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Foodies Of Lafayette Podcast
Foodies Of Lafayette
19 episodes
5 days ago
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...
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Episodes (19/19)
Foodies Of Lafayette Podcast
A Firefighter Turns Viral Cook And PBS Champion While Building Community One Pot At A Time
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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5 days ago
45 minutes

Foodies Of Lafayette Podcast
From Dairy Queen Roots to Hub City Legacy: Hospitality, Mentorship, and a Diner That Feels Like Home
The best restaurants don’t just feed people—they hold a city together. We sit down with two Lafayette legends to trace a journey that runs from counting change in a small-town Dairy Queen and running honky-tonk nightclubs to stewarding a beloved diner that locals treat like a second home. Along the way, we talk about the hospitality gene, why you don’t fix what isn’t broken, and how rigorous systems—daily walkthroughs, tasting the hot line, light bulbs and fan direction included—create the sp...
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1 week ago
37 minutes

Foodies Of Lafayette Podcast
Laura’s Legacy: Family, Faith, and a Lafayette Plate Lunch Empire
A plate lunch can carry a city’s memory, and at Laura’s Too that memory starts with roux, water, and the kind of gravy that makes rice feel inevitable. We sit down with Madonna “Miss Laura” Broussard to trace a family story that began in a house at 918 Voris—part kitchen, part juke joint—and grew into a Lafayette landmark without trading soul for polish. From the day platters became plate lunches to the fire that forced a reset, from Wednesday‑only turkey wings to making them a daily ritual, ...
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2 weeks ago
35 minutes

Foodies Of Lafayette Podcast
Local Flavor, Living History: Jesse Guidry on Lafayette’s food, music, and the stories
The best meals in Lafayette don’t need a spotlight—they’ve had one for 90 years. We sit with Jesse Guidry, VP of Communications at Lafayette Travel and the engine behind EatLafayette, to unpack what makes this place so magnetic: kitchens that taste like memory, music that stays within reach, and a community that shows up when it counts. Jesse shares how a nonprofit mindset and a love for the offbeat shaped fresh ways to support local restaurants, from food trails that actually move people to ...
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3 weeks ago
38 minutes

Foodies Of Lafayette Podcast
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...
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1 month ago
39 minutes

Foodies Of Lafayette Podcast
From Grocery to Icon: The Olde Tyme Story
What begins as a birthday impulse purchase turns into a four-decade legacy of Louisiana's most beloved po'boys. Glenn Murphree's journey from 23-year-old entrepreneur to restaurant royalty showcases the magic that happens when passion meets opportunity. With just $3,000 of his own savings and borrowed money from his father and the bank, Glenn acquired a tiny grocery store near the university campus, living in the back snowball stand while struggling to make ends meet. The legendary shrimp po...
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1 month ago
40 minutes

Foodies Of Lafayette Podcast
From Culinary Competitions to Casino Cuisine: Chef Willie Gaspard's Journey
Chef Willie Gaspard sits down with Foodies of Lafayette to share the remarkable journey that led him from being one of 62 grandchildren in a food-loving Cajun family to his current role as both Executive Chef and Director of Food & Beverage at Cypress Bayou Casino. Growing up in Delcambre, Louisiana, Willie's earliest food memories involve watching his grandfather cook 18 turkeys at once for family gatherings and his grandmother preparing gumbo in a crawfish pot in her garage. Despite ma...
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1 month ago
33 minutes

Foodies Of Lafayette Podcast
The Heart of Mel's Diner: A Lafayette Legacy
What happens when a family's love for food spans three generations and over 60 years? Shelly Bond, second-generation owner of the iconic Mel's Diner, takes us on a heartwarming journey through Lafayette's restaurant history that begins long before the diner's famous neon lights first illuminated Johnson Street. The story begins in 1962 when Shelly's father opened a Pit Grill at the location that would eventually become Mel's. After transitions to Kettle Restaurants and finally to Mel's Diner...
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1 month ago
38 minutes

Foodies Of Lafayette Podcast
From School Cafeteria to Lafayette Food Icon: Ruby Sharlow's Journey
The story of Ruby Sharlow isn't just about food—it's about resilience, family, and the transformative power of cooking with love. From her humble beginnings in Church Point, Louisiana, Ruby's path to becoming a Lafayette culinary legend defies conventional expectations at every turn. When most people contemplate retirement, Ruby was just getting started. At 54, after years of revolutionizing school cafeteria food, she launched her first restaurant with unwavering family support. Within two y...
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2 months ago
39 minutes

Foodies Of Lafayette Podcast
The Charles Goodson Legacy: From Bartender to Restaurant Empire
What happens when an engineering student realizes he's better at managing bars than studying equations? Charles Goodson's remarkable journey from college dropout to restaurant legend reveals the unexpected paths that passion can carve through life. In this captivating conversation, Goodson takes us back to 1967 when he first stepped behind the bar at The Keg, setting in motion a career that would transform Lafayette's culinary landscape. With disarming honesty, he shares how his struggle thr...
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2 months ago
39 minutes

