"Mr. Choo, are you ready to begin the competition?" said one of the kitchen judges. "Yes chef." I answered promptly, but what I really wanted to say was "hell no".

I spent a year practicing for this event:. I endured countless hours over a stove; perfected the perfect red wine sauce; and prepared a dessert with no recipe. Could you put aside your personal life for a year to do a competition? With every competition I do, I grow as a cook and as a person. Life is about making hard decisions, just like a competition where you have to decide whether to make a beurre blanc sauce or beurre noir sauce.">but what I really wanted to say was  hell no. How can a student chef ever really be ready to spend the next three hours preparing a three course meal in a very small, scorching hot kitchen to be judged by the top chefs and food & beverage executives on the island of Oahu.

Also I forgot to mention that this is a "mystery basket" competition. I dont know what ingredients I am going to be given to make the meal until the competition begins. Talk about stress!

I trained for the Chain de Rotisseurs Young Chef Competition event for an entire year. "Mr. Choo, you may begin the competition." said the judge. I quickly grabbed my basket and analyzed every single ingredient, from Moi fish to pungent ginger root. After writing my menu, I began to gather my various ingredients from kosher salt to guitard couverture chocolates. One cut, a couple of burns and a chocolate covered chef's jacket later and I had presented my three course meal. A tremendous weight was lifted off my shoulders once that last course went out to the judges for tasting and evaluation. They held my fate in their hands&.well actually in their knives and forks!

Finally they called my name. "Mr. Choo, first of all congratulations on completing the competition." said the head judge. They had exhausting comments and criticisms on all my food, but the one thing they all agreed on is that I had the best tasting & best looking dessert. I end up with a second place overall finish.

I spent a year practicing for this event:. I endured countless hours over a stove; perfected the perfect red wine sauce; and prepared a dessert with no recipe. Could you put aside your personal life for a year to do a competition? With every competition I do, I grow as a cook and as a person. Life is about making hard decisions, just like a competition where you have to decide whether to make a beurre blanc sauce or beurre noir sauce.">

Finally they called my name. "Mr. Choo, first of all congratulations on completing the competition." said the head judge. They had exhausting comments and criticisms on all my food, but the one thing they all agreed on is that I had the best tasting & best looking dessert. I end up with a second place overall finish.

I spent a year practicing for this event:. I endured countless hours over a stove; perfected the perfect red wine sauce; and prepared a dessert with no recipe. Could you put aside your personal life for a year to do a competition? With every competition I do, I grow as a cook and as a person. Life is about making hard decisions, just like a competition where you have to decide whether to make a beurre blanc sauce or beurre noir sauce.">but what I really wanted to say was  hell no. How can a student chef ever really be ready to spend the next three hours preparing a three course meal in a very small, scorching hot kitchen to be judged by the top chefs and food & beverage executives on the island of Oahu.

Also I forgot to mention that this is a "mystery basket" competition. I dont know what ingredients I am going to be given to make the meal until the competition begins. Talk about stress!

I trained for the Chain de Rotisseurs Young Chef Competition event for an entire year. "Mr. Choo, you may begin the competition." said the judge. I quickly grabbed my basket and analyzed every single ingredient, from Moi fish to pungent ginger root. After writing my menu, I began to gather my various ingredients from kosher salt to guitard couverture chocolates. One cut, a couple of burns and a chocolate covered chef's jacket later and I had presented my three course meal. A tremendous weight was lifted off my shoulders once that last course went out to the judges for tasting and evaluation. They held my fate in their hands&.well actually in their knives and forks!

Finally they called my name. "Mr. Choo, first of all congratulations on completing the competition." said the head judge. They had exhausting comments and criticisms on all my food, but the one thing they all agreed on is that I had the best tasting & best looking dessert. I end up with a second place overall finish.

I spent a year practicing for this event:. I endured countless hours over a stove; perfected the perfect red wine sauce; and prepared a dessert with no recipe. Could you put aside your personal life for a year to do a competition? With every competition I do, I grow as a cook and as a person. Life is about making hard decisions, just like a competition where you have to decide whether to make a beurre blanc sauce or beurre noir sauce."> How can a student chef ever really be ready to spend the next three hours preparing a three course meal in a very small, scorching hot kitchen to be judged by the top chefs and food & beverage executives on the island of Oahu.

I trained for the Chain de Rotisseurs Young Chef Competition event for an entire year. "Mr. Choo, you may begin the competition." said the judge. I quickly grabbed my basket and analyzed every single ingredient, from Moi fish to pungent ginger root. After writing my menu, I began to gather my various ingredients from kosher salt to guitard couverture chocolates. One cut, a couple of burns and a chocolate covered chef's jacket later and I had presented my three course meal. A tremendous weight was lifted off my shoulders once that last course went out to the judges for tasting and evaluation. They held my fate in their hands&.well actually in their knives and forks!

Finally they called my name. "Mr. Choo, first of all congratulations on completing the competition." said the head judge. They had exhausting comments and criticisms on all my food, but the one thing they all agreed on is that I had the best tasting & best looking dessert. I end up with a second place overall finish.

I spent a year practicing for this event:. I endured countless hours over a stove; perfected the perfect red wine sauce; and prepared a dessert with no recipe. Could you put aside your personal life for a year to do a competition? With every competition I do, I grow as a cook and as a person. Life is about making hard decisions, just like a competition where you have to decide whether to make a beurre blanc sauce or beurre noir sauce.">but what I really wanted to say was  hell no. How can a student chef ever really be ready to spend the next three hours preparing a three course meal in a very small, scorching hot kitchen to be judged by the top chefs and food & beverage executives on the island of Oahu.

Also I forgot to mention that this is a "mystery basket" competition. I dont know what ingredients I am going to be given to make the meal until the competition begins. Talk about stress!

