In order to continuously hand down and improve traditional Korean temple food, Cultural Corps of Korean Buddhism belonging to Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism has proceeded with a project that standardizes and modernizes temple food recipes, which had been passed down orally. Due to increased cases of the domestic and foreign temple food education centers or temple food restaurants imitating temple food, the inherent characteristics of temple food are becoming ambiguous. To counterbalance, the certification process as a specialist in Korean temple food through proper testing procedures has been set up and offered to both the Buddhist monks and the general public. As of 2019, the certificates are issued under the authority of the Cultural Corps of Korean Buddhism and will later proceed with the private license registration.