Be sure to bring your taste buds to the Got To Be NC Seafood Cooking Stage during the 39th 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.
Demonstrations open to all, FREE admission and FREE samples provided.
Friday October 3rd (6:00 - 8:30PM)
Sea to Summit: A Culinary Collaboration
Saturday, October 4th (10:00 AM - 6:00 PM)
Tent opens at 9:45 AM; presentations start on every hour
10:00 AM – 10:45 AM
Chef Caroline Basnight, Basnight's Lone Cedar Café
Shrimp and Grits (Stone Ground Cheese Grits, Garlic, Peppers, Onions, NC Sausage, and NC Shrimp)
11:00 AM – 11:45 AM
Clarke Merrell, Prime Bistro, Dank Burrito and Circa 81
Fish (Mahi Mahi) Tacos with Pico de Gallo, Chipotle Aioli, Cilantro, Lime
12:00 PM – 12:45 PM
John Mallette, Southern Breeze Seafood
Grandma's Shrimp and Grits, Local shrimp, Ashe Coubty Sharp cheddar, Tidewater Rice Flour, Trinity, Butter, Southern Breeze Seasonings
1:00 PM – 1:45 PM
Chef Dawn Freeman, Private Chef & Former NC Seafood Festival Queen
Low Country Shrimp & Corn Cobb Whiskey Risotto (featuring NC Shrimp, Tidewater Grain Gold Rice & Middlins, locally grown Corn/Veggies)
2:00 PM – 2:45 PM
Chef Jessica Lewis, West Carteret High School / Amos Mosquitos
Pan Seared Carolina White Fish with a Spiced Peach and Maple Glaze, served over a Local Sweet Potato Hash topped with Dressed Micro-Greens
3:00 PM – 3:45 PM
Josh Macklin, Blue Moon Bistro
Tuna Nicoise
4:00 PM – 4:45 PM
Daniel Murray, Cypress Hall
Striped Bass Crudo w/ Celery + Szechuan Vinegar / Gold Beet + Apple Aguachile / Pickled Mushroom / Miso + Benne Rice Crispies
5:00 PM – 5:45 PM
Semion Spencer, Island Bodega
Curry Shrimp Over Black Mushroom Risotto
Sunday, October 6th (10:00 AM - 4:00 PM)
Tent opens at 9:45 AM; presentations start on every hour
10:00 AM – 10:45 AM
Chad Blackwelder & Chuck Hall, Tidewater
Deviled NC Crab & Tidewater Carolina Gold Rice Arancini with Charred Jalapeno & Buttermilk Ranch
11:00 AM – 11:45 AM
Striper Hub
Striped Bass w/ Spiced Yogurt / Carolina Gold Rice / Rabbit Curry / Pickled Okra
12:00 PM – 12:45 PM
Chef Dawn Freeman, Private Chef & Former NC Seafood Festival Queen
Spicy NC Blue Crab & Corn Chowder (featuring NC Jumbo Lump Blue Crab)
1:00 PM – 1:45 PM
Chris Stephens, Moonrakers
Fried "Seashore oyster company" oysters, black pepper puree, mango cruda, lime
2:00 PM – 2:45 PM
Jamie Davis, The Hackney
North Carolina Shrimp Stew over Tidewater Grain Rice
3:00 PM – 3:45 PM
Keith Rhodes, Catch 109
Carolina Gold Rice with Gullah-Style Smothered Crab Gravy