of course, I won’t ask of you to design your menu and prepare right now . The time limit is tomorrow . Consult with your teammates and design your menu . And there’s one thing you should keep in account . We aren’t going to be the judges tomorrow, but you have to set your dishes for a total of forty people, all from different social standings . The losing team will do the eliminating mission, and three of those will leave Grand Chef’s house . ”

It had always been like this, but the word ‘eliminate’ made them feel chills down their spine . Emily laughed while looking at the nervous eyes of the participants . Alan that was next to her opened his mouth .

“This will probably be the hardest mission you have ever had . I will give you one tip . Think a lot, and share you thoughts . If you just draw a painting you thought by your own… . . You will only end up staining the drawing paper . ”

At those words, Jo Minjoon unconsciously looked at Kaya . Would this stubborn girl be able to draw a proper picture?

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After the announcement of the mission and the composition of the team ended, the teammates along with Jo Minjoon, gathered in the lobby of the 4th floor . Of course, it was to debate about the course meal menu . Hugo, from Mississippi, opened his mouth . Dark curly hair with dark eyes . The characteristic of a spanish white man, showed on his face . Jo Minjoon just listened at his words .

“How are we going to divide the parts?”
“…… . First, tell me the what you wish to make . ”

Kaya said bluntly . But everyone just exchanged glances and couldn’t open their mouth . There were many things they had to make . Salad, soup, risotto pasta, etc . It was a bit embarrassing to take on something easy, and it would also be burdensome to take on the main dish .

Jo Minjoon opened his mouth .

“I want to be in charge of the appetizer . Dessert… . . too wouldn’t be bad . Only, I can’t make ice cream or pudding . Because baking is not my specialty . ”

He did think of making the main dish, but it was hard for him to use the recipe composition ability properly when a steak like dish became the main dish . But of course, he could get in charge of making the steak, and pass his recipe to another person . But these people gathered all had good cooking skills . You wouldn’t know if it was evaluating their dish, but they wouldn’t allow another person to pass on their recipe .

So because of that, he wanted to make the appetizer, which the recipe was the most important . Kaya nodded with an unconcerned face .

“Fine . What about the others? Looking that you aren’t speaking, I can just take it as you are okay with everything, right?”
“I want to make the main dish . A fish one . ”

Chloe hesitated but ended up raising her hand . Even if she was bright, she was also really careful . The words to be in charge of a main dish didn’t easily come out . Because it was the same as becoming the protagonist . But of course, as it was a team mission, there was nothing better than attracting more attention, but even so it felt different . Kaya nodded and said .

“The person who spraks first gets it . Does someone else want to make a fish main?”

Kaya looked at all of her teammates, but no one opened their mouths . Thinking about how difficult it was to handle fish, it was understandable . From trimming it, to cooking . A dish with no low difficulty was the fish .

“It seems like there are none . So Chloe will be in charge of the main fish dish, okay?”
“But how many main dishes should we make? Two? Three?”
“Hmm…… . ”

At that unexpected question, Kaya got panicked and couldn’t reply . Saying the truth, it could only be like that for her . Because she had never eaten a proper course meal . There were times where she did make sloppy course meals in her house, but that was only an imitation . She didn’t know how a course meal should be composed, and what rules it needed to have .

Kaya rolled her hair with her finger and rolled her eyes . She was the kind of person that didn’t hide if she knew or didn’t . Jo Minjoon said next to her .

“In my opinion, I think that doing three would be good . Kaya has to do the generalization, and we have to make eight other dishes . Honestly, making salad or fruit doesn’t require too much effort . So wouldn’t it be better to focus on the main dish?”
“…… . He says so . ”

Kayad forced herself to put on a calm face and looked at her teammates . Fortunately, there was no one that wanted to bully this young team leader . Because they also saw the broadcast, they vaguely knew what kind of past Kaya had . There was no need to point out that she didn’t know about course cooking .

Joanne opened her mouth . She had curly blond hair that reached up to her shoulders, and she seemed just like some one that came out from a 1920 american magazine . She was a white girl that enjoyed old fashion .

“But what is the team leader going to do? If you become the head chef, should you make a dish?”
“… … …”

Kaya couldn’t immediately reply and glanced at Jo Minjoon . She found it hard to answer it by herself . Because she still didn’t know the role of a head chef . Her eyes were yelling him to help her . Jo Minjoon opened his mouth .

“Honestly, it’s difficult for the head chef to also cook . Only with checking how we are doing makes her busy . But of course, it would be good if Kaya’s cooking was included, but it’s tiresome . ”
“Is that so……”

Joanne nodded as if she had been persuaded . Kaya was just glaring at the table . No, perhaps, she was only looking at it, but her eyes and her make up made it seemlike that . Kaya opened her mouth with her sight fixed at the table .

“I want to go to the bathroom . Minjoon, let’s go together . ”
“Right… . . What?”

Jo Minjoon just replied casually, and looked at her as if he had heard something wrong . And that was the same for the participants . Jo Minjoon forced a laugh and said .

“Go? To bathroom? With me?”

How perplexed must he had been to say words separately . Kaya nodded with a calm face .

“Yes . Bathroom . It’s the order of the head chef . Follow me . ”

After she finished saying this, she immediately walked towards the bathroom . Jo Minjoon looked at his teammates dumbfoundedly, and stood up while reddening his face . Chloe pulled from Jo Minjoon’s sleeve . And whispered to him in a low voice .

“If Kaya does something, yell . Understand?”
“……And are you going to rescue me?”
“Nope . Just going to watch . ”

Chloe talked like that and laughed teasingly, like a child . Looking at her laughing face, Jo Minjoon couldn’t even get angry . It was when Jo Minjoon wanted to take a step .

“I will go for a while . ”

He didn’t even have the courage to look at the expressions his teammates were making .

But when he went to the public bathroom, Kaya wasn’t present . It was at that moment . A sound that was hitting the wall . Kaya was standing in a hallway that was separated from the toilet by a short distance . She pointed at her back . It was her lodging .

Even before Jo Minjoon could say something, Kaya got inside her room . Jo Minjoon hesitated for a moment and followed her . Although it was her lodging, he was unfamiliar with going in a girl’s room .

“Is this the bathroom?”
“If you have the urge, just go . There’s also one inside my room . ”
“……I’m not talking about that . Why did you say that so suddenly? Telling a guy to go together to the bathroom . The atmosphere got weird . ”
“I’m sorry . ”

Looking that Kaya was apologizing puzzled him . She was not the type to usually lower herself . Jo Minjoon let out a sigh and said in a softer voice . He could guess why Kaya had called him like this .

“I think that I vaguely know why you called me . But why me? There’s also Chloe . ”
“…… . Just so, it’s more comfortable for me asking you for help . But don’t misunderstand . It doesn’t mean that you are easy . ”

Kaya said with a serious voice and lifted her right hand as if she was making an oath .

“I will give you a lot of lesson fees . ”
“With what?”
“…… . . I will make breakfast every day for you . At least, until I get disqualified . ”

At that simple and charming proposal, Jo Minjoon laughed . And then he opened his mouth .

“And if you win, are you going to make it for me forever?”

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