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EMPIRE OYSTER is a vertically integrated oyster business & elite seafood caterer. Beyond that we offer a broad range of products, services & experiences.

BESPOKE RAW BARS MARINE CUISINE & DELICASEAS CATERING HOSPITALITY CONSULTING HOME DELIVERY

DINE @ SEA EXPERIENCES SHUCK@HOME EXPERIENCES SHUCK TRUCK

RAW BOAT MERMMELIER CERTIFICATION OYSTORE OYSTER GROWER CONSULTING

BESPOKE RAW BAR CATERING

NANO OYSTER BAR

Perfect for a small group of guests, typically, at a private home or boat. Add this to a catered affair or make it the main event. You’ll certainly agree that this is vastly superior to any oyster bar experience youve eve had, anywhere. In fact, WE GUARANTEE IT!

• Ultra-Premium Oyster Service for 6 - 12

• $800 minimum, depending on day & location of service

• Up to two varieties of East Coast Oysters

• Includes live shucking, Accoutremement Premier, Set up, Clean Up…etc

OYSTER SOCIAL

These are larger private gatherings. Have us present an Edu-taining oyster experience for your company, residential building, book club or neighborhood association. We'll teach you how to shuck oysters and give you the 101 on oysters if you like, as well. These are great for groups of 12 - 40 oyster lovers. Include RAW BOAT & SHUCK TRUCK for a little extra fun and flair?

Ultra-Premium Raw Bar Service for > 12 guest

• $1500 minimum, depending on day & location of service

  • Includes up to 300 East Coast Oysters of 3 varieties

• Add RAW BOAT for $500 to $1000 depending on your location

• Add Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail for $5 each

• Add Littleneck Clams for $3 each.

• Add Caviar Bumps at $3 per gram or $300 per 100g.

  • Includes live shucking, Accoutremement Premier, Set up, Clean Up…etc

AHOYsters

Enjoy an ultra-premium raw bar dockside or underway, on one of they several yachts we work with, your yacht or a chartered yacht. We may have more experience with this than anyone on Earth having executed oyster bars on at least two dozen yachts in Newport, RI, Miami & Fort Lauderdale, FL, St Petersburg, FL, New York City and The Hamptons.

CATERING

MARINE CUISINE & DELICASEAS

We specialize in the presentation of ultra-premium raw bar, seafood and oyster experiences for your friends, family and associates at your office, home, club or special event. We bring the finest product, service, presentation and experience to wherever you are gathering and celebrating. Yes, we are quite focused on oysters but we also present outstanding catering well beyond oysters. We call our menu, service and style MARINE CUISINE™ & DelicaSEAS™. Yes, its beyond, beyond! There’s not much we CAN’T execute when it comes to seafood and we love to focus on creative compositions featuring sustainable and responsible species common to the lower end of the sea-food chain. Think small fish, crustaceans and shellfish. We make these healthy, sustainable and responsible species interesting and delicious!

CONSULTING

• We help CHEFS & RESTAURANTEURS…

  • Design & Build new raw bars

  • Hire & Train for new raw bars

  • Operate & Manage new or existing raw bars

  • Market & Promote new or existing raw bars

  • Improve and/or Expand existing raw bars
    

• We assist OYSTER PRODUCERS to create brands and find new markets.

• We help DISTRIBUTORS find new oyster producers and restaurant customers.

• We support SEAFOOD SALES REPS to become more effective and efficient.

• We help TOWNS, COUNTIES & STATES to understand how to use OyStories and OysTourism effectively and establish oyster shell recovery programs and oyster reef restoration projects.

We offer our clients extraordinary experience, expertise and…

• Nearly a decade of operating at all levels of the industry including the production of many dozens of oyster-centric events since 2011 and hundreds of private raw bars.

• Hundreds of visits to restaurants, oyster farms and seafood distributors.

• Creating, leading or being a part of many dozens of sales calls with reps & chefs.

• Hundreds (if not thousands) of conversations with restauranteurs, chefs, oyster growers, oyster shuckers and marine scientists.

• Extensive, constant and ongoing learning through reading books and blogs and deep participation in list-serves and social media.

