BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources’ Seafood Marketing Program will provide Gulf Safe Wild-caught Mississippi shrimp to be used in culinary demonstrations by celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse and other professional chefs at the 2010 Viking Classic Culinary tent. The annual golf tournament will be Sept. 27 – Oct. 3 at Annandale Golf Club in Madison, Miss. The Viking Classic will be the first event of the PGA Tour Fall Series.
In addition to providing Gulf Safe shrimp for culinary demonstrations, the Seafood Marketing team will have a table in the culinary tent where they will hand out recipe books and will be available to answer questions.
“We are very excited to be a part of this event that is so important to the State of Mississippi,” said Irvin Jackson, director of the Mississippi Seafood Marketing Program. “We’re confident in this opportunity for us to showcase Mississippi Gulf seafood and prove it’s not only safe to eat, it’s also a high-quality product.”
Participation in the tournament is another step in what Jackson calls a “show-and-tell” campaign to reverse negative perceptions about Gulf seafood. The message of the “Gulf Safe Seafood” campaign is that Gulf seafood is only harvested from open, regulated waters and is tested extensively to ensure consumers’ safety.
Source: Mississippi Department of Marine Resources