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" 2009 Grand Prize winner: Tory McPhail, Louisiana Winning recipe: Creole Seafood Mixed Grill Runner-up recipes: Other finalist recipes included Pan-Seared Viking Village Day-Boat Sea Scallops with Creamy Chili-Herb Grits and Wild Alaska King Salmon with Cranberry-Infused Birch Syrup Molasses. Fun fact: All sheepshead fish are born female, but some change into males to maintain community structure. Highlights and Details Fifteen chefs went head-to-head at the 2009 Great American Seafood Cook-Off in Louisiana on July 23. Each competitor had an hour to prepare a domestic-seafood dish representative of his or her state. In the end, Louisiana Chef Tory McPhail tore through the competition to win the crown of &amp;quot;King of American Seafood&amp;quot; with his take on a classic Creole dish. McPhail, the executive chef of Commander&amp;#039;s Palace in New Orleans, impressed the judges with his simple execution of the Creole seafood mixed grill, combining Louisiana sheepshead fish, shrimp, and crabmeat. His goal was to create an economical dish, using sustainable and local ingredients from Louisiana waters, that was easy for home cooks to replicate. The cook-off was co-hosted by Sig Hansen, star of the television series Deadliest Catch, and Chef John Folse. Judges included the food editor of Coastal Living magazine. For more information about the Great American Seafood Festival, visit greatamericanseafoodcookoff.com. Check out the winners from the seafood cook-off&amp;#039;s 2007 and 2008 recipe contests. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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