OYSTER OPEN


2nd Annual
Mohegan Sun “Oyster Open”
Was Presented by


2005 Oyster Open Winners
1st place: George "Hannibal" Hastings
Nick's Inner Harbor Seafood- Baltimore MD
2nd place: Luis Chavez
The Ocean Drive Restaurant- Norwalk CT
3rd place: Luis Iglesias
Grand Central Oyster Bar- NY

Invitations went out to every restaurant, raw bar, shellfish and seafood company on the Eastern Seaboard to find the best shuckers to compete for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.

18 Shuckers competed to open 24 oysters as fast
and as perfectly as possible.

Six years ago it began at the East Coast Grill, pitting Cambridge-Boston restaurants against each other to see who had the best raw bar staff. Today it has grown into a regional event for shuckers throughout New England rivaling the great annual competitions in Wellfleet, MA, Block Island, RI, and St. Marys, MD. The competition now focuses on individuals competing rather than the operations that they work for . . .
It’s All About the Shucker!

Jasper White of Summer Shack
hosted the lively showwith a Panel
of expert Celebrity judges.



Our 1st place winner received $1,000 CASH
A Two-Night Package at the fabulous Mohegan Sun
with a lobsters (and oyster) feast at Summer Shack.
AND an invitation to the Mohegan Sun
Oyster Open in Las Vegas—Expenses Paid!



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