Geoffrey VanDussen & Lauren Zuchowski

Bill Strength & Chef Irv Miller

Dean Dalrymple & Renee Borden

Julie Lippincott & Nic Schuck

Beth & Bill Walton

Sienna Miller & Andrew Carter

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ackson’s Steakhouse graciously hosted a fantastic launch party for Executive Chef Irv 
Miller, to promote his newest book on Sunday, September 30. Chef Irv had a wonderful 
opportunity to meet and greet fans, friends, and discuss his new book titled Gulf Coast 

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Oysters: Classic & Modern Recipes of a Southern Renaissance published by Spring 

House Press. Limited-edition hardback cookbooks were available for purchase and signing. 

Chef Miller has been working along the Florida Panhandle and writing about the food of the 

Gulf Coast for over three decades. Chef Miller has been a six-time performing chef for the James 
Beard Foundation and has served ten years as a founding member of the Pensacola Celebrity 
Chefs. Miller’s longtime commitment has been to the Florida Panhandle and Southern-inspired 
foods. Gulf Coast Oysters: Classic and Modern Recipes for a Southern Renaissance 
features 216 pages that highlight oyster farms and farmers, and 70 personalized oyster recipes 
for both raw and cooked dishes. The cookbook also focuses on preserving the Gulf’s cross-
cultural, Southern traditions and a goal of creating new interest in approaching sustainable Gulf 
oyster practices for celebrating both the iconic natural set Gulf oyster and the new off-bottom 
farmed oyster. His main focus of Gulf Coast oysters was to directly bring awareness to how to 
obtain fresh oysters from farmers, who are just now in the birthing stages of developing and 
growing farms in locations such as Louisiana, Grand Isle, Cedar Key, and other locally sourced 
participating farms.

CheF Irv Miller

photos & story by

 

Kristina Wright

Shelley & Steve Black 

   VIP Pensacola at Jackson’s Steakhouse

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