[ It is definitely she that he is smiling at and fawning over. Her talent in culinary ventures is really quite plain to him! As someone who did not spend a lot of time in front of a stove himself, he is very impressed. She may be very tiny compared to him but that matters not. He can see how very big her performance is.

It doesn't even seem to deter him that she's not even responding to him immediately. However, he does visibly brighten when she does address him. ]

I knew it! I could tell immediately that cooking was something you felt passion for.

[ He grins broadly. ]

And with such ingredients, at that! Have you worked with this before?