Guangzhou International Food Festival continues to grow and develop, and is gradually recognized by people from all walks of life, and even recognized as the "business card" of Guangzhou by people at home and abroad, becoming the epitome and focus of Guangzhou's gourmet metropolis. As an annual tourism and catering event in Guangzhou, Guangzhou International Food Festival has attracted a large number of professionals at home and abroad and the general public to participate. It has played a very good role in promoting Chinese food culture, especially Guangzhou's unique food culture, strengthening exchanges and cooperation between tourism and catering circles at home and abroad, stimulating domestic demand, stimulating consumption, promoting Guangzhou's social, economic and tourism development, and enriching citizens' holiday life. 1983, Guangzhou Restaurant held an "Appreciation Exhibition of Famous Cuisine", which was regarded as the predecessor of Guangzhou (International) Food Festival.
From September 25th 1987 to February 10, the first Guangzhou (International) Food Festival was grandly opened. In order to adapt to the development of catering industry, Guangzhou Tourism Bureau and Guangzhou Catering Service Company held the first Guangzhou Food Festival according to the requirements of catering enterprises. During the Food Festival, the organizing committee sent a food evaluation team to the catering enterprises to conduct on-site evaluation of the famous dishes and scenic spots recommended by the enterprises, and 703 dishes were selected. The food jury consists of experts, gourmets and journalists. The holding of the food festival aroused great public interest, and people went to restaurants to taste delicious food. During the food festival, 25 famous chefs from Yangzhou, Sichuan, Xi, Hainan and Tianjin were invited to perform their skills.
1988101October 13 to1kloc-0/51October 65438+94 The exhibitors of the 2nd Guangzhou (International) Food Festival exhibited 757 kinds of delicacies. 1September 28th, 989 to 10/October 28th, the 3rd Guangzhou (International) Food Festival was held with 95 participants. The theme of this food festival is to review the development of Guangzhou catering industry in the 40 years since its establishment in New China. There are 849 kinds of delicacies on display, including 1956 kinds of famous dishes, 175 kinds of excellent dishes, and 1983 kinds of famous dishes, famous snacks named by the municipal government during the exhibition. 1987, 1988 Guangzhou Food Festival won 3 10 dishes, and 1988 won 2/kloc-0 dishes in the National Cooking Competition held by the Ministry of Commerce and the National "Golden Top Award" food.
1September 25th, 990 to 65438+3 1 year1October 30th, the 4th Guangzhou (International) Food Festival took Oriental Paradise as the main venue, and opened a street with 44 stalls. This year's Food Festival introduced the cooking competition for the first time, and at the same time held the cooking competition of celebrity chefs. A total of 86 chefs and 60 assistants from 27 restaurants participated. The competition is divided into three categories: cooking skills, dim sum making and stunt performance, with a total of 22 events. Famous teachers and newcomers from 10 hotels and restaurants cooked 20 famous dishes and soups on the spot.
Guangzhou International Food Festival from 199 1 to 1993.
1994 The 8th Guangzhou (International) Food Festival was jointly organized by Guangzhou Tourism Bureau and Guangzhou Catering Service Company. The Food Festival selects brand-name foods and innovative foods, and all dishes that have won the title of food are issued with signboards and hung in enterprise stores. All the selected famous dishes are on display at Panxi Restaurant in Guangzhou for the public to visit.
1995 The selected food of the 9th Guangzhou (International) Food Festival was exhibited in the Garden Hotel, a five-star hotel, and the food selection team went deep into restaurants and hotels to select the food.
1996 The 10th Guangzhou (International) Food Festival 1998 The level of the 12th Guangzhou (International) Food Festival has been greatly improved. First of all, Guangzhou Food Festival was renamed Guangzhou International Food Festival because it absorbed foreign cuisines such as Sichuan cuisine, Shandong cuisine, Beijing cuisine, Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisine, Hunan cuisine, Northeast cuisine, court cuisine, Japanese cuisine, Korean cuisine, Vietnamese cuisine and other foreign flavors and halal cuisine, which reflected the international theme of focusing on food and featured Lingnan customs. Secondly, 1998 Guangzhou international food festival food culture and management seminar was held during the food festival. This year's Guangzhou International Food Festival has a main venue in tianhe sports center, which is larger than previous ones. 10 received a total of 800,000 person-times, with sales of nearly 50 million yuan. Tianhe sports center has become a tourist attraction integrating food, entertainment and commerce.
