Chefs from throughout the United States will gather in New Orleans tomorrow to compete in the 2009 Great American Seafood Cook-Off, which is presented by the Louisiana Seafood Promotion & Marketing Board.
This will be the sixth consecutive year that the popular culinary contest has occurred.
The event, has featured both up-and-coming and celebrity chefs over the years.
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal recently sent letters to the governors of all 50 states asking them to appoint a chef to compete in the event. To date, 15 states have registered chefs including Alabama, Alaska, California, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Maine, Mississippi, New Jersey, Oregon, Texas, Rhode Island and West Virginia.
Louisiana will be represented by Chef Tory McPhail of Commander's Palace.
Sig Hansen, the commercial fishing captain who stars in the popular documentary television show Deadliest Catch, and Chef John Folse, who is often recognized as Louisiana's Culinary Ambassador to the World, will co-host the 2009 Great American Seafood Cook Off.
The event is from 12-4Pm at the Morial Convention Center. Everyone is invited to see the cookoff.
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where will results be posted?
Tory McPhail from Commander's Palace won the Great American Cookoff
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