NATIONAL OYSTER COOK-OFF CONTEST
Do you have a fabulous oyster recipe? Do you receive rave reviews whenever you serve it? If so, you may be awarded $1,300 and a silver tray by entering your best original oyster recipe in the 29th Annual National Oyster Cook-off. Be sure to enter your original recipe by August 1, 2008. You may be selected as one of nine contestants to compete at the cook-off on Saturday, October 18th in Leonardtown, Maryland.
Cash Prizes of $300, $200 and $150 will by awarded to the top three finalists in each of the categories: Hors d’oeuvres, Soups and Stews, and Main Dish. The Grand Prize Winner will be selected from the first place winners of each category and will receive an additional $1,000 and a silver tray. There will also be awards for Best Presentation of dish and People’s Choice.
In addition to cash prizes, contestants receive hotel accommodations, and an invitation to a welcome reception and the National Oyster Cook-off Celebration dinner. If your recipe is selected as one of the top 10 in a category, it will be printed in the annual cookbook and you will receive a free cookbook and a certificate.
Last year’s winners were: Grand Prize and Hors d’oeuvres division – Lisa Grant of Cherry Hill, New Jersey for her Oysters Saltimbocca; Main Dish division Michaela Rosenthal, Woodland Hills, California for her Crispy Chipotle Oysters; Soups and Stews division – Nancy Dentler of Greensboro, North Carolina for her Ale House Oyster Stew.
The National Oyster Cook-off is held in conjunction with the St. Mary’s County Oyster Festival and the world-famous National Oyster Shucking Contest. The Cook-off is sponsored by the Maryland Department of Agriculture’s Seafood Marketing Program, St. Mary’s County Department of Economic and Community Development and the Rotary Club of St. Mary’s (Lexington Park).
To enter, see the contest rules at http://www.marylandseafood.org/ or request a hard copy by calling 410 841-5820. The 28th Annual Cookbook, containing 31 award winning recipes is now available. Send a check for $ 6.00, payable to the National Oyster Cook-off Cookbook to: National Oyster Cook-off Cookbook, Department of Economic and Community Development, P.O. Box 653, Leonardtown, Maryland 20650.
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