D.C. is getting a shiny new food and culture event — sort of. Events DC is putting together the International City Food Festival, “three delicious days of events in partnership with the city’s diplomatic corps,” the sports and conventions authority said Wednesday.

The festival, planned for Oct. 13-15, is creating a bigger, splashier series of events out of of the popular Embassy Chef Challenge competition, which has brought together dozens of embassy chefs to showcase the flavors of their home countries — and engage in a little friendly competition — for 14 years.

The three-day festivities are timed to coincide with the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, and appear to be Events DC’s bid to present D.C. as a global food city.

The three-day series kicks off with the Embassy Chef Challenge — which, with 40 chefs from more than 30 embassies, is bigger than ever before. Planned for Oct. 13 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, tickets are on sale now and cost $75 through September 18, and go up to $95 afterwards. If you’re lucky, rum-infused pork with mystery sauce might be on the menu again.

Then, Events DC is partnering on two new events that make up the rest of the International City Food Festival. The party keeps going Oct. 14 in a distinctly Bavarian direction, with Taste of Oktoberfest in Franklin Park at 4 p.m. You can thank the German Embassy and German-American Heritage Foundation for the day’s supply of German beer, German food, German music, and lederhosen (that last is unconfirmed, but we can dream). Tickets are $10.

Finally, on Saturday, Oct. 15, the festival comes back to the Americas with an early Día de los Muertos celebration with food and movies in Franklin Park at noon. All that — plus the opportunity to learn more about the holiday’s history and traditions — comes courtesy of the Mexican Embassy. The festivities on the 15th are free, but registration is required.

Tickets for the Embassy Chef Challenge and Taste of Oktoberfest must be purchased separately. Registration for the Dia de los Muertos celebration must also be made separately.

Some of the proceeds from the International City Food Festival will support World Central Kitchen, area chef and humanitarian Jose Andres’s disaster relief organization, most recently deploying aid workers to Ukraine.

Speaking of Ukraine: If you’re headed to find out more about the festival on its website, take a minute to enjoy the colorful artwork and graphics. It was all created by Kharkiv, Ukraine-based artist Olga Shtonda.

International City Food Festival, Oct. 13-15; Smithsonian American Art Museum and Franklin Park.