Join us for our Free Friday Afternoon Wine & Beer Tastings

Tastings are from 4:30 to 7pm most every Friday Afternoon.

Come and go as you please, bring your friends and business associates.

It's a great way to sample an array of new and exciting Wines & Beer.

Flounders Chowder House

Join us along with Chef Mark Murphy as he creates some of his seafood majic.

Mark Murphy Chef Biography

Chef Mark Murphy comes from a long line of strong southern cooks. He brings this familiar influence along with his artistic talent and creativity to the table when creating his dishes. After line cooking when he was young in Pensacola, Mark attended culinary school at Johnson and Wales University at both the Charleston, SC, and Providence, RI, campuses. Recently mark returned to the McGuire’s management team as Chef at Flounder’s Chowder House on beautiful Pensacola Beach. He brings his experience with creative control and high quality dishes to their successful family of local restaurants.
Before joining the team of Chefs at Flounders Chowder House in 2009, Mark had a long history in some of Pensacola’s greatest restaurants. He was the Executive Chef at Madison’s Diner from 2006 – 2009, the Chef de Cuisine for eight years during the Fish House’s most formative times, and a kitchen manager at McGuire’s Irish Pub shortly after returning to Pensacola.
Chef Murphy has appeared on the local cooking show sponsored by ESP, “Coastal Cooking,” several times. He has participated in several community events such as the chef’s tent at the Seafood Festival, the Women’s Expo, and the WSRE Food and Wine Classic. In 2008, he was hand selected by Chef Jacques Pepin as best in his regional category and Best in Show at the Food and Wine Classic.

Menu

Florida Citrus Mignonette Tuna

Seafood Thermidor en Crout

Frangelico Chocolate Creme Brulee

 Here's another great opportunity to sample additional recipes from "Elise Coastal Dining"

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Pan Roasted Chicken Breast, Napa Cabbage, Creamed Lentils with Bacon, Carrot Ribbons, and grainy Mustard Chicken Jus

Candied Oranges with Orange and Star Anise Jelly, and Chantilly Cream

Blake & Amber Rushing's Bio:

Trained for over two years in a oneMichelin star kitchen

Opened a two Michelin star restaurant

Ran a Relais Gormand, Tradition et Qualities, and AAA Five Diamond Kitchen

History

 

Blake and Amber Rushing, a husband and wife culinary team, originally met at Jackson’s Restaurantin 2004 where Amber had been the Pastry chef and baker for one and a half years. They quickly fell in love and moved to London, England to work at the Savoy Grill under Chef Gordon Ramsay.

After two and a half years at the Savoy, they were invited to help open Ramsay’s first US restaurant in NYC. Blake was the Sous chef and Amber was Junior sous chef- pastry, where she worked under the extremely strict and talented Alastair Wise. Amber learned chocolate and sugar work, usually a specified segment of pastry, and Blake helped organize a full kitchen, kitchen staff, and banqueting facility. In 2007, Gordon Ramsay at the London, NYC earned two Michelin stars in less than one year after opening, which is very rare for the Michelin rating system.

After this, it was time to move from the Gordon Ramsay company to Lumiere in Vancouver, BC; one of the top restaurants in all of Canada to assist with getting the restaurant ready for chef Daniel Boulud to take it over.  Working in such a calm environment taught them the more social and emotional aspects of being a good chef. Positivity behind the scenes in a restaurant makes for a more positive experience for the guests. Simply, happy chefs make happy food. Finding true happiness in the kitchen has brought them back to the place their travels began, Pensacola, Florida!

Gallery Night

Friday, September 17th
5 to 9pm 

Stroll through the charming brick walkways of Downtown Pensacola to experience an eclectic array of music, art and cuisine. Explore galleries and businesses featuring the works of dozens of local artists. Soak up the sounds of local musicians and the aromas of local cuisine as the energy of the evening carries you from venue to venue. The September 17th event will feature performances by a variety of local musicians, filling the streets with music. This event is free of charge to the attendees and many businesses provide light refreshments.

Join us for our Free Friday Afternoon Wine & Beer Tastings

Tastings are from 4:30 to 7pm most every Friday Afternoon.

Come and go as you please, bring your friends and business associates.

It's a great way to sample an array of new and exciting Wines & Beer.

Wine Dinner at Jackson's Steak House

Distinctive Kitchens and Jackson's are teaming up to create a wonderful Wine & Food dinner.

This event will be located at Jacksons Restaurant. For more information, please see there web site at
http://jacksons.goodgrits.com/

Curtis Flower is a memebr of the Society of Wine Educators and will be coordinating a spectacular lineup of wines to compliment Chef Irv Millers new Fall menu.

