Mississippi Gulf Fresh Seafood

Celebrate Mother’s Day with our “Mom’s Favorite Seafood Recipe” contest on Facebook!

msseafood — Tue, 07 May 2013 14:37:26 +0000

This week we’re celebrating all moms with our “Mom’s Favorite Seafood Recipe” contest!

Does Mom have a favorite seafood recipe or do you have a favorite seafood recipe that she makes for you? Upload it to our Facebook site for a chance to win a Mississippi Seafood prize pack for mom valued at over $100! The prize pack contains a Mississippi Seafood apron, cookbooks, and a few other items to help mom prepare her favorite seafood dishes!

Contest ends Mother’s Day – Sunday, May 12th, 2013. The one (1) winner will be notified by email.

We look forward to all the seafood recipes that you share with us! Best of luck!

Tickets Available for 2013 4th Annual Great Mississipi Seafood Cook-Off!

msseafood — Thu, 02 May 2013 21:42:01 +0000

Tickets are available for the 4th Annual Mississippi Seafood Cook-Off! The event is free to the public and a limited number of seats are available for the event. Anyone interested in attending the event can email the Mississippi Seafood Marketing Program with their name, phone number, and number of tickets you would like. All ticket requests can be sent to Brooke.Goff@dmr.ms.gov.

This year’s event will take place from 3:30 PM – 7:00 PM on Friday, May 31st at the Slavonian Lodge in conjunction with Biloxi’s Blessing of the Fleet. Twelve Mississippi chefs will be participating for the title of “King” or “Queen” and a chance to represent our state at the Great American Seafood Cook-Off on August 3, 2013.

The twelve chefs who will be participating in this year’s Cook-Off are:

Chef Ty Thames, Restaurant Tyler- Starkville, MS
Chef Patrick Heim, Taste! Catering- Biloxi, MS
Chef Gary Hawkins, Sophia’s Restaurant- Jackson, MS
Chef Tyler Edwards, Snack Bar- Oxford, MS
Chef Corbin Evans, The Inn at Ole Miss- Oxford, MS
Chef David Crews, Six Shooter- Drew, MS
Chef John Woods, First Choice Catering- Horn Lake, MS
Chef Reynolds Boykin, Parlor Market- Jackson, MS
Chef Clayton Barney, Cotton Blues - Hattiesburg, MS
Chef Jeremy Noffke, Purple Parrot Café- Hattiesburg, MS
Chef Eric Spencer, Island View Casino- Gulfport, MS

Though those attending the event will not be able to sample the chef’s dishes, all attendees will be able to sample delicious Mississippi Seafood and get to vote in a “People’s Choice” award!

Stay tuned for more information about the event as it draws closer! Will your favorite chef be crowned?

Bringing A Taste of Mississippi home: Re-do of the City Grit Event

msseafood — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:25:02 +0000

If you missed the A Taste of Mississippi event at City Grit in NY, you have two chances to catch our re-do dinners in Mississippi! The event was so well received that Chefs Derek Emerson and Chris Poplin will be serving their six courses at Walker’s Drive In on April 22, 2013 and at Magnolia Hall at Florence Gardens on April 25, 2013. Tickets for both events are currently on sale and can be found on the Eat Y’All website. Tickets for either event are $75 for all six courses and the price includes drinks.

Like our March 7th Taste of Mississippi event, each dinner will feature delicious, sustainable Mississippi seafood and local favorites, including:

Oysters stuffed with Shrimp and Parmesan
Shrimp and Roasted Tomato Bisque with Crab Cakes
Crispy BBQ Oysters with Waldorf Salad Slaw and Warm Brie
Shaved Fennel and Red Onion Salad with Colossal Lump Crab and Satsuma Orange
Blackened Redfish with a Cajun Corn Maque Choux
Southern Peach Cobbler with an Orange Biscuit Crust and Chantilly Crème

We’re excited to be bringing this Chef Table event home to Mississippi not once, but twice. The event sold out quickly in NY, so visit EatYall for more details and ticket information. We look forward to seeing you on April 22 and 25th!

Mississippi Seafood Marketing Program Announces Plans for the 4th Annual Mississippi Seafood Cook-Off

msseafood — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:22:25 +0000

(Biloxi, MS) April 1, 2013 – Mississippi Seafood Marketing Program (MSMP) is thrilled to announce plans for the 4^th Annual Mississippi Seafood Cook-Off held Friday, May 31^st in Biloxi, Mississippi. This regional cooking competition will showcase Mississippi’s talented chefs during a four-hour long cook-off. The competing chefs will present their unique, signature dishes highlighting fresh, sustainable Mississippi Gulf Seafood to a select group of prominent local judges. Only twelve chefs will be selected to participate and interested chefs have until April 15th to send in their entry form.

The twelve lucky chefs will each compete for the title of “King” or “Queen” of Mississippi Seafood. In order to compete, participants must hold the title of Executive Chef at a restaurant located in Mississippi. Each chef will be responsible for plating up to six entrées for judges with Mississippi Seafood featured as the main protein. The food will be judged on taste, as well as execution of skills, creativity and presentation.

The winning chef will have the prestigious honor of representing Mississippi in the Great American Seafood Cook-Off (GASCO) in New Orleans on August 3, 2013. GASCO pits top chefs from around the country against one another, each tasked with the goal of creating the most delicious, signature dish using domestic seafood native to their state.

