Santiago Gomez

Miami Beach, FL – October 20, 2017 -The 5th Annual South Beach Seafood Festival was a celebrated success of South Florida’s culinary scene and the best in seafood. The weekend’s main events with South Florida’s ultimate night of VIP Competition at the CHEF SHOWDOWN, brought to you by Cambria Wines, and presented by GOYA, Land Rover N&S Dade, and Herradura. MC Kelly Blanco and Honorary Chef Ref, Ralph Pagano, helped 16 chefs hit the Macy’s Showcase Kitchen in the GOYA Culinary Pavilion. 1,000 guests walked around the Land Rover N&S Dade hospitality village and sampled the dishes of each battling chef and voted on their favorite in each of the 8 battles before the chefs took the stage for what was a high-energy top notch night of chef competition cooking. The event benefits a great cause including the CI Foundation’s EAT SMART program, in support of empowering the youth of Miami-Dade County.