The Hunan Restaurant - Chinese, cuisine, restaurant. Fresno, California.

Meet Chef Liu

Chef and Executive Chef for The Grand Hotel Beijing 1985-1999

Trained at the Grand Hotel Beijing Hospitality School, Chef Zhongyi Liu served as a chef and head chef from 1985-1992 and the executive chef from 1993 to 1999 at the Grand Hotel Beijing. An imperial palace turned luxury hotel, the Grand Hotel Beijing has been internationally recognized by the world's elite as one of the leading hotels of the world and Beijing's premiere location for exquisite hospitality.

Enjoy the food prepared by Chef Liu, executive chef for China's State banquets for Chinese and foreign heads of states and dignitaries at the Grand Hotel Beijing.

During his fourteen years as an executive chef at the Grand Hotel Beijing, Chef Liu personally supervised and prepared many of China's State banquets for Chinese and foreign dignitaries, including

Mr. Deng Xiao Ping, Former President of People's Republic of China, May 1992
Mr. Toshiki Kaifu, Former Japanese Prime Minister, May 1992.
Mr. Alexander Haig, Former U.S. Secretary of State, July 1992.
Lady Margaret Thatcher, Former British Prime Minister, 1994
Sir Edward Heath, Former British prime Minister, 1994.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacques Chirac, President and The First Lady of France, September 1995.
Ms. Zulfigar Ali Bhuttto, Former Pakistani President, July 1995.
Dr. Helmut Kohl, Former German Chancellor, November 1995.
Mr Valery Giscard d'Estaing, Former President of France, May 1996.

Chef Liu Won Many Prestigious Awards

Chef Liu was invited to represent the Grand Hotel Beijing in several elite national and international cooking contests where he won multiple gold medals for his exquisite dishes and mastery of Chinese cuisine.

Silver Medal
Beijing Bidding for Olympic Cooking Skills Context
August 1993

Gold Medal - Individual Hot Dishes
The Third Chinese National Cooking Skills Contest, Shijiazhuan
October 1993

Gold Medal - Group
1995 Beijing Area Szechwan Cuisine Cooking Skills Contest
December 1993

Gold Medal - Hot Dishes
1995 Beijing Area Szechwan Cuisine Cooking Skills Contest
April 1995

Chef Representing China
Bocuse D'OR 1999,
World Cuisine Contest, Lyon Eurexpo, France
January 1999

Chef Liu invited to represent the Grand Hotel Beijing to give cooking performances in several countries.

Luxury Century Banquet
Singapore, August 1992

Gourmet Szechwan Cuisine
Indonesia, September 1992

Gourmet Fire (Hot) Pot Banquet
Korea, June 1997

Beijing Tang Cuisine
Hong Kong April 1998

Chef Liu Held and Memberships
After becoming a veteran at these events, he remained active in the cooking community by serving as:

China Great Chef
1st Level Judge for China Great Chef
Member, China Chef Association
Executive Board Member, Beijing oriental Gourmet Food Cultural Exchange Center
Organizing Committee Member, Beijing Third National Cooking Skills Contest

Now interested in running his own restaurant, Chef Liu has brought his award -winning skills to Fresno so that everyone can eat like a dignitary.