On February 21, the second day of the second lunar month, the dragon raised its head, and Mr. Wang Xinhua's new book "Those Things I Opened a Hotel" held a launch ceremony at the Xinhua Kitchen Hotel in Liyang City, Jiangsu Province. At the launch ceremony, Mr. Zhou Dazhi, senior president of Jiangsu Catering Industry Association and former deputy director of Jiangsu Food and Drug Administration, Chen Suhua, president of Jiangsu Food Culture Research Association, Yang Xianda, president of Changzhou Culinary Catering Industry Association, and Meng Xiangren, director of Chinese food prosperity base of Yangzhou University and vice president of Tourism and Cooking College, delivered speeches of congratulations respectively. Fu Xueping, executive chairman of Changzhou Cooking and Catering Industry Association, read out the commendation document, and Zhang Yaping, deputy director of the Liyang Municipal People's Congress and chairman of the Liyang Federation of Industry and Commerce, presented the award to Wang Xinhua. Celebrities in the catering industry of the province and leaders of relevant units, leaders of catering chambers of commerce (associations) in various districts under the jurisdiction of Changzhou City, representatives of catering chambers of commerce, representatives of Liyang catering chambers of commerce and Licheng chambers of commerce, Jiangsu Satellite TV, Modern Express, Liyang Rong ** Center and Wang Xinhua's friends celebrated the launch ceremony together!
The guests who attended the book launch ceremony were: Mr. Zhou Dazhi, Senior President of Jiangsu Catering Industry Association and former Deputy Director of Jiangsu Food and Drug Administration, Mr. Xu Hao, Executive Vice President of Jiangsu Catering Industry Association, Professor Chen Suhua, President of Jiangsu Food Culture Research Association, Mr. Gong Jianfeng, Executive Vice President of Jiangsu Cuisine Association, Mr. Jiang Wenhu, Deputy Director of Changzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Mr. Zhang Pengfei, Director of Intangible Cultural Heritage Division of Changzhou Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau, Mr. Yang Xianda, President of Changzhou Culinary Catering Industry Association and former Deputy Director of Changzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Mr. Fu Xueping, Executive President and Secretary-General of Changzhou Culinary Catering Industry Association, Mr. Yang Weichun, President of Yangzhou Cuisine Association, Mr. Shao Yangyi, Secretary-General of Yixing Cuisine Association, Mr. Meng Xiangren, Director of Chinese Food Prosperity Base of Yangzhou University and Vice Dean of Tourism and Culinary College, Mr. Qin Guohua, Vice President of Nanjing Branch of Yangzhou University Alumni Association and former Vice Dean of Tourism and Culinary College of Yangzhou University, Ms. Zhang Yaping, Deputy Director of the Liyang Municipal People's Congress, Chairman of the Liyang Federation of Industry and Commerce, and Mr. Cui Wenmin, former Vice Chairman of the Liyang CPPCC, etc.
Fu Xueping read out the Changzhou Culinary Catering Industry Association's "Notice on Commending Comrade Wang Xinhua Changzhou Catering Industry "Food Culture Guardian Contribution Award", the notice emphasized that Wang Xinhua since 1996 to start the establishment of the catering entity, has been concentrating on the operation and research of the catering service industry, under its leadership, the enterprise continues to grow bigger and stronger, and successfully created a number of business formats, which are intertwined with culture and have won the recognition of all walks of life and the public. In the era of great changes, he is reluctant to pursue ideals, abide by the taste in his heart, describe the history of Jiangnan catering, inherit the food culture of Longcheng, highlight the charm of "food in Liyang", polish the golden sign of "Jiangnan Food Capital", and innovate the new future of Changzhou catering has played an inspirational and promoting role. In order to commend the advanced and stimulate the fighting spirit, Comrade Wang Xinhua was awarded the honorary title of "Food Culture Guardian Contribution Award" in Changzhou catering industry.
