Quanjude
| Quanjude (全聚德) | |
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| Established | 1864 |
| Current owner(s) | Jiang Junxian, President of Quanjude Group Holding Company |
| Food type | Peking Roast Duck |
| Street address | No.30, Qianmen Street, Beijing (main) |
| City | Beijing |
| Country | China |
| Other locations | Branches and franchises in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Australia |
| Website | quanjude |
Quanjude (Chinese: ; pinyin: Quánjùdé, : 002186) is a Chinese restaurant known for its trademark Quanjude Peking Roast Duck and its longstanding culinary heritage since its establishment in 1864 in Beijing, China.
The restaurant chain sells over 2 million roast ducks served in 400 different styles to over 5 million customers annually. With annual sales reaching 500 million yuan (US$81.5m), the company has an estimated value of 8.458 billion yuan (US$1.38b) with 600 million yuan (US$97.8m) in assets and 700 million yuan (US$114m) in "intangible assets".
There are 50 affiliates across China. The first directly run flagship store opened in Changchun, Jilin Province in January 2007.
Quanjude has eight direct branches in Beijing. The original location operates in Qianmen with several other branches in other locations in Beijing.
There is a seven story restaurant on Hepingmen Ave., was a location that hand-picked by former Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai. Serving up to 5,000 meals a day, this restaurant covers a floor area of 15,000 square meters with over forty private dining rooms and can simultaneously seat 2,000 guests.
Having established a history and affiliation with the Chinese government at the municipal and central state level, Quanjude has often been used to hold state banquets and to receive celebrities, dignitaries, and important government figures from over 200 countries as distinguished VIP guests. During the APEC banquet held at the Water Cube in Beijing on Nov 10th 2014, eight chefs from Quanjude Group performed a live demonstration on how to cut Peking duck.
There is one Quanjude branch in Hong Kong, in Tsim Sha Tsui, where it is known as "QuanJude Roast Duck Restaurant (全聚德烤鴨店)".
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