Thank you John Shields for bringing this wonderful event to our attention.
“This year the greater Chesapeake community will be celebrating the 53rd anniversary of the U.S. Oyster Festival, the home of the National Oyster Cook-Off and the National Oyster Shucking Competition. The festival is happening October 19 & 20, 2019 at the St. Mary’s County Fairgrounds in Leonardtown, Maryland. Both the Oyster Cook-Off and the National Oyster Shucking competition take place on Saturday, October 19.”
Contestants will be coming from all over the country, however, participants from the Baltimore/Washington region are under-represented. Whether a home cook or professional chef, enter your family recipes or creative new ones, and show the world that nobody can compete with the oyster cooks in our area! Submit your recipe(s) to the 40th Annual U.S. Oyster Festival’s National Oyster Cook Off!
Up to six recipes per contestant can be submitted, and the deadline is August 31, 2019. The three contest divisions are (1) Hors D’oeuvres, (2) Soups/Stews, and (3) Main Dishes. Here are the cook-off rules.
-JAY
