By admin | Published: July 16, 2010
Accomplished and up-and-coming chefs from throughout the United States will gather in New Orleans on August 7 to compete in the 2010 Great American Seafood Cook-Off, which is presented annually by the Louisiana Seafood Promotion & Marketing Board.
Emmy-winning wildlife conservationist Jeff Corwin, host of Animal Planet’s Jeff Corwin Experience and Food Network’s Extreme Cuisine will co-host the Cook-Off with Chef John Folse, who is often recognized as Louisiana’s Culinary Ambassador to the World.
Now in its seventh year, the Great American Seafood Cook-Off has become the most prestigious culinary seafood competition and has featured many ‘rising stars’ and celebrity chefs over the years. The event emphasizes the importance of cooking with domestic seafood and encourages the use of products from sustainable fisheries.
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By admin | Published: July 23, 2009
America’s finest chefs showed their skills in seafood preparation at the 2009 Great American Seafood Cook-Off, held Saturday in New Orleans for the sixth straight year. The event, which has featured both up-and-coming and celebrity chefs over the years, underscored the importance of cooking with domestic seafood and encouraged the use of products from sustainable [...]
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By admin | Published: August 6, 2008
Congratulations to Mississippi’s Chef John Currence! He beat out 14 other prestigious chefs from across the nation to be crowned King of American Seafood at the 2008 Fifth Annual Great American Seafood Cook-Off! It was a spectacular battle between great culinary talents at the Louisiana Foodservice EXPO, but at the end of the two day [...]
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By admin | Published: August 6, 2007
Tim Thomas, of Georgia, Crowned 2007 King of American Seafood With the Brazilian sounds of Casa Samba vibrating in the huge hall and a performer dressed in tails dancing while expertly sliding wands of fire down her throat, the opening of the final day of the 2007 Great American Seafood Cook-Off could not have been [...]
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By admin | Published: August 6, 2006
The stage was set, the time was ripe, onlookers crowded the stage in anticipation of the Awards Ceremony for the 2006 Great American Seafood Cook-Off. It was Sunday afternoon in New Orleans and the event couldn’t have spoken more eloquently for domestic seafood. On stage Master of Ceremonies Louisiana Chef John Besh peeled back the [...]
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By admin | Published: August 6, 2005
NOAA’s Bill Hogarth Presents Trophies to Texas, California and Massachusetts Chefs Hogarth crowns Chef Randy Evans of Brennan’s of Houston as Seafood King at the 2005 Great American Seafood Cook Off. Randy’s Wild Caught Texas Shrimp with Biscuits and Gravy is quintessential East Texas cooking. Clearly, local style and ingredients are what make these cook [...]
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By admin | Published: August 6, 2004
NOAA’s Bill Hogarth Presents Trophies to Louisiana, Delaware and Maryland Chefs New Orleans, LA – Chef John Besh of Restaurant August in New Orleans won the 2004 Great American Seafood Cook Off on Saturday, July 31, 2004. Besh competed against noted chefs from throughout America, each representing his or her state in the Great American [...]
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