Ottogi Holds Award Ceremony for the '2nd Food Essay Contest'

[Asia Economy Reporter Song Seung-yoon] Ottogi announced on the 18th that it held the award ceremony for the ‘Ottogi 2nd Food Essay Contest’ at the Ottogi Center.

This contest, held for the second time this year following last year, was organized to discover warm stories related to various foods. Participants wrote unique and lively essays about special stories among family and friends, based on interesting and touching episodes from everyday life. A total of 6,022 entries were submitted, about 500 more than last year.

Through fair judging by expert judges in two rounds, a total of 66 winning works were finally selected, including the ‘Ottogi Award (1 work)’, ‘Top Award (1 work)’, ‘Harmony Award (4 works)’, and ‘Love Award (60 works)’.

The Ottogi Award was given to Kim Jeong-sook’s ‘The History of Seaweed Soup’, the Top Award to Chae Yeon-hee’s ‘The Last Buchu Kimchi’, and the Harmony Award to Yoon Chan-song’s ‘Ajumma’s Tteokbokki’, Lee Kyung-hwa’s ‘Mom and Kalguksu’, Joo Sun-mi’s ‘Three Whole Chickens’, and Choi Ok-sook’s ‘I am the Grandma of Matang!’. In addition, 60 works received the Love Award, which grants 50,000 points usable at Ottogi Mall.

An Ottogi official said, “This contest received more entries than last year, showing the great public interest in essay contests. We will continue to strive to develop it into the nation’s best essay contest that fosters warm families and a bright society.”

Meanwhile, all winning works can be viewed in the award gallery on the official website of the ‘Ottogi 2nd Food Essay Contest’.

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