Nature Recreation Forest Management Office Operates Forest Cooking Class 'Forestorant'

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] The Korea National Arboretum announced on the 27th that it will operate a cooking experience program using forest products called ‘Forestaurant’ every Saturday from the 30th of this month to the 27th of next month.

Forestaurant will be held a total of five times at Deogyusan Natural Recreation Forest, Daegwallyeong Natural Recreation Forest, Yoomyeongsan Natural Recreation Forest, Namhae Cypress Natural Recreation Forest, and Heirisan Haesong Natural Recreation Forest, each session running from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Applications can be submitted by downloading the form from the ‘Sumnadle e’ website, the Korea Food Culture Promotion Institute website, or the official blog, filling it out, and then sending it via email.

The Arboretum will select 20 teams (up to 3 members per team) per session through a lottery. The results will be individually notified around 9 a.m. on the Friday before the event.

However, the first session will prioritize wildfire suppression merit recipients and COVID-19 medical staff who contributed to overcoming national disaster situations, and general applications will be accepted from the second session onward.

The event will be filled with time for chefs from the Korea Food Culture Promotion Institute and participants to prepare various dishes using our forest products. Additionally, promotional booths offering forest culture education programs will be operated to provide attractions and entertainment.

Near the event venue, an exhibition and sales booth for forest products will also be operated, allowing participants and recreation forest visitors to purchase the forest products used in the cooking on-site.

Song Gwang-heon, head of customer promotion at the Arboretum, said, “We hope the Forestaurant event will promote public health and widely publicize the excellence of our forest products, providing an opportunity to revitalize forest households that have been stagnated due to COVID-19.”

Meanwhile, Forestaurant is a compound word of Forest and Restaurant, a special event temporarily held by the Korea Forest Service and the Korea Food Culture Promotion Institute to promote healthy living and the excellence of our forest products.

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