Public Relations

 2010 | 2009
 

Television Coverage

October 21-23, 2010
Over the course of three days, the CW's John Marshall met and interviewed some of the key players at this year's Harvest on the Harbor, everyone from celebrity chefs to beverage representatives, sponsors to travel writers. Check out all the interviews below and learn a little bit more about who participated in Harvest on the Harbor and why they keep coming back year after year!

October 14, 2010   
NESN.com
Each of our Maine Lobster Chef of the Year finalists were profiled on NESN.com and talk about their background, cooking style and upcoming appearance at Harvest on the Harbor! Click on the links below to view each interview 

October 14, 2010
Good Day Maine
Courtney McMennamin, Executive Director of Harvest on the Harbor, stops by Good Day Maine to chat about this year's three-day food and wine experience. (View Video)

October 11 - 13, 2010
WCSH 6 Morning Show with Sharon Rose
Each of our three finalists for the Maine Lobster Chef of the Year Competition appeared on the WCSH 6 Morning Show with Sharon Rose this week and demonstrated how to create their signature lobster dishes! Click on the links below to watch the demonstrations.


October 6, 2010
WCSH 6 Morning Show
Barbara Whitten speaks with Sharon Rose on the WSCH 6 Morning Show about what’s new at Harvest on the Harbor this year such as The Ultimate Seafood Splash, Savory Samplings at the Marketplace and more! (View Video)

October 6, 2010
Good Morning Maine
The three Maine Lobster Chef of the Year finalists join Good Day Maine to talk about the Maine Lobster Chef of the Year Competition, which is sponsored by the Maine Lobster Promotion Council (View Video)

October 6, 2010
My Fox ME
Meet this year's Maine Lobster Chef of the Year finalists and get a taste of what they will be prepairing during the Lobster Chef of the Year competition, Friday, Oct. 22, 2010! (View Video)

October 2010
Various Networks
Harvest on the Harbor was broadcast across the Northern New England region in two commercials, both showcasing the best of what this event and Portland, Maine have to offer and even our Maine Lobster Chef of the Year event, taking place Friday, Oct. 22, 2010.


September 23, 2010
The three finalists for the Maine Lobster Chef of the Year Competition, held Friday, Oct. 22 at Ocean Gateway during Harvest on the Harbor, were announced at a press conference on September 22. Click on the links below to see whose lobster dish beat out all the rest and find out what to expect at Harvest on the Harbor!

Print Articles

November 15, 2010
Mainebiz
Culinary Moxie

Mindy Woerter

October 27, 2010
Portland Press Herald
‘Lobster Chef’ finalists share their fabulous recipes
Meredith Goad

October 23, 2010
Portland Press Herald
Lobster competition came down to chef’s confidence
Meredith Goad

October 23, 2010
Maine Today Media
Lobster Chef of the Year Slideshow

October 7, 2010

My Metro
Falling Into Maine
Dorothy Robinson

October 6, 2010
Portland Press Herald
Soup to Nuts: Harvest on the Harbor

Meredith Goad

September/October 2010
Make sure to read this special edition of Current Publication's "Food Etc" which was dedicated to all things Harvest on the Harbor! (View PDF Here)

September 12, 2010
Exploring Maine - Maine Sunday Telegram
Harvest on the Harbor celebrates 'Foodiest Town'

Elizabeth Webber

September 2010
Anokhi Magazine
"Follow Your Food"
Kimberly Elworthy

August 23, 2010
Tifton Gazette
Food, fine design, easy access - part of the charm of Portland, Maine

Christine Tibbetts

July/August, 2010
Food Etc. - Current Publishing
Harvest on the Harbor a foodie paradise
Page 5
Melissa Wood
 

Press Releases

October 27, 2010
Harvest on the Harbor, Maine's premier food and wine experience, brings more than $2,000,000 to local economy (more...)

October 22, 2010
Maine Lobster Chef of the Year 2010 Winner Crowned (more...)

September 23, 2010
Maine Lobster Chef of the Year Finalists Announced (more...)

September 15, 2010
Two celebrity chefs come home to Maine for Harvest on the Harbor (more...)

August 11, 2010
Harvest on the Harbor Adds WOW FACTOR to wine at this year’s event (more...)

July 20, 2010

Harvest on the Harbor - New and Expanded Events for 2010 (more...)
 

