Eat More Tassie Seafood Marquee - Australian Wooden Boat Festival

Australian Wooden Boat Festival: 10th - 13th February 2023

Eat More Tassie Seafood Galleria

Dive in and learn how scientists, the government and fishers manage Tasmania’s sustainable fisheries. Explore Tasmania’s seafood industry’s rich history through grassroots fishing yarns by local fishers.

With interactive displays from industry, and opportunities to watch local fishers make abalone catch bags or rock lobster pots, you’re bound to learn something!

Get a taste of the best Tassie seafood in town

Jump aboard and discover Tasmania’s seafood treasures. The seafood galley promises to excite your taste buds and teach you a thing or two about Tasmanian seafood. Encompassing Tasmania’s nine seafood sectors, attendees learn about our seafood, how it’s harvested, and how to prepare it at home.

Local chefs create delicious and easy to prepare dishes using Tasmania’s freshest seafood. Stocked with the latest, high quality kitchen appliances, the SMEG kitchen and local chefs are ready and waiting to cook up a seafood feast. And it's all FREE to attend!

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Clive Perryman (Rock Lobster Fisher),

Day	Start	Finish	Chef	Seafood	Guest Presenters
Friday	1200	1240	Welcome to Country		Bryan Denny (Ocean Blue Diving
Friday	1300	1340	Nathan Chilcott (Mures Tasmania)	Blue Eye Trevalla	Jock Mure, Tasmanian Wine Maker
Friday	1400	1440	Tony Byrne (Tasmanian Oyster Company)	Oysters	Robbie Gilligan (Last Sanctuary Gin Distiller)
Friday	1500	1540	Peter Handy (Vertical Pastures	Salmon	Sean Riley (Tassal)
Friday	1600	1640	Eloise Emmett (Little Norfolk Bay)	Scallops	A Tasmanian seafood processor & Hobart Brewing Co
Saturday	1000	1040	Vincent Macdonald (Procreate)	Orange Roughy (launch of the Orange Roughy video by Garry Kerr)	Garry Kerr, Tim Ryan CSIRO
Saturday	1100	1140	Sabina Newton (Former Masterchef contestant)	Southern Rock Lobster	Brendon 'Squizzy' Taylor (Rock Lobster Processor), Clive Perryman (Rock Lobster Fisher), Damien Wordsworth (SALCO)
Saturday	1200	1240	Massimo Mele (Peppina)	Abalone	Bryan Denny (Ocean Blue Diving), Jo Holyman (Stoney Rise Wine Company)
Saturday	1300	1340	Peter Cooksley (Hamlet Community and Cafe)	Australian ''Cocky Salmon''	Ash Garlan (local Scale fisher, Jack Cooper (Fishy Business)
Saturday	1400	1440	Tasmanian Oyster shucking comp	Oysters	A variety of local oyster growers show off their shucking skills
Saturday	1500	1540	Tracey Martin (Petuna Aquaculture)	Salmon	Depha Miedecke (Petuna)
Saturday	1600	1640	Eloise Emmett (Little Norfolk Bay)	Octopus	Shane Wilson (Tasmanian Wild Seafood Adventures)
Sunday	1000	1040	Tony Byrne (Tasmanian Oyster Company)	Oysters	Paul Armstrong (NRM South), Marco Lubiana (Stefano Lubiana Wines)
Sunday	1100	1140	John Botha (Lounge by Frogmore Creek)	Scalefish	Ashmores Southern Fish market, Bill Lark (Lark Distillery)
Sunday	1200	1240	Massimo Mele (Peppina)	Long-spined Sea Urchin	Bryan Denny (Ocean Blue Diving), Johnny Keane (IMAS)
Sunday	1300	1340	Rodney Dunn (Agrarian Kitchen)	Ocean Perch	Aiden Jackson (Aidens Fresh Tasmanian Seafood)
Sunday	1400	1440	Stephen Lunn (Tasmanian Director Australian Culinary Federation)	Salmon	Huon Aquaculture
Sunday	1500	1540	Sabina Newton (Former Masterchef contestant)	Scallops	Stuart Richey (Richey Fishing)
Sunday	1600	1640	Eloise Emmett (Little Norfolk Bay)	Southern Rock Lobster	Brendon 'Squizzy' Taylor (Rock Lobster Fisher), Clive Perryman (Rock Lobster Fisher), Rural Alive and Well
Monday	1000	1040	Eloise Emmett (Little Norfolk Bay)	Calamari	Gretta Peci (IMAS)
Monday	1100	1140	Waji Spiby (Waji Food)	Salmon	Salmon Tasmania/td>
Monday	1200	1240	Tasmanian Oyster Grower	Oysters	Robbie Gilligan (Last Sanctuary Gin)
Monday	1300	1340	Eloise Emmett (Little Norfolk Bay)	Abalone	Shane Wilson (Tasmanian Wild Seafood Adventures), Mark Allsop (True South Seafood)