God of cooking

Chapter 83: Scandal (1)

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"Don't make that face, Ivanna."

Ivanna slowly stroked Joanne's hair while putting on a teary face. Ivanna bit her lips and hugged Joanne.

"I will also do your share."
"Yeah. Win. I will be cheering for you."

Joanne smiled and patted Ivanna's back. Perhaps, it could be seen that the one being consoled changed, but Joanne didn't mind. Rather, as Ivanna was having it hard, she felt a bit better. Was it because she felt that she got a really good friend?

She slightly glanced at the other participants. Honestly speaking, at one point Joanne started to think that she wouldn't be able to win. Thinking of winning, the other participants were too strong. Especially in Anderson's case, she thought that he would be able to work as a sous chef in a relatively famous restaurant, or perhaps even as the head chef because he wasn't lacking on the basics.

".........Whew, I did know that this day would come."

Joanne mumbled bitterly. Eliminated. The day that tag got placed on her name was today. Anderson opened his mouth slowly.

"You have done well."
"You sure are blunt. Until the end, really short."
"Shut up."

Anderson evaded her sight as if it was awkward. It was like this every time, but the parting time wasn't an easy one. But just because of that, she couldn't leave the place immediately because she still had to do the interview. Before finishing the interview, she couldn't part ways in a sloppy way.

Perhaps, they had given her more time to be together, but for Joanne, she felt this time to be bothersome. If anyone became a target of regretful sights, they would only feel that place to be difficult.

She had to change the atmosphere. Joanne turned to look at Chloe that was next to her. And after holding her hands, she raised the corner of her mouth.

"Cheer up. I hope you gain it."

She didn't mean to gain victory. Chloe blushed and smiled awkwardly. She didn't really say anything, but it was also funny to negate it and mention Jo Minjoon. Joanne slightly looked towards Jo Minjoon and changed subjects.

"Now that I see Minjoon, you said that Chloe's dish was 9 points. Was it that delicious?"
".......Honestly speaking, shark fin isn't such a delicious ingredient. It doesn't have flavor or aroma, and only has the texture. Perhaps, epicureans could have found something in that...... But I still haven't learned to do tasting like they do. But it was certainly a surprisingly good dish, to the point it made me wonder if it really was her first time."
"It is not my first. I have made it sometime with my mom. But of course, it is also difficult to say that I do have experience, because I wasn't the one leading......."
"I think that your mother does certainly cook really well. You said that you learned almost all of the dishes you know from your mother."
"Yeah."

Chloe smiled embarrassedly and nodded. Jo Minjoon was certainly most envious of Anderson and Chloe from the ones that were here. Chloe had learnt cooking through her mother, and Anderson's parents were professional chefs. So how many excellent dishes had they had eaten since childhood? Joanne smirked and asked again.

"So, was Kaya's dish delicious?"
".......Don't ask me that again. I don't want to remember that again in my entire life."
"Are you bad mouthing my dish right now?"
"I'm not bad mouthing.......no, think with common sense. Would you have liked it if I gave that to you to eat?"
"I told you. You are a failure as a chef. Why are you picky about ingredients? Do you know how much it costs? I eat everything because it really is a waste."