Be sure to bring your taste buds to the Got To Be NC Seafood Cooking Stage during the 37th Annual North Carolina Seafood Festival! Watch as highly renowned NC chefs prepare NC seafood delicacies for you to enjoy.
Morehead City Waterfront on 5th Street (5th Street and Evans to be exact)
Demonstrations open to all, FREE admission and FREE samples provided.
Saturday, October 7 (10:00 - 6:00)
Tent opens at 9:45; presentations start on every hour
10:00 – 11:00: Caroline Basnight, Basnight’s Lone Cedar Café
Sauteed NC Shrimp and Stone Ground Grits
11:00 – 12:00: Clarke Merrell, Circa 81, Dank Burrito, and Social Q Smokehouse
Outer Banks Shrimp Salad
12:00 – 1:00: Chad Blackwelder (NC Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services) with Chuck Hall (Tidewater Grain Company)
NC Seafood and Green Chile Sausage with Cilantro Rice and Charred Silver Corn Relish
1:00 – 2:00: Dawn Freeman (Award Winning Chef & Former NC Seafood Festival Queen)
Super Grouper Bangin' Bacon Cake
2:00 – 3:00: Red and Ashley Harrell (Gaffer’s Restaurant – Emerald Isle)
Cajun Flounder with Vegetable Risotto
3:00 – 4:00: Wilson Gregory (Outer Banks Boil Company - Emerald Isle)
Signature Seafood Boil
4:00 – 5:00: Caroline Dominguez (Carteret Local Food Network with support from Sea Grant StriperHub)
Sauteed Striped Bass with Garlic-Basil Butter
Sunday, October 8 (11:00 - 4:00)
Tent opens at 10:45; presentations start on every hour
11:00 – 12:00: Greg Owens (Carolina Classics Catfish)
Southern Tea Brined Catfish, Housemaid Pickles, and Sweet Potato Cornbread Molasses Honey Glaze
12:00 – 1:00: Jamie Davis (The Hackney Distillery)
NC Lump Crab Cakes, Apple Tarragon Slaw, and Tomato Butter
1:00 – 2:00: Queen Precious-Jewel Zabriskie (Indulgent Essential Spices and Indulgent Catering) – featured on FOX TV’s Gordon Ramsay Food Stars
Indulgent BBQ Redfish with Spanish Rice
2:00 – 3:00: Chef Keith Rhodes (Catch Restaurant and a James Beard nominee for Best Chef Southeast and featured on Bravo TV’s Top Chef) with John Mallette (Southern Breeze Seafood)
Caribbean Seafood Stew
3:00 – 4:00: Caroline Dominguez (Carteret Local Food Network with support from Sea Grant StriperHub)
Sauteed Striped Bass with Garlic-Basil Butter