Lowell placed his vote on Fei Xiaomo’s box.

"From the first round with her soup dumplings, I haven’t been able to forget. I’ve been eagerly anticipating what surprise Fei Xiaomo would bring me today. However, I was a bit worried, fearing that her excellent performance in the preliminaries might have prematurely exhausted her culinary creativity. Even if today’s performance was just average, it would be disappointing to me."

"But unexpectedly, Fei Xiaomo did not let me down. She proved with her actions that she could do even better, and it’s not just a one-time creative flair," Lowell said. "Creativity doesn’t come out of thin air; it’s more from the perspective of the diners. Such creativity, in my view, is even more commendable than relying solely on imagination."

"I also hope that regardless of whether the contestants advance or are eliminated, they will approach their cooking more from the perspective of the diners in the future," Lowell said.

Except for Ye Fei, all the contestants looked unwell, unable to hide their shock.

Gu Changfeng, Lowell, and Ye Huasong, these three together made 30 votes!

The audience’s vote accounted for a total of 1,000 votes, which seemed like a lot, but with 40 contestants, if evenly distributed, each would only get 25 votes!

Of course, the final votes wouldn’t be evenly distributed, some would receive more, some less.

But even so, there wouldn’t be an excessively disproportionate amount.

These 30 votes were crucial and might even secure victory.

Even if not in first place, it would at least ensure not being eliminated.

Everyone had a good idea of how many guests they had.

Surpassing this number of votes would be hard!

It’s even possible that Ye Fei might make a comeback because of these 30 votes!

Shi Jiumei’s expression kept changing. If she got eliminated while Ye Fei advanced, how would she save face!

After Lowell finished speaking, he nodded at Gu Changfeng.

At this moment, An Haiyin took the stage again: "The judges have all finished their comments, now the staff will organize the votes on site. We have installed monitoring devices in every corner of this stage to ensure 360-degree coverage. The audience can also supervise through several screens present here."

On site, 40 staff members, each responsible for one box, displayed the boxes for the audience to see.

When 1,000 votes were divided among the staff, there weren’t too many left, and they could be quickly tallied.

Other staff members would then conduct a final check to ensure no votes were missed.

Finally, the staff recorded the vote counts, added them all up, and confirmed that there were precisely 1,000 votes, without any mistakes.

"Next, the results will be displayed on the big screen," An Haiyin announced.

In the audience, the little one nervously stared at the screen.

Even though he was confident in Ye Fei, he still felt tense at this critical moment.

Xiao Mo didn’t know too many words yet, but he recognized Ye Fei’s name.

"Don’t worry, we have confidence in Xiao Fei," the elderly lady reassured, though she was quite nervous herself.

"Mm!" The little one tightly grasped the elderly lady’s hand.

"Xiao Fei has already secured 30 votes from the judges, and considering the number of spectators who went to her station, the calculation is more or less accurate. Securing the first place is possible," Zhao Gushen said. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

"Really?" Chi Jingsi was surprised.

"Even if she’s not in first place, her ranking will still be high for sure, and she won’t be eliminated," Zhao Gushen said with confidence, as if the results were already out.