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  • Enter: Now through July 22

  • Winner Announced: August 2022

Heartland Catfish Company is partnering with Viking Cooking School and The Catfish Institute to Feature Your Catfish Culinary Creativity.

Do you have a fresh take on a catfish recipe and want to showcase it?

Have a creative, original catfish recipe that you think everyone should know about?

Now is your time to shine. In honor of our favorite time of year, SUMMER, we are hosting a Catfish Culinary Contest. See below for instructions on how to submit your recipe.

What You Win!!!

Winning recipe will be prepared by professional chef, Loren Leflore from Viking Cooking school.
Winning recipe will be made into a cooking-show style video that will premiere on Heartland Catfish’s YouTube channel and social media.
Supply of Heartland Catfish, shipped to winner’s home.
Heartland Catfish Prize Pack to celebrate your win during National Catfish month.

A runner-up will also be chosen and will receive a Heartland Catfish Prize Pack and have their recipe featured on the Heartland Catfish company website.

Meet Our Contest Sponsors:

Heartland Catfish Company:

Heartland Catfish Company was founded in 1996. With more than 25 year’s experience as one of the largest vertically integrated entities in the U.S. Farm-Raised Catfish industry, we know catfish. We look forward to diving into the culinary world with catfish enthusiasts this summer during the Catfish Culinary Contest.

Viking Cooking School:

Viking Cooking School, located in Greenwood, Mississippi, teaches 5,000 students of all ages and all levels of expertise each year. Viking’s professional chef, Loren Leflore will serve as a judge in the Catfish Culinary Contest. She will also be preparing the winning catfish dish.

The Catfish Institute:

The Catfish Institute, founded in 1986, is America’s hub for all things relating to U.S. Farm-Raised Catfish. TCI is committed to educating consumers and restaurants alike on the health and environmental benefits of choosing U.S. Farm-Raised catfish. TCI has all the information you need to choose catfish with confidence.

Meet the Judges:

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Taylor Bowen-Ricketts
Head Chef at Fan and Johnny’s
Taylor Bowen-Ricketts is the head chef at the beloved Greenwood, MS restaurant, Fan and Johnny’s. She is both an artist and a chef, and was a James Beard Best Chef South semifinalist in 2011. Heartland Catfish is looking forward to having her on the team.
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Loren Leflore
Viking Cooking School Head Chef Instructor
Loren Leflore is no stranger to the professional kitchen. She is a talented chef at Viking Cooking School in Greenwood, MS and knows what goes in to preparing U.S. Farm-Raised Catfish better than most. We are looking forward to working with her during the Catfish Culinary Contest.
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Jillian Roberts
Miss Catfish, 2022
In April, Jillian Roberts was crowned Miss Catfish 2022. She will be serving as a judge for the Catfish Culinary Contest. Heartland Catfish Company sponsored Jillian as she competed for this hard-earned title and is excited to be working with her once again.
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Jonathan Mills
Heartland Catfish Company’s VP Sales and Marketing
Jonathan Mills, Heartland Catfish Vice President of Sales and Marketing has worked with Heartland Catfish Company for more than a decade. His sales team has worked to expand the footprint of Heartland Catfish into major grocery retailers throughout the lower 48 states. This summer, he will judge the Catfish Culinary Contest as our Heartland Catfish Company contest representative.

How Recipes are Judged.

  • Criteria One:

    Technical Complexity

Technical complexity refers to the perceived skill level required to execute the dish. Due to the competitive nature of this event, judges will consider complexity to be a positive aspect when scoring a recipe.

Easy Blackened Keto Catfish & Broccoli

  • Criteria Two:

    Creativity

Creativity refers to the aspects which make this recipe unique, ranging from ingredient choice to method of preparation and overall formulation of the final recipe.

Baked Catfish Summer Rolls

  • Criteria Three:

    Menu Appeal

Menu appeal refers to the perceived allure of the finished product. Picture this dish as an item at your favorite seafood restaurant – how would it perform on the menu?

Grits-Crusted Catfish with Tomatoes, Basil & Lemon

Additional requirements:

Your Catfish Culinary Contest recipe must include catfish as the main ingredient and can be made from whole catfish, catfish fillets or catfish nuggets.

Contest Rules

  • Please note, our team will be using online tools to verify that each recipe is original, and not copied from online recipe blogs.
  • To be eligible to win, it is not required that you use Heartland Catfish specifically. Any U.S. Farm-Raised Catfish is welcome!

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