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#FoodieFriday Alert: #NC #StateFarmersMarket hosts #NCSeafood Day Aug. 26 #gottobeNC

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Seafood lovers unite in reeling in some fresh N.C. seafood at the State Farmers Market during Seafood Day on Friday, Aug. 26, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The annual event features free shrimp samples, fileting demonstrations, a fish toss and informative displays about the state’s seafood industry.

“Whether it’s fresh-caught or farm-raised, North Carolina seafood is readily available for consumers to enjoy and worth nearly $130 million to the state’s economy,” said Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler. “Seafood Day is a great way to experience the freshness from North Carolina waters firsthand.”

During the event, visitors can enjoy free samples of N.C. shrimp while supplies last. They also can learn how to properly filet fish and shuck oysters from the fishmongers at Locals Seafood, one of my favorite places to buy fresh NC seafood as I previously shared here. 

Children can take part in a “mullet” toss competition for prizes. There also will be educational displays from N.C. Catch, Got to Be NC Seafood and the N.C. Aquaculture Association. In addition, Locals Seafood and the N.C. Seafood Restaurant will offer specials for attendees.

About the State Farmers Market

The State Farmers Market is open year-round offering a variety of seasonal agricultural products. Late-summer and early-fall produce is now available, including tomatoes, corn, apples and muscadine grapes. Shoppers also can find locally raised meats and seafood, wines and specialty products, as well as plants and shrubs for fall plantings. The market is also home to the State Farmers Market Restaurant, N.C. Seafood Restaurant and Market Grill.

The market is located at 1201 Agriculture St. More information about upcoming special events at the market is available at www.statefarmersmarket.org.

We here at SobeSavvy.com are “seafoodies” and plan to check out the “feast-ivities”. Be sure to follow the #soNCsavvy fun at Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/SobeSavvy               Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/SobeSavvy      Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/SobeSavvy       Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/soBEsavvy Snapchat/sobesavvy

*Savvy Tip: Here is a coupon to use at NC Seafood. Perfect for lunch!

Here is my photo slideshow recap of the event..Enjoy!

https://www.instagram.com/p/BJlFa6ujOL5/

North Carolina seafoodPhoto credit: http://www.ncagr.gov/

#Raleigh @CompDiningNC #GotToBeNC #CompDiningNC July 18 Battle “Ham & Jam” Recap 

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Battle 4 of The Got to Be NC Competition Dining Series, highlighting the best of the state’s food, agriculture and culinary talent, kicked off last night in Raleigh and SobeSavvy.com was there for a fabulous, foodie fun night out! 
The event was held in downtown Raleigh’s City Market in the building that is now 214 Martin Street. It is a very unique event space that also serves as a Pop Up Restaurant for hire! Each table was beautifully decorated with candles and red and black linens from Alsco. Cocktails, wine and beer were available for purchase thruout the evening. Servers started us off with warm bread and butter. But not just any bread..we enjoyed artisanal breads from La Farm Bakery. The white chocolate baguette was a favorite at the table and we all tried hard not to fill up on that before the courses started! 

This was my first dinner battle and as a fan of such food shows like IronChef and Chopped , I was very excited to be able to partake and ‘be the judge’ last night. Host/Director of Competition Dining, Jimmy Crippen explained to guests that we will get to to enjoy and vote on six courses without knowing which of the two teams of three Chefs created them. We were all able to cast our votes by submitting our ballots via smartphone. The whole process of voting was very cool and high tech! This was unlike any other dinner experience I have ever had!
Last night’s preliminary round was a “Ham & Jam” battle between Team Scratch Mavericks and Orange Crush and featured 2 secret ingredients: Goodnight Brothers Country Ham Thin Sliced Dry-Cured Ham and Norm’s Farms Elderberry Jams & Extracts. I did a screenshot from my phone of these ballot photos (photo credit dining staff/Heidi Bilotto/Competition Dining) of each course that we were served as follows: 

The winners Team Scratch Mavericks from The Hen & The Hog and SoCo Farm and Food made quite an impression with their veal entree that I decided to do a how to clean your plate video clip as shown here: 

Chefs Chelsea Houge, Jessica Collier Ricks and Jeremy Law move on to the Thursday night semi final against the winner of tonights preliminary battle. Cheers to to chefs Rich Carter, Sara Samuels and Anthony Calcagna from Team Orange Crush from Catering Works for their delicious part in making last night so wonderful! We even got a parting gift of ham that I plan on wrapping around some asparagus tips and broiling!  Here is my photo slideshow recap of the delicious fun that was had! 

Be sure to follow Competition Dining for up to the minute news of this exciting NC food event! 

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#Raleigh, Win Tix to @CompDiningNC #GotToBeNC #CompDiningNC July 12 Battle

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 The Got to Be NC Competition Dining Series, highlighting the best of the state’s food, agriculture and culinary talent, is back in Raleigh this July and SobeSavvy.com wants to send you and a guest for a foodie fun night out! 

Win tickets to see a dinner battle consisting of two All-Star Dream Teams made up of regional chefs competing to move on in the single-elimination tournament. At each dinner, held at 214 Martin Street in Raleigh, guests enjoy and vote on six courses without knowing which chef team prepared them. The menu must be created around  “Featured” North Carolina ingredients.  The ingredients are revealed to the chefs the morning of their battle and they must be used in each of their three courses.  For more information on the “Got To Be NC” Competition Dining Series, please visit CompetitionDining.com.

Sound like a foodie fun night to remember right? Enter today for a chance to win a pair of tickets to the July 12 dinner battle at 6pm by filling out the rafflecopter form below. This contest ends Wednesday, July 7 when a randomly chosen winner will be announced. 

Good luck!

Enter Rafflecopter Giveaway HERE ! *Contest has ended and einner has been notified*

* Be sure to check back here for my recap of the July 18th battle as Scratch Mavericks takes on Orange Crush in Battle 4 of Raleigh’s “Got To Be NC” Competition Dining Series!