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Kick Off of the 2011 Great American Seafood Cook-Off

Picture by: Kathleen Semon Picture taken on: August 6th, 2011

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Ewell Smith, executive director of the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board, kicks off the 2011 Great American Seafood Cook-off, welcoming over a dozen chefs from around the country to New Orleans to compete in the 8th annual event. These chefs will create unique dishes using wild-caught or farm-raised fish from their home states to emphasize the importance of cooking with domestic sustainable seafood. The chef with the best dish will be crowned King of American Seafood.