1999 The 13th Guangzhou (International) Food Festival was held at the same time as Guangdong Tourism Festival and Guangdong Happy Festival, and the festive atmosphere was everywhere in Guangzhou. Most of the food varieties exhibited at the food festival are very innovative and marketable, reflecting the fierce competition in the catering market.
In 2000, the 14th Guangzhou International Food Festival was held simultaneously with the National Chef Festival, and a forum was held again to exchange cooking skills. 200 1 The 15th Guangzhou International Food Festival was held from February 2 1 day to1October 3, 2002, lasting 14 days. Activities such as Guangdong famous chef performance, Guangdong famous dish banquet auction and one-day tour of Guangzhou gourmet shop have been added. The 18th Guangzhou (International) Food Festival was grandly opened in the Cultural Park from June 07 to June 5438+065438+1October 28, 2004. Combined with the 5th China Cuisine World Competition, with the theme of "making friends with famous chefs and enriching Guangzhou's food culture", hundreds of kinds of cuisines are gathered, and the variety is staggering. The World Cooking Competition held during this period is the highlight of attracting tourists. Against the backdrop of the beautiful scenery of autumn chrysanthemum, the food is more delicious, and the exquisite dishes and the wonderful performances of international chefs at the venue just become the most beautiful scenery in the audience. The cultural park has become more and more lively than ever. Whether it is food, kitchen food or photography lovers, they all gather together just to fill their greedy mouths and eyes. This year's Food Festival started with the 5th China Cooking World Competition, which was held simultaneously with the China Cooking World Competition, with 200,000 participants. Holding two world-class catering industry events at the same time will certainly enrich Guangzhou's catering culture and make the connotation of "eating in Guangzhou" more substantial and far-reaching.
On June 25th, 2005, the 19th Guangzhou International Food Festival was held in tianhe sports center and Guangzhou International Food Expo Center. This year's food festival was held at the same time as the 2005 Guangdong International Tourism and Culture Festival.
The 20th Guangzhou (International) Food Festival was held in the banquet hall on the eighth floor of Ming Sheng Commercial Plaza from October 23rd to February 3rd, 2006/KLOC-0. The Food Festival is hosted by Guangzhou Municipal People's Government, undertaken by Guangzhou Tourism Bureau, Guangzhou Economic and Trade Commission, Guangzhou Cultural Bureau and Guangzhou International Food Expo Center, and co-organized by Food Guide, Guangzhou Tourism School and Guangzhou TV Station. Show celebrities, events and banquets in the drinking industry, replay the history of Guangzhou catering industry, introduce the current catering culture and fashion, and show the rich catering culture atmosphere through celebrity recipes, menu calligraphy, catering-related utensils and costumes.
The 2nd1Guangzhou (International) Food Festival was held in Ming Sheng Commercial Plaza from September 29th to June 7th, 2007. This year's Food Festival aims to introduce Guangzhou's food characteristics, promote Guangzhou's food culture and present a colorful food feast. This year's food festival has famous food dishes, famous reviews, "100" catering enterprise masters and famous teachers competitions; Guangzhou catering enterprise brand special banquet; Guangzhou Catering Industry Summit Forum; "Eating in Guangzhou" 2007 Food Day Tour; China (Guangzhou) Catering Industry Development Achievement Exhibition; Six highlights, such as food promotion and exhibition, present a high-standard and high-quality food festival.
The 22nd Guangzhou (International) Food Festival was held in Jiazheng Square, Guangzhou from October 24th to February 5th, 2008 12 days. During the food festival, more than 3.2 million people visited the main venue of Jiazheng Square. This year's Food Festival continues to adhere to the tradition of "showing excellent food culture and polishing the signboard of" Food in Guangzhou ",and follows the festival purpose of" A grand event of catering industry and a festival for ordinary people ".With the theme of" Taste healthy food and experience leisure life ",it has been constantly innovating and developing, organically combining food, tourism, shopping and entertainment, attracting many tourists and achieving good social benefits. Yuexiu District: Garden Hotel Taoyuan Pavilion, Nanhai Fishing Village Liu Hua Store Liwan District: Xiguan Shi Jia Garden Restaurant, Tangliyuan Restaurant Haizhu District: Nanyuan Restaurant, Xinxing Family Restaurant Baiyun District: Guoxia Restaurant, Tianhe District: Nanhai Fishing Village Tianhe Store Huangpu District: Taifeng Restaurant Panyu District: Harbour Hotel Hellenborg Store Huadu District: Lin Jun Hotel.