Yuan Zhou had heard of tan Mingxin's great name before. As the current successor of the tan family's dishes, the old man's reputation wasn't any worse than Zhou Shijie 's. Moreover, they weren't from the same generation. It was only a dozen years after the rise of the old man that Zhou Shijie emerged in the cooking world.
The old master was already over 70 years old. Compared to Fang Yiming, the old master Fang was slightly younger. However, the two of them belonged to the same generation. In the end, it was because elder Fang had started learning how to cook much later than the old master tan, who had been in the kitchen since young.
He became famous around the same time. However, due to his talent, elder Fang became the best in the country, while master tan was not as good.