Yangzhou University is the only graduate school in China that recruits chefs, and its professional name is Tourism Management and Food Science. The School of Discipline Construction of Tourism Cuisine (Food Science and Engineering) College of Yangzhou University has 1 provincial key laboratories and 4 school-level key disciplines, 4 master's programs in tourism management and food science, processing and storage of agricultural products, nutrition and food hygiene, 2 master's programs in food science (cooking science) and tourism management, and 4 research directions in sports, nutrition and health care.

After graduation, students majoring in cooking can be qualified for the post of kitchen and catering in star-rated hotels and famous shops. 2. Students majoring in cooking can have the entrepreneurial ability to open stores and operate independently after graduation. 3. Students majoring in cooking can engage in teaching and scientific research in cooking school or related scientific research departments after graduation.

The main courses of culinary specialty are: introduction to food culture, food hygiene, basic nutrition, cooking chemistry, management of catering enterprises, food hygiene in China, practical nutrition, management, psychology, education and so on.