Join Chef Max for his Thanksgiving cooking class on Sunday November 23rd. This is a great class to boost your confidence for your big festivities on Thanksgiving Day. Chef Max will go over some great ideas for cooking turkey as well as teach some of his favorite side dishes. The class is being held 11am-2pm on Sunday and you can book a spot now by calling Nicole at 954.765. 3129. We hope to see you there!

Start making your reservations now for our annual "Kids in Distress Dinner" at 3030 Ocean on Tuesday, December 16th. We will start the night out at 6:30pm with a champagne reception, great selection of canapes and a very exciting silent auction. There will be an elegant 5 course dinner with talented guest chefs including Jordi Panisello from Cero at the Ritz Carlton Fort Lauderdale, Garret Gooch from Angle at the Ritz Carlton Manalapan, Derek Morgan from D.Morgan's, Atlanta, Angelo Elia from Casa D Angelo, Ft Lauderdale and of course our Host Chef Dean Max with his Chef de Cuisine Paula DaSilva from 3030! Come help us to raise more money this year than ever before! Call Nicole or Corey at 954.765.3129 for all the details. See you there!

These are two fun and family style sides that go great with Thanksgiving dinner. The key to making those great casseroles taste so good is using fresh vegetables and all the butter fat you can stuff in there. These two dishes can be made ahead and baked right before the dinner which makes them much easier to execute. Enjoy and goodluck!

For the second year, our resort at Harbor Beach has hosted a Tasteful Journey, which is a great event of Food, Wine and entertainment to benefit the Children's Miracle network. We hope you will join us this year as some of South Florida's chefs gather to prepare their best dishes at this annual event. Click below for more details!

For the last four years, Chef Max has been judging the "Turks & Caicos Conch Festival." This is a fantastic local island festival that celebrates the beauty of their natural bounty. The festival this year takes place on Saturday November 29th in the historic Blue Hills on Providentials. The festival goes from noon to 6pm and the after party is at the new Nikki Beach hotel. It's a great weekend of conch, rum punch and beautiful sandy beaches ... so come and join us! Check out the web link above for the rest of the details.

The best part of fall for me in the food arena is the starting season of stone crabs and oysters. The stone crab harvest began October 15th and has a limited season which ends on May 15th. Oysters which are sold year round prove to be much firmer and flavorful in the winter months. Come fill your craving for these fall seafood delights at the 3030 Raw Bar. Click below to read more on the stone crab harvest.