Online/Blogs

November 18, 2010
Intelligent Traveler - National Geographic Traveler
Eating Well in Portland, Maine
Margaret Loftus

November 6, 2010
StartingToCook.com
Harvest on the Harbor 2010, Portland Maine Food Event
Matt Antonio

November 3, 2010
In Your Kitchen - NorthJersey.com
Bread and Fish Soup
Susan Sherrill

November 1, 2010
EDGE Boston
New England's Mark and Clark - Celebrating Two Decades of Culinary (and Personal) Glory

Curtis Wong

October 28, 2010
Plating Up - Maine Food & Lifestyle
Lobster Chef of the Year 2010: Azure Café’s Kelly Patrick Farrin

October 27, 2010

Topix.com
Harvest on the Harbor, Maine’s premier food and wine experience

October 26, 2010

Dine & Cook
A Taste of Maine (Page One) (Page Two)

October 22, 2010 
The following is a select few of the media outlets that picked up our press release announcing the winner of the Maine Lobster Chef of the Year Competition 2010. Click on the following links to read the coverage and find out who won!


October 21-23, 2010
Spoon & Shutter
Susan Sherrill, culinary writer/blogger and food editor for the Bergen Record in New Jersey, and Ted Axelrod, culinary photographer, visited Harvest on the Harbor for work and pleasure this year. Read their account (and look at the amazing photos) of what they saw, smelled, and tasted during this oceanside event on Portland's waterfront!


October 20, 2010
International Food Wine & Travel Writers Association
Maine Lobster Chef of the Year at Harvest on the Harbor
Maralyn Hill

October 18, 2010
ActiveRain.com
Portland’s Harvest on the Harbor 2010

October 17, 2010

NorthJersey.com
Food festival in Portland, Maine

October 16, 2010
ILovePortlandMaine.com
HOTH Update

October 15, 2010

Wine & Food Travel
Food lovers are buzzing about Maine…

October 1, 2010
Downtown Portland Blog
Harvest on the Harbor Tickets Going Fast!

September 27, 2010
The Daily Sip
October Wine Events: Harvest on the Harbor

September 27, 2010

Atlantic Birches Inn
Portland, Maine Harvest on the Harbor 2010

September 26, 2010

The Daily Candy
Here's the Plan: Boston Events and Diversions

September 23, 2010

Road Trip for Foodies
Foodie Event: Harvest on the Harbor

September 23, 2010

Spoon and Shutter
Events: Harvest on the Harbor

September 21, 2010

Second Helpings
'Tis the Season

September 21, 2010

The Weekly New England Travel and Vacation Gazette
Welcome to Fall in New England!

September 19, 2010

Casa Naranja Travel
The Maine Thing: Harvest on the Harbor
Elizabeth Mateo

August 31, 2010
Get the inside scoop on some of Harvest on the Harbor's featured chefs and dessert connoisseurs (and even a recipe or two), on Maralyn Hill, President of the International Food and Wine Travel Writers Association's blog, "Where and What in the World" (View Blog) 

Check out past interviews below by clicking on the appropriate link:

Amy Bouchard - Wicked Whoopies Jeff Buerhaus - Walter's
Kristin F. Simmons - Specialty Desserts Meg Swoboda - Sweet Marguerites
Melissa Bouchard - DiMillo's Restaurant Michael Ruoss - Salu
Mitch Kaldrovich - Sea Glass at Inn by the Sea Theda Lyden - Harraseeket Inn
Joe Boudreau - Havana South Clark Frasier & Mark Gaier - Arrows

Eric Simeon - Grace

 

August 5, 2010
Tripatini: Social Networking for Travelers & Travel Experts
"Celebrating Maine's Cuisine at Harvest on the Harbor"

August 3, 2010

Muse Memo Travel Blog
The Maine Event: Harvest on the Harbor 
 

Culinary Scene Articles 

September 2010
Virtuoso Life Magazine
Maine Squeeze
Margaret Loftus

June 21, 2010
Tom Plant spent nine days in Maine with fellow travel writers from the International Food and Wine Travel Writers Association. From breakfast to breweries, seafood to sourdough, read all about Plant's amazing Portland, Maine foodie tour. (View Blog)

June 2010

Portland Monthly
Acadia's Cajuns - Read all about Harvest's featured chef, Michael Ruoss!
Robert Witkowski

June 2010
Global Writes - IFWTWA
Portland, Maine - Today, Its Ship Has Really Come In
Norman and Maralyn Hill

  

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