Ancient court chefs were not eunuchs, but normal people. They didn't need to be clean and their pay was not low. Ancient court chefs were selected at different levels, and they had strict requirements on cooking, physical health and family background, and they must be healthy people and have regular physical examinations. A court chef is a person who cooks for emperors, imperial concubines, princesses and princes. They also tried to poison the emperor's food. They have superb cooking skills. At the same time, chefs with good cooking skills were rewarded by the emperor, and extra rewards were given to special personnel who poisoned the emperor's food. Therefore, the ancient court chef was a very popular profession.

Ancient eunuchs were castrated, lost their sexual ability and served the royal family. In ancient times, eunuchs were not allowed to participate in politics and could only deal with palace chores. In ancient times, royal chefs didn't need to serve in the inner palace. Their place of work was called Imperial Chef. Ancient chefs, like cabinet ministers, only had fixed office space and positions in the palace, and they could only move in the workplace, and they were supervised by special personnel.

In ancient times, court chefs had superb cooking skills. They provided food and drinks for the emperor. In ancient times, there were hundreds of people in Yangxin Hall alone. According to historical records, "Yangxintang Imperial Restaurant" is equipped with 2 directors, 2 deputy directors, 27 directors, 2 foremen, 20 directors, 20 contractors, 44 contractors, 2 reminders, 6 reminders and 57 cooks with three flags, and recruits cooks.