About Michael's Seafood Chowder
Our History
In 1998, a young chef named Michael McGowan created the World Famous Michael's Seafood Chowder when he and his wife Shelly McGowan founded Michael's Seafood Restaurant in Carolina Beach, NC. After years of success in local competitions we were invited in 2009 to compete in the World Championship of Seafood Chowder
in Newport, Rhode Island.
The birthplace of Chowder.
And we won.
Then we won again in 2010.
And we won again in 2011.
So we returned to Carolina Beach with a new goal.
Serving our World Famous Seafood Chowder to the rest of the country.
So here we are, spreading the chowder love.
Woman Owned.
Family Operated.
Hand Crafted.