At 3 p.m. on January 1st, the back kitchen of Fen Garden was filled with the aroma of dishes.
All 17 candidates had arrived, and in the interest of saving time, as soon as a new person arrived, Jiang Feng would have them start preparing the dish they intended to cook. Although there were only four stoves in Fen Garden's back kitchen, there was plenty of space for the culinary stations and an ample amount of utensils, allowing over a dozen chefs to prepare their dishes simultaneously without any issues.
Jiang Feng, Jiang Jiankang, and Zhang Guanghang each had defined roles. Jiang Feng observed the chefs at the culinary stations to evaluate their handling of ingredients and knifework skills, while Jiang Jiankang stood by the stoves watching how the chefs controlled the heat.
Zhang Guanghang was the most interview-like of the three, standing to the side with a stern face, flipping through everyone's resumes, occasionally glancing up to match the resume with the candidate.