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Shakhi TS Oui, Chef Pt I | B |

Shakhi TS Oui, Chef

Part One | B |

Shaurya walked in and clapped his hands gaining everyone's attention. He was fully dressed in his chef suit with aprons and hats on. Anokhi hid the smile that threatened to escape her lips as she wiped her wet hands with towel. He looked amazing. Her eyes fell on her fellow chefs who stood stiff.

'Yeh log aese kyun khade hain?' Anokhi wondered to herself and then looked at Shaurya dreamily, 'Unhe toh dekho! Hayee Matharani! He looks amazing! Hayee such a handsome!'

"Guys, hope we cleared everything when I got here. Do stick with my rules and kitchen will run smoothly. Mujhe har cheez mein perfection chahiyeh. I believe in giving best. Service table mein if I get food that's less than my standard then I'll discard it. You have to do it again from the start. Yaad rakhna. I have given list to Parthiv. Follow and stick to it" Shaurya said as he placed both his hands on the service counter and leaned on it.

"Yes Chef!" Everyone yelled in unison.

Shaurya's eyes fell on Anokhi who stood with her breath hitched before he averted his gaze.

"Kitchen mein dhyaan se rehna hai. Be attentive. Don't make mistakes" Shaurya said, "I have a burning temper once I'm in my kitchen and I don't go easy on those who make mistake. Hope sab yeh baat yaad rakenge"

"Yes Chef!"

"Hmmm, start working" Shaurya nodded at Parthiv and walked inside head chef's room.

Anokhi released the breath she didn't even realize she was holding. Phew! He was scary when he used that stern voice. She had to give him that. They weren't joking. But remembering his warm base voice, a smile crept on her lips automatically.

'Lagta hai yeh sirf kitchen mein aese hain. Head Chef hai toh aese hi rehna hota hai unko' Anokhi thought and convinced herself.

Shaking her head, Anokhi quickly gathered the ingredients she needed and spread it over her work space. She peeled garlic and chopped it finely before working on other ingredients for the sauce.

Anokhi was too lazy to walk into the freezer to get few ingredients and so, she walked over to Yash's counter and stole what she needed. She didn't get caught thanks to Yash who was eyeing at Kanchan.

For the day, Anokhi has to prepare base sauces for pasta. She was done with most of it quickly like base tomato sauce, pesto, agio olio base and started to prepare white sauce.

As she started to prepare white sauce, Anokhi's mobile buzzed continuously. Worry itched her face when she got constant calls from home. She was adding seasoning at that time. She added seasonings with a calculation that's standard and switched off the stove.

Anokhi walked inside the chef locker room as she conversed. When she hangs up, she groaned and buried her face into her hand. Couple of seconds later, heaving a deep sigh, she stood up and opened the chef locker room door to go out but halted on her tracks to see Shaurya on the other side, his hand half raised in air, indicating that he was about to open the door.

'Hayee ram! Aaj toh bhaar bhaar lottery lagi hai!' Anokhi's subconscious laughed at her.

The annoyance on Anokhi's face replaced with a smile as she saw Shaurya who greeted her back with a small smile before stepping aside leaving way for her to go out. Her shoulder brushed against his arm unintentionally as she walked and her heart raced with excitement.

Dazed, Anokhi came back to her work space. Thinking about him, she took garlic powder and onion powder in hand and added it to the sauce before giving it a stir. Her smile turned into worry when her mobile rang again. She groaned and picked the call as she walked out again.