September 14-16, 2012
Thanks for making the 2011 Shrimp & Grits Festival a great success!
Mark your calendars for the seventh annual festival, September 14-16, 2012 and be on the look-out for some exciting new changes and even more shrimp & grits fun!
Announcing the 2011 Cooking Competition Winners
Amateur Competition Winner -
1st Place: Harlan Hambright, Team Odyfferus - St. Simons Island, Georgia
2nd Place: Danny Maddox - St. Simons Island, Georgia
3rd Place: Jason Smith and Missy Roeffler - Fernandina Beach, Florida
Consumer Choice: Jay Lassiter - St. Mary's, Georgia
Professional Competition Winners -
Consumer Choice Winner: Coastal Kitchen - St. Simons Island, Georgia
1st Place: Saltwater Cowboy - St. Simons Island, Georgia
2nd Place: Latitude 31 - Jekyll Island, Georgia
3rd Place: Tasteful Temptations Catering - St. Simons Island, Georgia
Guest Chefs
Each year the Jekyll Island Shrimp & Grits Festival plays host to several guest chefs for cooking demonstrations, book-signings, and guest appearances. Cooking demonstration take place that the Pier Road Stage.
Chef Gena Knox knows that preparing tasty and healthy meals is amazingly uncomplicated when using fresh ingredients combined with good food instincts. She founded Fire & Flavor with her husband Davis Knox in September 2003 as a way to provide home cooks with flavorful and easy-to-prepare cooking option. Gena is the author, Gourmet Made Simple, published in May 2008, which shares her true passion for food and helps take the challenge out of gourmet cooking for home chefs. DOWNLOAD GENA KNOX'S RECIPE.
Chef Joe Randall is a forty-eight year veteran of the hospitality and food service industry. Randall has worked his way up through the ranks from Air Force flight line kitchens to executive chef post at a dozen restaurants, including the award-winning Cloister Restaurant in Buffalo, New York and Baltimore's Fishmarket in Maryland. He now owns and operates the Joe Randall Cooking School in Savannah, Georgia. Chef Randall will be judging both the Amateur and Professional Cooking Competition and hosting a cooking demonstration on Saturday.
Chef Warren Caterson is the author of Table for Two-The Cookbook for Couples, the perfect cookbook for young couples, empty nesters, and everyone in between. He will demonstrate that a fresh, delicious dinner can be on the table in under an hour, with a minimum of leftovers. He will be hosting a cooking demonstration on Sunday. DOWNLOAD WARREN'S RECIPE
Vendors
Thank you to all the Arts and Craft Vendors who participated in the 2011 Jekyll Island Shrimp & Grits Festival.
Category Winners
· Jewelry – The Jewelry Girls, Ocala, FL
· Glass- Starpath Designs, Macon, GA
· Photography – CWC Photography, Milledgeville, GA
· Fiber Arts – Piggy Dots & Poky Tails, Brunswick, GA
· Wood Carving – Hopers Handmades, Kingsland, GA
· Painting - Allen’s Art Studio, Mauldin, SC
· Other/Mixed Media – Tony Krysinsky, Pensacola, FL
Shrimp & Grits 3 Race Challenge
Thank you to all the athletes who participated in the Shrimp & Grits 3 Race Challenge.
Check here for results