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nDominic was in charge of hosting today's competition.

nFor over a week now, he had been practicing and rehearsing his manner of speech for the competition.

nHis highness Landon had written down a script for him, and had also assisted him during rehearsals.

nThe crowd clapped enthusiastically as they listened to him... he even cracked a few jokes here and there to make them happy and relaxed.

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"Ladies and gentlemen..... let's welcome our judges for today's competition....

nOur first judge is someone that most of you have heard of.

nHe is the overseer of the food industry, and the one responsible for producing all the amazing ingredients that exist in Baymard.

nHe is the famous, the one and only Chief Lyore!!!

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nThe people continued clapping eagerly amongst themselves.

nWho didn't know Chief Lyore?

nIn fact all the overseers in Baymard were very popular, and well known amongst the people.

nThey were seen like celebrities.

nRight now in the eyes of the people, all the overseers were seen like how 'Bill Gates' was viewed back on earth.

nThey earned the biggest paycheck, made some of the biggest moves and decisions within the industries.

nPlus they were quiet, humble and took their jobs very seriously.

nEverytime someone would talk about any of the industries, the names of the overseers would sometimes slip into the conversation as well.

nBack on earth people would say phrases like: 'Do you think that I'm as rich as Bill Gates to afford a Ferrari?'

nBut in Baymard they would say: 'Do you think that I'm as rich as Chief Lyore to buy several bags of food at once?'

nIt was usually sentences like that.... Of course Chief Tim and Chief Wiggins were also made reference to, everytime people wanted to buy excess goods from their industries.

nChief Lyore waved and smiled at the crowd as they cheered.

n'This feeling is good', he thought.

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"Up next, we have the 2 most famous Chefs within Baymard seating here today.

nOver the past month, their cooking skills and dishes have become popular with everyone, and have even earned them his highness' approval.

nThey are Chef Blake and Chef Benita.

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nOnce again, the people clapped enthusiastically and discussed amongst themselves.

nThose who had eaten their meals could vouch for its tastiness.... It was as if these chefs were born to cook.

nSome people even went back home to try and recreate the dishes from these chefs, but it was all for not.

nEven when they got the exact recipe, they still couldn't get their meals to taste the same as Blake and Benita.

nThese chefs were as his highness had said, 3 star chefs.

nLandon didn't want to give them higher stars because for now, Baymard didn't have enough ingredients for him to gauge their true potentials.

nOrdinary people were usually 1 star chefs or no star at all..... but these chefs had talent.

nJust by tasting anything, they could tell Landon all the ingredients that was used to cook the meal.

nThey could also properly estimate and create their own way of cooking different dishes.... Plus their taste buds were more alive than most people.

nAs these chefs waved, the people cheered for them as well.

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"Lastly, he is our beloved king and Baymard's personal savior.... As well as the creator for all the delicious food recipes that you all have eaten over the past month.

nToday, he will be acting as a guest judge for the competition.

nHe is highness Landon Barn.

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nLandon who was seated at the center of the judges panel, waved his hand Queen Elizabeth style.

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"Oh my heavens!! He just waved at me!!

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"No no no... it was at my daughter!

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"I wonder who's food chief Loyre would like the most?...I heard that he himself is a foodie

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"Chef Blake and Benita are the ones that I really want to look out for.... they would not spare these contestants if the food isn't up to their standards.... Remember, his highness had said that they both had godly tongues.

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"I can't wait to see who's dish would please his highness Landon.

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"If I had known that his highness was going to be a judge, then I would have personally applied..... Just imagine if I had my food eaten by the king?..Ahhh!!!

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nEveryone discussed amongst themselves as they listened to Dominic.

nFor the competition, the judges would give points for:

n•Appearance

/ Plate presentation: maximum points of 4

n•Execution: Max Points anyone can get is10

n•Texture: Max points of 5

n•Creativity: Max points of 5

n•Taste: Max points of 10.

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nThe contestants were also expected to make full course meals that consisted of:

n•An appetizer

n•Entree

n•And a Dessert

nMost importantly, the theme for their dishes was: Adventure.

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nAnd for the prizes:

n•1st Place got: 1 and a half month of cooking lessons with Chef Blake, and 250 silver coins (25,000 copper coins or 2.5 gold coins)

n•2nd Place: 1 month of cooking lessons with chef Benita, and 180 silver coins (18,000 copper coins or 1.8 gold coin)

n•3rd Place: 2 weeks of Cooking lessons with Chef Benita, as well as 100 silver coins (10,000 copper coins or 1 gold coin)

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n*100 copper coins=1 silver coin... 100 silver coins=1 gold coin**

nSince the citizens usually made a minimum of 650 copper coins a month, the reward money for the competition was really jaw dropping.

nIn the empire of Arcadina, the minimum wage was 350 copper coins.

nLandon had first made Baymard's minimum wage to be 450 copper coins... but when he later accessed all the dangerous things that these people did daily, that money was just too little in his eyes.

nHence he decided to raise the minimum wage to 650 copper coins... the knights also had their salaries raised to 750 copper coins per month.

nWell the overseers and supervisors obviously made more money, as well as the upper military ranks, head chefs and Doctors.

nFirstly, Baymard was a self-sufficient city.

nThe resources like ores were all found within the territory...and Landon made a ton of money monthly from Santa.... so Baymard could actually afford to raise the wages for the workers.

nOf course every month, Landon had taken out a certain percentage from each person's salary that would be used for healthcare insurance and taxes.

nLast month immediately after the whole chickenpox fiasco, Landon had told the people about the benefits of healthcare, and had also told them how their taxes would be reduced from now on.

nSince the taxes weren't high and their salaries were increased, the people immediately accepted Landon's methods.

nWho wouldn't? Even when the tax and healthcare was reduced, their salaries were still higher than what they had been paid previously.

nLandon had adopted the method done back on earth.

nEverything one wanted to buy had tax on it, and even their salaries would be tax reduced well... That tax would be used for future development and so on.

nTo make it easier for the people, Landon had written several sheets of paper that explained how much would be deducted and also put out different formulas for each reduction.

nLandon had planned that once printers came out, he would officially address all policies and Government related issues then.

nHe needed to print them identity cards, Law books that had ALL policies printed onto them, and so on.

nInfact, nothing could really be done without Printers... even dictionaries for schools needed printing services.. sigh...

nThe people here also got paid bi-weekly, so as to encourage them to work harder.

nBut still, even with the raise in their salaries, the prize money for today's competition, still had them shook.

nBack on earth, it was the same feeling as someone who had just seen 10,000 or even 20,000 dollars as prize money.

nIt really excited the audience.

nPlus who wouldn't want to receive skills from famous people?

nThose who were on their journey to being chefs, really wanted to punch themselves in the face.

nWhy hadn't they applied for the competition previously?

nThis was a chance to learn Chef Benita and Chef Blake's godly cooking arts... yet they had just let such a golden opportunity slip by.

nThey had invisible tears in their eyes as they looked towards the stage.

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nOnce the judges and contestants had been introduced, Landon have a short brief speech and the competition resumed.

nCooking Time.

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