The organizing committee has already been formed and its general, judging and managing subcommittees are active for a successful festival.

Kang Ki Jong, vice-chairman of the Korean Association of Cooks told KCNA that food competitions and exhibitions and reception contests have been held by the General Bureau of Public Service, Kyonghung Guidance Bureau and other units as part of preparations for the festival and that provincial festivals have also finished.

Meanwhile, diplomas and medals for the festival have been instituted and the fully-furnished festival venue and lodging places are waiting for the participants.

The food festival will be held in the People's Palace of Culture in Pyongyang between April 6 and 8 to mark Day of the Sun, birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung (April 15), amid great interest of public catering establishments and housewives throughout the country.