Our Story
Connecting people to the best local flavors on Cape Cod since 2010.
We're Pat and Jenny Ross. We started out in 2010, as the first to grow oysters in our hometown of Bourne MA in over 50 years. We spent years perfecting our technique in pursuit of the oyster we felt best captured the imitable qualities of Buzzards Bay. We built our own gear, and built a sustainable system of aquaculture - using renewable energy.
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We began shucking oysters from our farm as well as area farms at farmer's markets and events. We also began to source and sell local seafood at farmer's markets. Word of mouth spread about our signature raw bars, and we started building our catering services, focusing on flavors from our local area.
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We were operating as a mobile business, working out of our food truck for about a year and a half, before it made sense to look for a brick and mortar location. Right at that time, Cataumet Fish was for sale. We jumped at the opportunity in 2021, Cataumet Fish is now our home base for Sea State.
Our Team
Jenny Ross
Owner, Events Director
Blending her experience working in restaurants and her background in concept design, Jenny creates menus that tell unique stories through food, from visual presentation to vibrant flavors inspired by her travels all over the globe.
Patrick Ross
Owner, Market Director
Pat runs Cataumet Fish, and works directly with fishers, growers, farmers and wild harvesters to source the best local ingredients from our local Cape Cod area. He's also behind our raw bars and behind the grill at events, with a background in restaurant kitchens.
Jess Moerman
Events Director
With restaurant experience and a background in film production, Jess combines her creativity and culinary skill in balancing familiar flavors with unexpected twists, with her ability to expertly plan and produce memorable meals and events with every last detail considered.
Corey Johnson
Raw Bar + Events Manager
Corey is an oyster farmer with a background working in fine dining, bartending, and catering in Austin TX. You'll find Corey behind nearly all of our raw bars, and keeping an eye on the finer service details at our events.
Andy Arch
Oyster Farm Manager
Andy is out on the water running the oyster farm, growing oysters from the size of a grain of sand in the upweller, to harvest. Every oyster on our raw bars was grown with great care and expertise by Andy.
