Chowdafest 2015 Chefs Announce Chowda Lineup For October 11th Event CTbites Team October 03, 2015 Chowdafest 2015 announced their menu for this year's competition being held on Sunday October 11th from 11AM to 3PM at Sherwood Island State Park in Westport. Chowdafest is a unique fundraiser supporting the alleviation of hunger where people pay to judge chowder, soup and bisque from 40 restaurants representing every New England state. Attendees receive a spoon, ballot and pencil when they arrive. They enjoy unlimited sampling and rate each entry on a scale from 7 to 10.5 with half point intervals. “It's a true people's choice event” noted Jim Keenan, event director. Chowdafest features four categories of competition with ten restaurants competing in each: Classic New England Clam Chowder, Traditional Chowder exclusively for Rhode Island (clear broth) and Manhattan Clam Chowders (red, tomato based), Creative Chowders and Soup & Bisque. The traditional category is for the purist that loves either the clear broth or tomato based clam chowders which now includes for the first time, restaurants from Rhode Island and Manhattan competing to defend their namesake chowders against CT's best. Creative Chowder Category Curried Crab & Lemongrass Chowder – The Chelsea (Fairfield, CT) Sweet Potato Clam Chowder – Cask Republic (New Haven, Norwalk, Stamford, CT) Surf & Turf Chowder – Octagon Steakhouse (Mystic CT) Creamy Fennel Chowder – ON20 (Hartford, CT) Fried Seafood & Sweet Potato Chowder – Our House Bistro (Winooski VT) Sweet Corn & Pepper Clam Chowder – Parallel Post (Trumbull, CT) Seafood Chowder – Ri Ra Irish Pub (Portsmouth, NH, Portland ME) Corn & Mussel Chowder – Southport Brewing Co. (Southport, Milford, CT) Seafood Chowder – Smithsonian Chowder House (North Hampton, MA) Shrimp & Chorizo Chowder - The Spread (South Norwalk, CT) Soup and Bisque Category Cowboy Brisket Soup – Bobby Q's (Westport, CT) Chicken Tortilla Soup – Geronimo (Fairfield, New Haven, CT) Chicken Marsala Soup – Liquid Lunch (Milford, Shelton CT) Thanksgiving Day Bisque – Local Kitchen & Beer Bar (Fairfield, Norwalk, CT) Lobster Bisque – Old Post Tavern (Fairfeld, CT) Minestrone Puree – Osteria Romana (Norwalk, CT) Golden Corn Bisque – Post 154 (Westport, CT) Roasted Banana Pepper and White Bean Bisque – Sam's American Bistro (Stamford, CT) Creole Clam Bisque – Simply Delicious (Norwalk, CT) Seafood Cilantro Bisque – Tikkaway (New Haven, CT) Tickets to Chowdafest are available at the gate or can be purchased on-line at www.Chowdafest.org. Adult tickets are just $15 and kids (6-12) $5. Parking is FREE. For additional information about Chowdafest, please visit www.chowdafest.org.
