News - 30 CHEFS WILL COMPETE TO REPRESENT SKUNA BAY SALMON AT KENTUCKY DERBY - Skuna Bay Salmon - Vancouver Island Raised Salmon

ENTER AT: www.skunachef-challenge.com

HOW DOES IT WORK: Chefs enter their most amazing Skuna Bay Salmon recipe along with a photo. 30 chefs will be selected. On March 20th these 30 chefs will be announced.

THEN: 10 competitions will be held across America with 3 chefs at each competition cooking their Skuna Bay dish against each other. 1 chef at each event will emerge and head to one of 2 National Semi-Finals: in LA or Chicago

AT THE SEMI-FINALS: Winning chefs from the first round events will again compete head to head at one of each Semi-Final event. One chef at each Semi-Final will win - and travel to Louisville, KY for the Finals.

LOUISVILLE, KY: Each finalist chef will be paired with a Mentor Chef who will guide them through the final round and help with the recipe and support. On May 1, 2013, in front of 16 peer chefs the Finalist Chefs will go head to head in the kitchen for the win - and recognition in a national ad in Saveur Magazine

THE KENTUCKY DERBY®: Both Chefs will be the guests of Skuna Bay Salmon at the 139th Kentucky Derby® and enjoy VIP seating

Craft raised means reared by the hand of the experienced craftsman farmer in its natural ocean environment. Glacier-fed waters, perfect salinity and strong tidal currents result in a great salmon.

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Recycled corrugate Thermafresh™ cardboard packaging that is exclusively ours to use keeping our fish perfectly chilled during transport. Can be 100% recycled instead of going to landfills.

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Always the highest standards. Our exclusive process of harvest, hand cleaning, selection and packing by our 6 approved salmon inspectors ensures only the best 6% graduate to Skuna Bay status.

Always Pristine+

Feeding the world. And in the process helping to reduce pressure on wild salmon stocks. It also means that future generations will be able to enjoy great salmon for years to come.

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Tamper proof and traceable seals on the box indicates that after our approved salmon selectors have sealed up the carton, the next person to touch the fish is the chef. No person intervenes in this chain.

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> Currently 33% of Skuna Bay’s farms are fallow, allowing seabeds to rest and regenerate.

> Skuna Bay salmon pens contain 98.5% water and only 1.5% fish.

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> Skuna Bay fish are always minimum 8 lbs in weight, all year long

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> Skuna Bay feed has less than 25% fish meal or fish oil and our "fish in, fish out" ratio is approaching 1:1.

> All fish used in Skuna Bay feed is from sustainably certified fisheries.

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> Our Gold River Hatchery located at the mouth of Nootka Sound on Vancouver Island gives us unlimited access to natural sea water for our young fish.

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Skuna Bay is in an isolated location on the west coast of Nootka Island, 14 nautical miles from where our farms in Nootka Sound are sited.

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