Chen's grandfather started a catering and banquet business besides the original street-snack business, and his father Chen Chin-hsiang started to work exclusively in catering, earning a reputation as Ilan's best caterer.
早在清末民初，阿祖就以小吃營生，到了阿公開始兼做辦桌外燴，到了父親陳進祥則走向專業外燴，成為宜蘭辦桌第一把交椅。