The city of Jeonju is hosting its annual Jeonju Bibimbap Festival from October 9 to 12 at Jeonjuhyanggyo Local Confucian School and the nearby areas within Jeonju Hanok Village. Jeonju Bibimbap Festival is a food festival that promotes Jeonju’s representative food, bibimbap. Under the slogan “Mix with Fun! Enjoy the Taste!,” this year’s festival is prepared with a variety of special programs to promote Jeonju’s famous bibimbap as well as other local cuisine.
The festival’s main events are 3355 Our Village Bibimbap and Foreigner Bibimbap Contest, both taking place on October 9. During 3355 Our Village Bibimbap, visitors can see and taste different types of bibimbap and participate in mixing a giant bowl of bibimbap large enough to feed 1,000 people. For visitors who missed mixing of the giant bibimbap on the first day of the festival, they can take enjoy tasting and taking photos of another giant bibimbap on October 12. As for the Foreigner Bibimbap Contest, 20 participating teams of diverse nationality compete in a contest to make the best bibimbap possible with the ingredients of their choice. Money used to buy the ingredients will be reimbursed by the festival committee. To participate, submit a registration request in advance via e-mail with names, nationality, and number of people in the team.
Several permanent activity events will also be available. In Find Bibimbap, participants can make their own bibimbap with ingredients they won through completing fun missions, such as throwing a rubber shoe into a bucket and yunnori (traditional Korean board game). Other events include making rice cake with the traditional rice-cake mallet and baking.
Admission to the festival venue is free, but certain activities will require a participation fee on-site.
Period: October 9 ~ 12, 2019
Address: 95, Seohak-ro, Wansan-gu, Jeonju-si, Jeollabuk-do (전라북도 전주시 완산구 서학로 95)
Website: www.bibimbapfest.com (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
Credits and Read for more info: Korea Tourism Organization
