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The 2024 event was a huge splash. Guests enjoyed signature small plates featuring local seafood and seasonal produce created by the area’s finest chefs, along with cocktails, and handmade chocolates, as well as live music and a Fluke and Flounder chance auction, all overlooking the waterfront at Cisco
Meet the 2024 Chefs & Restaurants
Chef Gui Aguilar, 222 Union
Chef Craig Bazinet, Merrill’s on the Waterfront
Chef Henry Bousquet, Culinary Arts Instructor, Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational-Technical High School
Chef Matt Burgess and Herb Read, Raw Seafoods Inc.
Chef José Arturo Cabral, Restaurante Algarve
Chef Rocky Costa, Costa’s Kitchen
Chef Ronda M. Fazio, The South Coast Sicilian
Chef William Foley, Hanami Tea Kitchen
Chef Hiroki, Cisco Brewers New Bedford
Chef Drew Grosse, Lobster Trap Restaurant & Fish Market
Dale Leavitt, West Island Oysters
Chef Matt Lerish, Foley Fish
Chef Michael Melo, M&C Café and Catering
Chef Dan Portelance & Sous Chef Noah Schipper, Turk’s Seafood
Chef Josh Riazi, Servedwell Hospitality
Owner/Chef Brandon Roderick and Chef Matthew Hancock, Olivia’s
Chef Marc Swierkowski, Cast Seaside Bar & Bites
Chef Shaun Van Laarhoven, Round the Bend Farm
Chef Kyle Verna, Atlantic Red Crab Company
Chef Andrew Wilkinson, North Coast Seafoods
Thank you to our 2024 sponsors:
Captain Members:
Finest Kind Sponsors:
Mate Members:
Galley Cook Members:
Highliner Sponsors:
Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services, Inc., Atlantic Shellfish, Inc., Bergie’s Seafood, Bristol County Savings Bank, Edie & Marie Boat Settlements, East Coast Seafood, LLC, Foley Fish, Majestic Fishing, LLC – F/V Oceanic, Marine Safety Consultants, Inc., New Bedford Ship Supply Co., Inc., North Coast Seafoods, Northern Wind, LLC, RA Mitchell Co., Skip’s Marine, Inc.
Skipper Sponsors:
Athearn Marine Agency, BayCoast Bank, Commercial Fisheries News, Explore New Bedford, Fiber Optic Center, Frank Corp. Environmental Services, F/V Guidance, F/V Kathy Marie, F/V Kayla Rose, F/V Miss Shauna, F/V Predator, F/V Seven Seas, Harbor Hydraulics, Kyler’s Catch Seafood Market, Markey & Walsh Attorneys at Law, Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association, New England Marine Engineering, Inc., Pine Hill Equipment, Inc., Profishant, Taunton Federal Credit Union
In addition to the in-person gala, we hosted an online auction. The auction featured dozens of unique experiences and items. Bidding began at noon on Tuesday, September 19 and ended at noon on Friday, September 29.
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