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Red Lobster® Celebrates the Holiday Season with Ultimate Surf & Turf ™ Event

Red Lobster® Celebrates the holiday season with Ultimate Surf & Turf™ Event

Orlando, Fla. (November 20, 2017) – Red Lobster is kicking off the holiday season with the introduction of its limited-time Ultimate Surf & Turf™ event, featuring five craveable pairings of seafood and steak – with three options of steak to choose from, like the newly introduced Filet, as well as top Sirloin or New York Strip.

During this event, guests can combine the best of surf and turf with options like the NEW! Surf & Turf Feast, featuring grilled Maritime lobster and sea scallops skewer, paired with a choice of three fire-grilled steak options and a Norway lobster-and-shrimp loaded smashed potato. The event lineup also features a NEW! Crispy Crab Bites appetizer, indulgent side dish options and signature cocktails to complement guests’ meals.

For seafood lovers who crave a well-crafted steak, prepared perfectly on a fire grill by Certified Grill Masters, Red Lobster’s Ultimate Surf & Turf™ event features a variety of pairings unlike anything guests have seen before.


The full Ultimate Surf & Turf™ menu includes:


  • NEW! Surf & Turf Feast – Grilled Maritime lobster and sea scallops skewer, paired with a choice of three fire-grilled steak options and a Norway lobster-and-shrimp loaded smashed potato. Served with choice of side.
  • NEW! Lobster and Seafood Topped Steak  – Steamed Maritime lobster tail paired with a choice of three fire-grilled steak options, topped with creamy langostino lobster. Served with a baked potato and choice of side.
  • Classic Surf & Turf – Steamed Maritime lobster tail paired with a choice of three fire-grilled steak options and mashed potatoes. Served with choice of side.
  • NEW! Grilled Sirloin and Red Shrimp – Fire-grilled top sirloin paired with a grilled skewer of wild-caught jumbo red shrimp. Served with mashed potatoes and choice of side.
  • NEW! Grilled Sirloin and Fried Shrimp – Fire-grilled top sirloin paired with shrimp fried to a golden brown. Served with mashed potatoes and choice of side.
Red Lobster ® is offering the best of land and sea with its NEW! Surf & Turf Feast – featuring a grilled Maritime lobster and sea scallops skewer, paired with a choice of fire-grilled top sirloin, filet or New York strip steak and a Norway lobster-and-shrimp loaded smashed potato.

For a limited time, guests can also order Steak & Southern King Crab, featuring a fire-grilled top sirloin paired with Southern King crab legs, while supplies last.

“We’ve put an exciting new culinary spin on traditional surf-and-turf to create craveable combinations you can’t find anywhere else,” said Dustin Hilinski, Executive Chef and Director of Culinary, Red Lobster. “Our guests know us as seafood experts, and we’re excited to show them another side of our culinary expertise with our Certified Grill Masters and the Ultimate Surf and Turf event.”

During Ultimate Surf & Turf™, Red Lobster® guests can enjoy its NEW! Lobster and Seafood Topped Steak – a perfect pairing of steamed Maritime lobster tail and a choice of fire-grilled top sirloin, filet or New York strip topped with creamy langostino lobster.

During Ultimate Surf & Turf, guests can add Red Lobster’s indulgent NEW! Lobster and Shrimp Smashed Potato to any entrée – featuring a baked potato smashed and fried, loaded with mashed potatoes, cheese, bacon and topped with a creamy blend of Norway lobster and shrimp. Guests looking to start off their meal with a tasty appetizer can enjoy the NEW! Crispy Crab Bites, which features Panko-crusted crab-and-corn bites fried to a golden brown and served with fries, tartar sauce and ketchup. Red Lobster is also offering two new cocktail options, including the NEW! Tiki Passion Punch with Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum, pineapple juice, and Sprite mixed with a mango passion fruit puree, and NEW! Berry Cosmo, a berry twist on a classic Cosmopolitan, with Absolut Citron and Cointreau.

Guests looking for the perfect gift this holiday season can give the gift that seafood lovers crave – a gift card from Red Lobster! And, now through December 31, gift card buyers will receive a gift of their own with Red Lobster’s Give a Gift, Get a Gift offer. For every $50 guests spend on gift cards, they will receive a bonus card good for their choice of $10 off or a free appetizer coupon valid on a future visit.

Red Lobster’s holiday gift cards are available in three limited-time holiday designs and can be purchased at the restaurant or online at www.redlobster.ca/gift-cards.

Guests are invited to share their Ultimate Surf & Turf experiences on Red Lobster’s Facebook Opens in a new Window, Twitter, and Instagram Opens in a new Window pages. To view the complete Red Lobster menu, find a restaurant location or to join the Fresh Catch News, visit Red Lobster’s website.

About Red Lobster Seafood Co.
Red Lobster is the world's largest seafood restaurant company, headquartered in Orlando, Fla., with an impressive heritage and an even brighter future. As a private company owned by Golden Gate Capital, Red Lobster is focused on delivering freshly prepared seafood at reasonable prices - served in a lively, contemporary seaside atmosphere. With more than 55,000 employees in over 700 restaurants in the U.S. and Canada, and a growing international footprint, Red Lobster is more committed than ever to be not just the biggest seafood restaurant, but the best. To learn more, visit www.redlobster.ca or find us on Facebook or Twitter.

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