Wang Xinhua is currently the president of Liyang Catering Chamber of Commerce, the president of Licheng Chamber of Commerce of Liyang City, the chairman and general manager of Xinhua Kitchen Catering, and a visiting professor of Yangzhou Life Science and Technology School. He has successively won the honorary titles of "Jiangsu Outstanding Contribution Catering Entrepreneur", "Meritorious Person of Jiangsu Catering Industry for the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of New China", and "Pioneer of the Era in the 30 Years of Withdrawing Counties and Establishing Cities" in Liyang City. Jiangsu Li** has a history of more than 2,000 years of city building, it can be described as beautiful mountains and rivers, outstanding people, and countless literati and scholars have emerged in the past dynasties, and talents have come out in large numbers. Wang Xinhua as "he was born to do catering. "I am the first person to systematically develop Liyang's hometown cuisine. His love for catering and his Wang Xinhua's hometown cuisine are now well-known in Liyang and Changzhou, and he can be described as a well-known celebrity and wise man. Wang Xinhua is a celebrity in the national catering industry, and is evaluated by Shi Wanrong, chairman of the Celebrity Chef Professional Committee of the China Hotel Association, as a "foodie", a "diner", a "strong person", and a "cultural person" in the catering industry! Wang Xinhua began to learn to cook with his mother at the age of 12, and by 1992, he set foot in the catering industry, and his business was booming and very successful. He is doing well in business, and at the same time has in-depth and systematic research and development of food culture and hometown cuisine. Don't look at Wang Xinhua's low education, he does have the ability to express and write skills that ordinary people do not have, he is based on production, education and research, and has unique insights and innovative cognition of food culture. Since 1999, Wang Xinhua has actively excavated, collected, sorted, developed and promoted hometown cuisine, and for more than 10 years, has made Liyang native cuisine a relatively independent cuisine system. Prior to this, in order to promote Changzhou's traditional dishes and local catering culture, Wang Xinhua had also compiled "100 Flavors of Native Cuisine" and "Wang Xinhua's Hometown Cuisine" published and distributed throughout the country, and he also won the honorary title of "Food Culture Guardian Contribution Award" in Changzhou catering industry.
The book is in chronological order, a true record of the author engaged in the catering industry for more than 30 years, in different periods of different types and different sizes of more than a dozen restaurants, reviewing how he ran a hotel from the initial small fight to operate a number of various catering enterprises rich experience, mental journey and thinking summary. "Those Things About My Restaurant" has 13 chapters and 280,000 words. From Four Seasons Spring Restaurant, Quanjuxiang Fast Food Building, Quanjuxiang Hotel, Quanjuxiang Hot Pot City, Quanjuxiang Hometown Restaurant, Xinhua Kitchen Hotel, Wang Xinhua Hometown Cuisine Tianmu Lake Store, Xinhua Shenghui Leisure Hotel, Wang Xinhua Hometown Cuisine Changzhou Store, and today's Xinhua Kitchen Hotel, Taibai Building, Wang Xinhua Hometown Cuisine Food Factory, Wang Xinhua Hometown Cuisine Tianmu Lake Guilin Store, from 1992 to 2022, the whole book uses vivid language, fresh writing, rich emotions, simple and beautiful hometown dialect, Recalling Wang Xinhua's entrepreneurial development history in the past 30 years, the ups and downs of the plot, the ingenious description, the wonderful story, and the vivid narration are all breathtaking. Wang Xinhua is a catering entrepreneur with a lot of personality, ideas and insights. He said: Life is just a few decades, I do such a thing as a restaurant, it is not easy for a person to do a good thing in his life, no confidence, no determination, no perseverance, no matter what. "Those Things I Opened a Hotel" is 268 pages long, almost every sentence is an aspirating aphorism, every page has wonderful stories, and the chapters are inspirational and beautiful. The book seems to be in the name of food, but it reflects the philosophy of life. The target audience is very wide. Those who have opened a restaurant, are opening a restaurant, and want to open a restaurant, especially the majority of catering consumers, can understand the mixed tastes and painful awakening behind the glamorous catering shared through this book! "Those Things I Opened a Hotel" can be said to be China's first book that profoundly summarizes catering and speaks for catering! The book is also accompanied by 36 popular local classic delicacies** and text introductions, highlighting the unique charm of Changzhou as the "food capital of the south of the Yangtze River".
At the launch ceremony, Wang Xinhua was interviewed by Jiangsu Satellite TV and shared his mental process of writing "Those Things I Opened a Hotel" to scrutinize and revise. Wang Xinhua has been engaged in the catering industry for 30 years, leading the trend, daring to be the first, and has made outstanding contributions to systematically summarizing and promoting the traditional hometown cuisine of Liyang, injecting rich local colors into Liyang's food culture. The publication of his new book has further enriched the connotation of Liyang's tourism and cultural undertakings, and its content chapters are eloquent, not only sharing the story behind the catering culture and catering with readers, especially telling and revealing many problems of catering to the society, but also reflecting the trend of Liyang's food culture and catering economy for more than 30 years from one side, and will have a positive and far-reaching impact on the promotion of Liyang, telling the "Liyang story", and further promoting the construction of hometown tourism economy and culture. The event was co-sponsored by Changzhou Cuisine Association Catering Industry Association, Liyang Catering Chamber of Commerce, Liyang Licheng Chamber of Commerce, and Liyang Xinhua Kitchen Hotel. (Gemstones).