Chesapeake Catfish Cook-off
Join us on Saturday, May 3, 2025 12-4PM
Park Campus (7300 Edgewood Rd)
Taste delicious Chesapeake catfish dishes with premiere chefs from Baltimore, Annapolis and Washington, D.C
Live Music | Signature Cocktails | Cooking Demos | Food trucks | Fish Cutting Demos | Invasive Species Lectures
Sponsors
Sponsorships are available!
Contact Vice President of Development, Kelly Swartout at kswartout@amaritime.org for more information.
Participating Restaurants
Frequently Asked Questions
Your ticket includes:
- Blue catfish samples from each of the participating restaurants
- Raw oysters
- Hearty-Southern sides including gourmet mac & cheese, cornbread, coleslaw, and a moon pie
- Four hours of live music, fish cutting demos, small lectures, cooking demos, duffy boat rides & more!
Ticket proceeds benefit the Museum’s environmental education programs.
Yes! In the event of inclement weather, a rain plan will be implemented and guests will be notified in advance if there are any changes impacting the event.
Yes! There is limited seating available. We encourage lawn chairs for additional seating options.
AMM’s Park Campus has a limited parking lot. There will be additional parking options available. Stay tuned for more details!
There will be sides including mac & cheese, cornbread, moon pies and coleslaw. There will also be raw oysters as well as additional food vendors available for purchase.
There will be beer & wine available for purchase. There will also be a signature rum cocktail.
It is located at the Annapolis Maritime Museum’s Park Campus at 7300 Edgewood Rd.
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Invasive catfish threaten the Chesapeake Bay, and one way to tackle the problem head-on is by cooking up a tasty Catfish appetizer. Chef Matt Lego from Leo Annapolis provides this recipe. The Annapolis Maritime Museum has an inaugural foodie event on May 3, where you can taste dishes like this and others from Leo Annapolis and 10 other local restaurants.
Chef Jeremiah Langhorne On Being A Champion Of The Chesapeake
Today, the health of the bay is better, and yet not without its challenges. “Another issue that has occurred and has been difficult to overcome, outside the shellfish realm, is blue catfish,” Langhorne said. “It’s an invasive species that was introduced from Asia and originally introduced for sport fishing. But guess what? On the plus side, blue catfish are delicious.”
