According to historical records, the earliest female chef in China was in the Tang Dynasty. China's first famous pastry chef, Little Ren Mei, only existed in the Song Dynasty. I don't know that Fushan, the hometown of Shandong cuisine, had a female chef before the Tang and Song Dynasties? They are not only exquisite and meticulous in cooking, but also invented "Beng", which is listed as one of the main cooking methods in China, and made outstanding contributions to China cooking.

Six of the top ten famous chefs in ancient times were women, and many of them had both beauty and cooking skills:

Shanzu--a famous female chef in tang dynasty. All the famous foods in the book Youyang Miscellaneous Language compiled by Duan are from the ancestors.

Zheng Fan, a famous nun and cook in the Five Dynasties, is famous for creating a landscape platter called "Wangchuan Xiaoxiang", which combines dishes with plastic arts to make dishes full of landscape and poetry.

Liu Niangzi, a female chef in the Gaozong Palace in the Southern Song Dynasty. The first court cook in history was called "Shang Niangzi".

Song Wusao-a famous folk female chef in Southern Song Dynasty. Emperor Zhao Gou visited the West Lake by dragon boat. He once tasted its fish soup and was full of praise, so he became famous and was regarded as the "great master" of fish.

Dong Xiaowan, a famous prostitute in Qinhuai in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, was famous for cooking cakes, especially for peach paste, melon paste and pickles. At present, Yangzhou is famous for stuffing fragrant winter candy and rolling crisp winter candy, both of which were created by her.

Xiao was a famous female pastry chef in Qing Dynasty, who was famous for making steamed bread, cakes, jiaozi and other snacks. Yuan Mei spoke highly of her, praising her snacks as "small and lovely, as white as snow" in the accompanying food list.