The Beijing team took home the gold during last year's Chinese Food Festival's international invitational, but this year, the defending champs intentionally sidelined two of their master chefs to give younger members a shot at extra training and sent another dozen or so delegations to observe Taipei's food festival.
去年中華美食展國際邀請賽，就由北京隊拿下冠軍，但今年這支冠軍隊伍卻故意讓兩名靈魂大廚一旁觀戰，而由新生代廚師下場磨練，同時還有十多支大陸參訪團特地前來考察台北美食展，展現強烈的企圖心。