Honor
Allen, who won last years Florida Seafood festival oyster shucking
contest, came in 13th in the World Oyster Opening Contest in Galway,
Ireland this weekend.
The
23 year old shucks for a living at Hunt's Oyster Bar in St. Andrews.
He
was also named the U.S. National Oyster Shucking Champion after
winning at the St. Mary's County Oyster Festival
in Maryland where he opened two dozen oysters in just under 3
minutes.
On
Saturday he competed against the world's best and finished with a
time of 4 minutes and 29 seconds.
He
came in 13th.
This
year's world champion came from Estonia.
The
last time an American won the world championship was in 2008 when the
title was taken by William "Chopper" Young,
of Wellfleet, Massachusetts.
Before
that you have to go back to 1976 when the championship was won by
Cornelius Mackall.
And
if you want to see some of the best shuckers on the planet compete,
don't miss the Oyster shucking contest at this Year's Florida Seafood
Festival in just a few weeks.
It
will be held at Battery Park in Apalachicola on November 3rd
and 4th.
http://live.oysterradio.com/
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