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46th Annual Clam Chowder Cook-Off
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40th Annual Santa Cruz Clam Chowder Cook-Off Reimagined (Restaurant Week) - 2021
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February 20 - February 21, 2027
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, 400 Beach St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, California, United States
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Event Details
- Date & Time
- February 15 - February 21, 2021
- Location
- Participating restaurants across Santa Cruz County; judging and tasting-flight pickup at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz, California, United States
About This Event
Amateur cooks compete on Saturday and professional kitchens on Sunday, serving Boston and Manhattan chowder from booths along the Boardwalk with the beach behind them. Visitors buy a tasting kit, try the chowders and vote for People's Choice; judges pick the best of each style. It began indoors in a mini-golf building and moved outside in 1985. Entry to the Boardwalk is free and kit sales fund Santa Cruz Parks & Recreation.
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Organizer
- City of Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation with the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
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Location
Participating restaurants across Santa Cruz County; judging and tasting-flight pickup at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz, California, United States
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Pandemic edition: the 40th cook-off was 'reimagined' as a takeout Restaurant Week, 15 to 21 February 2021. Restaurants (entry fee $100, Boston chowder only) featured their chowder on the menu; the public bought a $10 passport that gave a voting code and a raffle entry; official blind judging was hosted by the Boardwalk, People's Choice was decided by online voting and winners were announced 22 February. Tasting flights of 6 to 12 restaurants' chowders were sold for pickup at the Boardwalk on Saturday 20 February ($12 kits were also advertised). The numbering was kept: it counts as the 40th.