The South Seaside Seafood Competition Returns to the Sands of Miami Seaside

Nighttime aerial view of the South Beach Seafood Festival with a large stage, food vendor tents, and a crowd gathering in front of a giant video screen. Lifestyle

South Seaside Seafood Competition

The South Seaside Seafood Competition returns Oct. 21 to 24, bringing 4 days of dinners, chef competitions, and beachfront tastings to Miami Seaside whereas kicking off South Florida’s stone crab season.

Now in its 14th 12 months, the pageant opens with a brand new occasion, Made in Miami, an intimate collaborative dinner at Phuc Yea that includes cooks Cesar Zapata (Phuc Yea), Jose Mendin (Pubbelly), Fernando Desa (Goya), Michael Beltran (Ariete), Eduardo Lara (Wolf of Tacos) and Eileen Andrade (Finka). Thursday’s An Night in Miami Seaside presents pairing dinners at each Rao’s Miami Seaside and Macchialina.

The motion strikes to Lummus Park on Friday, October twenty third for the VIP Chef Showdown, the place 18 cooks will face off in 9 completely different seafood “battles”. Bartenders will even compete in two cocktail showdowns.

Saturday’s Seafood Slam caps the pageant with limitless tastings from greater than 40 South Florida eating places, stay leisure, and interactive experiences. New this 12 months is the “Shuck’n the Sunshine State” oyster-shucking competitors that includes 15 cooks vying for the title of “Miami’s Greatest Shucker”.

Tickets are on sale for particular person occasions, with costs starting from $160 to $500. For extra data and to buy tickets, go to sobeseafoodfest.com.