GLIN==> U of M to host sustainable fisheries cooking competition

Contacts: Sharon Moen, University of Minnesota Sea Grant Program, 
smoen at umn.edu <mailto:smoen at umn.edu>, (218) 726-6195
Preston Smith, University News Service, smith at umn.edu 
<mailto:smith at umn.edu>, (612) 625-0552

*U of M to host sustainable fisheries cooking competition*

Some of the Twin Cities' finest chefs are readying their kitchens this 
week to receive hundreds of pounds of fish from the waters of Lake 
Superior. The chefs will turn the fish into haute cuisine samples for A 
Salute to Lake Superior's Sustainable Fisheries, a first-time Twin 
Cities event to be held at the University of Minnesota McNamara Alumni 
Center from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Nov. 1. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased 
through the University of Minnesota Bookstore at Coffman Union in 
person, by phone at (612) 625-6000 or online at www.bookstores.umn.edu 
<http://www.bookstores.umn.edu/viewProduct.cgi?productID=27099>.

Guests can sample the culinary artistry of award-winning executive chefs 
such as Eric Baker of the Hilton's Blue Water Grill and Ron Bohnert of 
the Stoneridge Golf Club in Stillwater. The night's entertainment will 
be provided by Michael Monroe, a national recording artist who lives 
along the North Shore. Monroe's guitars incorporate wood from the bottom 
of Lake Superior.

A Salute to Lake Superior's Sustainable Fisheries was organized by the 
University of Minnesota Sea Grant Program to celebrate Minnesota's 
commercial fisheries and those involved in its promising future. The 
event is also a tribute to Sea Grant founder Athelstan Spilhaus, former 
dean of the University of Minnesota's Institute of Technology (now 
called the College of Science and Engineering). Guest presenters will 
include Minnesota Department of Natural Resources fisheries manager Don 
Schreiner and Chef Roland Schaeffer, a three-time gold medalist of an 
international competition considered to be the "Culinary Olympics."

Earlier in the day, Chef Roland will join two other American Culinary 
Federation (ACF) judges and Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl, Minnesota Monthly's 
principal food writer, at a related professional chef cook-off. Ten 
chefs will be preparing a lake herring entrée to compete for ACF honors 
and a $1,000 prize.

Chef Roland will announce the ACF competition winners at 6 p.m. Along 
with prizes for the winning chefs, door prizes will be distributed to 
guests, including sustainably produced wines and seating for two at the 
exclusive Campus Club at the University of Minnesota.

More information about A Salute to Lake Superior's Sustainable Fisheries 
and a list of the competing chefs can be found at 
www.seagrant.umn.edu/fisheries/salute 
<http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/fisheries/salute>.

Shele and Harley Toftey, owners of Dockside Fish Market in Grand Marias, 
generously donated the fish for the competition and tasting event. A 
Salute to Lake Superior's Sustainable Fisheries is possible through Sea 
Grant's partnership with the ACF and the support of the Minnesota Zoo's 
Fish Smart Program, the U of M's Water Resources Center, the 
university's College of Science and Engineering, Minnesota Monthly 
Magazine and The Fish Guys.

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Minnesota Sea Grant facilitates interactions among the public and 
scientists to enhance the environment and economies along Lake Superior 
and Minnesota's inland waters by identifying information needs, 
fostering research and communicating results. Minnesota Sea Grant is 
funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and 
the University of Minnesota. It is part of NOAA Sea Grant, a nationwide 
network of 32 similar science-based programs.

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