This October, Long Beach Island’s favorite chowder-filled weekend has a new name, a new look and new leadership, as well as a key charitable component: to meet the basic food needs of area residents and to educate the public about hunger and food insecurity.

The Beach Haven Chowder Cook-Off, Oct. 5 and 6 at the Taylor Avenue waterfront behind Bay Village, is presented by the Beach Haven Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the nonprofit Hunger Foundation of Southern Ocean.