There are two chef movies a year played by Nicholas Tse, "The God of Cookery" and "New Shaolin Temple". "The God of Cookery" is produced by Hong Kong Emperor Entertainment Group and directed by Ye Weimin, starring Nicholas Tse, Tang Yan, Zheng Yonghe , Bai Bing and others starring, and a comedy film with a friendly appearance by Ge You.

"New Shaolin Temple" is a movie directed by Chen Musheng and starring Andy Lau, Nicholas Tse, Jackie Chan, Fan Bingbing, Wu Jing and others. It tells the story of Hou Jie, a former warlord, who escaped into Buddhism after suffering the betrayal of Cao Man and the separation of his wife and children during the warlord era, and worked with the monks to protect the victims of the war and the Shaolin Temple. The film was released in theaters across the country on January 19, 2011. The box office in the first five days exceeded 100 million yuan, and the total box office in March 2011 was nearly 400 million yuan.