“I didn’t expect there to be so many delicious foods in Southern Hunan.” A chef from Lianzhou, Guangdong Province was impressed by the unique and famous cuisine in southern Hunan when he participated in the first Southern Hunan Famous Cuisine Exchange Conference held in Jinduhui Hotel of Guiyang County on December 26.
On that day, the top ten famous cuisine skills competition in Guiyang County was also held. Delicious and good-looking dishes like chicken rolls with garlic were mouthwatering.
Food is an important cultural brand of a city, and an important driving force for tourism and consumption in a place. Guiyang is known as an ancient county with a-thousand-year history. Relying on its unique environment and resource advantages, it has developed various specialties and unique culinary culture, enriching people’s taste buds, and making it a hometown of gourmet food.
Since this year, the local government has developed and promoted “top ten famous cuisine in Guiyang County”, explored and innovated famous and characteristic dishes of Guiyang County, and spread Guiyang cuisine to the whole province.
At the same time, it has actively sought cooperation between agriculture and catering, made the rural industrial supply chain stronger, and extended the industrial chain. It has also promoted the new model and form of tourism plus food plus entertainment, and boosted the integrated development of the catering industry.
Taking advantage of opportunities such as the second Hunan Tourism Development Conference and the Hunan Main Venue of the Chinese Farmers’ Harvest Festival, various food competitions and service skill training sessions have been carried out, which brought fame to local specialty food culture gradually, continuous expansion of hot spots of tourism consumption, and new vitality to economic development.