New York Oyster Week is a celebration the oyster's considerable and extraordinary role in the history, culture, cuisine, economy and ecology of New York.

New York Oyster Week can be enjoyed at a curated collection of oyster centric events or at the many distinguished participating restaurants.

Each September, New York Oyster Week presents opportunities to gather and enjoy oysters in exciting and engaging events of all sizes and shapes. Our events are created to cater to the tastes and geographies of enthusiasts and the curious alike. The other half of the Oyster week experience takes place in an impressive collection of distinguished New York City restaurants. The chefs and proprietors of marquee fish houses, raw bars and oyster friendly venues will serve up their take on the oyster with a featured Oyster Week oyster themed menu item or pairing.

Oyster Week exists to a provide a fun an engaging platform through which all can experience and celebrate oyster culture and community in ways that fit various personal styles and schedules. Our aim it to facilitate an experience that satisfies oyster lovers and engage the bivalve curious. It is our sincere hope to promote awareness and appreciation for the Oystermen, aquaculture and care required to bring these products from dock to dish. We strive to create significant attention, action adoption and advocacy for our participating chefs, restaurants, sponsors and beneFISHiaries.

Founders

Rudi Ehrlich

Co-Founder

Rudi is an entrepreneur, marketer and business development professional with a deep passion for food and shellfish. His respect for sustainability and conservationism stretches back as long has he can remember. As a cultural and culinary enthusiast, Rudi has traveled the world in search of culinary delights, often bringing discovered stories, styles, recipes and entertainment concepts to his network of epicureans. And as a founder of Oyster Week he is thrilled to be bringing such a unique and engaging culinary entertainment and conservation concept in his native New York.

Kevin Joseph

Co-Founder

Kevin grew up in a seafood restaurant family in East Hampton, NY and Naples, FL. After college in Boulder, CO, he began to pursue a career in event marketing. NYOW is the perfect fusion of his lives experiences, the things he knows best, Seafood & Events. The rest of his story and expertise is in marketing. He is the Founder and CEO of Otaku marketing OBSESSION and he brings a vast network and marketing expertise to New York City and Oyster Week.

Advisors

Rudi Ehrlich

Co-Founder

Kevin Joseph

Co-Founder

Jonathan Eisenberg

Spark Hospitality Group CEO & Founder

Julie Zucker

Director of Marketing at Branded Restaurants

Erin McKinnon

CEO, Green Light Sustainability Advisors

Carrie Waible

President, CW&Co.

Contact

Kevin Joseph ~ Founder

Contact Kevin for info on events and beer/wine/spirits sponsorship opportunities.

[email protected]

Rudi Ehrlich ~ Founder

Contact Rudi for info on the restaurant program and general sponsorship opportunities.

[email protected]