The 31st Chinese Chef Festival was held in Chaozhou in November

On November 1, the China Cuisine Association and the Chaozhou Municipal People's Government held a press conference
through a combination of online and offline forms.
The reporter learned from the meeting that the 31st China Chef Festival will be held
in Chaozhou City from November 17 to November 19.
Deng Li, vice president of the China Cuisine Association, and Zhu Dan, vice mayor of Chaozhou Municipal People's Government
, briefed the media on the preparations for the 31st China Chef Festival.
Tong Lin, vice president and secretary general of the China Cuisine Association, Qiao Jie, vice presidents Qiao Jie, Wu Ying, and director of the Chaozhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce Chen Xiaodan attended the meeting
as observers.

This year's Chef Festival is sponsored by the China Cuisine Association and the Chaozhou Municipal People's Government, undertaken by the Chaozhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce and the Zhongshan Counterpart Chaozhou Headquarters, co-organized by 10 companies such as the World Federation of Restaurants, and strongly supported
by the Guangdong Catering Service Industry Association and the Guangdong Cuisine Association.
With the theme of "Food in Waves, Sharing Across the World", this year's Chef Festival aims to promote the sustainable recovery of the catering economy, the transformation and upgrading of the catering industry, and promote the high-quality development of
Chaozhou's economy and society.

Vice President Deng Li said that the China Cuisine Association, the Chaozhou Municipal People's Government, the Chaozhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce and a number of local catering industry organizations in Chaozhou jointly established a working group for the preparation of the Chef's Festival, timely and steadily promoted the work of the Chef's Festival, and launched the 100-day countdown work plan
.
At present, the event venue, supporting facilities, shuttle vehicles, conference staff to stay in the hotel and other preparations have been prepared
.
In terms of service guarantee, an epidemic emergency prevention and control team
has been established.
The host venue of the Chef's Festival has implemented fully closed management, and will make every effort to ensure the hygiene and epidemic prevention safety of the personnel, goods and venues at the Chef's Festival
according to the overall plan for epidemic prevention and control work and the special plan for epidemic prevention and control in the venue and exhibition area.

In terms of activity content, this year's Chefs Festival carefully prepared a series of special activities
in three parts: conference forum, cooking event, exhibition and display.

In the conference forum part, the opening ceremony of the 31st China Chef Festival and Teochew Food Festival, the "National Intangible Cultural Heritage Teochew Cuisine" Cultural Inheritance and Innovation Forum, the China Chefs Day Welcome Dinner - "Food Like a Tide" Tasting Meeting, the 2021 China Culinary Masters Hall of Fame Master-Apprentice Inheritance Certification Ceremony and Teochew Culinary Masters Inheritance Certification Ceremony, the 2021 Golden Chef Award, the 2021 Most Beautiful Chef Award Ceremony, The closing ceremony of the 31st China Chef Festival and the handover ceremony of the 32nd China Chef Festival were a variety of activities
.

In the cooking competition part, the China Cuisine Association and the Chaozhou Municipal People's Government jointly held the 31st China Chef Festival Special Competition - China Teochew Cuisine Cooking Competition
.
Through the cooking competition, it focuses on displaying the level of Chinese Teochew cuisine cooking skills, building a professional exchange platform, enhancing the influence of Teochew cuisine, and promoting the inheritance and innovation
of Teochew cuisine.

In the exhibition and display part, the way of "culture + brand + technology + display" is used to create a strong cultural atmosphere of Teochew cuisine, highlighting the value and charm
of Teochew cuisine culture.
The exhibition includes the 31st China Chef Festival Expo and Chaozhou Food Festival, rural revitalization theme banquet exhibition and other contents
.

Despite the adverse effects of risks and uncertainties such as the pandemic, preparations for this edition of the Chef's Festival are still running in an orderly manner
.
At the press conference, Zhu Dan, vice mayor of Chaozhou Municipal People's Government, said that Chaozhou City plans this year's China Chef Festival series of activities with the core concept of "hometown taste, local cuisine, and Chinese dream", and pays tribute
to the motherland with the urban style of Chaozhou City and the authentic flavor of Teochew cuisine 。 Combined with theoretical discussions, skill displays, food tasting and other forms, tell the story of Teochew cuisine well, polish the signboard of Teochew cuisine, inherit the excellent local culture, boost the development of the Cantonese cuisine industry, promote the exchange and cooperation of the catering industry in various places, promote Teochew cuisine from the table to people's livelihood, from satisfying food and clothing to striving for prosperity and strength, from inheriting the taste of hometown to going international, helping Chaozhou to create a "world capital of cuisine" and better meet the people's growing needs for
a better life.

(Jiang Mei)

Responsible Editor: Zhao Yu Review: Wang Jinchen