China hospitality · Managed introductions
Between China and the world, make the collaboration clear first.
China Desk helps overseas restaurants find and understand Chinese chefs, restaurants and culinary projects—and helps Chinese chefs and restaurants work abroad. We do more than translate words. We clarify the culinary context, professional role, project terms and decision path before making the approach.
The China Desk method
Understand the context before making contact.
China is not a single culinary label. Cuisine, restaurant format, kitchen role and city context all change who fits a project—and how an invitation will be understood. We put those differences into the brief before deciding who to approach, who can decide and how the first conversation should begin.
Define
Make the person and the work specific.
A discipline, current role, collaboration format and project purpose are more useful than a broad label such as “Chinese chef.”
Verify
Find the real decision path.
We check identity, authority and who can actually consider the invitation before asking either side to invest time.
Interpret
Translate working context, not only words.
Titles, expectations, responsibilities and unstated assumptions need to be understood without using cultural shorthand to decide for either side.
Advance
Give the first approach a next step.
Dates, budget, responsibilities and a clear way to respond belong in one brief, so the other side can judge the project and answer it.
China is the entry point, not the boundary.
We support overseas restaurants looking for Chinese chefs, restaurants or culinary collaborators; Chinese chefs and restaurants looking abroad; and projects across Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau. The open network remains free to use. China Desk steps in only when human search, approach or project support is useful.
Which part should we handle?
- Approach a listed chef or restaurant
- Approach someone not yet listed
- Find options from a brief
- Move an existing verbal agreement forward
Work, not a guaranteed outcome.
A request is free. Paid work begins only after the written scope, fee, contracting party and governing terms are accepted. Service fees pay for defined work, not a guaranteed reply or deal; a success fee applies only when separately agreed in writing.