This guide summarizes official announcements from NS Home Shopping and Iksan City; it is not a firsthand visit review. Character illustrations are GPT-generated.
- Dates
- Fri, Oct 16, 2026 ~ Sat, Oct 17
- Hours
- 10:00–17:00
- Venue
- Harim First Kitchen, Iksan 4th Industrial Complex (하림 퍼스트키친)137 Iksan-daero 78-gil, Hamyeol-eup, Iksan, Jeonbuk (전북 익산시 함열읍 익산대로78길 137)
- Performers
- 안유성 · 서경석 · 익산시립예술단 · 한우리 오케스트라
- Organizer
- Iksan City · NS Home Shopping
- Official
- Official notice (Korean) ↗
- Updated
- when we last re-checked the official notice
📅 Schedule at a glance
October 2026
Event daysHighlightsTodayKorean public holidays
Korea Meteorological Administration · 10/15, 8 AM issued · forecasts can change
📌 What's on each day
- 10/16Fri★ Cooking show · Opening · Kimchi classToday
- 10/17Sat★ Food talk · ★ Family final · Prize drawToday
🔁 Daily · Fresh Market · Cooking Class · Food Golden Bell · Shuttle
NS Food Festa 2026 in Iksan: Dates, Cooking Show, Shuttle Buses – Before Visiting Harim First Kitchen with Kids
An autumn food festival
in the yard of a food factory 🍳
NS Food Festa 2026 in Iksan (NS 푸드페스타 2026 익산)
runs for two days, October 16 (Fri) to 17 (Sat),
at Harim First Kitchen in Hamyeol-eup, Iksan.
I’ve summarized NS Home Shopping’s festival page
and Iksan City’s press releases.
🎪 About the Festival
It’s a food culture festival
that has run since 2008,
hosted by Iksan City and NS Home Shopping.
The centerpiece is the final round of a national cooking contest with 100,000,000 won in total prizes.
The poster says any visitor
can watch the contest.
Iksan City said this year it is adding
more programs for families.
Opening hours are 10:00–17:00.
✨ What’s On and When?
Here are the stage events and classes
with set times, in date order.
| Date · Time | Program |
|---|---|
| 10/16 (Fri) 13:00 | Chef Ahn Yu-seong’s cooking show — a sushi master chef, followed by photos and autographs |
| 10/16 (Fri) 14:00 | Opening ceremony |
| 10/16 (Fri) 14:30 | National cooking contest final, general division (meal kits, 60 teams) |
| 10/16 (Fri) 15:00 | Kimchi-making class — chicken-breast cucumber kimchi with Shin Seung-ju, Iksan’s first kimchi master |
| 10/17 (Sat) 11:00 | Seo Kyung-seok’s food culture talk — a talk show on Iksan food, followed by photos and autographs |
| 10/17 (Sat) 13:00 | Cooking contest final, family division (lunch boxes; one parent and one elementary-school child per team) |
| 10/17 (Sat) after 15:00 | Prize draw |
The cooking show and the talk last one hour,
and each contest final also runs one hour.
For the kimchi class, the poster has
a QR code for advance booking information.
🍳 What’s at the Festival Site?
Programs without set times
are grouped like this
on NS Home Shopping’s page and the poster.
| Zone | What’s there |
|---|---|
| Experiences | Cooking class · food-making activity · Food Golden Bell quiz · gourmet tour |
| Tasting & shopping | Harim Fresh Market (Harim Group products up to 30% off) · live home shopping · Iksan heritage restaurants exhibit |
| Things to see | ODD grocer pop-up zone · youth start-up festa · ‘Samsamhan’ lightly seasoned cooking contest (Ministry of Food and Drug Safety) |
| Performances | Iksan City Arts Troupe · Hanwoori Orchestra · Sinnaneun Art Bus (신나는 예술버스) · busking |
The poster says joining a program
gets you meal vouchers or discount coupons
for Iksan heritage restaurants and a souvenir.
