AFDF announces winners of the Alaska Symphony of Seafood

Wrangell, Alaska (KINY) – The Alaska Fisheries Improvement Basis (AFDF) introduced the first place winners of the Alaska Symphony of Seafood, and two particular awards for the Seattle Individuals’s Alternative and the Bristol Bay Alternative, throughout Pacific Marine Expo.

The Alaska Symphony of Seafood is an annual competitors for brand spanking new value-added merchandise constituted of Alaska Seafood. The Alaska Symphony of Seafood kicked off on Wednesday in Seattle with a non-public judging session. Every product entered was grouped into one among three classes: Retail, Foodservice, and Past the Plate. This yr, the next six particular awards had been additionally included: Grand Prize, Salmon Alternative, Whitefish Alternative, Seattle and Juneau Individuals’s Alternative, and Bristol Bay Alternative.

Product entries had been individually evaluated in every class by a panel of knowledgeable judges.

The competition enlisted cooks, seafood writers, seafood patrons, and different business specialists to decide on one of the best new Alaska Seafood merchandise of the yr.

Scoring was primarily based on the product’s packaging and presentation, total consuming expertise, worth, and potential for business success.

This yr, the particular award, Bristol Bay Alternative was given in partnership with one of many Benefactor sponsors, Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Improvement Affiliation (BBRSDA).

The winner is one of the best sockeye product entered, as chosen by a consultant choose of the BBRSDA.

Additionally on Wednesday, AFDF held the Seattle Open Home in collaboration with the Northwest Fisheries Affiliation.

Company sampled every product and voted for his or her favourite. The winner was awarded Seattle Individuals’s Alternative.

The first place winners in every class, plus two particular awards, introduced Saturday, are listed right here.