Grand Prize Winners: National Seafood Month Photo Challenge 2018 Wrap-Up
For National Seafood Month 2018, we hosted a photo challenge asking chefs, restaurants and everyday sea-foodies to get involved by posting an appealing photo of a sustainable seafood dish each week in October, in sync with our weekly themes, and to use the hashtag #SeafoodMonthChallenge. We also asked folks to provide the sourcing information for their seafood and say the Seafood Watch rating in the photo‘s caption, encouraging participants to investigate seafood products and put our sustainable seafood recommendations into practice.
As an incentive and to create some competition during our National Seafood Month Photo Challenge, we worked with some of our larger corporate business partners to provide some enticing prizes, including gift cards from Blue Apron, Disney and Whole Foods Market. And to top it off, Lindblad Expeditions donated two expedition cruise packages as our grand prize! One being a five-day expedition to Baja California and the other a five-day expedition to the Channel Islands in California. Last year we had about 200 entries over the month and this year we doubled it, receiving over 400 entry posts!
Each week we celebrated two winners: an at-home chef winner and a professional chef winner, allowing us to engage everyday home cooks as well as culinary experts and businesses.
You can view our weekly winners and top entries in the blog posts below:
Week One: Fish Tacos
Week Two: Bivalves
Week Three: Seafood Pasta
Week Four: Finfish
The Lindblad Expedition cruise packages were saved as the grand prize and awarded to the two participants who posted each week and had the best overall photos.
Our grand prize winners include…
Professional Chef Winner: Shawn Streete from Suisun City, California
Week One: Plancha Seared Barramundi Fish Tacos with Blistered Tomatillo/Heirloom Cherry Tomato Salsa Housed in Crispy Wonton Shells. Barramundi farmed in recirculating aquaculture systems is a green Best Choice
Week Two: Scallop Crudo with Meyer Lemon Ponzu Shōyu. Atlantic farmed sea scallops are a green Best Choice.
Week Three: Lobster Fettuccini with Herb Pesto and Lobster Roe. American lobster from the Gulf of Maine is a yellow Good Alternative.
Week Four: Black Seabass with Crispy Artichokes and Laurel Bay Berries. Black seabass farmed worldwide in indoor recirculating tanks are a green Best Choice.
At-Home Chef Winner: Josh Sawyer from Felton, California
Week One: Vermillion Snapper Fish Tacos with Jalapeño Cabbage Slaw. The vermillion snapper was from Ocean2Table and is a yellow Good Alternative.
Week Two: Seared Sea Scallops with Saffron and Preserved Lemon Risotto. Wild scallops from the US are a green Best Choice.
Week Three: Pasta with Canned Tuna Tossed with Peas, Garlic, Lemon and Aleppo Pepper. Whole Foods Chunk White Albacore Tuna is pole-and-line caught, a green Best Choice.
Week Four: Steelhead Trout with Creamy Celeriac Purée and a Fresh Heirloom Tomato, Basil and Avocado Salad. US farmed steelhead trout is a green Best Choice.
Other Top Participants
While we could only have two grand prize winners, we’d like to acknowledge some of our other top, loyal participants and favorite photo entries.
Hook & Barrel Restaurant, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Bethany Rhoads, Carmel, California
Southpark Seafood, Portland, Oregon
Chef Jonathan Pye, Merriam, Kansas
Linda Kam, Hilton Head, South Carolina
Keane Amdahl, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Chef Jessie Rattani, Verona, Pennsylvania
Chef Samuel Monsour, Los Angeles, California
Bethany Rhoads (2), Carmel, California
Linda Kam (2), Hilton Head, South Carolina
Ann Knutson, San Diego, California
District 7 Wines, Monterey, California
Janice Loh, Hayward, California
Karista Taylor Bennett, Willamette Valley, Oregon
Red Lobster, USA
Santa Barbara Zoo, Santa Barbara, California
Thank you to all our amazing participants for taking part in our photo challenge and raising awareness about our program and sustainable seafood. Learn more about our National Seafood Month Photo Challenge or Seafood Watch recommendations.
You can view our weekly winners and top entries in the blog posts below:
Week One: Fish Tacos
Week Two: Bivalves
Week Three: Seafood Pasta
Week Four: Finfish