LRA Bayou Chapter to Host 2nd Annual Culinary Showcase

The LRA Bayou Chapter will host its second annual Culinary Showcase Thursday, August 14, 2014

at The Cypress Columns in Gray, La., 6:30-9:30 p.m.

The event will feature food from 20 area restaurants, music, cooking demonstrations, silent and live auction and People’s Choice Award for favorite dish.

The following top area chefs will be doing demos:

• 2014 LRA Restaurateur of the Year Chef Peter Sclafani, Ruffino’s Restaurant
• Chef Kevin Templet, Flanagan’s/Fremin’s
• Chef Ryan Gaudet, Spahr’s Seafood Restaurant

Cuisine and beverages will be provided by the following:

• Big Al’s
• Dave’s Cajun Kitchen
• Spahr’s Seafood Restaurant
• Nicholas Catering
• Spuddy’s Cajun
• Community Coffee
• Flanagan’s/Fremin’s
• Wing Stop
• Firehouse Subs
• Oak Alley Plantation
• Griffin’s Poboy & Grille
• Cypress Columns
• Cristiano Ristorante
• Cashio’s Catering
• Twin Peaks
• The Foundry
• Rouses
• Alumni Grill
• Grady V’s American Bistro
• Zen Japanese Grill and Sushi Bar

This fundraiser will support the LRA Education Foundation (LRAEF) and the LRA’s political advocacy efforts. The LRAEF is governed by a board of directors made up of restaurants, industry experts and educators in the hospitality industry. As the philanthropic foundation of the LRA, the LRAEF exists to enhance our community through expanded educational and career opportunities, the formation of strategic partnerships and the elevation of our professional standards and practices.

The LRA Bayou Chapter would like to thank the Culinary Showcase’s Chef’s Table sponsors: State Representative and Candidate for Lafourche Parish Assessor Jerome “Dee” Richard and Cyrus J. Guidry & Associates and table sponsors: Spahr’s Seafood Restaurant, La Casa Del Sol, Doerle Food Service, Delta Coin, LRA Self Insurer’s Fund for Workers’ Compensation, Chef John Folse Culinary Institute, Ground Pat’i, Stein’s Trucking, Sysco, Crescent Crown Distributing, Thibodaux Racing, Republic National Distributing Company, Yerzwyvelt & Friends, Performance Foodservice Group- Caro, Community Coffee, Griffin’s Poboy & Grille, Heartland Payment Systems, Uncle T & Friends, Sealand Mechanical and Capitol City Produce.

For more information, please contact Courtney Waguespack at cwaguespack@lra.org, call (225) 328-2163, or visit www.LRA.org.