Hands-On Skills

For Shen Sijing, cooking is like magic—turning food ingredients into exquisite cuisine, both pleasing to the eye and the stomach. “I feel happy when I cook, and this happiness made me pursue cooking as a profession,” she told Guangming Daily.

In December, the 22-year-old won the silver at the First Vocational Skills Competition of China held in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province in south China, in the Western cuisine category.

Behind the glory is hard work and learning by trial and error. Shen majored in cooking