“We could not be more excited to see how Mississippi’s top chefs cook up our fresh, premium Gulf Seafood,” said Irvin Jackson, Director of the MSMP. “The Annual Mississippi Seafood Cook-Off provides a great opportunity to bring awareness to our rich seafood heritage, especially since the event coincides with Biloxi’s 84^th Annual Blessing of the Fleet and the start to this year’s shrimp season. We are really looking forward to some truly original, inspired dishes by our highly skilled chefs.”

The Annual Mississippi Seafood Cook-Off celebrates Mississippi’s top chefs and encourages them to get creative with Mississippi’s flavorful, wild-caught gulf seafood. Entry forms are currently being accepted until Monday, April 15^th. Once submission is over, the twelve chosen contestants will be notified on Monday, April 22^nd.

To download the 2013 Great Mississippi Seafood Cook-Off Application, please click here.

For our official rules, please click here.

Benefit for University of Southern Mississippi Art and Music Department

msseafood — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:57:14 +0000

Last Saturday, February 23, 2013, Mississippi Seafood was proud to be a part of a cook-off to benefit the victims and volunteers of the Hattiesburg tornadoes. The community is still organizing benefit events around the area, including the USM Hattiesburg Music & Art Dept. Benefit held at the Eastbank Pub this weekend, March 2, 2013 and March 3, 2013 starting at 2:30 PM.

Declared a federal disaster, the Hattiesburg tornadoes damaged more than 800 homes in the southern region of the state and destroyed parts of the University of Southern Mississippi (including the arts and music department buildings on February 10. President Obama has ordered federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts.

Eastbank Pub will host the event, featuring music, food, a silent auction, and raffles. The event is family-friendly, as many activities will be held outside the pub. If you’re free March 2-3,2013, come out and show your support for Hattiesburg and the University of Southern Mississippi’s art and music departments.

Sources:

Sun Herald - http://www.sunherald.com/2013/02/21/4483251/pascagoula-pub-plans-benefit-for.html

USM.edu - https://www.usm.edu/news/article/eastbank-pub-host-benefit-southern-miss-art-music-programs-march-2-3

Congratulations to Gulf Pride – one of top ten finalists for Seafood Excellence product award

msseafood — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:11:28 +0000

Congratulations to Gulf Pride Enterprises, Inc.! Their Gulf Pride Select Shrimp Entrees is one of the top 10 finalists of the International Boston Seafood Show’s (IBSS) Seafood Excellence Award for new retail category products.

The winner will be announced during the IBSS at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center on Sunday, March 10th.

If you are attending the International Boston Seafood Show stop by our booth – booth # 2143 – to learn more about premium Mississippi Seafood and find out about Gulf Pride Select Shrimp Entrees.

Source: Seafood Source - http://www.seafoodsource.com/newsarticledetail.aspx?id=19667

Come Meet Mississippi Seafood Processors at the 2013 International Boston Seafood Show

msseafood — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:31:54 +0000

Attending the International Boston Seafood Show?

Come join the Mississippi Seafood Marketing Program at booth # 2143 from March 10-12, 2013! Our booth will feature a cooking team serving samples of succulent Mississippi Seafood and you can meet five of our Mississippi Seafood processors to learn more about their products at the IBSS:

C.F. Gollott & Son’s Seafood - Booth 2143
Crystal Seas Seafood LLC - Booth 2143
Golden Gulf Coast Packing Co., Inc. - Booth 2143
Gulf Pride Enterprises Inc. - Booth 2143
Biloxi Freezing and Processing - Booth 2418

Stop by to learn more about how we can help your business grow with our premium, wild caught Mississippi Seafood! We will see you in Boston!

Mississippi Seafood Helps Organize Benefit Cook-Off for Hattiesburg Tornado Victims and Volunteers

msseafood — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:55:59 +0000

Mississippi Seafood is proud to be a part of a cook-off to benefit the victims and volunteers of the Hattiesburg tornadoes. The cook off will take place Saturday, February 23, 2013, at Hattiesburg Fire Station #1, located on N. Main Street Hattiesburg (East of Hwy 49) from 11:00 am to 1:30 pm and is open to anyone affected by the storm.

Declared a federal disaster, the Hattiesburg tornadoes damaged more than 800 homes in the southern region of the state and destroyed parts of the University of Southern Mississipi on February 10. President Obama has ordered federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts.

Organized by the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, the cookoff will feature seafood generously donated by the Mississippi Seafood community, including Quality Poultry & Seafood, M&M Processing, C.F. Gollott and Sons Seafood, Crystal Seas Oysters, Desporte & Sons Seafood, and Family Frozen Food. First responders, the Mayor of Hattiesburg, the Sheriff of Forrest County will be in attendance. The Marine Patrol will be cooking, and other departments of the DMR are donating much needed relief items.

Mississippi Seafood is thankful for all those who have volunteered and donated to help those in the community affected by the tornadoes.

Mississippi Gulf Oyster Dip

TFG Administrator — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:29:28 +0000

A delicious dip made with chopped Mississippi Gulf Oysters, dill, sour cream and onions.

A Rich Heritage, A Wealth of Seafood

msseafood — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:08:12 +0000

Our seafood continues to be a superior product grown in our waters by Mother Nature and harvested by local fisherman. It has the taste, texture and quality that stand out from the rest.