I trained for the Chain de Rotisseurs Young Chef Competition event for an entire year. "Mr. Choo, you may begin the competition." said the judge. I quickly grabbed my basket and analyzed every single ingredient, from Moi fish to pungent ginger root. After writing my menu, I began to gather my various ingredients from kosher salt to guitard couverture chocolates. One cut, a couple of burns and a chocolate covered chef's jacket later and I had presented my three course meal. A tremendous weight was lifted off my shoulders once that last course went out to the judges for tasting and evaluation. They held my fate in their hands&.well actually in their knives and forks!

Finally they called my name. "Mr. Choo, first of all congratulations on completing the competition." said the head judge. They had exhausting comments and criticisms on all my food, but the one thing they all agreed on is that I had the best tasting & best looking dessert. I end up with a second place overall finish.

I spent a year practicing for this event:. I endured countless hours over a stove; perfected the perfect red wine sauce; and prepared a dessert with no recipe. Could you put aside your personal life for a year to do a competition? With every competition I do, I grow as a cook and as a person. Life is about making hard decisions, just like a competition where you have to decide whether to make a beurre blanc sauce or beurre noir sauce.">

I spent a year practicing for this event:. I endured countless hours over a stove; perfected the perfect red wine sauce; and prepared a dessert with no recipe. Could you put aside your personal life for a year to do a competition? With every competition I do, I grow as a cook and as a person. Life is about making hard decisions, just like a competition where you have to decide whether to make a beurre blanc sauce or beurre noir sauce.">but what I really wanted to say was  hell no. How can a student chef ever really be ready to spend the next three hours preparing a three course meal in a very small, scorching hot kitchen to be judged by the top chefs and food & beverage executives on the island of Oahu.

Also I forgot to mention that this is a "mystery basket" competition. I dont know what ingredients I am going to be given to make the meal until the competition begins. Talk about stress!

I trained for the Chain de Rotisseurs Young Chef Competition event for an entire year. "Mr. Choo, you may begin the competition." said the judge. I quickly grabbed my basket and analyzed every single ingredient, from Moi fish to pungent ginger root. After writing my menu, I began to gather my various ingredients from kosher salt to guitard couverture chocolates. One cut, a couple of burns and a chocolate covered chef's jacket later and I had presented my three course meal. A tremendous weight was lifted off my shoulders once that last course went out to the judges for tasting and evaluation. They held my fate in their hands&.well actually in their knives and forks!

Finally they called my name. "Mr. Choo, first of all congratulations on completing the competition." said the head judge. They had exhausting comments and criticisms on all my food, but the one thing they all agreed on is that I had the best tasting & best looking dessert. I end up with a second place overall finish.

I spent a year practicing for this event:. I endured countless hours over a stove; perfected the perfect red wine sauce; and prepared a dessert with no recipe. Could you put aside your personal life for a year to do a competition? With every competition I do, I grow as a cook and as a person. Life is about making hard decisions, just like a competition where you have to decide whether to make a beurre blanc sauce or beurre noir sauce."> How can a student chef ever really be ready to spend the next three hours preparing a three course meal in a very small, scorching hot kitchen to be judged by the top chefs and food & beverage executives on the island of Oahu.

I trained for the Chain de Rotisseurs Young Chef Competition event for an entire year. "Mr. Choo, you may begin the competition." said the judge. I quickly grabbed my basket and analyzed every single ingredient, from Moi fish to pungent ginger root. After writing my menu, I began to gather my various ingredients from kosher salt to guitard couverture chocolates. One cut, a couple of burns and a chocolate covered chef's jacket later and I had presented my three course meal. A tremendous weight was lifted off my shoulders once that last course went out to the judges for tasting and evaluation. They held my fate in their hands&.well actually in their knives and forks!

Finally they called my name. "Mr. Choo, first of all congratulations on completing the competition." said the head judge. They had exhausting comments and criticisms on all my food, but the one thing they all agreed on is that I had the best tasting & best looking dessert. I end up with a second place overall finish.

I spent a year practicing for this event:. I endured countless hours over a stove; perfected the perfect red wine sauce; and prepared a dessert with no recipe. Could you put aside your personal life for a year to do a competition? With every competition I do, I grow as a cook and as a person. Life is about making hard decisions, just like a competition where you have to decide whether to make a beurre blanc sauce or beurre noir sauce.">but what I really wanted to say was  hell no. How can a student chef ever really be ready to spend the next three hours preparing a three course meal in a very small, scorching hot kitchen to be judged by the top chefs and food & beverage executives on the island of Oahu.

Also I forgot to mention that this is a "mystery basket" competition. I dont know what ingredients I am going to be given to make the meal until the competition begins. Talk about stress!

I trained for the Chain de Rotisseurs Young Chef Competition event for an entire year. "Mr. Choo, you may begin the competition." said the judge. I quickly grabbed my basket and analyzed every single ingredient, from Moi fish to pungent ginger root. After writing my menu, I began to gather my various ingredients from kosher salt to guitard couverture chocolates. One cut, a couple of burns and a chocolate covered chef's jacket later and I had presented my three course meal. A tremendous weight was lifted off my shoulders once that last course went out to the judges for tasting and evaluation. They held my fate in their hands&.well actually in their knives and forks!

Finally they called my name. "Mr. Choo, first of all congratulations on completing the competition." said the head judge. They had exhausting comments and criticisms on all my food, but the one thing they all agreed on is that I had the best tasting & best looking dessert. I end up with a second place overall finish.

I spent a year practicing for this event:. I endured countless hours over a stove; perfected the perfect red wine sauce; and prepared a dessert with no recipe. Could you put aside your personal life for a year to do a competition? With every competition I do, I grow as a cook and as a person. Life is about making hard decisions, just like a competition where you have to decide whether to make a beurre blanc sauce or beurre noir sauce.">

Finally they called my name. "Mr. Choo, first of all congratulations on completing the competition." said the head judge. They had exhausting comments and criticisms on all my food, but the one thing they all agreed on is that I had the best tasting & best looking dessert. I end up with a second place overall finish.

