The culinary expert T'ang Lu-shan notes that in a recent cooking competition, at least half of the winning contestants were judged for their vegetable sculpture rather than the flavor of their entries.
美食家唐魯孫表示，他曾擔任民間舉辦的烹飪金鼎獎評審，發現食雕所佔分數比例，有凌駕烹飪本身之勢，而與賽的師傅似乎也全力投注於食雕的擺置。