Tom Colicchio, the renowned chef, restaurateur and lead judge of the popular reality television series "Top Chef," has been hearing the message coming out of Louisiana ever since the Gulf of Mexico oil spill became inescapable national news: The region's seafood industry is under serious threat, but the seafood is still safe.
On Sunday, the chef traveled from New York to Louisiana to join a collection of the country's most prominent restaurant chefs in Grand Isle, where they toured local waters, hoping to determine for themselves if the message could be believed.
On Monday morning, Colicchio delivered a message of his own at the Bridge Side Marina in Grand Isle.
"You have my pledge that I will have Gulf seafood at all of my restaurants," he told a gathered audience of reporters, fishers and other interested locals. "But please keep it safe."
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