I spent a year practicing for this event:. I endured countless hours over a stove; perfected the perfect red wine sauce; and prepared a dessert with no recipe. Could you put aside your personal life for a year to do a competition? With every competition I do, I grow as a cook and as a person. Life is about making hard decisions, just like a competition where you have to decide whether to make a beurre blanc sauce or beurre noir sauce.">but what I really wanted to say was  hell no. How can a student chef ever really be ready to spend the next three hours preparing a three course meal in a very small, scorching hot kitchen to be judged by the top chefs and food & beverage executives on the island of Oahu.

Also I forgot to mention that this is a "mystery basket" competition. I dont know what ingredients I am going to be given to make the meal until the competition begins. Talk about stress!

I trained for the Chain de Rotisseurs Young Chef Competition event for an entire year. "Mr. Choo, you may begin the competition." said the judge. I quickly grabbed my basket and analyzed every single ingredient, from Moi fish to pungent ginger root. After writing my menu, I began to gather my various ingredients from kosher salt to guitard couverture chocolates. One cut, a couple of burns and a chocolate covered chef's jacket later and I had presented my three course meal. A tremendous weight was lifted off my shoulders once that last course went out to the judges for tasting and evaluation. They held my fate in their hands&.well actually in their knives and forks!

Finally they called my name. "Mr. Choo, first of all congratulations on completing the competition." said the head judge. They had exhausting comments and criticisms on all my food, but the one thing they all agreed on is that I had the best tasting & best looking dessert. I end up with a second place overall finish.

I spent a year practicing for this event:. I endured countless hours over a stove; perfected the perfect red wine sauce; and prepared a dessert with no recipe. Could you put aside your personal life for a year to do a competition? With every competition I do, I grow as a cook and as a person. Life is about making hard decisions, just like a competition where you have to decide whether to make a beurre blanc sauce or beurre noir sauce."> How can a student chef ever really be ready to spend the next three hours preparing a three course meal in a very small, scorching hot kitchen to be judged by the top chefs and food & beverage executives on the island of Oahu.

I trained for the Chain de Rotisseurs Young Chef Competition event for an entire year. "Mr. Choo, you may begin the competition." said the judge. I quickly grabbed my basket and analyzed every single ingredient, from Moi fish to pungent ginger root. After writing my menu, I began to gather my various ingredients from kosher salt to guitard couverture chocolates. One cut, a couple of burns and a chocolate covered chef's jacket later and I had presented my three course meal. A tremendous weight was lifted off my shoulders once that last course went out to the judges for tasting and evaluation. They held my fate in their hands&.well actually in their knives and forks!

Finally they called my name. "Mr. Choo, first of all congratulations on completing the competition." said the head judge. They had exhausting comments and criticisms on all my food, but the one thing they all agreed on is that I had the best tasting & best looking dessert. I end up with a second place overall finish.

I spent a year practicing for this event:. I endured countless hours over a stove; perfected the perfect red wine sauce; and prepared a dessert with no recipe. Could you put aside your personal life for a year to do a competition? With every competition I do, I grow as a cook and as a person. Life is about making hard decisions, just like a competition where you have to decide whether to make a beurre blanc sauce or beurre noir sauce.">but what I really wanted to say was  hell no. How can a student chef ever really be ready to spend the next three hours preparing a three course meal in a very small, scorching hot kitchen to be judged by the top chefs and food & beverage executives on the island of Oahu.

Also I forgot to mention that this is a "mystery basket" competition. I dont know what ingredients I am going to be given to make the meal until the competition begins. Talk about stress!

I trained for the Chain de Rotisseurs Young Chef Competition event for an entire year. "Mr. Choo, you may begin the competition." said the judge. I quickly grabbed my basket and analyzed every single ingredient, from Moi fish to pungent ginger root. After writing my menu, I began to gather my various ingredients from kosher salt to guitard couverture chocolates. One cut, a couple of burns and a chocolate covered chef's jacket later and I had presented my three course meal. A tremendous weight was lifted off my shoulders once that last course went out to the judges for tasting and evaluation. They held my fate in their hands&.well actually in their knives and forks!

Finally they called my name. "Mr. Choo, first of all congratulations on completing the competition." said the head judge. They had exhausting comments and criticisms on all my food, but the one thing they all agreed on is that I had the best tasting & best looking dessert. I end up with a second place overall finish.

I spent a year practicing for this event:. I endured countless hours over a stove; perfected the perfect red wine sauce; and prepared a dessert with no recipe. Could you put aside your personal life for a year to do a competition? With every competition I do, I grow as a cook and as a person. Life is about making hard decisions, just like a competition where you have to decide whether to make a beurre blanc sauce or beurre noir sauce.">but what I really wanted to say was  hell no. How can a student chef ever really be ready to spend the next three hours preparing a three course meal in a very small, scorching hot kitchen to be judged by the top chefs and food & beverage executives on the island of Oahu.

Also I forgot to mention that this is a "mystery basket" competition. I dont know what ingredients I am going to be given to make the meal until the competition begins. Talk about stress!

I trained for the Chain de Rotisseurs Young Chef Competition event for an entire year. "Mr. Choo, you may begin the competition." said the judge. I quickly grabbed my basket and analyzed every single ingredient, from Moi fish to pungent ginger root. After writing my menu, I began to gather my various ingredients from kosher salt to guitard couverture chocolates. One cut, a couple of burns and a chocolate covered chef's jacket later and I had presented my three course meal. A tremendous weight was lifted off my shoulders once that last course went out to the judges for tasting and evaluation. They held my fate in their hands&.well actually in their knives and forks!

Finally they called my name. "Mr. Choo, first of all congratulations on completing the competition." said the head judge. They had exhausting comments and criticisms on all my food, but the one thing they all agreed on is that I had the best tasting & best looking dessert. I end up with a second place overall finish.

I spent a year practicing for this event:. I endured countless hours over a stove; perfected the perfect red wine sauce; and prepared a dessert with no recipe. Could you put aside your personal life for a year to do a competition? With every competition I do, I grow as a cook and as a person. Life is about making hard decisions, just like a competition where you have to decide whether to make a beurre blanc sauce or beurre noir sauce."> How can a student chef ever really be ready to spend the next three hours preparing a three course meal in a very small, scorching hot kitchen to be judged by the top chefs and food & beverage executives on the island of Oahu.

