There’s more than one way to shuck an oyster, to paraphrase an old adage, but when learning to shuck oysters, it is probably best to keep it simple and safe. There are a number of styles or approaches ...

Every day is practice for Jordan "Jay" Gallet. Known as the "master shucker" at Superior Seafood, Gallett shucks roughly 2,000 oysters a day behind the Uptown restaurant's oyster bar. And next week, ...

The nation’s fastest oyster-shucker closed his eyes, drew a deep breath, kissed his knife and tore into a pile of stubborn shellfish, prying them open quicker than a kid with a bagful of Starburst. By ...

World oyster-shucking champion William "Chopper" Young discusses shucking technique. He won the Guinness World Oyster Opening Championship in Galway, Ireland in September. For tips on shucking oysters ...

Jorge Hernandez took first place at the fifth annual International Boston Seafood Show Oyster-Shucking Competition on Tuesday. Hernandez gets daily practice at Elliott's Oyster House - and it really ...

Los Angeles — Ari Kolender knows oysters. His two seafood restaurants — Found Oyster in East Hollywood and Queen's Raw Bar & Grill in Eagle Rock — serve tens of thousands of oysters a week. Between ...

Whenever Eileen McGuire has new houseguests at her home in Southold, one of the musts on her itinerary is to take them to an oyster shucking class. “It’s fabulous,” said McGuire. “Very educational, ...