Lunch & Learn

$15.00pp

Join us for our popular series of cooking classes during your lunch hour. Each class starts promtly at 12 noon and is finished within 1 hour. Enjoy unique menu's while learning cooking tips from our guest chef.

For those who are not on a tight lunch schedule, enjoy a bottle of wine of choice from our wine shop with no upcharge.

Join us for our Free Friday Afternoon Wine & Beer Tastings

Tastings are from 4:30 to 7pm most every Friday Afternoon.

Come and go as you please, bring your friends and business associates.

It's a great way to sample an array of new and exciting Wines & Beer.

Join us for our Free Friday Afternoon Wine & Beer Tastings

Tastings are from 4:30 to 7pm most every Friday Afternoon.

Come and go as you please, bring your friends and business associates.

It's a great way to sample an array of new and exciting Wines & Beer.

Lunch & Learn

$15.00pp

Join us for our popular series of cooking classes during your lunch hour. Each class starts promtly at 12 noon and is finished within 1 hour. Enjoy unique menu's while learning cooking tips from our guest chef.

For those who are not on a tight lunch schedule, enjoy a bottle of wine of choice from our wine shop with no upcharge.

Learning to Cook Thai Cuisine

Feature Menu

Chef Panita Boonyathee Pearson

Panita first learned Thai cooking as a child in the seaside village of Thamai in Chanthaburi, Thailand where her mother was a chef famous for her Hua Mok, fish cake. She was grating coconut, pounding curry paste and cooking rice at a very young age.  By age 13, she was shopping for the restaurant at the local markets early each morning before school and training as a sous-chef in the family restaurant on the week-ends.  Over the next several years, she took on the responsibilities of head chef preparing a wide range of traditional Thai dishes with a special emphasis on dishes prepared with the rich bounty of seafood brought in by local fisherman.
In 1996, after graduating from the Chulalongkron University in Bangkok, she received a scholarship to teach Thai and Thai culture at the Buddhist Center of Dallas, TX.   Panita brought along a mortar and pestle and filled her kitchen with Thai herbs and spices.  Soon, friends started asking her for Thai cooking lessons.  As word of her culinary delights spread, she became a private chef for many prominent families in Dallas and Fort Worth.
Panita visits Thailand often to collect and preserve recipes from her family and her hometown. She leads culinary trips to Thailand where she teams with local Thai chefs so Westerners can experience Thai food and culture in Bangkok, Rayong, Ayuthaya, Nakron Sawan, Chiang Mai, Krabi, and Phuket.
Panita also caters private parties and offers private Thai cooking lessons in home kitchens with menus revolving around fresh, seasonal ingredients from local markets.  Teaching cooking, she discovered, allows her the opportunity to share her skills and experiences along with the laughter and excitement of each culinary result.

Lunch & Learn

$15.00pp

Join us for our popular series of cooking classes during your lunch hour. Each class starts promtly at 12 noon and is finished within 1 hour. Enjoy unique menu's while learning cooking tips from our guest chef.

For those who are not on a tight lunch schedule, enjoy a bottle of wine of choice from our wine shop with no upcharge.

Join us for our Free Friday Afternoon Wine & Beer Tastings

Tastings are from 4:30 to 7pm most every Friday Afternoon.

Come and go as you please, bring your friends and business associates.

It's a great way to sample an array of new and exciting Wines & Beer.

Gallery Night

Friday, November 19th
5 to 9pm 

Stroll through the charming brick walkways of Downtown Pensacola to experience an eclectic array of music, art and cuisine. Explore galleries and businesses featuring the works of dozens of local artists. Soak up the sounds of local musicians and the aromas of local cuisine as the energy of the evening carries you from venue to venue. The November 19th event will feature performances by a variety of local musicians, filling the streets with music. This event is free of charge to the attendees and many businesses provide light refreshments.

Join us for our Free Friday Afternoon Wine & Beer Tastings

Tastings are from 4:30 to 7pm most every Friday Afternoon.

Come and go as you please, bring your friends and business associates.

It's a great way to sample an array of new and exciting Wines & Beer.

Join us for our Free Friday Afternoon Wine & Beer Tastings

Tastings are from 4:30 to 7pm most every Friday Afternoon.

Come and go as you please, bring your friends and business associates.

It's a great way to sample an array of new and exciting Wines & Beer.

Lunch & Learn

$15.00pp

Join us for our popular series of cooking classes during your lunch hour. Each class starts promtly at 12 noon and is finished within 1 hour. Enjoy unique menu's while learning cooking tips from our guest chef.

For those who are not on a tight lunch schedule, enjoy a bottle of wine of choice from our wine shop with no upcharge.