WATCH: Space Coast Food Festival, Including 35th Annual Chowder Cook-Off With a Twist is Big Hit

By  //  February 15, 2020

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SPACE COAST DAILY TV: Space Coast area restaurants and hospitality businesses took home bragging rights Saturday night during the Space Coast Food Festival, featuring the 35th Chowder Cook-Off with a Twist, held at Cruise Terminal 1 at Port Canaveral. The annual event is hosted by the Cocoa Beach Regional Chamber of Commerce Convention & Visitors Bureau.

BREVARD COUNTY • PORT CANAVERAL, FLORIDA – Space Coast area restaurants and hospitality businesses took home bragging rights Saturday night during the Space Coast Food Festival, featuring the 35th Chowder Cook-Off with a Twist, held at Cruise Terminal 1 at Port Canaveral.

The event was hosted by the Cocoa Beach Regional Chamber of Commerce Convention & Visitors Bureau and presented by Boniface Hiers Automotive Group.

This long-running annual event featured the area’s best chefs and restaurants competing for the “Best Chowder” and the “Best Twist” on the Space Coast. The “Twist” was another food item that the restaurant chose to showcase.

The Space Coast Food Festival, featuring the 35th Chowder Cook-Off with a Twist included the area’s best chefs and restaurants competing for the “Best Chowder” and the “Best Twist” on the Space Coast. The “Twist” was another food item that the restaurant chose to showcase. Above, the celebrity judges prepare to taste-test the delicious food and pronounce the winners, which can be seen below.

Winners of the Space Coast Food Festival, featuring the 35th Chowder Cook-Off with a Twist included:

People’s Choice Twist
• 1st Place – 4th Street Fillin’ Station
• 2nd – Coaster’s Taphouse
• 3rd – Grills Seafood

People’s Choice Chowder
• 1st – Coaster’s Taphouse
• 2nd – Jazzy’s Mainely Lobster
• 3rd – Westgate Cocoa Beach Pier

People’s Choice Dessert
• Salt at Hilton Cocoa Beach

Judge’s Choice Twist
• 1st – Grills Seafood
• 2nd – Pebbles Catering & Events
• 3rd – 4th Street Fillin’ Station

Judges Choice Chowder
• 1st – Salt at Hilton Cocoa Beach
• 2nd – Coaster’s Taphouse
• 3rd – Mambo’s at International Palms Resort

Judges Choice Dessert
• Salt at Hilton Cocoa Beach

Live entertainment was provided by Hot Pink, and in addition to sampling the area’s best food, participants took their chances on incredible packages in the chance auction.
Space Coast area restaurants and hospitality businesses took home bragging rights Saturday night during the Space Coast Food Festival, featuring the 35th Chowder Cook-Off with a Twist, held at Cruise Terminal 1 at Port Canaveral.
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