💖LOVE TOSSED💖

THE WAR BEGINS !

"The Competition will be held in three consecutive rounds." Reyansh and the other chefs present paid attention as the anchor started explaining the rules of the Competition.

"Before beginning let us have a big round of applause for our respected judges !"

Reyansh's Pov :

As the anchor called out the names of three classified individuals from the high society , Darshan whispered in my year their identities and achievements.

"The first one on the left is Mr. Raichand. Priya told me u had already seen him before..."
"Yeah , he came to my eatery long back with Madam. I didn't know his name or identity." I replied.
"He's one of the biggest business tycoons of the food industry. With chains of restaurants and factories spread even overseas , one must really live under the rock to not know his name in the business world." Darshan took a little pause before starting again. "He's basically appointed as one of the judges just cuz almost 60% of this Competition is sponsored by him..."
"So what did Mr. Gonzales mean when he said it was nearly a win for us just because Mr. Raichand had tasted my food before ?"
"Well... You see , the judging panel of the Competition had always been bought out by different companies in the previous years. This is just a fraction of how corrupt this thing can be !" Darshan looked at me and spoke again. "But there's almost no company to match with Raichand's riches. So we can say this year's judging panel is quite safe... Also since he has liked ur food earlier , chances of him siding with us is actually quite high !"
I nodded my head in understanding. Darshan began introducing the person next to Mr. Raichand.
"He's Mr. Rane."
"Yeah I know him. Heard from Ankit... He's the owner of this place" I chipped in.
"Yep... He might be a bit disadvantageous for us cuz he's a good acquaintance of Shanaya and her company. So its a 100% possibility that he has already been bought out by her."
I nodded my head again as Darshan proceeded to speak about the next person in his mid 60s who was , according to him , the most important judge of the three.
"He's Mr. Bijay Talukdar. A descendant of one of the most influential zamindar families of Bengal and also the sole heir to all his family estates. He occupies a higher position than Mr. Raichand in the social ladder. He began experimenting with Bengali cuisine during his late teens , then turned this into his profession. Now , he is one of the most renowned chefs around the world..."
"Yeah actually the name strikes a bell." I added recollecting my memory.
"He is the only independent judge among the three whose judgement I believe would absolutely be unbiased. So whoever can satisfy his stomach , kind of wins the game..." Darshan completed the introductory session.

We concentrated back on to the anchor as he finally began with the guidelines of the first round.

"Our first round is called Appetising Appetisers !" Sounds of drum beats and applause came from the speakers and the audience. The anchor continued after the commotion subsided.
"The rules of this round are quite athletic." The anchor laughed. "Firstly I request one of the two chefs from each organisation to come up to the center of the hall..."
An instant uproar spread through the entire hall. Some chefs frantically started calling out each other to attend this newly announced condition. Darshan sensing the reason behind this weird request motioned me to go ahead. I obliged without any further query.

"I see many of the sous chefs coming up... And also many chefs without a sous chef have to make a difficult choice and come up leaving their cooking station unattended..." I could not assess the real meaning behind these words of the anchor.
As soon as all the chefs from all the companies had lined up , the anchor continued.
"Our chefs are good with their hands but what about their footwork !?" The anchor addressed everyone.
"So in order to check the real capability of each chef , we have designed this special round ! As u can already see 50 m ahead of u , we have neatly arranged all the ingredients necessary for this round. All you need to do is run up there select the ingredients of ur choice and then return to your station and start cooking...
Remember , there are enough ingredients for everyone but as they say , the early bird catches the prey ! Whoever finishes this race first gets a head start on cooking..."