Alabama News Center — Chef teams finalists announced for upcoming ninth annual Alabama Seafood Cook-Off

By: Alabama News Center Staff

Four Alabama chef teams are set to compete in the ninth Annual Alabama Seafood Cook-Off (ASCO) May 6 at The Wharf in Orange Beach.

Alabama Gulf Seafood announced that chefs Laurence Agnew (Villaggio Grille, Orange Beach), Robbie Nicolaisen (The Hound, Auburn), Kyle Ogden (Odette, Florence) and Emilio Urban (Coastal Orange Beach, Orange Beach) will compete for the state title, a $2,500 prize and the opportunity to represent Alabama in the 21st annual Great American Seafood Cook-Off (GASCO), which will take place in in New Orleans in late summer.

“This year we saw the highest number of entries submitted in ASCO history from the Gulf region of the state, which is why we have two competing chefs from that region. We were excited about all recipe entries this year and were blown away by the creativity our state chefs exhibited,” said Brody Olive, executive chef at Perdido Beach Resort and 2023 winner of both the Alabama Seafood Cook-Off and national Great American Seafood Cook-Off. “We cannot wait to see our four finalists’ creations that highlight Alabama Gulf seafood in such unique ways.”

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