What's cooking with Island View Casino Resorts culinary team!

From left: Trey Cowan, Banquet Chef • David Crabtree, Executive Chef • Mary Crabtree (volunteer) • Calvin Lipe, Dockside Deli Room Chef • Matthew Baker, C&G Grille Sous Chef • Not pictured: Bobby McBride, C&G Grille Sous Chef • Penny Rush, Buffet Sous Chef

Beach Blvd Steamer wins 3 divisions!

March 29 & 30, 2024

People's Choice

Most oysters served! (1,800)

Best House Specialty

Shrimp Rockefeller

Best Raw Oysters

Smoked oyster aioli, cucumbers, fish sauce mignonette, Thai basil, caviar and chili crisp

David Crabtree, Executive Chef

Penny Rush, Buffet Sous Chef
Trey Cowan, Banquet Chef

2024 Gulf Coast Beer & Bacon Festival

From left: Deborah Thomas, Diner Room Chef • Katherine Sutton, Director of Mississippi Heroes (non-profit organization for caregivers) • Nicole Burch, Promotions Supervisor • Steve Greenfield, Promotions Manager • Jackie Seavey, Executive Sous Chef • Mary Grace Moss, Prime Cut Room Chef

2024 Gulf Coast Beer & Bacon Festival

1st Place!
Bacon Category

Hawaiian Huli Huli Pork Belly Tostada with Mango Pineapple Pico de Gallo and Spicy Coconut Ginger Sauce.

2024 Gulf Coast Beer & Bacon Festival

Best Chocolate!

The View's culinary team won Best Chocolate for the third year in a row!

2024 Gulf Coast Beer & Bacon Festival

Golden Ticket!

Our culinary team grabbed the golden ticket to compete in the bacon category of the 2024 World Food Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana!

2023 Cheese & Mac Recipe Challenge

Sponsored by the California Milk Advisory Board

GRAND PRIZE!

Congratulations to Prime Cut Room Chef Mary Grace Moss whose recipe for Elote Corn-a-Roni won the prestigious 2023 Real California Cheese and Mac Recipe Challenge!

Mary Grace Moss' winning

Elote Corn-a-Roni

With south-of-the-border flare, this cheese and mac dish includes fire-roasted Mexican street corn, crispy bacon, cilantro, lime and Real California Hispanic-style-cheeses and crema.

California cheeses used:
Queso Fresco, Cotija, Crema Mexicana

See the winning recipe on MyInsider.com

2023 Mississippi Seafood Cook-Off

1st Place
KING OF SEAFOOD
Calvin Lipe
Thursday, May 11, 2023

The 2023 King of Mississippi Seafood is Calvin Lipe (Dockside Deli Room Chef)!

THE WINNING DISH:
Panko Fried Soft Shell Crab stuffed with Shrimp, Crab & Mushrooms. Served with tomato jam, shrimp, corn maque choux, crystal buerre blanc and topped with pecans and jumbo lump crab

7th Annual Gulf Coast Oyster Cook-Off
March 25, 2023

Back row from left: Dockside Deli Room Chef Calvin Lipe, Banquet Chef Trey Cowan, C&G Grille Sous Chef Bobby McBride, Steamer Production Cook Matthew Baker
Front row from left: Mary Crabtree, Executive Chef David Crabtree, Buffet Sous Chef Penny Rush

7th Annual Gulf Coast Oyster Cook-Off • March 25, 2023

CROWD FAVORITE
Shrimp Rockefeller

Topped with Ritz crackers

7th Annual Gulf Coast Oyster Cook-Off • March 25, 2023

PEOPLE'S CHOICE (Tie)

6th year in a row!

7th Annual Gulf Coast Oyster Cook-Off • March 25, 2023

Second Place
CHARGRILLED

Roasted garlic New Orleans-style BBQ topped with Romano cheese

7th Annual Gulf Coast Oyster Cook-Off • March 25, 2023

Second Place
RAW

Raw oysters topped with sesame vinaigrette, wasabi mayo, spicy mayo, pineapple, flying fish roe and micro cilantro

"The crew did a fantastic job – I’ll go to war with them any day!"

Executive Chef David Crabtree

2023 Gulf Coast Beer & Bacon Festival

People's Choice
Best Chocolate

Left: Deborah Thomas Room Chef Diner
Center: Jackie Seavey, Executive Sous Chef
Right: Mary Moss , Room Chef Prime Cut