The rule of the Cooking Contest was to let the participants choose the new generation of apprentices to compete.
After all, most of the dishes people ate in the restaurant were cooked by them.
Moreover, it was too boring to let a group of experienced cooks compete with one another.
Furthermore, they were unwilling to participate. All of them were lazy. They would rather torment their own apprentices.
The Chester family's apprentices were mediocre in recent years. They would probably be eliminated in the first round.
Archer's son was even more muddle-headed. After entering college, he started his own business and was unwilling to enter the kitchen at all.
No matter how talented he was, if he didn't want to do it, Archer couldn't put a knife on his neck and let him cook.
If Archer's son agreed to participate, it was hard to say whether the food he made would be edible or not.