Some stories start with a blaze. Ours starts on a flight deck where everything can kill you, detours through a firehouse kitchen where dinner stops for a six‑car pileup, and lands in a barn with cameras rolling and a nation watching. Meet Captain Colby, a Lafayette firefighter who found his voice by cooking for his crew, then won PBS’s Great American Recipe while staying true to the bold, honest flavors of South Louisiana. We walk through the moments that shaped him: discovering aircraft fir...
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Some stories start with a blaze. Ours starts on a flight deck where everything can kill you, detours through a firehouse kitchen where dinner stops for a six‑car pileup, and lands in a barn with cameras rolling and a nation watching. Meet Captain Colby, a Lafayette firefighter who found his voice by cooking for his crew, then won PBS’s Great American Recipe while staying true to the bold, honest flavors of South Louisiana. We walk through the moments that shaped him: discovering aircraft fir...
How a Missing Burger Bun Sparked a Lafayette Food Phenomenon
Foodies Of Lafayette Podcast
39 minutes
1 month ago
How a Missing Burger Bun Sparked a Lafayette Food Phenomenon
A missing bag of buns turned into a signature dish and, eventually, a brand. We sit down with Lafayette’s own Shane Vallot to unpack how a walk-on center who almost quit transformed pressure into momentum—first on the field at UL, then in the kitchen with a quesadilla-burger that sold 75 out of his backyard in an hour. From there, the playbook expanded: a no-loan opening with five dollars left in the account, a sold-out first weekend, late-night prep, and a loyalty to freshness that meant shu...
Foodies Of Lafayette Podcast
Some stories start with a blaze. Ours starts on a flight deck where everything can kill you, detours through a firehouse kitchen where dinner stops for a six‑car pileup, and lands in a barn with cameras rolling and a nation watching. Meet Captain Colby, a Lafayette firefighter who found his voice by cooking for his crew, then won PBS’s Great American Recipe while staying true to the bold, honest flavors of South Louisiana. We walk through the moments that shaped him: discovering aircraft fir...
