‘Best wing’ contest set for Sunday

(Feb. 3, 2023) Ocean 98.1 WOCMFM with presenting sponsors Mountaire Farms and Crooked Hammock Brewery, will hold the ninth annual “Best Wings on the Shore” Contest on Sunday, Feb. 5, from noon to 3 p.m. at Crooked Hammock Brewery in Lewes.

Proceeds from this event will benefit the Ocean 98 “Cash for College” Fund.

The $20 entry fee will provide each attendee a judge’s ballot, allowing for unlimited tastings of the wings prepared for the event by local restaurants.

The categories that will be judged are

“Best Overall,” “Most Creative” and “Hottest.”

Mountaire Farms will be donating wings to each competing restaurant to be used for their entry.

Crooked Hammock Brewery, part of the LaVida Hospitality Group, will be providing its venue for the competition. It will also be pairing a special, in-house craft beer for the event.

The competition field is limited to 20 area restaurants: 45th Street Taphouse, Bethany Blues, Big Chill Beach Club, Bourbon Street on the Beach, Bull on the

Beach, Chaps Pit Beef, Crooked Hammock Brewery, Sussex Amvets Post 2, Grain on the Rocks, House of Sauce, Kick ‘N Chicken, Mad Hatter Cafe, Ocean 13, Papi’s Tacos, Taco Reho, The Sterling Tavern, Thompson Island Brewery, and Woody’s Dewey Beach.

This is a family friendly event with children under 10 being admitted at no charge.

The Ocean 98 “Cash for College” fund provides a $2,500 scholarship each year for an outstanding high school student in Worcester, Wicomico and Sussex counties.