Sports lovers seeking to enjoy the upcoming Men's Hockey World Cup here would have one more reason to celebrate the event — a food festival is being organised to serve them gastronomic delights from across the globe.

The International Food Festival will be a part of the Bhubaneswar City Festival, to be organised during the three-week long mega sporting event from November 28 to December 16. Leading hotels, restaurants and hotel and catering institutes have become partners of the event who will set up kiosks where their culinary ideas will satiate the food connoisseurs of the city, organisers said.