• Hold oyster in the palm of your hand, or hold tightly against a hard surface with the cup or deep side down • Protect your hand by wearing a heavy-duty rubber glove or folded kitchen towel • Keep the bottom shell level to prevent spilling liquor • Locate the hinge and insert a knife [...]

PEI Shiny Sea Oyster Shucking  1. Bradley Gallant –  1:29:412. Melissa Somers – 1:31:313. David Pendergast – 1:34:024. Robert Pendergast – 1:37:515. Marc Dolan – 1:39:046. Phylis Carr – 1:40:287. Jeff Noye – 1:46:228. Matt Smith – 1:46:909. Daniel Oatway – 1:47:7710. Taylor Oatway – 1:51:6211. Dave Mullins – 2:00:4112. Bryan Carr – 2:06:7413. Catherine [...]

2011 Champions Shiny Sea Oyster Shucking 1st Place – Simeron Novak 1:34:412nd Place – Taylor Oatway 1:44:773rd Place – David Pendergast 1:46:38  Raspberry Point International Oyster Shucking  1st Place – Eamon Clark2nd Place – Ian Peck3rd Place – Simeron NovakCleanest Plate – Simeron Novak PEI Potato Seafood Chowder Championship 1st Place – Aaron Ferrill, Selkirk [...]

Attention: Before proceeding you should know that this post will make you crave a bowl of Island Chowder! The 2012 PEI Potato Seafood Chowder Championship took place in 2 heats, Friday September 14 & Saturday September 15. The judges sure had a tough job!              

  The Prince Edward Island International Shellfish Festival Barbara Mayhew   www.myislandbistrokitchen.com I love how PEI is embracing its foods from its land and the sea that surrounds it! The Island has long been known for its great seafood and what better way to celebrate it than by hosting a large Shellfish Festival! The best [...]

If you were not in the festival tent Saturday afternoon during the International Chef Challenge, you should be sure to make this a must attend event for 2013. Just so you know, the dates for 2013 are set for September 19-22. Third weekend of September.  What a fierce competition… 10 international Chefs travelled to Prince [...]

Bacon Beer Mussels • Chef Michael Smith   Prep Time 5 minutes Total Time 25 minutes This is my buddy Darren’s famous pot full of local flavour made the same way he does on board his boat Paradise at Sea. Join him off Prince Edward Island for an adventure on the open ocean and he’ll fill [...]

Chef Dave Mottershall has certainly been around, having cooked in some of Canada’s top properties, but it seems he has found a happy home in the kitchen at Red Shores Race Track and Casino restaurant. Could the keen competition that pervades the track atmosphere have fuelled his ambition? Chef Dave has claimed a bucket full [...]

Check out our new location! Here is a map to help you find the new Charlottetown Event Grounds at the corner of Water and Grafton Streets. Just down the waterfront from the previous venue, the new site is located across from the Hillsborough Bridge. Drivers will enter off Grafton Street for on-site parking, but a [...]

So you love mussels, oysters and lobster? Then PEI International Shellfish Festival is your dream destination. You will find plenty to love at the Shellfish Festival, most notably a fantastic line-up of entertainment from mid-day to almost mid-night on Friday and Saturday and all Sunday afternoon. What better way to spend a weekend afternoon than [...]