Be sure to bring your taste buds to the Got To Be NC Seafood Cooking Stage during the 40th Annual North Carolina Seafood Festival! Watch as highly renowned NC chefs prepare NC seafood delicacies for you to enjoy.
Morehead City Waterfront on the corner of 5th and Evans Streets.
The Coastal Table Dinner
Join us Friday, October 2 for The Coastal Table Dinner, a six-course benefit dinner featuring NC Catch Ambassador Chefs, locally sourced seafood, award-winning North Carolina wine pairings, live music and a silent auction. Tickets are $100 per person, with proceeds benefiting NC Catch and its work to support North Carolina’s commercial fishing communities and locally harvested seafood. Learn more about the chefs, menu and evening details.
Demonstrations open to all, FREE admission and FREE samples provided.
Saturday, October 3th (10:00 AM - 6:00 PM)
Tent opens at 9:45 AM; presentations start on every hour
Demo and Book Signing
1:00 PM – 1:45 PM
Chef Dawn Freeman, Private Chef & Former NC Seafood Festival Queen
2:00 PM – 2:45 PM
Austen Schindler, Covey
3:00 PM – 3:45 PM
Daniel Murray, Cypress Hall
4:00 PM – 4:45 PM
DeAnna Galbreath, Bespoke Galley
5:00 PM – 5:45 PM
Smothered Fried Mullet, Dirty Rice, with Shrimp and Crab Gravy
Sunday, October 6th (11:00 AM - 3:00 PM)
Tent opens at 10:45 AM; presentations start on every hour
11:00 AM – 11:45 AM
Striper Hub
12:00 PM – 12:45 PM
1:00 PM – 1:45 PM
Taylor Halley, The Wine Feed
2:00 PM – 2:45 PM
Jamie Davis, The Hackney