Wild American Shrimp, the American Shrimp Processors Association’s marketing program for wild-caught Gulf and South Atlantic Shrimp, has named Chef Monte Sheffield, Chef/Owner of Palmer’s Restaurant Bar & Courtyard in San Marcos, as its 2020 Chef of the Year. Sheffield will reign for the next year as the association’s “Admiral of Advocacy.”
Upon receiving the news of the recognition, Sheffield expressed excitement about having a larger voice to talk about domestic, wild-caught shrimp. He is a proud Texan, supporting the state’s Go Texan program in which Gulf shrimp play a prominent role, and he proudly serves on the board of the Texas Shrimp Association.
He relayed a story of being in a store recently when he overheard a couple discussing the shrimp in the freezer and trying to figure out which ones to buy. He was on his way out and went back to explain the vast differences between the imports and wild-caught U.S. shrimp to people he didn’t even know.
