Events / Friends of James Beard Benefit Dinner

FOJBB: Topsail Beach, NC

An Evening in Coastal North Carolina

Sat, September 28, 2024

5:30 PM
Beach Shop & Grill
Price: $110 / $170 with wine Click Here for Reservations

Beach Shop & Grill
701 South Anderson Boulevard
Topsail Beach, NC 28445

Format: Patio cocktail reception, followed by a seated tasting-menu dinner

Featured 

Host and Owner Cheryl Tysinger
Beach Shop & Grill, Topsail Beach, NC

Host Executive Chef Jim Foss
Beach Shop & Grill, Topsail Beach, NC

General Manager Tristan Smayda
Beach Shop & Grill, Topsail Beach, NC

Sous Chef Brad Linthicum
Beach Shop & Grill, Topsail Beach, NC

Sous Chef Josh Keck
Beach Shop & Grill, Topsail Beach, NC

Pastry Chef Gerald Hawkins Jr.
Beach Shop & Grill, Topsail Beach, NC

Bar Manager Chad Hardacker
Beach Shop & Grill, Topsail Beach, NC


Head to Topsail Beach, North Carolina for an exceptional evening highlighting local, peak season local ingredients, outstanding wine, and the warm hospitality that proprietor Cheryl Tysinger and executive chef Jim Foss deliver at Beach Shop & Grill.
 

An Evening in Coastal North Carolina special dinner is part of the Friends of James Beard Benefit series; events hosted by generous people, businesses, and organizations outside of JBF that provide critical funding for our programs. Each event supports our mission to champion a standard of Good Food for Good© anchored in talent, equity, and sustainability.

Menu

RECEPTION

Ghost Fleet Oyster Co. Raw Oyster Station > Yuzu Cocktail Sauce, Pickled Watermelon-Moonshine Mignonette

Grilled Oysters with Caraccioli Cellars Brown Butter, Oyster Plant, and Country Ham

New River Clams with Southern Chimichurri and Spruce Tip Crackers

Foie Gras Lollipops with Poire Williams Pop Rocks and Pear Gélee

Anson Mills Johnny Cakes with Sloop Point Trout, Ossetra Caviar, and Purslane

Changin’ Ways Farm Chicken Ballotine with Boiled Peanut-Chicken Liver Mousseline, Pender County Apples, and End-of-Summer Truffles

Caraccioli Cellars Brut Cuvée 2014
Signature Cocktail

DINNER

Carolina Tomato Pie with Sea Island Black Eye Pea-Lard Crust, Late Summer Tomatoes, Duke’s Mayo, Hoop Cheese Streusel, and Sauce Vierge
Kuenhof Grüner Veltliner 2021

She-Crab Cake Galette and NC Hogfish with Benne Seed Cracker, Roasted Pumpkin Coulis, and Seaweed Oil
32 Winds Platt Vineyard Chardonnay 2018

Tea-Smoked Squab with Petite Rouge Pea Harvest Succotash and Dewberry Nage
Gargantua OR Syrah 2018

Intermezzo > Summer Shoots, Endive, Goat Curd, Fermented Black Plum Granita, and Toasted Seeds

Study In Onslow County Pork > Trotter Croquette, Saucisson, Pot Likker Tenderloin, and Cured Lard with Fermented Plums and Country Gravy
La Gerla Poggio gli Angeli Sangiovese 2018

Cantaloupe Semifreddo with Buttermilk Spice Cake, Honey Marshmallow Crème, Gochugaru, and Country Ham Tuile
Grosset Springvale Clare Valley Riesling 2022

 

Deepest Gratitude to Vendors Changin' Ways Farm, Surf City Crab & Seafood Market, Ghost Fleet Oyster Company, and Inland Seafood for their generous support.
 

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