The 33rd HOTELEX 2025 Shanghai International Hotel and Catering Industry Expo will be grandly held from March 30th to April 2nd, 2025 at the Puxi Hongqiao @ National Convention and Exhibition Center in Shanghai! Covering popular sectors such as catering equipment, desktop supplies, food and beverage, coffee and tea drinks, baked ice cream, light meals and fine wine, food machinery, food and catering packaging and machinery, chain franchising, etc., creating a more open and efficient communication space for global hotel and catering industry practitioners.
During this exhibition will be the 2025 Hotelex China Inheritance and Innovation Chinese Cuisine Challenge!
This competition aims to vigorously promote traditional and innovative cooking skills. It also tests the contestants’ ability to combine traditional Chinese cuisine with innovative Chinese cuisine, further promotes the construction of a team of highly skilled talents in the Chinese cuisine industry, and provides a platform for young chefs to exchange skills, improve their skills, and showcase their style, thus promoting the better development of Chinese cuisine.
To learn more about the competition, visit the official website here.
Venue: National Exhibition and Convention Center, Shanghai, China
Dates: 30th March to 2nd April 2025

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