The 19th Hunan Cuisine Cultural Festival was launched in Shenzhen on November 7. It was hosted by the Hunan Department of Commerce, the Shenzhen office of the Hunan Provincial People's Government, and Hunan Daily. Themed "Great Hunan Cuisine in Greater Bay Area", the festival consists of a series of activities, including a Hunan-Guangdong integrated catering development conference, a cooking skill innovation competition for Hunan cuisine chefs in the Greater Bay Area, a production and marketing matchmaking meeting for Hunan's agricultural brands, an award ceremony also a tasting feast, and a Hunan agricultural brand exhibition. With Shenzhen as the center, the event would expand its influence to other cities in the Greater Bay Area through organizing food cultural exchange activities. It aimed to promote Hunan cuisine and Hunan specialty foods, furthering boost Hunan cuisine to "go global", and accelerate the upgrade and high-quality development of the Hunan cuisine industry.

The photo shows visitors appreciating the candidate dishes at the cooking skill innovation competition for Hunan cuisine chefs in the Greater Bay Area. (Photo/Fu Cong, Hunan Daily)

Visitors appreciated the candidate dishes at the cooking skill innovation competition for Hunan cuisine chefs in the Greater Bay Area. (Photo/Fu Cong, Hunan Daily)

Visitors appreciated the candidate dishes at the cooking skill innovation competition for Hunan cuisine chefs in the Greater Bay Area on November 7. (Photo/Fu Cong, Hunan Daily)

Visitors appreciated the candidate dishes at the cooking skill innovation competition for the Hunan cuisine chefs in the Greater Bay Area on November 7. (Photo/Fu Cong, Hunan Daily)

Participants exchanged views on application of the new quality productive forces in the catering industry at the Hunan-Guangdong Integrated Catering Development Conference on November 7. (Photo/Fu Cong, Hunan Daily)

Participants exchanged views on application of the new quality productive forces in the catering industry at the Hunan-Guangdong Integrated Catering Development Conference on November 7. (Photo/Fu Cong, Hunan Daily)

People who have made outstanding contributions to promoting Hunan cuisine to the Greater Bay Area were commended at the award ceremony on November 7. (Photo/Fu Cong, Hunan Daily)

Winners of the cooking competition received their prizes at the award ceremony on November 7. (Photo/Fu Cong, Hunan Daily)

The top 10 influential Hunan cuisine brands in the Greater Bay Area were unveiled at the award ceremony on November 7. (Photo/Fu Cong, Hunan Daily)

责编：唐煜斯

一审：唐煜斯

二审：秦慧英

三审：黄晓辉

来源：湖南省政府门户网