I trained for the Chain de Rotisseurs Young Chef Competition event for an entire year. "Mr. Choo, you may begin the competition." said the judge. I quickly grabbed my basket and analyzed every single ingredient, from Moi fish to pungent ginger root. After writing my menu, I began to gather my various ingredients from kosher salt to guitard couverture chocolates. One cut, a couple of burns and a chocolate covered chef's jacket later and I had presented my three course meal. A tremendous weight was lifted off my shoulders once that last course went out to the judges for tasting and evaluation. They held my fate in their hands&.well actually in their knives and forks!

Finally they called my name. "Mr. Choo, first of all congratulations on completing the competition." said the head judge. They had exhausting comments and criticisms on all my food, but the one thing they all agreed on is that I had the best tasting & best looking dessert. I end up with a second place overall finish.

I spent a year practicing for this event:. I endured countless hours over a stove; perfected the perfect red wine sauce; and prepared a dessert with no recipe. Could you put aside your personal life for a year to do a competition? With every competition I do, I grow as a cook and as a person. Life is about making hard decisions, just like a competition where you have to decide whether to make a beurre blanc sauce or beurre noir sauce.">but what I really wanted to say was  hell no. How can a student chef ever really be ready to spend the next three hours preparing a three course meal in a very small, scorching hot kitchen to be judged by the top chefs and food & beverage executives on the island of Oahu.

Also I forgot to mention that this is a "mystery basket" competition. I dont know what ingredients I am going to be given to make the meal until the competition begins. Talk about stress!

I trained for the Chain de Rotisseurs Young Chef Competition event for an entire year. "Mr. Choo, you may begin the competition." said the judge. I quickly grabbed my basket and analyzed every single ingredient, from Moi fish to pungent ginger root. After writing my menu, I began to gather my various ingredients from kosher salt to guitard couverture chocolates. One cut, a couple of burns and a chocolate covered chef's jacket later and I had presented my three course meal. A tremendous weight was lifted off my shoulders once that last course went out to the judges for tasting and evaluation. They held my fate in their hands&.well actually in their knives and forks!

Finally they called my name. "Mr. Choo, first of all congratulations on completing the competition." said the head judge. They had exhausting comments and criticisms on all my food, but the one thing they all agreed on is that I had the best tasting & best looking dessert. I end up with a second place overall finish.

I spent a year practicing for this event:. I endured countless hours over a stove; perfected the perfect red wine sauce; and prepared a dessert with no recipe. Could you put aside your personal life for a year to do a competition? With every competition I do, I grow as a cook and as a person. Life is about making hard decisions, just like a competition where you have to decide whether to make a beurre blanc sauce or beurre noir sauce.">

Finally they called my name. "Mr. Choo, first of all congratulations on completing the competition." said the head judge. They had exhausting comments and criticisms on all my food, but the one thing they all agreed on is that I had the best tasting & best looking dessert. I end up with a second place overall finish.

I spent a year practicing for this event:. I endured countless hours over a stove; perfected the perfect red wine sauce; and prepared a dessert with no recipe. Could you put aside your personal life for a year to do a competition? With every competition I do, I grow as a cook and as a person. Life is about making hard decisions, just like a competition where you have to decide whether to make a beurre blanc sauce or beurre noir sauce.">but what I really wanted to say was  hell no. How can a student chef ever really be ready to spend the next three hours preparing a three course meal in a very small, scorching hot kitchen to be judged by the top chefs and food & beverage executives on the island of Oahu.

Also I forgot to mention that this is a "mystery basket" competition. I dont know what ingredients I am going to be given to make the meal until the competition begins. Talk about stress!

I trained for the Chain de Rotisseurs Young Chef Competition event for an entire year. "Mr. Choo, you may begin the competition." said the judge. I quickly grabbed my basket and analyzed every single ingredient, from Moi fish to pungent ginger root. After writing my menu, I began to gather my various ingredients from kosher salt to guitard couverture chocolates. One cut, a couple of burns and a chocolate covered chef's jacket later and I had presented my three course meal. A tremendous weight was lifted off my shoulders once that last course went out to the judges for tasting and evaluation. They held my fate in their hands&.well actually in their knives and forks!

Finally they called my name. "Mr. Choo, first of all congratulations on completing the competition." said the head judge. They had exhausting comments and criticisms on all my food, but the one thing they all agreed on is that I had the best tasting & best looking dessert. I end up with a second place overall finish.

I spent a year practicing for this event:. I endured countless hours over a stove; perfected the perfect red wine sauce; and prepared a dessert with no recipe. Could you put aside your personal life for a year to do a competition? With every competition I do, I grow as a cook and as a person. Life is about making hard decisions, just like a competition where you have to decide whether to make a beurre blanc sauce or beurre noir sauce."> How can a student chef ever really be ready to spend the next three hours preparing a three course meal in a very small, scorching hot kitchen to be judged by the top chefs and food & beverage executives on the island of Oahu.

I trained for the Chain de Rotisseurs Young Chef Competition event for an entire year. "Mr. Choo, you may begin the competition." said the judge. I quickly grabbed my basket and analyzed every single ingredient, from Moi fish to pungent ginger root. After writing my menu, I began to gather my various ingredients from kosher salt to guitard couverture chocolates. One cut, a couple of burns and a chocolate covered chef's jacket later and I had presented my three course meal. A tremendous weight was lifted off my shoulders once that last course went out to the judges for tasting and evaluation. They held my fate in their hands&.well actually in their knives and forks!

Finally they called my name. "Mr. Choo, first of all congratulations on completing the competition." said the head judge. They had exhausting comments and criticisms on all my food, but the one thing they all agreed on is that I had the best tasting & best looking dessert. I end up with a second place overall finish.

