Cold dish chefs from all over the country finely crafted the pre-prepared food ingredients, showcasing their exquisite craftsmanship and creativity, exchanging cooking skills, and showing a diverse range of artistic cold dishes.

In addition to cold dishes,Cantonese hot dish competition was  also held, so as to explore local high-quality food ingredients and train innovative talents in Cantonese cuisine. Dozens of Cantonese cuisine elites competed on the same stage.The innovating cooking techniques and new dishes with unique and authentic Cantonese flavors, leaded the new trend of Cantonese cuisine and empowered new regional cuisine.

In the hot pot exhibition area,global tour of Chongqing Hot Pot Festival showed in Guangzhou for the first time. Spicy hot pot and Cantonese Dim sum,the combination of them are innovation of the "sweet and spicy" flavor.