🚌 Circulation Buses & Parking
NS Home Shopping’s FAQ says the on-site lot
is mainly for contestants and very small.
The temporary parking lot on the poster is
Iksan Stone Culture Experience Center (익산 석재문화체험관).
It’s 5 minutes from the venue,
with a shuttle every 15 minutes.
| Route | Stops · Frequency |
|---|---|
| Stone exhibition hall ↔ Festival site | Every 15 min on the 16th and 17th; first bus 9:30, last bus 17:00 from the stone hall |
| West route, Iksan Station Course 1 | Iksan Station east parking entrance → Mohyeon-dong → Wonkwang Univ. main gate (원대정문) → festival site |
| South route, Dong-i-ri Course 2 | Madong Woorim Pung-gyeongchae → Eoyang e-Pyeonhansesang → Ministry of Employment and Labor office → festival site |
| Course frequency | 16th (Fri) every 60 min · 17th (Sat) every 15 min |
| Course times | First departure 9:30, last departure 16:30; last bus from the festival site 17:30 |
On the timetable, the temporary lot
is called ‘Iksan Stone Exhibition Hall (익산석재전시장)’.
The buses may run a little late
depending on traffic.
🗺️ Combine It with a City Tour
Iksan City runs a FULL Course City Tour
linking the festival and local sights on the 16th and 17th.
The course goes Jewelry Museum → Agape Garden → festival site
→ Harim Kitchen Road → Hwangdeung Quarry Observatory.
| City tour | Details |
|---|---|
| Fee | 25,000 won per person (lunch, bus, and activity fees included) |
| Booking | Iksan City online reservation system, by October 12 |
| Condition | Runs when 20 or more people sign up per session |
👨👩👧 If You’re Visiting with Kids
If you have an elementary-school child,
the family division final on the 17th is worth watching together.
Finalist parents and children cook lunch boxes
as one team.
The prize draw is also after 15:00 on the 17th,
so the second day has more to see.
come only once every 60 minutes
The last bus out of the festival site is 17:30
⏳ Not Yet Announced
□ Admission fee (the word ‘free’ does not appear)
□ Times and fees for the cooking class and food-making activity
□ Capacity and fee for the kimchi class
□ Circulation bus fare
□ Rain plans and times for each performance
These are not in the official information yet.
The FAQ says general visitors can walk in
on site without signing up.
For questions, call the festival office at 02-574-1753
or Iksan City’s Food & Hygiene Division at 063-859-5454.
👍 Recommended for These Families
✔ Families who want kids to see a cooking contest up close
✔ Families looking for a chef’s cooking show or kimchi class
✔ Families getting around by circulation bus from Iksan Station
From the cooking contest and cooking show to the tasting market,
this is a festival that fills a day with food.
This article is based on official information, organized before visiting in person. The character illustrations are GPT-generated.
🔄 Updates
- First write-up
📎 Sources
- NS FOOD FESTA 2026 in IKSAN — 축제소식(일시·장소·프로그램·행사 안내·순환버스 시간표) NS홈쇼핑 · 주최
- NS FOOD FESTA — FAQ NS홈쇼핑 · 주최
- 익산시-NS홈쇼핑, 'NS 푸드페스타' 준비 착착 익산시 · 2026.9.2 · 관공서
- NS푸드페스타와 익산 관광을 한 번에 즐긴다 익산시 · 2026.10.1 · 관공서
- 익산시, 외국인 인플루언서와 함께 'K-푸드 식품수도' 알린다 익산시 · 2026.10.8 · 관공서
- NS FOOD FESTA 투어전북(전북특별자치도) · 관광
This is a guide based on official announcements, not a visit review. Schedules, programs and fees can change, so please re-check the official notice before you go.
AI-assisted translation. Numbers and article structure were checked against the Korean original on 2026-10-10. This is not a new verification of the event announcements. Original post (Korean)