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Chef Jim Smith Takes Top Honors at Great American Seafood Cook-Off

Chef Jim Smith Takes Top Honors at Great American Seafood Cook-Off

| August 11, 2011 | 0 Comments

Top honors at the 8th Annual Great American Seafood Cook-Off went to Jim Smith, chef for Alabama’s Governor Robert Bently and his family at the Governor’s Mansion in Montgomery. He was assisted by Heather Hannah in preparing a “late summery Alabama bounty.”

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At Cook-Off, Grooming the Next Generation of Seafood Chefs

At Cook-Off, Grooming the Next Generation of Seafood Chefs

| August 4, 2011 | 0 Comments

To win, high school students must do more than produce tasty dishes for a four-judge panel. They must also show safe food-handling technique and talk about the economic impact of the seafood they serve. Talk about a tall order.

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Chef Cory Bahr to Represent Louisiana in Great American Seafood Cook-Off

Chef Cory Bahr to Represent Louisiana in Great American Seafood Cook-Off

| August 2, 2011 | 0 Comments

In New Orleans, Bahr will compete against more than a dozen top seafood chefs from across the country for the title of “King” or “Queen” of American Seafood.

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Chef Rick Moonen

Chefs Put Domestic Seafood on Center Stage

| August 1, 2011 | 1 Comment

“The spirit of the Great American Seafood Cook-Off,” says Chef Rick Moonen, “is that it highlights using domestic, sustainable seafood — that’s what we all have to do.” Moonen will be a judge in the 8th annual Great American Seafood Cook-Off.

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Chef Chris Lusk

Louisiana to Crown New Seafood Cook-Off King or Queen

| May 25, 2011 | 0 Comments

The current seafood cook-off king, Chef Chris Lusk, will be on hand to crown his successor. Lusk’s reign was an example of grace under pressure, fraught with the unprecedented hurdle of the BP oil spill. “It was pretty crazy,” he says.

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Bring on the Judges!  Chefs from 15 states will compete this weekend in 2010 Great American Seafood Cook-off in New Orleans, La.

7th Annual Great American Cook-Off Nears, Amid Great Hope

| August 3, 2010 | 0 Comments

New Orleans again hosts the Great American Seafood Cook-Off this coming weekend – Saturday, August 7 – with anticipation for rebuilding the famous brand of Louisiana and Gulf seafood and the return of fishermen to fishing waters closed by the massive BP oil spill.

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