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Healthy Living, Healthy Eating in the Outer Banks – Mahi Sandwich

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

New Year, new resolutions…. But it’s already February!

Well, Chef Wes is determined to help you stick to your resolutions this year – starting with a diet rich in Outer Banks Seafood . This time, he shows you how to pick fresh fish, exactly what to look for when buying the fillets, and how to put together a quick, healthy, and delicious Mahi Mahi open-face Goat Cheese sandwich.

rss readers: watch the video here

On this video you’ll also get to know Wes’s son, Taylor, who he’s been training to become the head chef at the restaurant. Taylor is already the lead chef at Wes’ Outer Banks Seafood Company restaurant in Corolla, which will be open again this summer.

The recipe is quick and simple, and you’re welcome to customize it to your liking.

Here are the main ingredients:

1 fresh Mahi Mahi fillet

Basil pesto (preferably homemade)

Goat cheese

Bean sprouts

Summer tomatoes

And to top it off…

Fresh Guacamole

Cilantro Sour Cream

Hope you enjoy this recipe – we certainly enjoyed cooking it for you!

And stay tuned – this we’re going to shoot a few more quick recipes that take less than 10 min to put together and that will make healthy eating a piece of cake. (without the cake, of course!)

See you soon!

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Video Highlights of 2010 Outer Banks Wedding Association EXPO

Friday, January 15th, 2010

Check out the most popular booth at the 2010 Outer Banks Wedding EXPO – Red Sky Cafe!

With a record-breaking ticket sale, 2010 was the biggest OBX Wedding EXPO to date, and what a blast it was!

Over 550 brides-to-be (and their entourages, of course) came to meet with the top 130 vendors on the beach – from wedding caterers to photographers to frozen drink machines’ providers.

Our booth stayed crazy busy throughout the entire show – Brides-to-be came to us to get their questions answered by Chef Wes, his wife Cindy, and catering manager Eric Kallestead. While they chatted, Grooms-to-be (mostly) enjoyed our famous Shrimp & Grits and Cindy’s popular dessert shooters.

Just so you have an idea of how heavy was the traffic on our booth:

  • Over 500 dessert cups consumed (that’s almost 1 cup for EVERY person on the show!)
  • 3 Hotel Pans full of Shrimp & Grits (That’s a little over 20 Quarts!)
  • Well over 400 of our 2010 wedding catering package

It was a great show indeed!

If you were there and came to our booth, it was a pleasure meeting you; if you didnt, well, we are waiting for you at our restaurant in Duck!

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Videos Of Outer Banks Wedding Expo 2010 Rentals Tour

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

The Outer Banks Wedding Association 2010 EXPO was the biggest expo so far – and Red Sky was the only Caterer present in multiple houses to help brides and grooms-to-be have a small taste of the beach and enjoy their tour even more.

We had detailed directions and address on our post about the obx wedding expo tour – and we were surprised to see several of our blog readers coming to check out the houses and taste a little of our food.

One of the biggest attractions was the Grand Ritz Palm luxury rental in Duck, where Chef Jamie was preparing fresh Sushi while his wife carved beautiful fresh fruit sculptures. The Red Sky Cafe catered weddings at the Grand Ritz for 200+ guests.

Below you’ll see videos of all the Wedding rentals that the Red Sky was present during the Outer Banks Wedding EXPO:

Oceanfront Rental In Corolla – Ocean Sands section A – Gertrude’s Getaway

RSS readers: click to watch “OBX Wedding Tour House 1 – Corolla Oceanfront”

Luxury Soundfront Rental In Duck – The Grand Ritz Palm

RSS Readers: click to watch “OBX Wedding EXPO Tour House 2 – Duck Soundfront”

Oceanview Wedding Rental In Southern Shores – “The Blushing Bride”

RSS Readers: click to watch “2010 OBX Wedding Tour – Southern Shores Rental”

Oceanfront Rental In Kill Devil Hills – “The Woodmere”

RSS Readers: click to watch “OBX Wedding EXPO House In Kill Devil Hills”

If you were at one of these houses, thank you! We hope you enjoyed our food!

If you weren’t – tsc tsc…. We’ll be waiting for you next time!

See y’all later!

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Are You Coming To The Outer Banks Wedding EXPO This Weekend?

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
outer banks wedding expo pictures

The OBX Wedding EXPO showcases the top vendors on the beach

2010 is starting with the biggest Outer Banks Wedding Association EXPO ever!

This Saturday and Sunday (9th & 10th) is wedding weekend in the Outer Banks as the OBWA and over 130 local vendors host the biggest destination Wedding event in North Carolina. The EXPO starts Saturday at 10am with a tour of popular wedding venues here on the beach, as well as restaurants, spas, and – of course – the top Outer Banks wedding caterers.

On Sunday the big party starts at 11am: all 130 vendors will have their stations set up at the First Flight High School (map here), and we’re preparing an extravagant display this year: Cindy Stepp is in charge of decorations, and Chef Wes & Chef Jamie will have a delicious assortment of fresh local cuisine available.

As usual, the Red Sky will have stations set up at each of the tour’s locations on Saturday, where our chefs will cook appetizers to order, such as our famous Shrimp ‘N Grits and even sushi.

Below is the FULL list of locations for Saturday AND the menu we’ll be offering at each location:

Location: Gertrude’s Breakaway-Beach Realty / KH Rentals

Address: Section A-Ocean Sands, Corolla – Route 12 North, Right on Ocean Way.  House is on the right
Menu: Chef Attended Shrimp ‘n Grits Station / Desserts Tapas & Dessert Shooters

Location: The Grand Ritz Palm

Address: 1340 Duck Road, North of Duck on NC 12, House is sound side
Menu: Sushi Rolling Station / Fresh Fruit Display & Carving / Desserts Tapas & Shooters

Location: “Blushing Bride” Rental-HitchedHouse.com

Address: 87 Ocean Boulevard in Southern Shores – Route 12 South, House is on the right
Menu: Chef Attended-Sweet ‘n Smokey Southwestern Shrimp / Red Sky Asiago Artichoke Dip w/ French Bread Crostinis / Desserts Tapas & Shooters

Location: “The Woodmere”-Sun Realty #354

Address: 907 N. Virginia Dare Trail, KDH, Beach Road, North of Tanya, Near Wright Brothers Memorial
Menu: Chef Attended Pasta Station w/ Variety of Sauces / Desserts Tapas & Shooters

We look forward to seeing you there!

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