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Chef’s Showcase on Marco

The annual Chef’s Showcase was held Sunday, Nov. 4, at the Marco Island Yacht Club.

Photo by JENINE C. OUILLETTE, Eagle staff

The annual Chef’s Showcase was held Sunday, Nov. 4, at the Marco Island Yacht Club.

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  • Café de Marco’s owner Sandy Scheeler-Franchino and her Executive Chef Kenneth Vandereecken were offering Chef’s Showcase guests one of the Café de Marco’s menu specialties: pan-seared Sesame-encrusted saku tuna squares threaded on mini skewers and drizzled with teriyaki ginger sauce.
  • Paradise Shrimp Company’s table, manned by new owners: Chef Scott Young, left, and brother Bill, featured platters piled high with Special Gulf Shrimp flanked by colorful tropical fruit displays.
  • Miss Dottie and her handsome escort Marco Eagle General Manager Bob Sandy enjoying the food and festivities at the Chef’s Showcase held Sunday evening at the Marco Island Yacht Club.
  • Bayview Restaurant manager Gligor Tuparov offers Don Eggeman a plate full of the Veggie-encrusted tuna nuggets from the restaurant’s display table at the Chef’s Showcase.
  • Bayside Restaurant Executive Chef Laura Beth Owen flash-fries up another batch of veggie-encrusted tuna nuggets in the Marco Island Yacht Club’s kitchen that she’ll need to replenish the fast-emptying chafing dish on the restaurant’s display table at the Chef’s Showcase.
  • Tara Steak and Lobster House Executive Chef Tara Trevethan, assisted by Tommy Ackerson, serves one perfectly grilled Lamb Lollipop to an unidentified guest at the Chef’s Showcase.
  • House of Mozart Restaurant Chef and owner Alfred Schinagl’s creatively arranged smoked Norwegian slices on a mirrored platter and German potato pancake appetizer display was a popular guest goodies stop at the Chef’s Showcase.
  • Marco Island Yacht Club’s Food and Beverage Director David Krebs and Vice Commodore Dean Heard were enjoying the festivities Sunday evening at the annual Chef’s Showcase.
  • Marco Island’s movers and shakers, celebrities and guests, seated at candlelit tables set up on the Marco Island Yacht Club’s waterside patio, were enjoying the ambiance, DJ-generated music and fantastic food Sunday evening at the Chef’s Showcase.
  • Miss Dottie (right) and guest at the Chef’s Showcase held Sunday evening at the Marco Island Yacht Club.
  • Marek’s Collier House Executive Chef and owner Peter Marek offers guest Ron Hultz, a taste of superbly sautéed Mahi fillet served on Asian slaw with coconut curry sauce and topped with crispy ribbons of fried wonton skins at the restaurant’s Chef’s Showcase table.
  • The annual Chef’s Showcase was held Sunday, Nov. 4, at the Marco Island Yacht Club.
  • The annual Chef’s Showcase was held Sunday, Nov. 4, at the Marco Island Yacht Club.
  • The annual Chef’s Showcase was held Sunday, Nov. 4, at the Marco Island Yacht Club.

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