My Lady Chef novel Chapter 101

Ely's POV:

A month later......

Maybe I should lay low for a while.

It has been a month since I returned home with my husband.

He left Sir Oswald in charge of dispersing the army and escorted me home.

He had no time to relax though, reports needed to be made to the king, land grants from my husband's senior knights have to be drafted and given to the Royal Secretariat Office along with visiting the King to relay personal reports so he spends most of his time at the Palace.

And I was also kept busy since I received letters from Chef Neo about the new menu additions for the cafe, another proposal from various nobles who wanted to invest in my next business and there are also the plans to expand and open another cafe.

It seems like the appeal of Cafe Terra being open to everyone was going strong. It was the only place where nobles and middle classes can mingle and enjoy good food at affordable prices.

As I sat reading the numerous reports from Pierce and Hubert. I guess it is time to consider opening another food place but I wanted to earn the capital myself.

I was at my study inside the culinary house deep in thoughts when I heard someone knock on the door.

"Enter."

"Milady, there is an unexpected visitor to see you. They are waiting at the main house." Beatrice, one of my culinary housemaids came in and looked nervous.

Linda and I exchanged glances. Something is not right. No one usually pays a visit without informing me in advance.

So it is not a lady or a noble.

Could it be from the Palace?

"Give me their calling card, Beatrice."

The maid handed me a gold foiled card. and bowed while inching away as I looked down.

"Johanne Smythe, Representative of the Kalderosian Culinary Institute for Higher Learning." I read the name.

Raime's alma mater?

What do they want with me?

"Milady, It is rude for a mere representative to come into the ducal state without a visitation letter." Linda frowned.

"I know. Beatrice, please relay that I am not receiving guests without an approved visitation letter and have the knights see them out."

The girl nodded and left as I laid the card on the table as I finished replying to letters before I went down to run some food trials in the second kitchen.

A kitchen exclusively designed for running food trials on dishes I want to create. Ever since the boxes of exotic spices and preserved pots of miso, oils, lye water and other dried ingredient arrived courtesy of Prince Ryu. I have been immersed in recreating my favorite Asian style dishes from my old world.

I mean pastas, steaks and cakes are nice and good but I do miss eating wontons, ramen and even an occasional banh mi sandwich.