THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
Join us on Thursday, September 28, for Serve & Protect, our annual sustainable seafood celebration featuring live cooking shows with cooking tips and delectable seafood dishes from our expert chefs.
In addition to the fun on stage, some truly unique items and experiences will be up for bid during our Serve & Protect Online Auction.
For the past eleven years, Serve & Protect has been the Aquarium’s primary fundraising event. We hope you’ll support our nonprofit mission as we once again gather to celebrate aquatic conservation and sustainable dining. A portion of your support is tax-deductible.
Featured Chef: Tamie Cook
Cook has been an integral part of the Aquarium’s Serve & Protect sustainable seafood program since it was launched in 2011, both producing and starring in this top-rated event each year.
Featured Chef: J Chong
J Chong is originally from Toronto, Ontario currently calling Asheville, NC home. J is passionate about bringing Cantonese food to Western North Carolina along with an authentic culinary experience.
Take Action
Here are several ways you can start making better food choices to help reduce our collective impact on the aquatic environment that makes life on Earth possible.
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Our message is simple – buy seafood caught or raised in the U.S. Buying American not only supports U.S. jobs, but we also believe our own regulations are an important way to ensure sustainable fishing practices in wild caught or farm raised fish. And since public demand is the driving force for restaurants and grocery stores that provide products, this is an easy way for YOU, the customer, to get involved.
Learn
As you start sampling sustainable seafood, you may find that you want more information about the problems and solutions. Read a good book about seafood, like Four Fish by Paul Greenberg or The End of the Line by Charles Clover. Or visit Seafood Watch at the Monterey Bay Aquarium for more details on different fisheries.
Discover
We want people to try something new. For some people, that might mean discovering the rich flavor of Striped Mullet or Cobia. (Two sustainable choices that might not be top of mind.) For others, it might be ordering farm-raised catfish or trout. (Two great tasting freshwater options.)
Share
Now that you’ve learned all of this information, share it! Continue the conversation about sustainable seafood with your friends and family. Why not cook a new dish to share at your next gathering? We’ve got lots of recipes to choose from featuring some of the species highlighted in our past and present Serve & Protect programs.
2023 Serve & Protect Supporters
First Horizon
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
Cemrock
Starr Mathews Insurance
Ward & Ashley Davenport/Patrick & Julie Stowe
AEED/Franklin Architects
Chattanooga Land Company
Chattanooga Times Free Press
Eagle Mechanical/Hobbs & Associates
HHM CPAs
iSustain, Inc.
KONE
Kristina & Tom Montague/Catherine Colby & Andrew Workinger
Merrill Lynch Private Wealth Management
Pinnacle Financial Partners
Pointe General Contractors/Southeast Painters
Russ Blakely & Associates
The Vincit Group
Trudy Harper & Roger Knipp
TVA
Unum