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Thanks to all of the chefs that competed in the 13th Annual Outer Banks Shrimp Cookoff! Here are the favorites:

People’s Choice, Group A:

Pony & the Boat’s Chef Kevin with pan seared local greentail shrimp, homemade sweet potato waffle, house cured/smoked candied bacon, Kill Devil Hills pecan honey rum glaze, and lemon arugula

People’s Choice, Group B:

Mahi Mahi’s Chef Alex with NC shrimp empanadas with citrus sour cream and pico de gallo

Judge’s Overal Choice:

Pony & the Boat’s Chef Kevin with pan seared local greentail shrimp, homemade sweet potato waffle, house cured/smoked candied bacon, Kill Devil Hills pecan honey rum glaze, and lemon arugula

Stay tuned for next year in 2023!

The 13th Annual Outer Banks Shrimp Cookoff/Crawl starts tomorrow at local restaurants throughout the OBX! Tickets are available online for $25 through Friday evening at 8 pm!. Bring your PayPal receipt to each restaurant and vote for your favorite! You will receive a voting link via the email you used to purchase tickets.

Restaurant dishes are now posted! Check out what chefs will be serving here!

The 13th Annual Outer Banks Shrimp Cookoff will be another Shrimp Crawl! Participants loved the crawl past two years, and so we are bringing it back again! The Outer Banks Shrimp Crawl will be held over the weekend of November 4th and 5th, 2022 throughout the Outer Banks to benefit the Outer Banks Center for Dolphin Research! Local chefs will compete to prepare the best shrimp dish appetizer. Take the weekend to visit up to 4 restaurants and vote for your favorite shrimp!

Sponsors for this year’s event will be the Nags Head Dolphin Watch, Kitty Hawk Kites, Outer Banks Veterinary Hospital, Access Design, and JAM Media Solutions!

Tickets are available online through PayPal for this year’s event! Tickets are $25 each; please select Group A or Group B restaurants. (Click here to purchase tickets online)! Bring your PayPal receipt to each restaurant you visit, this is your ticket! Restaurants will also have a list of ticket holders. You will receive an email link to vote for your favorite restaurant this weekend!

We are excited to announce our sponsors for the 12th Annual Outer Banks Shrimp Cookoff! This year’s event will be sponsored by Kitty Hawk Kites, the Nags Head Dolphin Watch, Outer Banks Veterinary Hospital, Access Design, and Jam Media Solutions! Stay posted for more updates on this year’s upcoming cookoff!

With the 13th Annual Outer Banks Shrimp Cookoff/Crawl less than two weeks away, the chef lineup is now complete! Our competing restaurants this year will be: Sandtrap Tavern, Two Roads Tavern, Shipwrecks Tap House and Grill, Mama Kwan’s Tiki Bar and Grill, Mahi Mahi’s Island Grill (dinner only), Outer Banks Brewing Station (dinner only), Red Drum Taphouse and Grill, and Pony & the Boat! Can’t wait to try these delicious shrimp dishes soon! Tickets are now on sale online at this link! Stay tuned for more updates on this event!

Less than a month to go until delicious shrimp! Advance tickets will be on sale soon!

We’ve just received word that Outer Banks Brewing Station, Mama Kwan’s, Pony & the Boat, and Red Drum Taphouse have joined the competition! That makes 6 delicious shrimp dishes so far! 

We have confirmation that Two Roads Tavern will be returning this year to prepare another delicious shrimp dish! Mahi Mahi’s Island Grill will be joining the competition this year! That makes two great Shrimp dishes so far, with more to come!