On December 21, the third "Jianping Sixteen Fresh" cooking skills competition in Langxi with the theme of "Taste Tea Township and Fragrance Gathering Langxi" was opened. Li Shaozhong, Secretary of the Party Group and Director of the Standing Committee of the Langxi County People's Congress, Yang Juan, Member of the Standing Committee of the Langxi County Party Committee, Minister of Propaganda and Secretary of the Party Committee of Jianping Town, Li Hui, Deputy County Mayor of Langxi County, and Feng Houxiang, Vice Chairman of the Langxi County CPPCC, attended the launching ceremony.
At the scene of the competition, the smoke rose under the stove, the kitchen knives on the board flew over, the chefs were busy but not chaotic, and the dishes with full color and flavor were perfectly presented. In this competition, a total of 15 groups and 45 individual players competed on the same stage. The competition launched the "Jianping Sixteen Fresh" and "One Table Dish" innovation competition for hotels, farmhouses, B&Bs and other market playersThe competition launched the "Jianping Sixteen Fresh" personal challenge for cooking enthusiasts in Langxi County, and selected the five most representative dishes of "Jianping Sixteen Fresh" - Shifoshan Huangjing Chicken Soup, Jianping Old Goose, Meizhu Vegetarian Chicken, Pepper Black Tea Green (Chili Green Tea Baba), and Tea-flavored Little Plum Duck, setting off a competition boom for the whole people to participate in, promoting the "Jianping Sixteen Fresh" into thousands of households, so that everyone can make "Jianping Sixteen Fresh".
At the competition site, the key action plan for the "Jianping Sixteen Fresh" brand in 2024 was released. In 2024, the Langxi County Bureau of Culture and Tourism will take the lead in organizing and carrying out the "4 meals, 2 standards and 6 systems", from the ten meat and six vegetables, for different eating groups, the launch of "5 people meal", "7 people meal", "9 people meal" and "10 people meal" four major **;Formulate two standard systems of quality and evaluation, standardize the selection of ingredients, processing technology, production process, serving process, and the use of dinner plates, so as to improve the dining experienceBuild an ecological food base, form the industrialization of raw materials, and further enhance the quality and competitiveness of "Jianping Sixteen Fresh" tourism cuisine.
The competition invited 5 professional judges to form a jury to conduct a centralized review of the entries from the aspects of menu design, on-site practice and other aspects of the team competition, the knife technology and cooking skills of the individual competition, and finally selected 10 gold, silver and bronze awards for 5 people in the "Jianping Sixteen Fresh" awards, and 15 first, second and third prizes in the individual competition, and presented awards on the spot. Every team and contestant in this year's competition made full use of local fresh ingredients and excellent professionalism, bringing a unique visual feast to the jury and the audience.
During the competition, the leaders and guests visited the market together, Huang Kui yellow tea, Tianzi vermicelli, Houcun dates and other "Langxi Impression" special commodities, Nanyi Lake Meibai, Lianlian Youxi, Baishou Huangtong and other "Jianping Sixteen Fresh" raw materials, Sanlang Lane chicken cake, Sister Zhang's handmade brioche egg roll, cross baba and other "stream" snacks were presented one by one, bringing full of fireworks in the world, attracting many citizens and tourists to stop. The immersive "catch-up" allows everyone to have "zero distance" contact with Langxi food culture.
In recent years, Langxi County has been digging deep into the characteristics of traditional cuisine and striving to create a new landmark of "Jianping Sixteen Fresh" cuisine. The county's 220,000 acres of water, aquatic products, aquatic vegetables are abundant, because of the deep and slow flow of Nanyi Lake, thick silt, water fertilizer, rich in selenium, and Nanyi Lake aquatic products are the most. The abundant natural ingredients and exquisite cooking skills are perfectly combined, and finally turned into a table of good dishes, which fully reflects the beauty of Langxi's landscapes and humanities, the charm of authentic scenery, and becomes a "window" to open the regional culture of Langxi.
The purpose of this competition is to further strengthen the construction and promotion of the "Jianping Sixteen Fresh" food brand, build the "food + tourism" Langxi model, and guide and promote the high-quality development of Langxi's cultural tourism industry to a new level. (Anhui Economic News Financial Reporter Chen Zonghe).
*: Anhui Economic Net.