Yi Yin was the prime minister of the Shang Dynasty, a famous chef of Shang Tang generation, and was known as the "Saint of Cooking". The "Yi Yin Soup" was celebrated for thousands of years.

Yi Ya, also known as Diya, was a famous wizard and chef in the Spring and Autumn Period. He was good at frying, boiling, burning and roasting, and was also an expert in seasoning, and was favored by Qi Huangong.

Taihe Gong: A famous chef of the State of Wu in the late Spring and Autumn Period, he was proficient in aquatic dishes, especially the fried fish.

Shanzu: a famous female chef in the Tang Dynasty. The famous foods in the book Youyang Zayu compiled by Duan Chengshi are all from the hands of the ancestors.

Fanzheng: a nun and a famous female chef in the Five Dynasties, she was famous all over the world for creating a landscape platter called "Wangchuan Xiaoxiang", which integrated dishes with plastic arts, making dishes full of mountains and rivers and overflowing with poems.

Liu Niangzi: a female chef in the Gaozong Palace in the Southern Song Dynasty, the first female chef in the court in history, known as "Shang Shi Liu Niangzi".

song wusao: a famous folk female chef in the southern song dynasty. Zhao Gou, Emperor Gaozong, once tasted the fish soup on the Dragon Boat and West Lake, and was greatly praised, so he became famous and was regarded as the "grandmaster" of the fish.

Dong Xiaowan, a famous prostitute in Qinhuai in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, was famous for making vegetable cakes, especially peach paste, melon paste and pickled vegetables. Now Yangzhou is famous for filling fragrant Dong Tang and rolling crisp Dong Tang, which was created by her.

Xiao Meiren: a famous female pastry chef in Qing Dynasty, who was famous for making steamed bread, cakes, jiaozi and other snacks. Yuan Mei highly praised her, and praised her snacks as "small and lovely, as white as snow" in Suiyuan Food List.

Wang Xiaoyu: A famous chef in Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty, he had superb cooking skills and rich theoretical experience. Many aspects of Yuan Mei's Suiyuan Food List are due to Wang Xiaoyu's opinions.