Bao Feiyue, a Zhoushan native, is an expert at fusing Chinese cuisine with Western cuisine. [Photo/zhoushan.cn]

Bao Feiyue, a Zhoushan native, has become a top French chef after two decades of cooking, Zhoushan Daily reported recently.

In 1998, Bao learned how to cook at Dinghai Vocational Middle School before pursuing advanced studies in Paris.

During his 10 years of learning in France, he infused features of Chinese cuisine into Western cuisine and represented the Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Arts Institute in the SIRHA Lyon, the Olympics of the culinary world, four times.

In 2020, Bao became the first Chinese chef to join the Academie Culinaire de France, which is the oldest culinary and pastry academy in the world and boasts renowned chefs from around the world.

In 2020, Bao became the first Chinese chef to join the Academie Culinaire de France, the oldest of its kind in the world. [Photo/zhoushan.cn]