Whether you’re eating the fresh catch at a beachfront restaurant or choosing seafood at a market hours from the beach, odds are high you’re going to see shrimp on the menu. And it’s not just in Alabama—throughout the country, shrimp is the most popular seafood to order and its popularity is growing every year.
Kyle Ogden, the chef behind this year’s winning Alabama Seafood Cook-Off (ASCO) dish, fell in love with cooking while taking home economics classes in high school. However, turning his passion for cooking into a career wasn’t always part of his plan.
Competing chefs will have the opportunity to meet and learn from some of Alabama’s leading professionals in the culinary industry during multi-day events amidst one of Alabama’s best seafood backdrops — the Gulf.
