Shangri-La in Fuzhou appoint Jackie Zhang as the new Excutive Chef.

Mr. Zhang began learning western cuisine since 1990, and has so far owned a 20-year long woking experience of restaurant cooking. He has worked in the famous Mauritius Happy Valley Retaurant, Singapore Shangri-La Hotel, Guangzhou Shangri-La Hotel and Harbin Shangri-La Restaurant.

With many years of overseas working experience and the innate cooking talent, Mr. Zhang has mastered several western countries’ cooking techniques, including France, Italy, U.S. etc. What’s more, he add his own opinion to innovate dishes. In addition, Mr. Zhang has won many honorable awards: In 2007, he became the founding member of China Hotel Celebrity Association, and has acted as the Vice President of Food and Beverage Association until now; In 2006, the restaurant he led won the title of Best Restaurant of the year in the famous “World Gourmet Summit” in Singapore; In 2000, he won the Individual Silver Award in the Asian Gourmet Summit.

Zhangjie enjoys communicating with customers and digesting the essence of different national dishes which enables him to create unique dishes. Therefore, his joining in the department of Fuzhou Shangri-La Restaurant will surely bring new ideas and innovation.

Presently, the Hong Kong-based Asia Pacific's leading luxury hotel group - Shangri-La, has two brands: the luxurious Shangri-La Hotel and the Traders hotel which are designed for the mid-market. It has a total of 67 hotels and more than 30,000 guest rooms. Besides, the group has more than 40 new hotel projects under development, mainly in Austria, Canada, Chinese mainland, France, India, Japan, Macau, Maldives, Philippines, Qatar, Seychelles, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and the United States. For more information or reservations, please contact the travel agency or just click at the Shangri-La Group website: www.shangri-la.com . Media Inquiries: Chenping, Market Media Manager of Shangri-La Hotel in Fuzhou Address: 9 Xin Quan Road (South), Fuzhou Postcode: 350005 Telphone: (86 591)8798 8888 Fax: (86 591) 8711 9148 Website: www.shangri-la.com Email: portia.chen@shangri-la.com 　 For electronic version of the hotel picture, please visit the Group website: http://www.shangri-la.com/imagelibrary

By Hu Meidong & Luting