The Southeastern Wildlife Expo is being held February 14-16 in Charleston.
- The Southeastern Wildlife Exposition (SEWE) is an annual celebration of the great outdoors through fine art exhibits, live entertainment, and special events.
- Broad audience of nature lovers, hunters, collectors, artists, and others.
- The SEWE audience is a great place for us to push out our Certified SC message.
- You can find the South Carolina Department of Agriculture in the Certified South Carolina corner of Marion Square. Look for the big red barn!
- We have a whole tent full of Certified SC specialty product vendors – so bring your wallet.
- Right next door is our Fresh on the Menu cooking demo stage, where some of South Carolina’s most talented chefs team up with their favorite farmers to host cooking demonstrations and tastings. We plan to feature 12 chefs, 12 farmers, including ostrich!
- The farmers appearing throughout the weekend include:
- Trey McMillan of Lowcountry Oyster Company
- Joseph Fields of Fields Farm
- The chefs include:
- Culinary Institute of Charleston Chef Instructor Kyle Smith-Kunsak
- The Drizzled Pear Chef Rhonda Mitchell
- 2025 SC Chef Ambassador Shuai Wang of King BBQ and Jackrabbit Filly with Cyndy Carr of Gay Fish Company
- Palmira BBQ Chef Hector Garate with Campbell Cox of Carolina Plantation
- Workmen’s Café Chef Angie Bellinger with Rosebank Farms
- Cru Catering Chef Alicia Smith with Neal Shelley of Swamp to Sea Honey Bees
- Prohibition Chef Greg Garrison with Andy Bokor of South Carolina Ostrich
- 2025 SC Chef Ambassador Jeanne Koenigsberg of Swamp Rabbit Café with Travis Howard of Knockout Butchery
- 2025 SC Chef Ambassador Darren Smith of Rivertown Bistro and Bonfire Tacqueria, with Farmer Richard Floyd
- Lula Drake Chefs Rachael Harrison and Ashley Bundrick, with Freshly Grown Farms Paul Grant
- Lowland Chef Jason Stanhope with Kara Rutter of Rutters Ranch
- Lee Bros and Friends with WP Rawl Farms
- Other events throughout the weekend include birds of prey flight demonstrations, retriever demos, sheep and duck herding demos, live animal shows, kids zone with goats and small take home activities, and several fine art and decoy exhibits and auctions.
- It is free to visit the tent in Marion Square.
- For more information, please visit sewe.com.