Founder of modern Beijing restaurant Poetry.Wine, Duan Yu has been named a Chinese Culinary Master, is a member of the Famous Chefs Committee of the World Association of Chinese Cuisine, and has received the China Youth Culinary Artist Award. He has won a number of domestic and international awards; in 2013, he was selected as one of 10 outstanding young people in the catering industry and in 2014 he was named one of the most influential executive chefs.