I spent a year practicing for this event:. I endured countless hours over a stove; perfected the perfect red wine sauce; and prepared a dessert with no recipe. Could you put aside your personal life for a year to do a competition? With every competition I do, I grow as a cook and as a person. Life is about making hard decisions, just like a competition where you have to decide whether to make a beurre blanc sauce or beurre noir sauce.">but what I really wanted to say was  hell no. How can a student chef ever really be ready to spend the next three hours preparing a three course meal in a very small, scorching hot kitchen to be judged by the top chefs and food & beverage executives on the island of Oahu.

Also I forgot to mention that this is a "mystery basket" competition. I dont know what ingredients I am going to be given to make the meal until the competition begins. Talk about stress!

I trained for the Chain de Rotisseurs Young Chef Competition event for an entire year. "Mr. Choo, you may begin the competition." said the judge. I quickly grabbed my basket and analyzed every single ingredient, from Moi fish to pungent ginger root. After writing my menu, I began to gather my various ingredients from kosher salt to guitard couverture chocolates. One cut, a couple of burns and a chocolate covered chef's jacket later and I had presented my three course meal. A tremendous weight was lifted off my shoulders once that last course went out to the judges for tasting and evaluation. They held my fate in their hands&.well actually in their knives and forks!

Finally they called my name. "Mr. Choo, first of all congratulations on completing the competition." said the head judge. They had exhausting comments and criticisms on all my food, but the one thing they all agreed on is that I had the best tasting & best looking dessert. I end up with a second place overall finish.

I spent a year practicing for this event:. I endured countless hours over a stove; perfected the perfect red wine sauce; and prepared a dessert with no recipe. Could you put aside your personal life for a year to do a competition? With every competition I do, I grow as a cook and as a person. Life is about making hard decisions, just like a competition where you have to decide whether to make a beurre blanc sauce or beurre noir sauce.">

I spent a year practicing for this event:. I endured countless hours over a stove; perfected the perfect red wine sauce; and prepared a dessert with no recipe. Could you put aside your personal life for a year to do a competition? With every competition I do, I grow as a cook and as a person. Life is about making hard decisions, just like a competition where you have to decide whether to make a beurre blanc sauce or beurre noir sauce.">but what I really wanted to say was  hell no. How can a student chef ever really be ready to spend the next three hours preparing a three course meal in a very small, scorching hot kitchen to be judged by the top chefs and food & beverage executives on the island of Oahu.

Also I forgot to mention that this is a "mystery basket" competition. I dont know what ingredients I am going to be given to make the meal until the competition begins. Talk about stress!

I trained for the Chain de Rotisseurs Young Chef Competition event for an entire year. "Mr. Choo, you may begin the competition." said the judge. I quickly grabbed my basket and analyzed every single ingredient, from Moi fish to pungent ginger root. After writing my menu, I began to gather my various ingredients from kosher salt to guitard couverture chocolates. One cut, a couple of burns and a chocolate covered chef's jacket later and I had presented my three course meal. A tremendous weight was lifted off my shoulders once that last course went out to the judges for tasting and evaluation. They held my fate in their hands&.well actually in their knives and forks!

Finally they called my name. "Mr. Choo, first of all congratulations on completing the competition." said the head judge. They had exhausting comments and criticisms on all my food, but the one thing they all agreed on is that I had the best tasting & best looking dessert. I end up with a second place overall finish.

I spent a year practicing for this event:. I endured countless hours over a stove; perfected the perfect red wine sauce; and prepared a dessert with no recipe. Could you put aside your personal life for a year to do a competition? With every competition I do, I grow as a cook and as a person. Life is about making hard decisions, just like a competition where you have to decide whether to make a beurre blanc sauce or beurre noir sauce."> How can a student chef ever really be ready to spend the next three hours preparing a three course meal in a very small, scorching hot kitchen to be judged by the top chefs and food & beverage executives on the island of Oahu.

I trained for the Chain de Rotisseurs Young Chef Competition event for an entire year. "Mr. Choo, you may begin the competition." said the judge. I quickly grabbed my basket and analyzed every single ingredient, from Moi fish to pungent ginger root. After writing my menu, I began to gather my various ingredients from kosher salt to guitard couverture chocolates. One cut, a couple of burns and a chocolate covered chef's jacket later and I had presented my three course meal. A tremendous weight was lifted off my shoulders once that last course went out to the judges for tasting and evaluation. They held my fate in their hands&.well actually in their knives and forks!

Finally they called my name. "Mr. Choo, first of all congratulations on completing the competition." said the head judge. They had exhausting comments and criticisms on all my food, but the one thing they all agreed on is that I had the best tasting & best looking dessert. I end up with a second place overall finish.

I spent a year practicing for this event:. I endured countless hours over a stove; perfected the perfect red wine sauce; and prepared a dessert with no recipe. Could you put aside your personal life for a year to do a competition? With every competition I do, I grow as a cook and as a person. Life is about making hard decisions, just like a competition where you have to decide whether to make a beurre blanc sauce or beurre noir sauce.">but what I really wanted to say was  hell no. How can a student chef ever really be ready to spend the next three hours preparing a three course meal in a very small, scorching hot kitchen to be judged by the top chefs and food & beverage executives on the island of Oahu.

Also I forgot to mention that this is a "mystery basket" competition. I dont know what ingredients I am going to be given to make the meal until the competition begins. Talk about stress!

I trained for the Chain de Rotisseurs Young Chef Competition event for an entire year. "Mr. Choo, you may begin the competition." said the judge. I quickly grabbed my basket and analyzed every single ingredient, from Moi fish to pungent ginger root. After writing my menu, I began to gather my various ingredients from kosher salt to guitard couverture chocolates. One cut, a couple of burns and a chocolate covered chef's jacket later and I had presented my three course meal. A tremendous weight was lifted off my shoulders once that last course went out to the judges for tasting and evaluation. They held my fate in their hands&.well actually in their knives and forks!

Finally they called my name. "Mr. Choo, first of all congratulations on completing the competition." said the head judge. They had exhausting comments and criticisms on all my food, but the one thing they all agreed on is that I had the best tasting & best looking dessert. I end up with a second place overall finish.

