Tabasco Oyster Opening Competition 2010

Marianna Vakirtzideli represented English’s of Brighton at the Tabasco Oyster Opening Competition on Wednesday the 1st of September. It was the first time in many years that we competed in this event and we are all very proud of Marianna. Whilst she did not win she certainly did us proud and was a crowd favorite. Considering most of Londons top restaurants took part (Corrigan’s Mayfair, Scotts, J Sheekey, Loch Fyne, Wilton’s, The Oyster and Champagne Bar – Selfridges to name but a few) she did very well and held her own.
The Tabasco Oyster Opening competition took place at Bentley's Oyster Bar and Grill in London.All the oysters were judged ‘blind’ by a panel of judges (this year it was Tom Pickerell - Director of the Shellfish Association of Great Britain, Chris Leftwich – Chief inspector of Billingsgate Market and Sylvain Ho Wing Cheong – seafood chef). The oysters were judged by the Galway International Oyster Opening Championship rules which require the contestants to open and display 30 native oysters in as little time as possible

Whilst we are all very proud of Marianna we would also like to congratulate the winner Fredrik Lindfors from The Fish Shop, Kensington, his winning time was 3 minutes and 18 seconds.