NS Home Shopping Appoints Judges for 'NS Food Festa 2023'

7 Experts to Judge the Main Event Cooking Competition

NS Home Shopping announced on the 11th that it held an appointment ceremony for seven judges of the 'NS Food Festa 2023' at its headquarters in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province on the 10th.

On the 10th, the NS Food Festa 2023 judging committee appointment ceremony was held at the NS Home Shopping headquarters. From the left: Cheon Deok-sang, Master Chef; Yoo Ji-sang, CEO of Winner Chef; Lee Soon-ok, Culinary Technician; Jo Hang-mok, CEO of NS Home Shopping; Jo Woo-hyun, Master Chef; Park Hyo-nam, Master Chef; Nam Dae-hyun, Master Chef.
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NS Home Shopping appointed seven culinary experts representing South Korea as judges. This year, the event is divided into three categories: 'Gourmet Recipe,' 'Young Chef Challenge,' and 'Gourmet Restaurant Exhibition,' and the judges have been specialized according to each category.

For the Gourmet Recipe category, which features 70 teams in the finals, the judges are ▲ Master Chef Jo Woo-hyun ▲ Master Chef Nam Dae-hyun ▲ Winner Chef Yoo Ji-sang, CEO ▲ Master Chef Cheon Deok-sang ▲ Choi Soo-geun, President of the Korean Sauce Association.

For the Young Chef Challenge, with 20 specialized high school student teams participating, and the Gourmet Restaurant Exhibition, featuring 10 popular restaurants from Iksan City, the judges are ▲ Master Chef Park Hyo-nam ▲ Culinary Technician Lee Soon-ok.

The appointed judging panel will conduct the cooking competition judging, starting with document screening of the applications, followed by on-site judging of 100 teams in the finals on the 15th of next month, with a total prize money of 111.5 million KRW.

The judging will focus on the theme of "the most delicious recipe using fresh natural ingredients," evaluating ▲ relevance to the theme (preserving the original taste of ingredients, minimizing chemical additives, etc.) ▲ commercialization potential ▲ creativity (original ideas, utilization of ingredients, etc.).

Jo Hang-mok, CEO of NS Home Shopping, said, "As food culture develops, the value of discovering creative recipes will increase even more," adding, "We ask for your great interest so that innovative ideas leading the future food industry can be discovered through NS Food Festa 2023."

Meanwhile, NS Food Festa is a food culture festival hosted by NS Home Shopping since 2008 to promote the development of agriculture, fisheries, livestock, and the food industry. Last year, to promote regional balanced development and food industry growth, the venue was moved from the metropolitan area to Iksan City, Jeonbuk Province, and this year, for the first time in 16 years, the event has been expanded to a two-day schedule instead of one day.

The main event of NS Food Festa, the cooking competition, has been held for 16 years with the purpose of discovering diverse recipes to contribute to the development of the food industry and agriculture, fisheries, and livestock industries. It is the largest cooking competition in Korea in terms of prize money and prestige.

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