As an important pillar of the Chinese catering market, group meals carry the large-scale catering demand of enterprises, schools, hospitals and other scenarios, and are reconstructing the modern catering pattern with an average annual growth rate of over 15%. According to iResearch Consulting's calculations, the size of the group meal market is expected to reach approximately 2.7 trillion yuan in 2024, and is projected to exceed 3.5 trillion yuan by 2026, demonstrating enormous market potential and strategic value. In order to thoroughly implement the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, which proposed to focus on cultivating outstanding engineers, national craftsmen, and high skilled talents,
　　The spirit of "improving the quality of various talents", emphasizing the cultivation of skilled talents and improving the cooking skills of practitioners, comprehensively enhancing the overall level and comprehensive innovation ability of Tianjin's group meal industry, and promoting the high-quality development of the group meal industry, the 2025 Fourth Tianjin Group Meal Cooking Skills Competition, hosted by the Tianjin Culinary Association, will be held on September 17 at the Tianjin Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center. As a concurrent event of the Qiyang 2025 Tianjin Catering Exhibition/Hotpot Exhibition (held in the same location from September 17-19), this competition will bring together numerous cooking experts for a spectacular culinary showdown!