OysterFest Chowder Cook Off

250 West Sanderson Way,Shelton WA 98584

01 October, 2022

Description

OysterFest has added a new event to this year's WA State Seafood Festival line-up, a chowder cook-off. Enter your Best Chowder: Chefs are invited to compete for prizes & bragging rights -- as well as a cool plaque that they can hang on their wall! The event will be hosted during the annual OysterFest event, October 1 & 2 in Shelton, WA. Decide Which is the Best Chowder: Take part in the 1st Annual OysterFest Chowder Cook-Off by helping to decide which local restaurant creates the BEST seafood chowder! The fee includes a tasting flight of all the participating chowders as well as a slice of garlic bread. Each participant receives wooden tasting coins to select their favorite chowder. The tasting is from 12-2 PM SAT, Oct 1 and there is a limited number of pre-sales.... so no worries about the crazy long OysterFest line ups! Entry Info: It's not a totally new idea for the organizers of OysterFest, Skookum Rotary Club, as for many years the annual seafood festival included a very popular cook-off element showcasing favorite seafood recipes. This new event invites chefs to bring their favorite chowder to OysterFest, Saturday, October 1 to be judged by a People's Choice as well as by 2022 Honorary GOO, Chef Xinh Dwelley.If you love cooking chowder, now is the time to pull your team together and prove why your chowder is the best! Entry fee is $50. The prize will be a cash prize for 1st Place and gift baskets for 2nd & 3rd. 1st will receive a plaque recognizing the entrant as the winner of the 2022 Chowder Cook-Off. The chowder recipe may be seafood, or a combination of seafood and other ingredients. Set up begins at 10 AM. Participants must be prepared to bring five gallons of chowder. Chowder must be prepared in an approved kitchen and WA State Health protocols must be followed. Chowders must be ready for tasting at noon. Cooks may use approved heating sources to maintain heat until 2PM. Tickets for tastes of chowder include tokens for voting for People’s Choice. The People’s Choice Award is determined by the most tokens received. A limited number of tastes will be available. Awards will be presented each day after the final heats in the West Coast Shucking Championship. All proceeds benefit PUD’s Project Share. Project Share is an assistance program that was started in 1983 to assist low-income customers, as certified by Community Action Council, with their electric bills. This event is hosted by OysterFest and the Shelton Skookum Rotary Club. Thank you to Mason PUD 3 for providing the assistance with volunteers and coordination during the event. For more information about event call 360-427-5599.