• 100% SATISFACTION “NOTHING TO LOSE” MONEY BACK GUARANTEE!!!

SHUCK TRUCK & RAW BOAT

5,000 lbs of Sky Blue American Muscle! Empire Oyster’s SHUCK TRUCK. She’d love to meet you, just please don’t call her a "Food Truck”. Pair her with our RAW BOAT and experience the most interesting and exciting raw bar experience in the world.

While we DO NOT vend or serve oysters "out of Shuck Truck”, we do serve cold beverages from the passenger side taps and we shuck oysters next to or in front of her at private events all over,.

SHUCK @ HOME

Gather at home with your pod of trusted family & friends. Culinary Training & Epicurean Edu-tainment starting at $100 per person in NYC, Charleston & Miami, Winter 2021. Learn to source, prepare and present oysters, Marine Cuisine & DelicaSEAS. Master mignonettes, crudo, ceviche and much more.

DINE @ SEA EXPERIENCES

Cruise & Dine with us. Hamptons in Summer. Charleston in Spring & Fall. Florida & Caribbean in Winter. Bespoke Raw Bars & Marine Cuisine & DelicaSEAS catering on your yacht or ours. We have yachts of our own and a fleet you can charter for 2 - 20 guests. This just might be the very best way to avoid crowded restaurants!

@HAMPTONS & PALM BEACHES: M/Y Kingfisher || @CHARLESTON M/Y Huck Finn || @SARASOTA M/Y Knot A Horse || @HAMPTONS: S/Y Kelpe

MERMMELIER CERTIFICATION

We believe the person in charge of a raw bar program should be every bit as qualified as a Somm that oversees a wine program. We also believe this creates opportunities as much as it delivers on promises. 

This is not something new for The French who have certified Ecaliér for centuries. Ecaliér is a verb. It means "to scale a fish". Thus, those who were skilled in this (and the preparation of fish) were a specialist in the French restaurant. This attention to detail is one of the things that has set French Cuisine apart for centuries.

We wanted to create a term that was more specific to oysters. Mermmelier plays on the term Merroir, which is often used to describe the influences on an oysters taste, color, texture, size and shape. Merroir is derived from the French word for The Sea which is, Le Mer.

So, this is the back story and the rationale for the creation of this education and certification as a Mermmelier. Soon we will begin to write the curriculum and invite chefs to take our course and earn our certification - the first of its kind anywhere in the world. 

We have a new approach to this now. Read more about it here. Reach out to us with questions of to request more information through our contact page.

DOCK TO DOOR

Every time a Styrofoam box full of seafood is shipped a little part or our souls die. Necessary evil? Mostly, yes. But not always. Not anymore. We’ve come up with an new way to deliver top quality product to your doorstep, ship it overnight or have you pick it up. We call it DOCK TO DOOR. We replaced the Styrofoam box and plastic bag, with a YETI. Here’s how it works”:

HOME DELIVERY

CHARLESTON, SC

Here your DOCK TO DOOR delivery is like a milk or spring water service. Every week you tell us what you want from our list of available products which we will post online and send via text or email on Monday. On Wednesday, we’ll leave a YETI filled with your order on your doorstep. Each week we’ll collect the YETI we left the week before. You can use the YETI we deliver your order in all week. Take it to the Farmers Market or Grocery Store. Use it on the boat or at the beach. Keep the YETI if you love it! DOCK TO DOOR members receive a 20% discount on YETI coolers we use for home delivery. Also, you’ll get perks like seeing new YETI products and accessories (like new products and new colors) before the general public. You can return those items or keep them at a 20% discount.

DOCK TO DOOR POP UP PICK UP

BEGINS IN CHARLESTON, SC in 2023

Swing by one of our regularly scheduled pick up days and collect the order you placed in advance.

NATIONWIDE - SHIPPING VIA FED-EX OVERNIGHT BEGINS MARCH 2023

When you order from us to ship DOCK TO DOOR long distance we ship the order in a YETI Cooler which we put in a box with NO STYROFOAM. We realize this is not something you want to do weekly. But its a great gift idea. And we’re not using Styrofoam and your are gifting something that can be used 1000 times or more!

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