1. Association declaration: The district/county or prefecture-level cooking (catering) association will formally write an article introducing the local catering industry in detail, and submit it to the China Cuisine Association together with relevant supporting materials, and send a copy to the provincial association. 2. Local recommendation: the provincial association issues a letter of recommendation or specific opinions.

3. Preliminary examination: The office of the Certification Center of China Cuisine Association conducts preliminary examination and screening of the submitted materials, and issues a certification notice to those who meet the basic conditions.

4. Comprehensive inspection: Within 60 working days after passing the preliminary examination, the Office of the Accreditation Center of China Cuisine Association will organize an inspection and accreditation group to conduct comprehensive inspection.

5. Issue report: The inspection team issues an inspection report, notifies the local association and submits it to the China Cuisine Association for approval.

6. Online publicity: The Association will publicize the approval results on the "online catering website" for 15 days to receive social feedback.

7. Certification: During the publicity period, if there is no different opinion or feedback, but it is verified that it does not damage the certification result or conflict with the certification conditions, China Cuisine Association will award the corresponding title, officially publish the text and issue a plaque.

8. Publicity: China Cuisine Association will use online media "Dining Online", "Dining World" and "China Cuisine Information" for special reports.

9. Review: China Cuisine Association will review the appraisal items with corresponding titles within five years.