I spent a year practicing for this event:. I endured countless hours over a stove; perfected the perfect red wine sauce; and prepared a dessert with no recipe. Could you put aside your personal life for a year to do a competition? With every competition I do, I grow as a cook and as a person. Life is about making hard decisions, just like a competition where you have to decide whether to make a beurre blanc sauce or beurre noir sauce.">

Finally they called my name. "Mr. Choo, first of all congratulations on completing the competition." said the head judge. They had exhausting comments and criticisms on all my food, but the one thing they all agreed on is that I had the best tasting & best looking dessert. I end up with a second place overall finish.

I spent a year practicing for this event:. I endured countless hours over a stove; perfected the perfect red wine sauce; and prepared a dessert with no recipe. Could you put aside your personal life for a year to do a competition? With every competition I do, I grow as a cook and as a person. Life is about making hard decisions, just like a competition where you have to decide whether to make a beurre blanc sauce or beurre noir sauce.">but what I really wanted to say was  hell no. How can a student chef ever really be ready to spend the next three hours preparing a three course meal in a very small, scorching hot kitchen to be judged by the top chefs and food & beverage executives on the island of Oahu.

Also I forgot to mention that this is a "mystery basket" competition. I dont know what ingredients I am going to be given to make the meal until the competition begins. Talk about stress!

I trained for the Chain de Rotisseurs Young Chef Competition event for an entire year. "Mr. Choo, you may begin the competition." said the judge. I quickly grabbed my basket and analyzed every single ingredient, from Moi fish to pungent ginger root. After writing my menu, I began to gather my various ingredients from kosher salt to guitard couverture chocolates. One cut, a couple of burns and a chocolate covered chef's jacket later and I had presented my three course meal. A tremendous weight was lifted off my shoulders once that last course went out to the judges for tasting and evaluation. They held my fate in their hands&.well actually in their knives and forks!

Finally they called my name. "Mr. Choo, first of all congratulations on completing the competition." said the head judge. They had exhausting comments and criticisms on all my food, but the one thing they all agreed on is that I had the best tasting & best looking dessert. I end up with a second place overall finish.

I spent a year practicing for this event:. I endured countless hours over a stove; perfected the perfect red wine sauce; and prepared a dessert with no recipe. Could you put aside your personal life for a year to do a competition? With every competition I do, I grow as a cook and as a person. Life is about making hard decisions, just like a competition where you have to decide whether to make a beurre blanc sauce or beurre noir sauce."> How can a student chef ever really be ready to spend the next three hours preparing a three course meal in a very small, scorching hot kitchen to be judged by the top chefs and food & beverage executives on the island of Oahu.

I trained for the Chain de Rotisseurs Young Chef Competition event for an entire year. "Mr. Choo, you may begin the competition." said the judge. I quickly grabbed my basket and analyzed every single ingredient, from Moi fish to pungent ginger root. After writing my menu, I began to gather my various ingredients from kosher salt to guitard couverture chocolates. One cut, a couple of burns and a chocolate covered chef's jacket later and I had presented my three course meal. A tremendous weight was lifted off my shoulders once that last course went out to the judges for tasting and evaluation. They held my fate in their hands&.well actually in their knives and forks!

Finally they called my name. "Mr. Choo, first of all congratulations on completing the competition." said the head judge. They had exhausting comments and criticisms on all my food, but the one thing they all agreed on is that I had the best tasting & best looking dessert. I end up with a second place overall finish.

I spent a year practicing for this event:. I endured countless hours over a stove; perfected the perfect red wine sauce; and prepared a dessert with no recipe. Could you put aside your personal life for a year to do a competition? With every competition I do, I grow as a cook and as a person. Life is about making hard decisions, just like a competition where you have to decide whether to make a beurre blanc sauce or beurre noir sauce.">but what I really wanted to say was  hell no. How can a student chef ever really be ready to spend the next three hours preparing a three course meal in a very small, scorching hot kitchen to be judged by the top chefs and food & beverage executives on the island of Oahu.

Also I forgot to mention that this is a "mystery basket" competition. I dont know what ingredients I am going to be given to make the meal until the competition begins. Talk about stress!

I trained for the Chain de Rotisseurs Young Chef Competition event for an entire year. "Mr. Choo, you may begin the competition." said the judge. I quickly grabbed my basket and analyzed every single ingredient, from Moi fish to pungent ginger root. After writing my menu, I began to gather my various ingredients from kosher salt to guitard couverture chocolates. One cut, a couple of burns and a chocolate covered chef's jacket later and I had presented my three course meal. A tremendous weight was lifted off my shoulders once that last course went out to the judges for tasting and evaluation. They held my fate in their hands&.well actually in their knives and forks!

Finally they called my name. "Mr. Choo, first of all congratulations on completing the competition." said the head judge. They had exhausting comments and criticisms on all my food, but the one thing they all agreed on is that I had the best tasting & best looking dessert. I end up with a second place overall finish.

I spent a year practicing for this event:. I endured countless hours over a stove; perfected the perfect red wine sauce; and prepared a dessert with no recipe. Could you put aside your personal life for a year to do a competition? With every competition I do, I grow as a cook and as a person. Life is about making hard decisions, just like a competition where you have to decide whether to make a beurre blanc sauce or beurre noir sauce."> I trained for the Chain de Rotisseurs Young Chef Competition event for an entire year. "Mr. Choo, you may begin the competition." said the judge. I quickly grabbed my basket and analyzed every single ingredient, from Moi fish to pungent ginger root. After writing my menu, I began to gather my various ingredients from kosher salt to guitard couverture chocolates. One cut, a couple of burns and a chocolate covered chef's jacket later and I had presented my three course meal. A tremendous weight was lifted off my shoulders once that last course went out to the judges for tasting and evaluation. They held my fate in their hands&.well actually in their knives and forks!

