The invention relates to smart homes, the Internet of Things, cloud platforms and the voice recognition technology, and particularly discloses an intelligent recognition and management system of a refrigerator. The intelligent recognition and management system comprises a refrigerator body, a touch display screen, a camera, voice equipment and a control host, and the control host is connected witha cloud server and a mobile terminal through the Internet of Things. Intelligent recognition of food, shelf life monitoring and alarming, healthy diet information pushing and storage management are achieved through a refrigerator intelligent recognition and management method. According to the intelligent recognition and management system, by means of cloud services and cloud resources, the intelligent application operation speed of the intelligent refrigerator is increased, the recognition accuracy of the food is improved, and the hardware equipment condition needed by intellectualization isreduced; and the position and weight of the food placed in the refrigerator can be located more precisely, the shelf life is automatically monitored, reminding or alarming are carried out, proper foodlists, cooking recipes and dietetic life-nourishing tips are automatically pushed, and the functions of the refrigerator are controlled through voice instructions.