Seafood Throwdown at Cape Cod Maritime Festival - North American Marine Alliance

Celebrate Cape Cod’s rich nautical history with the 11th Annual Cape Cod Maritime Festival held on the Hyannis waterfront at the Cape Cod Maritime Museum on Saturday June 9 and Sunday June 10.

As always, locally-caught seafood will be featured from area restaurateurs and food vendors for festival goers to enjoy! New this year will be a Seafood Throwdown contest, hosted by the Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance, in which two local chefs – Exec. Chef Daniel Kenney of Sea Crest Beach Hotel and Exec. Chef Ben Porter of Belfry Inn – go head-to-head in a cooking competition inspired by local seafood. Each participant brings only their favorite cooking vessels/utensils, presentation plates and three of their favorite ingredients. Once there, they discover the secret seafood ingredient, provided by Cape Cod Community Supported Fishery, and are given $25 to shop the Mid-Cape Farmer’s Market farm stand as their pantry, and then an hour to prepare, cook and plate their dish for three judges. The community ’expert’ judges are Gwenn Friss-Cape Cod Times Food Reviewer, Dan McKiernan-MA Division of Marine Fisheries, and Capt. Ernie Eldredge-weir fisherman, fish provider for the event.

This year will be the first that the Cape Cod Maritime Festival is the culminating event of Maritime Days, which are May 13th thru June 10th. The Cape Cod Chamber, Arts Foundation of Cape Cod and the Cape Cod Commission sponsor the promotion of Maritime Days, which celebrates its 19th year in 2012. Cape Cod Maritime Museum is honored to feature its festival as part of this great celebration of the Cape’s maritime heritage!

The Festival is held on the museum grounds, Aselton & Bismore Parks, and Hyannis & Gateway Marinas. Hours are 10:00am to 4:00pm on Saturday June 9th & Sunday June 10th. The festival is open to the public, there is no admission fee, but donations, gratefully accepted, directly benefit the Cape Cod Maritime Museum, its exhibits and programs.