Not only do we step out of downtown Gloucester for this next Seafood Throwdown, but we bring in MasterChef!

Our competing teams will be: Amelia’s at 78 Thatcher Road, Gloucester who will be represented by Chef and owner Amelia Lopes and her daughter Danielle Vossantos. And just down the backshore at 125 Atlantic Road is the Breakfast Cafe at the Atlantis Ocean Front Inn. Chef Jessica O’Leary will be joined by MaryEllen Gigliotti.

Not only do we step out of downtown Gloucester for this next Seafood Throwdown, but we bring in MasterChef!

Our competing teams will be: Amelia’s at 78 Thatcher Road, Gloucester who will be represented by Chef and owner Amelia Lopes and her daughter Danielle Vossantos. And just down the backshore at 125 Atlantic Road is the Breakfast Cafe at the Atlantis Ocean Front Inn. Chef Jessica O’Leary will be joined by MaryEllen Gigliotti.

Judges for this event Heather Atwood blogger on “Food for Thought” and columnist/video author for the Gloucester Daily Times, The Eagle-Tribune, and the Newburyport News. Joining her will be Laurie Lufkin of Essex, winner of cooking contests from the Essex Clamfest, Topsfield Fair, Florida, the Food Channel and Family Circle Magazine and back. Christian Collins, Gloucester resident and current contest survivor for TV show “MasterChef” will complete the judging booth. Emcees will again be Peter van Ness of “gimmesound.com, The New Music Pipeline” and Joey Ciaramitaro from “GoodMorningGloucester My View of Life on the Docks” blog.

All we are missing is Gordon Ramsey!