WINNER: Dean Max, Florida
 

CHEFS:
Wesley True, Alabama

Al Levinsohn, Alaska

Randy King, Idaho,

Dean Max, Florida

Greg Volle, Illinois

Jeremy Ashby, Kentucky

Chris Lusk, Louisiana

Mackenzie Arrington, Maine

Vishwesh Bhatt, Mississippi

Peter J. Fischbach, New Jersey

Bud Gruninger, North Carolina

Woojay Poynter, Oregon

Paul Lewis Texas

Ed Fischer, West Virginia

WINNING RECIPE: 
Sebastian Inlet Clams BBLT
(Bacon, Basil, Lettuce and Tomato)
 

JUDGES:
Chef Justin Timineri, 2006 Great American Seafood Cook-Off Winner, and executive chef for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

Chef Rick Tramonto, restaurants Tru, Tramonto Steak and Seafood, and Osteria di Tramonto in Chicago

Chef Jeff Tunks, Ceiba in Washington, D.C.

Chandra Ram, executive editor of Plate Magazine

Beverly Stephen, executive director of Food Arts Magazine