List of Competitors for the 8th Annual Crab Cake Challenge

   Chesapeake Celebrations is the collaborative merger of two of the Annapolis area's top caterers.  It's the Pits and Anchors Aweigh catering have each been providing award-winning catering services throughout Central Maryland and the Eastern Shore for years.  Now they have combined as one to form Chesapeake Celebrations, the area's premier catering service. 

Kevin Frederick

410-618-1318

Laughing Crab Catering, a special event catering company based in downtown Havre de Grace, MD.

Laughing Crab's crab cakes won top honors, best crab cake at the festival for the third year in a row. Our Chesapeake Rockfish Sandwich was best overall seafood item. This makes 21 awards for the Laughing Crab recipe.

In addition, their Cream of Crab and Shrimp Soup won third place in the Taste of The Sea Cook Off. There were 29 Restaurant Entries this year.

410-459-6463

Full Service Caterer, Bull & Oyster Roasts, Weddings, Special Events, Picnics.

 Our philosophy is to add to your good time. Whether it is a company thank-you party, a fair, festival or concert or a bull roast our task is to take the worry out of whether the food will be good and will there be enough. 

Glenn McCalley

410-303-2073

    Dorina's Kitchen is the place for anyone who wants to learn to cook and get their family "BACK TO THE TABLE" and expand their home cooking repertoire. I specialize in teaching simple, easily reproducible meals that are healthy, tasty and mostly quick to make! Many are family friendly and I throw some in that are definitely company friendly!

Come join us!! I will teach you what you need to know to become a great home cook and expert on everything "FAMILY"!

 973-418-8647 

 Murraydine Catering is passionate about cooking and providing great food.  We cater to clients while serving our commitment to the local community to provide great food in a friendly and comfortable atmosphere.

Murraydine Williams

410-262-3101

 The Land of Kush is the ultimate vegan soul food experience!

We are VeganSoul!  Since 2011, we’ve been Baltimore’s premier vegan restaurant – serving the likes of Stevie Wonder, Angela Davis, and many others. 

Celebrate a new way of life! Let us inspire you to feed your spirit. Experience great food and a healthier way of living. 

410-225-587

 Since 2019, Kitchen Klassifieds Southern Table has been serving the greater Baltimore area delicious, home cooked southern food with a Caribbean twist direct from our kitchen to yours.

Bringing our unique sensibility, style, and taste to each affair, our founder along with one of the most dynamic teams in the city, quickly gained acclaim for highlighting the natural tastes of fresh food.

Contact us to learn more about our catering services. 

443-960-4641

  Erin and Lena Bowman are the sister owners of Sistahs’ Sweets. Erin Bowman is 19 years old and Lena Bowman is 18 years old.  Both sisters are homeschool graduates, who graduated in the 11th grade. Both Erin and Lena are singers, actors, models, philanthropists, missionaries, and entrepreneurs.

410-889-6100

 A home established business since 2013, Sweets By Cindy V has been serving custom sweets to all DC, MD and VA. Turning sweet dreams to reality! 

Nothing is better than the taste of home-baked goodness. It’s like love at first bite 

443-805-3577

   It’s not a significant year or a childhood home address. It’s not code for a generations-old secret brewing ingredient or the number of ounces in a keg of beer. 1,623 is the number of miles that connect the Maryland home of co-founder Mike McKelvin to the Colorado home of his cousin, co-founder and head brewer Zac Rissmiller.

 (443) 218-1410 

In 1972, amidst rolling hills, dairy cows, and cornfields, a small vineyard was planted in the fertile soils of an old dairy farm. That one small vineyard has proudly become Linganore Winecellars.  Now operated by the founder's children, we welcome you to share in our growing family tradition.

Linganore Winecellars cordially invites you to partake in an enjoyable and relaxed afternoon tasting our award-winning wines produced by our fertile soils, abundant sunshine, and skilled winemakers.

410-795-6342

Key Brewing Co.—its name a nod to the national icon from our native Baltimore area, Francis Scott Key—is the only brewery in Dundalk, Maryland. Key joins a burgeoning tradition of skilled brewers in the region and, of course, the incredible movement of skilled craft brewing across America.

410-477-2338