COMPETITORS:
Naomi Everett – Alaska
Settler’s Bay Lodge
Anchorage, Alaska
John Hamme – Alabama
Ariccia Restaurant
Auburn, Ala.
John Nye – California
King’s Fish House
Costa Mesa, Calif.
Tim Recher – Maryland
Wyndham Baltimore Inner Harbor Hotel
Bel Air, Md.
Robert St. John – Mississippi
Purple Parrot Café
Hattiesburg, Miss.
Justin Timineri – Florida
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Tallahassee, Fla.
Tim Thomas – Georgia
Ocean Forest Club
Brunswick, Ga.
Judges:
Donna Florio
Southern Living Magazine
Birmingham, Ala.
William T. Hogarth
Director – NOAA Fisheries
Silver Spring, Md.
Shawn McLain
Spring Magazine
Chicago, Ill.
Julia Rutland
Coastal Living Magazine
Birmingham, Ala.
Susan Spicer
Bayona Magazine
New Orleans, La.
John Besh
Master of Ceremonies
New Orleans, La.