Made for You

“No comments?”

The apprentices in the kitchen were all shocked by the old butler’s words.

Chef Cooke breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

Letting Flora plate the dish temporarily, even if it was only one dish, he was very uneasy.

Even after telling the old butler about this, and the old butler said he was willing to take responsibility for him, he was still very afraid of leaving a bad impression on the Crown Prince.

Fortunately, everything was fine.

“Thank you, Mr. Charlton.” Cooke said quickly.

“It’s just a small effort, you’re welcome.”

Perhaps to avoid suspicion, the old butler left after saying that, without even looking at Flora.

But Flora could sense that the old butler’s steps when leaving the kitchen were much lighter than usual.

‘Really troubled Mr. Charlton…’

Firmly remembering the countless favors he owed, Flora quickly cleaned up the tableware on the dining cart.

“Alright, everyone start working!”

Seeing that the blonde girl still didn’t forget to work at this time, while the apprentices were still standing there dumbfounded, Cooke became angry.

When the morning work was completely finished, and the apprentices went to prepare the ingredients for lunch and dinner, Cooke somewhat understood why the old butler valued this blonde girl.

Hardworking… Many people can do this on the first day, which is not surprising.

As a maid, she was not afraid of being dirty or smelly, and she looked clumsy and fell several times, but she was not afraid of pain or complaining, and immediately got up and worked like nothing had happened… This made Cooke very satisfied.

More importantly, she always had a smile on her face and was always full of energy and vitality… This made Cooke, who was used to seeing the apprentices with frowning faces, feel so much better.

But Cooke was still very calm and didn’t dare to let the blonde girl take over any important work all at once.

However, at lunch, he still let Flora plate some of the food for the servants and attendants, and let an apprentice and Torin assist together.

After Flora said what she wanted the plating effect to be, the apprentice in charge of the attendant-level food began to process the food, and Torin followed Flora’s example and did simple plating for the servants’ food.

But after observing for a while, Flora suddenly said:

“Can I try it?”

The apprentice processing the food was stunned for a moment and looked back at the chef.

The Crown Prince was not there at noon, and Cooke would free up more time to teach the apprentices. He was now also observing the situation here.

“You can.”

Although he was a little puzzled, based on the blonde girl’s previous performance, he didn’t refuse.

Flora wasn’t arrogant enough to be reckless as soon as she came up. She took a small knife and began to imitate the apprentice’s movements, processing the same ingredients.

The result was surprisingly successful, but Cooke didn’t find it strange.

What the apprentice did was just entry-level food carving, and even Torin could easily do it now… Provided he wasn’t nervous, flustered, or timid.

So what really made Cooke look at her with high regard was the blonde girl’s calmness. She wasn’t afraid or trembling when she picked up the knife.

But if that was all, it wouldn’t be anything special. The blonde girl was also suspected of lying.

But soon, Cooke saw the clue.

The blonde girl’s movements were surprisingly consistent with the apprentice’s.

Just as Cooke was about to call a stop to this almost perfect imitation, he found that the blonde girl had already made a change—on the basis of imitation, she adjusted the movements to better suit her body.

After a while, she took another step forward and became able to adjust the corresponding movements according to the different ingredients.

When all of this ingredient was processed, her level had completely surpassed the apprentice.

“I’ll demonstrate this.”

Cooke’s heart was beating wildly. He walked over and demonstrated the next ingredient’s food carving technique to the three of them.

This time, he used a medium-level technique.

The apprentice looked embarrassed after watching it, Torin looked confused, and seemed to have not remembered the steps at all.

The blonde girl was thoughtful, but it was temporarily impossible to see what she was thinking.

“Remember it?”

Cooke demonstrated it again, “Try to do it, I don’t ask you to replicate it 100%, just make the effect similar.”

Hearing this, the apprentice was completely relieved, Torin was still confused, and the blonde girl looked eager to try.

When they officially started to do it, the apprentice directly started to do it with his own skilled method, Torin simply didn’t dare to do it, and observed the apprentice’s method from the side, seemingly wanting to learn something from it.

The blonde girl, as before, completely imitated Cooke’s movements at first, and then started to adjust at the second, and then at the third and fourth… Gradually became so skilled that even Cooke himself couldn’t compare to it if he did it seriously.

Where did this culinary genius come from!

Cooke was shocked in his heart.

At the same time, he couldn’t help but feel the fear that he would lose his job if he taught the blonde girl.

But this thought only lasted for a moment before it completely dissipated.

This mansion’s kitchen shouldn’t have only one chef.

His level was not good enough to be the head chef for the royal family.

He could stay only because he was clean and had never done anything extra… His master and predecessors were all forced out by him.

He didn’t know how long it had been since he had taken a vacation.

Although the Crown Prince subsidized him a lot of salary and let his family visit him from time to time…

He still wanted to go home and take a look, and completely relax his mind and body.

Thinking of this, Cooke’s gaze towards the blonde girl was instantly filled with appreciation and expectation.

But he still understood the principle of not forcing things to grow.

After this demonstration, he didn’t say anything, and let everyone continue to work on their own, pointing out from time to time, and seemed to not pay too much attention to the blonde girl.

When it was time to prepare dinner in the afternoon, Cooke once again called the blonde girl to his side.

“Next, how would you plate these two dishes?”

At this moment, even the most dull-witted Torin could see Cooke’s approval and importance of the blonde girl.

Envious, unwilling, jealous, and hostile gazes quickly turned to the blonde girl from all over the kitchen.

Cooke also knew that there were some mediocre people among his apprentices who were extremely jealous.

But this situation would happen whether it was in the kitchen, outside, or in the outside world.

If the blonde girl retreated at this point, then Cooke would put away the thought of teaching her cooking, so as not to be harmed by her talent.

“Mr. Cooke, can I only plate one dish?”

Did she want to keep a low profile and avoid being a target?

Cooke was still a little disappointed and decided that he would still teach her later, but he had to keep something back.

After all, if you want to achieve something in learning, you must focus and devote enthusiasm.

A guy who is always looking ahead and behind and calculating will only be a half-baked even if he gets all the skills.

Those colleagues who are now either “missing” or fired are the best proof.

However—

“His Highness has been busy all day and is already very tired. I don’t think he needs bright and impactful food.”

The blonde girl explained,

“But more gentle, more comfortable food… This one is very suitable, and the other one should be plated according to the way you usually do it, Mr. Cooke.”