Team Competition Evaluation

The judging proceeded calmly.

At least, it did at the judges' table.

The audience was already buzzing.

The team competition was much easier to watch than the individual competition.

The audience had begun to notice who was leading, who was being dragged along, and who quietly got things done at crucial moments.

Thanks to the Magic Tower's barrier, the chefs couldn't see the audience, but the audience could see nearly all of their hands and expressions.

I slowly tasted the first team's dishes set before me.

The meat was cooked well, and the sauce was well-balanced.

The bread served alongside it was slightly over-toasted, but the broth, properly adjusted by the former military cook, smoothly tied everything together.

They seemed to have shaped the dish to accommodate the overcooked bread after seeing it toast first, but if I hadn't watched the process, I would have thought the bread had been toasted that way deliberately, because everything fit so well...