Daddy! Come Home for Dinner!-Chapter 468: Face-off

There are already a few contestants backstage.

It seems like everyone has come early to prepare, to avoid any unexpected situations.

But there aren’t many people here yet.

The ones who came first get to do their makeup first.

Last time, Ye Fei already showed her face, so this time it doesn’t matter.

She confidently didn’t wear a mask.

There happened to be a vacant spot.

Ye Fei sat down to let the makeup artist apply her makeup.

Halfway through, Ding Ruyun hurriedly rushed in.

By this time, most contestants in the makeup room had already arrived.

When Ding Ruyun came in, her face was flushed from running, and she greeted everyone slightly out of breath.

"Why are you only coming now?" Fu Jiaxu asked.

"There was traffic on the way." Ding Ruyun glanced at Ye Fei, "Luckily I made it."

Ye Fei didn’t even look at Ding Ruyun.

After everyone finished their makeup, a staff member came over and said, "Now everyone can go together to the ingredient storage room to check the ingredients. If the organizers missed anything, please bring it up promptly, and we will supplement immediately, so it’s still in time."

Having all contestants check together also prevents any tampering possibilities.

This way, it’s like having the contestants witness together.

So, everyone went with the staff to the ingredient storage room.

Each person’s required ingredients were sorted and distinguished properly.

Everyone had a food storage compartment, with a name tag of the contestant in front.

The contestants found their ingredient areas according to the name tags.

Ye Fei came to her ingredients and found something unexpected — there was an extra shark fin.

When she submitted her list, she didn’t ask for this.

Not sure if it was an error by the organizers or just in case.

Ye Fei was about to tell the staff that she didn’t need the shark fin.

But when she turned her head, she saw Ding Ruyun staring at her ingredient compartment.

Ye Fei withdrew her gaze and changed her mind about telling the staff.

She took out her phone, slightly turned her body to block Ding Ruyun’s view, and then took a photo of her ingredient compartment with her phone.

The photo details included the time it was taken.

After that, Ye Fei went to check the other seasonings and condiments she needed.

But while checking, she kept an eye on Ding Ruyun.

She noticed Ding Ruyun casually walking past Ye Fei’s ingredient compartment.

The staff again confirmed with all the contestants at the end.

All the contestants, including Ye Fei, said their ingredients were fine.

Then, everyone returned to the backstage.

Not long after, the live broadcast officially started.

All the contestants went on stage.

This time, there was no surprise like the first competition.

Because this time, the stage featured a standard cooking station.

The only difference was that the cooking stations were paired side by side. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

This way, contestants would cook face-to-face in pairs.

"Why is it set up like this?" some contestants whispered.

"Is it for a PK contest?"

The contestants stood on stage in three rows, ten in each row.

The host was still An Haiyin.

An Haiyin came on stage, walked to the front, and said to the audience, "Welcome to watch the second match of the Changping Cooking Contest. In the last match, the top ten in the preliminary were exempted from this round. The remaining 40 contestants competed, and 20 were eliminated."

"Therefore, this match has 30 contestants," An Haiyin said, "Standing behind me now are the top thirty chefs in this year’s National Youth Chefs. Congratulations to all for reaching the national top thirty!"