WINNER: Jim Smith, Alabama
 

CHEFS:
Jim Smith, Alabama
Erik Slater, Alaska
John Minas, Florida
Gregory G. Volle, Illinois
Jeremy C. Ashby, Kentucky
Cory Bahr, Louisiana
Margaret Salt McLellan, Maine
Heath Johnson, Mississippi
Scott Anderson, New Jersey
Bud Gruniger, North Carolina
Erol Kanmaz, Oregon
Corbett Rourk, South Carolina
Ed Fischer, West Virginia

WINNING RECIPE: 
Late Summer Alabama Bounty

JUDGES:
Chef Rick Moonen
advocate for sustainable seafood, restaurateur, cookbook author and finalist in Top Chef Masters
Laura McIntosh
host of Bringing It Home
Chef Roland Schaeffer
American Academy of Chefs
Patricia Mack
Gayot.com
Melissa Kogut
executive director, the Chefs Collaborative
Will Blunt
managing editor StarChefs.com