NEW ORLEANS, LA – Thursdays in October, the Whole Foods Market Arabella Station, Baton Rouge, Broad Street and Veterans stores will host sea-to-table tastings with local chefs, Louisiana Sea Grant, LSU AgCenter and Audubon Nature Institute Gulf United for Lasting Fisheries (G.U.L.F.). Attendees will tour their Whole Foods Market store's seafood department, sample fresh Gulf seafood, taste wine pairings and learn delicious ways to enjoy Gulf seafood at home. Registration is now available at seatotable.eventbrite.com. Cost is $25 per person with all ticket sales benefiting Audubon Nature Institute G.U.L.F. and Louisiana Sea Grant.
Thursday, October 2 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Arabella Station • 5600 Magazine St., New Orleans, (504) 899-9119
Chef Alex Harrell, Sylvain
Baked Louisiana oysters with mustard greens, pickled lemons, and bacon
Pickled gulf shrimp with chilies and fennel
Chef Eman Loubier, Dante's Kitchen
Fish in Calamari and Redfish on the Half-Shell
Thursday, October 9 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Baton Rouge • 7529 Corporate Blvd., Baton Rouge, (225) 218-0452
* With Triumph Kitchen Students
Chef Chris Wadsworth, Triumph Kitchen
Chef Ryan Andre, City Pork II
Thursday, October 16 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Broad Street • 300 N. Broad St., New Orleans, (504) 434-3364
* With Liberty's Kitchen Students
Chef Kristen Essig, Meauxbar
Chef Bart Bell, Crescent Pie & Sausage Company
Redfish Courtbouillon and Gulf Seafood Pie
Thursday, October 23 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Veterans • 3420 Veterans Blvd., Metairie, (504) 888-8225
Chef Tenney Flynn, GW Fins
Sautéed Red Snapper with Spoonbread and Jumbo Lump Crab Corn Butter
Sautéed Shrimp with Mirliton Slaw
Chef Anthony Spizale, New Orleans Marriott Metairie at Lakeway
Crispy Gulf Oysters Brussels Sprout Caesar Salad with Parmigiano Reggiano
Jumbo Lump Louisiana Crab Cake Fresh Herbs and Light Crab Butter
“It’s a great opportunity to learn how seafood is sourced locally and various ways to enjoy Gulf species at home, while benefitting a great cause,” said Kristina Bradford, Louisiana community and media relations coordinator for Whole Foods Market. “We’ve truly enjoyed collaborating with Louisiana Sea Grant, LSU AgCenter, Audubon Nature Institute G.U.L.F. and area chefs to share information on more responsible fishing methods and great recipes to cook with Gulf seafood.”
“The fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico are unique and are such a large part of the heritage of this region,” said G.U.L.F. Assistant Director Julianna Mullen. “By working with Whole Foods Market and Louisiana Sea Grant, we can connect attendees of the Sea to Table Events and encourage them to support the men and women on the water who work so hard to bring us fresh seafood every day.”
As the only national grocer with full traceability from the water to the store, Whole Foods Market’s mission is to move the seafood industry toward greater sustainability, creating healthy ecosystems so people worldwide can be nourished by seafood into the future. The company does not sell red-rated wild caught seafood and sources from areas where fish are most abundant and fisheries are well-managed. In addition, Whole Foods Market does not carry genetically modified or cloned seafood.
Locally and globally, Whole Foods Market orders seafood daily to meet customer demands and accepts special orders with notice. Its fishmongers can help shoppers decide among a variety of responsibly-caught or farmed seafood. They can also cut to order and offer cooking tips and recipe ideas.
Serving as Whole Foods Market’s Louisiana distributor, Inland Seafood ensures 100 percent traceability from fishermen to table with no additives or sulfites. For instance, Whole Foods Market prohibits the use of tripolyphosphates, which make shrimp retain water and weigh more. Through sustainable practices, these fishermen are following standards of low impact to the environment and fishery populations, while providing the freshest, highest quality seafood.
For more information on Whole Foods Market’s seafood sourcing and aquaculture practices, visit wholefoodsmarket.com/seafood.
About Whole Foods Market®
Founded in 1980 in Austin, Texas, Whole Foods Market (wholefoodsmarket.com, NASDAQ: WFM), is the leading natural and organic food retailer. As America’s first national certified organic grocer, Whole Foods Market was named “America’s Healthiest Grocery Store” by Health magazine. The company's motto, “Whole Foods, Whole People, Whole Planet”™ captures its mission to ensure customer satisfaction and health, Team Member excellence and happiness, enhanced shareholder value, community support and environmental improvement. Thanks to the company’s more than 78,000 Team Members, Whole Foods Market has been ranked as one of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” in America by FORTUNE magazine for 15 consecutive years. In fiscal year 2013, the company had sales of $12.9 billion and currently has more than 360 stores in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.
About Louisiana Sea Grant
Since its establishment in 1968, Louisiana Sea Grant (www.laseagrant.org) has worked to promote stewardship of the state’s coastal resources through a combination of research, education and outreach programs critical to the cultural, economic and environmental health of Louisiana’s coastal zone. Louisiana Sea Grant, based at Louisiana State University, is part of the National Sea Grant College Program, a network of 33 university-based programs in each of the U.S. coastal and Great Lakes states and Puerto Rico.
About Audubon Nature Institute:
Audubon Nature Institute is a 501(c)3 not for profit that operates a family of museums and parks dedicated to nature. These New Orleans facilities include: Audubon Park, Audubon Zoo, Woldenberg Riverfront Park, Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, Freeport-McMoRan Audubon Species Survival Center, Entergy IMAX® Theatre, Audubon Center for Research of Endangered Species, Audubon Louisiana Nature Center, Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium and Audubon Nature Institute Foundation. Ron Forman is President and CEO of Audubon Nature Institute.
Source: Audubon Nature Institute