Finally they called my name. "Mr. Choo, first of all congratulations on completing the competition." said the head judge. They had exhausting comments and criticisms on all my food, but the one thing they all agreed on is that I had the best tasting & best looking dessert. I end up with a second place overall finish.

I spent a year practicing for this event:. I endured countless hours over a stove; perfected the perfect red wine sauce; and prepared a dessert with no recipe. Could you put aside your personal life for a year to do a competition? With every competition I do, I grow as a cook and as a person. Life is about making hard decisions, just like a competition where you have to decide whether to make a beurre blanc sauce or beurre noir sauce."> How can a student chef ever really be ready to spend the next three hours preparing a three course meal in a very small, scorching hot kitchen to be judged by the top chefs and food & beverage executives on the island of Oahu.

I trained for the Chain de Rotisseurs Young Chef Competition event for an entire year. "Mr. Choo, you may begin the competition." said the judge. I quickly grabbed my basket and analyzed every single ingredient, from Moi fish to pungent ginger root. After writing my menu, I began to gather my various ingredients from kosher salt to guitard couverture chocolates. One cut, a couple of burns and a chocolate covered chef's jacket later and I had presented my three course meal. A tremendous weight was lifted off my shoulders once that last course went out to the judges for tasting and evaluation. They held my fate in their hands&.well actually in their knives and forks!

Finally they called my name. "Mr. Choo, first of all congratulations on completing the competition." said the head judge. They had exhausting comments and criticisms on all my food, but the one thing they all agreed on is that I had the best tasting & best looking dessert. I end up with a second place overall finish.

I spent a year practicing for this event:. I endured countless hours over a stove; perfected the perfect red wine sauce; and prepared a dessert with no recipe. Could you put aside your personal life for a year to do a competition? With every competition I do, I grow as a cook and as a person. Life is about making hard decisions, just like a competition where you have to decide whether to make a beurre blanc sauce or beurre noir sauce.">but what I really wanted to say was  hell no. How can a student chef ever really be ready to spend the next three hours preparing a three course meal in a very small, scorching hot kitchen to be judged by the top chefs and food & beverage executives on the island of Oahu.

Also I forgot to mention that this is a "mystery basket" competition. I dont know what ingredients I am going to be given to make the meal until the competition begins. Talk about stress!

I trained for the Chain de Rotisseurs Young Chef Competition event for an entire year. "Mr. Choo, you may begin the competition." said the judge. I quickly grabbed my basket and analyzed every single ingredient, from Moi fish to pungent ginger root. After writing my menu, I began to gather my various ingredients from kosher salt to guitard couverture chocolates. One cut, a couple of burns and a chocolate covered chef's jacket later and I had presented my three course meal. A tremendous weight was lifted off my shoulders once that last course went out to the judges for tasting and evaluation. They held my fate in their hands&.well actually in their knives and forks!

Finally they called my name. "Mr. Choo, first of all congratulations on completing the competition." said the head judge. They had exhausting comments and criticisms on all my food, but the one thing they all agreed on is that I had the best tasting & best looking dessert. I end up with a second place overall finish.

I spent a year practicing for this event:. I endured countless hours over a stove; perfected the perfect red wine sauce; and prepared a dessert with no recipe. Could you put aside your personal life for a year to do a competition? With every competition I do, I grow as a cook and as a person. Life is about making hard decisions, just like a competition where you have to decide whether to make a beurre blanc sauce or beurre noir sauce.">

Finally they called my name. "Mr. Choo, first of all congratulations on completing the competition." said the head judge. They had exhausting comments and criticisms on all my food, but the one thing they all agreed on is that I had the best tasting & best looking dessert. I end up with a second place overall finish.

I spent a year practicing for this event:. I endured countless hours over a stove; perfected the perfect red wine sauce; and prepared a dessert with no recipe. Could you put aside your personal life for a year to do a competition? With every competition I do, I grow as a cook and as a person. Life is about making hard decisions, just like a competition where you have to decide whether to make a beurre blanc sauce or beurre noir sauce.">but what I really wanted to say was  hell no. How can a student chef ever really be ready to spend the next three hours preparing a three course meal in a very small, scorching hot kitchen to be judged by the top chefs and food & beverage executives on the island of Oahu.

Also I forgot to mention that this is a "mystery basket" competition. I dont know what ingredients I am going to be given to make the meal until the competition begins. Talk about stress!

I trained for the Chain de Rotisseurs Young Chef Competition event for an entire year. "Mr. Choo, you may begin the competition." said the judge. I quickly grabbed my basket and analyzed every single ingredient, from Moi fish to pungent ginger root. After writing my menu, I began to gather my various ingredients from kosher salt to guitard couverture chocolates. One cut, a couple of burns and a chocolate covered chef's jacket later and I had presented my three course meal. A tremendous weight was lifted off my shoulders once that last course went out to the judges for tasting and evaluation. They held my fate in their hands&.well actually in their knives and forks!

Finally they called my name. "Mr. Choo, first of all congratulations on completing the competition." said the head judge. They had exhausting comments and criticisms on all my food, but the one thing they all agreed on is that I had the best tasting & best looking dessert. I end up with a second place overall finish.

I spent a year practicing for this event:. I endured countless hours over a stove; perfected the perfect red wine sauce; and prepared a dessert with no recipe. Could you put aside your personal life for a year to do a competition? With every competition I do, I grow as a cook and as a person. Life is about making hard decisions, just like a competition where you have to decide whether to make a beurre blanc sauce or beurre noir sauce."> How can a student chef ever really be ready to spend the next three hours preparing a three course meal in a very small, scorching hot kitchen to be judged by the top chefs and food & beverage executives on the island of Oahu.

I trained for the Chain de Rotisseurs Young Chef Competition event for an entire year. "Mr. Choo, you may begin the competition." said the judge. I quickly grabbed my basket and analyzed every single ingredient, from Moi fish to pungent ginger root. After writing my menu, I began to gather my various ingredients from kosher salt to guitard couverture chocolates. One cut, a couple of burns and a chocolate covered chef's jacket later and I had presented my three course meal. A tremendous weight was lifted off my shoulders once that last course went out to the judges for tasting and evaluation. They held my fate in their hands&.well actually in their knives and forks!

