First Seafood Throwdown at Cape Ann Farmers Market is on!

The first Seafood Throwdown of the season on August 13th will feature Team Alchemy Café & Bistro starring Chef William Fogarty vs. Team Sugar Magnolias starring Chef Melissa Hart. Chef Hart was the winner of last year’s Throwdown finale while Alchemy’s Chef Oni kicked off the events in 2008.

First Seafood Throwdown at Cape Ann Farmers Market is on!

The first Seafood Throwdown of the season on August 13th will feature Team Alchemy Café & Bistro starring Chef William Fogarty vs. Team Sugar Magnolias starring Chef Melissa Hart. Chef Hart was the winner of last year’s Throwdown finale while Alchemy’s Chef Oni kicked off the events in 2008.

Read the Gloucester Daily Times story by clicking on this link and view the promo video on YouTube courtesy of GoodMorningGlouceser.com

Seafood Throwdown was the brainchild of the partnership between the Cape Ann Farmers’ Market and the Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance (NAMA) as a way of promoting locally caught seafood and gauging the community’s interest in Community Supported Fisheries (CSF). Tailored after the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model, a CSF brings freshly caught local seafood to our kitchens while providing fishermen with a better price on less catch. CSF members give the fishermen financial support in advance, and in turn the fishermen provide a weekly share of locally caught seafood to their shareholders. So popular that the Seafood Throwdowns are now being scheduled in other parts of the region including Ipswich Goes Green Festival and the Common Ground Fair in Maine.