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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.

MARINE CUISINE & DELICASEAS CATERING HOSPITALITY CONSULTING HOME DELIVERY OVERNIGHT SHIPPING

DINE @ SEA EXPERIENCES POD DINING CLUB SHUCK @ HOME EXPERIENCES SHUCK TRUCK

RAW BOAT MERMMELIER CERTIFICATION OYSTORE OYSTER GROWER CONSULTING

BESPOKE RAW BAR CATERING

As the team that created NEW YORK OYSTER WEEK, we have produced or co-produced well over 100 oyster-centric events since 2012. There is nothing we cannot invent, imagine or manage when it comes to raw bars and event production. We love the challenge of serving oysters and other Marine Cuisine™ in challenging weather or locations. And we always do so safely and graciously whether it was on a rooftop, luxury yacht, frozen lake, remote beach or your back yard. We’ll execute your vision or, if you need ideas, we’ll work together to create something special that meets your needs and goals.

MAKER'S SOCIALS - Host your very own Oyster Social at your location. We’ll make it awesome. And easy. Click on the links below to learn more.

• BREWERY OYSTER SOCIAL

• CIDERY OYSTER SOCIAL

• WINERY OYSTER SOCIAL

• DISTILLERY OYSTER SOCIAL

OYSTER SOCIAL - Have us present an edu-taining oyster experience for your building, fraternity, 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 10 - 40 oyster lovers.

AHOYsters - Enjoy an ultra-premium oyster bar dockside or underway, on your yacht or 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.

DOCK TO DOOR DELIVERY

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 or ship it overnight. We call it DOCK TO DOOR. And we delivery this product to your doorstep or via Fed Ex, in a YETI. Here’s how it works”:

CHARLESTON, SC - DOCK TO DOOR HOME DELIVERY BEGINS JAN 2021

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 it if you want! 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.

NATIONWIDE - SHIPPING VIA FED-EX OVERNIGHT BEGINS JAN 2021

When you order from us to ship DOCK TO DOOR long distance we ship the order n a YETI 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!

OYSTERS CLAMS SHRIMP CRAB SCALLOPS TINNED FISH & CONSERVAS FIN FISH

MARINE CUISINE & DELICASEAS CATERING

CONSULTING

• We help CHEFS & RESTAURANTEURS design, build, operate and/or improve the finest oyster & raw bar programs.

• 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.

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!!!

THE 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 it”, we do serve cold beverages from the passenger side taps as we shuck oysters next to or in front of it at private events all over, because we are “Bad & Nationwide". We lovingly restored her and use her to have fun get folks excited about what we do.

SHUCK @ HOME EXPERIENCES



DINE @ SEA EXPERIENCES

MERMMELIER CERTIFICATION

A Mermmelier is to oysters what a Sommelier is to wine.

The knowledge, skill and experience necessary to earn certification as a Somm is significant because the value a Somm brings to bare is significant. The same should be true with oysters. A rare, exotic and fine wine can cost as much per sip as a rare, exotic or fine oyster. The consumer paying premium for fine wine deserves to be well informed and should receive great value for the money they are spending.  We are committed to creating a world class certification program for culinary and hospitality professions such that they can do more with (and for) oysters!

Mermmerlier Certification will soon be available though Academie Mermmelier™.

This will be a division of Oyster’s Unlimited™, a non-profit organization based in North Carolina.

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. 

Reach out to us with questions of to request more information through our contact page.