Chef exchange revives campus canteens

A chef exchange program between two of China's most prestigious universities has lured students back to the schools' canteens from the sweeping food delivery services and mushrooming restaurants and cafes near the campuses.

Shanghai's Fudan University partnered for the program with Sichuan University in Chengdu, the capital of Southwest China's Sichuan province. Each campus sent two chefs to the other school's canteen, where they were to prepare their respective specialties for students for about two weeks.

The exchange, which began in Shanghai on June 5 and in Chengdu on June 10, has created long-missing waiting lines at both of the canteens.