On Saturday, Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park (AMM) celebrated the 11th Annual Annapolis Oyster Roast & Sock Burning with our friends from near and far. We eliminated our landfill waste by recycling or composting everything at the event. Dollars were raised to underwrite our many programs offered for free at the AMM.

OYSTER ROAST BRINGS

'CELEBRITY SHUCKING CONTEST'

Congratulations, Jay Fleming!

AMM hosted a celebrity oyster shucking contest where we crowned one local celebrity Annapolitan the "Shucker Extraordinaire"!

Local luminaries and esteemed guest shuckers included Senator Sarah Elfreth, Photographer Jay Fleming, Naptown Scoop's Ryan Sneddon, TikTok Waterman Luke McFadden and Wild Country's Hunter Mahoney. WMAR's Jamie Costello and Boatyard Bar & Grill's Dick Franyo engaged the crowd with shucking updates and kept our contestants at bay during the competition!

Photographer and AMM Board Member, Jay Fleming takes home the '2023 SHUCKER EXTRAORDINAIRE' oyster shucking crown!

The Oyster Shucking contest open to the general public, brought seven (7) eager contestants and a few blasts from the past! Local Annapolitan John 'JW' Widmayer reclaimed his throne and won the contest with his hands held high!

PEOPLE'S CHOICE WINNER

'BEST OYSTER DISH'

Congratulations, Annapolis Market House!

During the event, ten local restaurants and catering companies came prepared for the People's Choice VOTE and competed to win this year's Best Oyster Dish. Annapolis Market House Chefs Bob Harrison and Grady Lyon took the plaque home with their take on 'oyster stew.'

Thank you to our People's Choice restaurants and caterers who delivered extraordinary tastes of oyster cuisine:

Annapolis Market House, Be My Guest, Blackwall Hitch, Bowl of Cherries, Boatyard Bar & Grill, Bread and Butter, Federal House, Flamant, Latitude 38 and Main & Market.

Additional thanks to:

Veteran's Compost and Patrick Mahoney, owner of Wild Country Seafood, for their partnership in our zero-waste event.