Foodies Of Lafayette Podcast
The Girouard Legacy: Feeding Lafayette for Generations
Take a seat at the family table as third-generation restaurateur Holly Girouard unwraps the rich, flavorful history behind Ton's Restaurant, a Lafayette institution celebrating 60 years of Cajun culinary tradition. The story begins with Holly's grandparents, Rosemary and Alton "Ton" Girouard, who worked downtown—she at a dress shop, he at a hardware store—saving every penny until they could open their humble Broussard drive-in back in 1963. What sprouted from those modest beginnings has grow...
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2 months ago
32 minutes

Foodies Of Lafayette Podcast
From Crawfish Ponds to Cajun Table
From harvesting crawfish at dawn to crafting secret seasoning blends, the team behind Cajun Table embodies the soul of Acadiana's food culture. This candid conversation with Sean, Lauren, and Kyle reveals the remarkable journey from backyard crawfish boils on Azalea Street to building one of Lafayette's most beloved restaurants. Sean Suire's day begins at 4:30 AM during crawfish season, harvesting approximately 1,500 traps over six to seven hours from 350 acres of family land—a tradition spa...
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2 months ago
41 minutes

Foodies Of Lafayette Podcast
Foodies of Lafayette: Our Chat with Ema Haq
What happens when a young engineering student from Bangladesh finds himself washing pots in a university cafeteria in Louisiana? For Ema Haq, it became the first step in an extraordinary journey that would transform him into one of Lafayette's most beloved restaurateurs and community leaders. "I didn't even know how to cook rice," Ema laughs, recalling his earliest days in America. Yet this mechanical engineer would go on to win over 30 culinary awards, operate multiple successful restaurant...
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2 months ago
36 minutes

Foodies Of Lafayette Podcast
Kent Zerangue, Feeding the Soul in Hospice Care
What happens when retirement plans transform into a calling? Kent Zerangue didn't set out to build a nonprofit that serves hundreds of meals to hospice patients each week. After 31 years as a corporate executive at Altria, he simply wanted to open a catering business. But when his father entered hospice care months before retirement, everything changed. A neighbor's homemade gumbo sparked a question that would redirect Kent's entire life: "What if we just cook food and give it away?" That si...
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3 months ago
53 minutes

Foodies Of Lafayette Podcast
Sullivan Zant's Journey Through Louisiana's Food Scene
When Sullivan Zant reluctantly stepped into the kitchen at Coyote Blues after failing to land a server position, he never imagined he'd discover his life's calling. "I'll never forget the feeling of fulfillment," he shares, describing the unexpected satisfaction that academic success had never provided him. That revelation launched a remarkable journey from making quesadillas to becoming one of Lafayette's most respected culinary talents. Growing up in a family where home-cooked meals were n...
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3 months ago
41 minutes

Foodies Of Lafayette Podcast
Gas Station Gourmet with Al Hebert
What do spatchcocked turkeys, UFO encounters, and gas station sweet potato soufflé have in common? They're all part of Al Hebert's extraordinary life story. Known across America as the Gas Station Gourmet, Al has spent 14 years uncovering culinary treasures hiding behind fuel pumps, documenting his discoveries for the National Association of Convenience Stores magazine. Before becoming a celebrated food explorer, Al walked a fascinating career path. For 15 years, he served as a sheriff's dep...
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3 months ago
39 minutes

Foodies Of Lafayette Podcast
From Pizza Parlor to Cajun Empire: The Tim Metcalf Story
Tim Metcalf's remarkable journey from the son of an Idaho potato farmer to Lafayette restaurant mogul reads like a Hollywood script, complete with a recent crocodile hunting accident in Africa that left him with a torn quad tendon. Yet this injury hasn't slowed the unstoppable force behind Deano's Pizza, Prejean's, Marcello's, and other beloved local establishments. The Metcalf family legacy began in 1971 when Tim's father, a Korean War veteran who discovered pizza while working as a janitor...
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3 months ago
46 minutes

Foodies Of Lafayette Podcast
Flavor Meets Community: The Foodies of Lafayette Story
Ever wondered how a simple passion for food can transform an entire community? Join Heidi McDonald and Jason Stoner as they reveal the remarkable journey of Foodies of Lafayette from its humble beginnings to a thriving movement with over 102,000 members. Born from Heidi's desire to spotlight hidden culinary gems like Fuji Sushi—"a hole in the wall with super high quality ingredients"—the group has become Lafayette's premier destination for food lovers seeking their next favorite meal. What m...
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4 months ago
22 minutes

Foodies Of Lafayette Podcast
Foodies Of Lafayette Podcast: Food, Community, Connection
Ready for a mouthwatering journey through Lafayette's vibrant culinary scene? Heidi McDonald and Jason Stoner, the dynamic duo behind Foodies of Lafayette, are serving up something fresh with their inaugural podcast episode. "What started as a tiny idea for a small group of friends to support local restaurants has evolved into a movement," Heidi explains, with obvious passion in her voice. That evolution has been remarkable – from an online community to organizing Culinary Excellence Awards...
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4 months ago
2 minutes

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...