San Francisco Bay Area Wine-McCormick & Kuleto’s 15th Annual Shuck & Swallow Challenge and Benefit Wine Pairing

Shuck & Swallow Challenge

Benefiting The Marine Mammal Center

San Francisco, CA/May 2008 – McCormick & Kuleto’s Seafood Restaurant has announced their 15th annual Shuck & Swallow Oyster Challenge, with an oyster and wine pairing benefit event immediately following the competition, to be held on Tuesday, October 7th.

The oyster and wine pairing will benefit the The Marine Mammal Center and will be held at McCormick & Kuleto’s Seafood Restaurant at 900 North Point in San Francisco. The pairing will run from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Tickets, available at the door, are $30.00 per person with the net proceeds being donated to The Marine Mammal Center.

The oyster competition involves approximately a dozen teams, each consisting of two members from various Bay Area restaurants, competing to shuck and eat as many oysters as possible in 10 minutes. The current record is just under 200. The competition is free and begins at 5:00 p.m.

The judges’ panel will include members of The Marine Mammal Center. Bay Area radio personality Sterling James will be returning for the eleventh year in a row as this year’s Master of Ceremonies. The event is co-sponsored by Ghirardelli Square.

For more information on the Shuck & Swallow Oyster Challenge and the oyster and wine pairing benefit, call McCormick & Kuleto’s at (415) 929-1730 or (415) 929-8374.

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