Gourmet Lobster Dishes Made the Sustainable Way! |
Cundy's Harbor (photo courtesy of Hancock Gourmet Lobster Company)
When Hazel Ellis Hancock started a lobster restaurant in Ogunquit, Maine in 1946, her aim was to deliver the finest Maine lobster, the finest customer service and the best "Maine" experience to her customers. For 25 years, Nana ran that restaurant with her 2 sisters, Fannie and Mina, and they taught their children and grandchildren (Cal among them) well.
The restaurant is still in the Hancock family and it’s still serving the finest Maine lobster available. Cal Hancock created the Hancock Gourmet Lobster Company in December of 2000 with the same spirit and purpose that Nana brought to the restaurant. Cal's mission is to bring great Maine lobster to customers around the country using long held family recipes that combine ease of preparation with the highest standards of quality and customer service.
Cal and her team work out of a creative kitchen (also known as home) in Cundy's Harbor; a village of 500 people on Casco Bay and Maine's oldest commercial lobstering community. As Nana taught, Cal uses only the freshest, all natural ingredients and no preservatives. Cal's dishes contain an abundance of fresh Maine lobster meat; using only claw and knuckle meat; the most tender part of the lobster. Everything is made in small batches and prepared fresh each day. All products arrive at the customer's door by overnight delivery, frozen, ready to thaw, heat and enjoy.
Hancock Gourmet Lobster buys cream, butter and milk from local dairies, and Maine lobster from Maine lobstermen (“women who lobster” prefer to be called lobstermen). The company buys its meat from family businesses that actively support the preservation of the lobster supply. Cal's company supports Maine lobstering, an eco-friendly, sustainable fishery with the most progressive conservation program in the industry that uses methods to sustain the resource and protect the ocean environment. Only Maine lobstermen measure each lobster, returning to sea the large, healthy breeders and the immature young.
The folks at Hancock Gourmet Lobster are justly proud of the many customers who rave about their little company on the coast of Maine. The Company has received much deserved acclaim, having been featured in the New York Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, USA Today, Food and Wine Magazine, the Rosengarten Report, the Chicago Sun Times, the Houston Chronicle and on the television show Food Finds.
If you'd like to try some of the Hancock Gourmet Lobster Company's amazing dishes go to:
1. Christmas Cove Lobster Cakes
