石荫祥,1917年2月出生于湖南长沙市一个贫苦工人家庭,15岁进入长沙曲园酒楼。从师史玉和。出师后,长期在潇湘酒家等湘菜名店执勺。1954年调入湖南省直机关招待所和省委接待处蓉园宾馆等单位任烹饪主理技师。从1959年到1975年,毛泽东每年到湖南来,皆由石荫祥掌勺。毛泽东曾对他说:“石师傅,我最喜欢吃你做的湖南家常菜哩!” Shi Yin Xiang, born in February 1917 in Changsha, Hunan, a poor worker's family, 15-year-old into the Changsha Qu Yuan restaurant. Master Yu Shi and division. After attending a teacher, long-term Xiangzhou restaurant in Xiaoxiang restaurant ladle. In 1954 transferred to the Hunan Provincial authorities directly under the reception and the Provincial Department of Park Hotel and other units served as cook cooking technician. From 1959 to 1975, Mao Zedong came to Hunan every year, all by ShiYinXiang. Mao Zedong once said to him: “Master Shi, my favorite home cooking you eat Hunan miles!”