Jay Ducote

Jay Ducote Jay Ducote is a chef, traveler, speaker, culinary personality, story teller, and cultural gastronomist. Basically, he eats and drinks for a living.

Chef | Traveler | Speaker | Storyteller | TV Host
📺 Food Network, Travel Channel, ESPN & More
🏆 Beat Bobby Flay, Superchef Grudge Match
📕 Louisiana Outdoor Cooking He received his BA in economics and political science from LSU in 2004 and MA in political science in 2007. Jay is most widely known for finishing runner-up on Season 11 of the hit reality competition show Food Network Star in 2015. He

also had a pilot for his own show, "Deep Fried America," air on the Travel Channel in 2016. In 2019 he won an episode of Beat Bobby Flay after challenging the Iron Chef to a crawfish boil. He has also appeared on Chopped, Cutthroat Kitchen, Masterchef, and many more television and web shows. Jay has twice been invited to cook at the historic James Beard House in New York. He served an LSU Tailgate inspired menu in 2016, and reunited with his Food Network Star cast in 2018. He has also been a featured chef on ESPN’s College GameDay two times, the pinnacle of learning how to cook throwing tailgate parties for LSU Football. He continues to cook for events large and small, near and far. Throughout Jay’s career he has led ventures in blogging, radio, television, digital media, sauces, seasonings, wine, coffee, restaurants, catering, pop-up dinners, barbecue, and much more. In the Fall of 2020, the LSU Press published Jay Ducote’s Louisiana Outdoor Cooking, a cookbook chronicling Jay’s time growing up hunting, fishing, tailgating, and his professional culinary journey to that point. Jay currently travels as much as he can to soak in the great cultures of the world and experience everything that life has to offer.

a dining experience at FAWN Visit Galway with Be Scouler - best restaurant I’ve been to in Ireland so far
08/28/2026

a dining experience at FAWN Visit Galway with Be Scouler - best restaurant I’ve been to in Ireland so far

Back home. Back to occasionally making foldovers.
08/26/2026

Back home. Back to occasionally making foldovers.

The pics are terrible but Conspiracy Taco night at Jay Ducote last night was DOPE! As usual, he book-ended the taco spr...
08/26/2026

The pics are terrible but Conspiracy Taco night at Jay Ducote last night was DOPE! As usual, he book-ended the taco spread with the MVPs: Clucks and Steak. Then did some absolute STRUTTIN in between.

The Crustacean Candidate - fried shrimp in a crispy shell with a zingy Thai slaw and coconut sauce. This bad boy had 3 different crunches!

The Yuca Stop - fried yuca with a fruity salsa that made for such a great swicy, crispy-mushy, hot-cool bite.

The Mole Mole Mole- he took a dish from his collab dinner with Eusebio Gongora and slammed it in a taco. Cilantro rice, topped with a mountain of homemade (literally it’s made in his home!) mole braised pork.

Then Sara and our very own Chuck P collab’d for dessert. An avocado ice cream, with a honey cornbread cookie. It was like if chips and guac got Wonka-fied!

Not gonna lie, it’s real dope how Jay reviving some old fave tacos for one night has transformed into a regular thing where creativity is popping off again! Gathering up some folks and cutting up for an evening at Jay’s house is icing on the whole thing.

Wine Summer, Loose Canon. Dublin Sip, Firm Tannin. Loose Canon Ireland Visit Dublin
08/22/2026

Wine Summer, Loose Canon.
Dublin Sip, Firm Tannin.

Loose Canon
Ireland
Visit Dublin

A great cup of from Coffeewerk + Press in Visit Galway. My Kenya pour over was worth the wait. And Be Scouler’s perk...
08/18/2026

A great cup of from Coffeewerk + Press in Visit Galway. My Kenya pour over was worth the wait. And Be Scouler’s perked us up too! Definitely go when walking the streets before the pubs open!

08/17/2026

“Open your mind. Get up off the couch. Move.” - Anthony Bourdain

I highly suggest the walking food tour for just such an occasion.

Food and drinks around Visit Reykjavík Sandholt Reykjavík Wakenbake Matarkjallarinn Sæta Svínið Gastropub Bæjarins Bez...
08/15/2026

Food and drinks around Visit Reykjavík
Sandholt Reykjavík
Wakenbake
Matarkjallarinn
Sæta Svínið Gastropub
Bæjarins Beztu Pylsur
Sjávargrillið - Seafood Grill
Forréttabarinn
Brauð & Co
BRIKK - Brauð & Eldhús
DEIG bakery
Skúli - Craft Bar
Dubliner Reykjavík
RVK Brewing Company
Wake Up Reykjavik | Iceland Tours

An feast by Þráinn Freyr Vigfússon and his team at SEL by ÓX in Visit Reykjavík Inspired by Iceland. Glad I got to e...
08/12/2026

An feast by Þráinn Freyr Vigfússon and his team at SEL by ÓX in Visit Reykjavík Inspired by Iceland. Glad I got to experience this with Phyllis Ducote. Crazy enough, the and stole the show!

The people you meet. The friends you run into. Thanks for the memories, Visit Reykjavík
08/08/2026

The people you meet. The friends you run into. Thanks for the memories, Visit Reykjavík

Taking on Visit Reykjavík with Phyllis Ducote! Inspired by Iceland
08/05/2026

Taking on Visit Reykjavík with Phyllis Ducote! Inspired by Iceland

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