America's largest seafood restaurant will offer contestant Kelsey Nixon's
fresh fish entree in more than 680 restaurants
ORLANDO, Fla., June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- In last night's episode of The
Next Food Network Star (airs Sundays at 10 p.m. ET/PT), judges selected
contestant Kelsey Nixon's recipe for White Chocolate Macadamia Crusted
Tilapia to be featured on Red Lobster's "Today's Fresh Fish" menu. Red
Lobster Senior Executive Chef Michael LaDuke served as a guest judge and
helped select Kelsey Nixon, from North Ogden, Utah, as the Episode 4 Fresh
Fish Challenge winner.
Last night's episode featured Iron Chef Michael Symon and Red Lobster
Senior Executive Chef Michael LaDuke challenging the finalists to create
unique, approachable dishes using one of Red Lobster's fresh fish species.
Finalists were informed that the winning recipe would be featured on the
"Today's Fresh Fish" menu at 680 Red Lobster restaurants across North
America.
The Food Network also told the finalists they also had to use an
unusual Iron Chef-inspired ingredient, such as grape jelly, white
chocolate, coffee or Fruit Loops. Kelsey's White Chocolate Macadamia
Crusted Tilapia blended a buttery beurre blanc and smooth white chocolate
with the crunch and nuttiness of macadamia nuts and coconut.
"Kelsey's recipe is an innovative, flavorful take on simple fresh fish
-- the unique ingredient combination of macadamia nuts, coconut and white
chocolate is an excellent compliment to increasingly popular tilapia," said
Chef LaDuke. "We are thrilled to have her winning dish on the 'Today's
Fresh Fish' menu."
Launched nationwide last year, "Today's Fresh Fish" offers guests five
to eight fresh fish species each day at all 680 Red Lobster restaurants
across North America. Guests can choose to have their fresh fish grilled
and lightly seasoned, broiled and lightly seasoned, blackened with Cajun
spices or grilled with a new sweet and spicy glaze. Red Lobster's "Today's
Fresh Fish" menu also offers innovative chef's creations that each
restaurant prepares using locally popular species, from grouper to Arctic
char. In addition to favorites such as salmon, trout and tilapia, the
sheets include regional species, from wall-eyed pike in the Midwest to
Pacific red rockfish on the West Coast. Each day, Red Lobster restaurants
print their own "Today's Fresh Fish" sheet listing the day's unique
offerings.
To watch a behind-the-scenes video from "The Next Food Network Star"
Episode 4 and read more about Chef LaDuke's experience as a guest judge,
visit http://www.redlobster.com. The recipe for Kelsey's White Chocolate Macadamia
Crusted Tilapia will be posted along with a video demonstration.
About Red Lobster
Diners have recognized Red Lobster as the nation's best seafood
restaurant for the 19th year in a row in a nationwide poll by Restaurants &
Institutions magazine. Nation's Restaurant News recently honored Red
Lobster with its prestigious MenuMasters award in the Best Menu/Line
Extension category for the company's "Today's Fresh Fish" initiative. For
the Red Lobster nearest you, call 1-800-LOBSTER or visit
http://www.redlobster.com.
SOURCE Red Lobster
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Related links:
http://www.redlobster.com/
CONTACT:
Wendy Spirduso of Red Lobster,
+1-407-245-6546, wspirduso@redlobster.com; or Kristen Jimenez of
GCI Group, +1-404-260-3560, kjimenez@gcigroup.com
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