Finally they called my name. "Mr. Choo, first of all congratulations on completing the competition." said the head judge. They had exhausting comments and criticisms on all my food, but the one thing they all agreed on is that I had the best tasting & best looking dessert. I end up with a second place overall finish.

I spent a year practicing for this event:. I endured countless hours over a stove; perfected the perfect red wine sauce; and prepared a dessert with no recipe. Could you put aside your personal life for a year to do a competition? With every competition I do, I grow as a cook and as a person. Life is about making hard decisions, just like a competition where you have to decide whether to make a beurre blanc sauce or beurre noir sauce.">but what I really wanted to say was  hell no. How can a student chef ever really be ready to spend the next three hours preparing a three course meal in a very small, scorching hot kitchen to be judged by the top chefs and food & beverage executives on the island of Oahu.

Also I forgot to mention that this is a "mystery basket" competition. I dont know what ingredients I am going to be given to make the meal until the competition begins. Talk about stress!

I trained for the Chain de Rotisseurs Young Chef Competition event for an entire year. "Mr. Choo, you may begin the competition." said the judge. I quickly grabbed my basket and analyzed every single ingredient, from Moi fish to pungent ginger root. After writing my menu, I began to gather my various ingredients from kosher salt to guitard couverture chocolates. One cut, a couple of burns and a chocolate covered chef's jacket later and I had presented my three course meal. A tremendous weight was lifted off my shoulders once that last course went out to the judges for tasting and evaluation. They held my fate in their hands&.well actually in their knives and forks!

Finally they called my name. "Mr. Choo, first of all congratulations on completing the competition." said the head judge. They had exhausting comments and criticisms on all my food, but the one thing they all agreed on is that I had the best tasting & best looking dessert. I end up with a second place overall finish.

I spent a year practicing for this event:. I endured countless hours over a stove; perfected the perfect red wine sauce; and prepared a dessert with no recipe. Could you put aside your personal life for a year to do a competition? With every competition I do, I grow as a cook and as a person. Life is about making hard decisions, just like a competition where you have to decide whether to make a beurre blanc sauce or beurre noir sauce.">

I spent a year practicing for this event:. I endured countless hours over a stove; perfected the perfect red wine sauce; and prepared a dessert with no recipe. Could you put aside your personal life for a year to do a competition? With every competition I do, I grow as a cook and as a person. Life is about making hard decisions, just like a competition where you have to decide whether to make a beurre blanc sauce or beurre noir sauce.">but what I really wanted to say was  hell no. How can a student chef ever really be ready to spend the next three hours preparing a three course meal in a very small, scorching hot kitchen to be judged by the top chefs and food & beverage executives on the island of Oahu.

Also I forgot to mention that this is a "mystery basket" competition. I dont know what ingredients I am going to be given to make the meal until the competition begins. Talk about stress!

I trained for the Chain de Rotisseurs Young Chef Competition event for an entire year. "Mr. Choo, you may begin the competition." said the judge. I quickly grabbed my basket and analyzed every single ingredient, from Moi fish to pungent ginger root. After writing my menu, I began to gather my various ingredients from kosher salt to guitard couverture chocolates. One cut, a couple of burns and a chocolate covered chef's jacket later and I had presented my three course meal. A tremendous weight was lifted off my shoulders once that last course went out to the judges for tasting and evaluation. They held my fate in their hands&.well actually in their knives and forks!

Finally they called my name. "Mr. Choo, first of all congratulations on completing the competition." said the head judge. They had exhausting comments and criticisms on all my food, but the one thing they all agreed on is that I had the best tasting & best looking dessert. I end up with a second place overall finish.

I spent a year practicing for this event:. I endured countless hours over a stove; perfected the perfect red wine sauce; and prepared a dessert with no recipe. Could you put aside your personal life for a year to do a competition? With every competition I do, I grow as a cook and as a person. Life is about making hard decisions, just like a competition where you have to decide whether to make a beurre blanc sauce or beurre noir sauce."> How can a student chef ever really be ready to spend the next three hours preparing a three course meal in a very small, scorching hot kitchen to be judged by the top chefs and food & beverage executives on the island of Oahu.

I trained for the Chain de Rotisseurs Young Chef Competition event for an entire year. "Mr. Choo, you may begin the competition." said the judge. I quickly grabbed my basket and analyzed every single ingredient, from Moi fish to pungent ginger root. After writing my menu, I began to gather my various ingredients from kosher salt to guitard couverture chocolates. One cut, a couple of burns and a chocolate covered chef's jacket later and I had presented my three course meal. A tremendous weight was lifted off my shoulders once that last course went out to the judges for tasting and evaluation. They held my fate in their hands&.well actually in their knives and forks!

Finally they called my name. "Mr. Choo, first of all congratulations on completing the competition." said the head judge. They had exhausting comments and criticisms on all my food, but the one thing they all agreed on is that I had the best tasting & best looking dessert. I end up with a second place overall finish.

I spent a year practicing for this event:. I endured countless hours over a stove; perfected the perfect red wine sauce; and prepared a dessert with no recipe. Could you put aside your personal life for a year to do a competition? With every competition I do, I grow as a cook and as a person. Life is about making hard decisions, just like a competition where you have to decide whether to make a beurre blanc sauce or beurre noir sauce.">but what I really wanted to say was  hell no. How can a student chef ever really be ready to spend the next three hours preparing a three course meal in a very small, scorching hot kitchen to be judged by the top chefs and food & beverage executives on the island of Oahu.

Also I forgot to mention that this is a "mystery basket" competition. I dont know what ingredients I am going to be given to make the meal until the competition begins. Talk about stress!

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Finally they called my name. "Mr. Choo, first of all congratulations on completing the competition." said the head judge. They had exhausting comments and criticisms on all my food, but the one thing they all agreed on is that I had the best tasting & best looking dessert. I end up with a second place overall finish.