Chefs with Spice

Part 2/3: Cook Off

It was the day of the cook off. An awkward silence surrounded us four. Judge Karen, Jack, Matthew, even myself were as quiet as a cat stalking a it's prey. Plus, we were all setting up and looking for the ingredients so there won't be anything missing during our cooking. I wore a simple t-shirt with blue letters and light blue jeans. A white, plastic apron was given to the three contestants along with a box full of classic, blue gloves that can me thrown away.

Judge Karen: "Are you guys ready?" She sets up the camera and talked to us before the recording starts.

Y/N: "Yes~ everything is set and I just need to tie my hair up." I said while getting the black hair tie from my wrist to put my hair into a messy bun before putting the blue rubber gloves on. "Okay~ ready~"

Matthew: "Aye Y/N, you should let Jack barrow one of your hair ties. We don't want him getting disqualified if Judge Karen finds a hair in his food. Right Jack?"

Jack: Letting out a small chuckle, he answers Matthew. "Yeah sure, but Matt...Your hair is longer than mine. I think you need the hair tie more than I, Right Matthew?"

Y/N: I sighed and go to my bag to get two more hair ties, "Hair ties! Hair ties! Come get your hair ties!" I placed one hair tie on each of their stations before going back to mine and putting my gloves back on.

Jack: "You look nice with a man bun, Matt." Jack said sarcastically and laughed.

Matthew: "Is that so babygorl? I should put my hair in a bun more often then." He playfully winks at Jack and his resting face turns into a slight smirk.

Jack: Laughs nervously, "I-I didn't mea-"

Judge Karen: "Okayyy, if you guys are done tying their hair, you can start by introducing yourselves. Tell the camera where you are from and what you guys are making." 

Matthew: "Okay, we're ready. I can go first." He puts on a smile and stood in the middle of the station.

Judge Karen: "alright, I'll start recording in three, two...One."

As Matthew and Jack were introducing themselves, I was looking at them and listening so I can get myself mentally ready to speak on camera since I always get nervous and speak too fast.

Judge Karen: "Okay, looks good Jack. Now it's Y/N's turn." She places the camera a few feet in front of the station and adjusts the camera lower since I was a bit shorter than the two bean stocks before.

Y/N: "Okay~" I smiled to hide the fact that I was feeling nervous. Before I knew it, the camera was already on and recording. I quickly introduced myself and all the other questions that they might want to know about me.

Judge Karen: "Okay good, you guys can start washing the ingredients and then I will record the three of you guys preparing and cooking the food. Is that okay for you guys?"

Jack: "It's fine by me. How about you, Matt?" Jack raised his eyebrows at Matthew while giggling.

Matthew: "yeah, sure. I'm fine with it too. You should stop teasing me before you get punished."

Judge Karen: "WOAH WOAH, please do that in a more private place." Karen laughs softly, knowing the two male teens were fooling around and joking.

We all spent the rest of the our time focusing on cooking, I made some wraps from Impossible Meat. There were chopped tomatoes, onions, lettuce, cheddar cheese, and cream cheese inside a crunchy tortilla wrap which I heated up in a clean pan with not much oil. The smell of the wrap was enough for me to want to eat it right then and there. The only thing stopping me from eating it was self control and I need to work on the presentation. I got a rectangular plate, rinsing and drying it with a paper towel so the tortillas would stay crunchy. I placed three tortillas on the plate, slightly stacked on each other. I got enough time to clean up my area and still ate some of the left over ingredients because I didn't want to waste perfectly good food while I waited for the two snails to finish with their cooking.

Judge Karen: "These meals smell so good! I can't wait to try it guys." She said happily because who doesn't like food?

Y/N: "I know right! I'm gonna get some water okay?" I took my gloves off and washed my hands before going to get a small bottle of water to drink.

Judge Karen: "Yeah, of course! We're just waiting on the guys." Karen giggled.

[PART 2, done]
[Credits: Jack, Matthew, Karen, This author]
[Preview: In the next and final part, you will read about the start of Jatthew]