‘Aragaya Millennium Taste! Discovering That Flavor’

2023 'Haman's Taste' Aragaya Local Food National Cooking Contest Participant Recruitment

Haman-gun, Gyeongnam Province, announced that it is recruiting participants for the 2023 ‘Taste of Haman’ Aragayа Local Food National Cooking Contest, which will be held on October 7 at Hamju Park (main stadium entrance), until September 11.

This nationwide event is open to all Korean citizens and is designed to promote the consumption of local agricultural products by discovering distinctive local dishes using Haman’s fresh agricultural and specialty products, as well as to facilitate the practical dissemination of award-winning dishes from the cooking contest.

Haman County is recruiting participants for the Aragaya Local Food National Cooking Contest featuring the flavors of Haman.
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The contest theme is single-item menus using Haman’s agricultural and specialty products such as lotus root, paprika, garlic, and Korean beef, which can be sold at dining establishments.

Applicants can download the application form from the county office website, fill it out, and submit it in person to the Agricultural Policy Division of the Agricultural Technology Center, or send it by mail or email.

After the first document screening, 20 teams will be selected for the finals. The finals will be conducted as a live contest, judging the harmony of taste and nutrition, as well as popularity, marketability, and originality, to evaluate the potential of local dishes representing Haman-gun. A total prize of 6.5 million KRW will be awarded.

An Byeong-guk, director of the County Agricultural Technology Center, said, “Through this contest, we will do our best to promote the excellence of local agricultural specialty products externally and to discover and popularize representative local tourism foods.”

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