2010 Maine Oyster Fest a wicked good shuckin' time...
Date: October 10th, 2010
Where: The Union Bluff Meeting House York Beach Maine
Ticket Price $40.00
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 restaurants committed for 2008






Maine Oyster Festival 2008 Event info.



Chef of the Year-
1st Prize- $500

Chef of the Year 2008 1st Prize $500
     Each restaurant will have 200 servings of a dish created with oysters and 200 servings of their signature dish.
Each Chef will be judged by a panel of local "celebrity" judges including Rachael Forrest ( Seacoast Food Editor ), Jean Kerr, Editor of (Taste of the Seacoast Magazine), Rowan Jacobsen      Author of (The Geography of Oysters) and Fiona Robinson, Editor in Chief of )Seafood Business Magazine).
Each chef will be required to have their food prepared ahead of time. Chef will have use of the Meeting House kitchen to warm and plate your food.  Chef will be provided with a 3x6 table with white linen and serving dishes. Chef can decorate the table without any restrictions. Each chef should have 1 helper for the event. Clean up is mandatory and your team must stay until the event is over and all awards have been handed out.



J.P.Shellfish Maine Oyster Shucking Contest-
1st Prize- $500
All participants must be 21 or older.

The shuck off will be limited to 24 participants

 in heats of 6 contestants each.

 

Goal:

     To shuck 6 oysters as cleanly and perfectly as possible and arrange them on a plate in a circular fashion.  The winner does this in the shortest amount of time.

 

Rules and Regulations:

    

¨      Each contestant will begin with 6 oysters

¨      Each contestant will be timed from the moment they begin until the time they say they are finished.  This “original time” will be recorded.

¨      Two judges will judge the round.  Each judge will score on separate criteria:

Judges:

Will count oysters, check for shell fragments, cracked shells, dirt,  ripped meats, and validate the required circular presentation is used.

·        30 seconds are added for each missing oyster

·        30 seconds are added for random plating

·        30 seconds are added for any cracked shells

·        30 seconds are added for any debris or ripped meats


 


Inn on the Blues Oyster Luge Contest
1st Prize- $250
All Participants must be 21 or older

Oyster Luge Competition

 

 Consisting of a two member team:


Team member one will be responsible for  dropping 3 oysters, one at a time, into the luge at the top of the ice.

Team member two will be responsible for catching oyster in his/her mouth without spilling any on themselves

Judging-

·        Each team will begin with three oysters

·        Each team will be timed from the moment they begin until the time they say they are finished.  This “original time” will be recorded.

·        30 seconds will be added for each dropped oyster

·        30 seconds will be added for splash or spillage

 

Penalties will be added back to each team’s “original time” resulting in an “adjusted time”.  The adjusted time will be used to determine the winner.



Restaurants interested in participating, please fill out the form below.All restaurants are required to purchase oysters for the event at York Lobster & Seafood. Rules and Regulations will be mailed or emailed to you upon receipt of your information. If you are not currently a customer of York Lobster & Seafood, please send a check, payable to York Lobster & Seafood, for $75.00






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Please indicate which event you are signing up for
Chef of the Year
Oyster Shucking
Oyster Luge
Best Oyster