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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
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🏆 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.

In 2019 I cooked a whole alligator for and made it in multiple highlight packages including a cut straight to the gator...
10/13/2026

In 2019 I cooked a whole alligator for and made it in multiple highlight packages including a cut straight to the gator to open the show!

In 2023 I got hired to cook for a tailgate activation being thrown by Tostitos on LSU's Parade Ground and I had some gre...
10/12/2026

In 2023 I got hired to cook for a tailgate activation being thrown by Tostitos on LSU's Parade Ground and I had some great help from my friends!

I was in my Slim JD (like Slim Shady, not that I was ever skinny) era... or something like that. Has to be 25 years ago....
10/11/2026

I was in my Slim JD (like Slim Shady, not that I was ever skinny) era... or something like that. Has to be 25 years ago. The van's paint job looks fresh!

Tailgate Month continues with deep conversation in 2011 at Ford Family Tailgating. I can only imagine what sort of s**t ...
10/10/2026

Tailgate Month continues with deep conversation in 2011 at Ford Family Tailgating. I can only imagine what sort of s**t and were talking.

We took flip cup very seriously at Third Row Tailgaters, with championship belts and all. In 2007 I roamed the parties w...
10/09/2026

We took flip cup very seriously at Third Row Tailgaters, with championship belts and all. In 2007 I roamed the parties with two titles at the same time.

10/09/2026

Alexandria and Central Louisiana, I’ll be back at the St. Mary's Residential Community and Services Feast for Good this year! Get your tickets and come say hi!

Not exactly a tailgate party, but the Third Row Tailgaters' annual Holiday Gala always crushed the yuletide season! This...
10/08/2026

Not exactly a tailgate party, but the Third Row Tailgaters' annual Holiday Gala always crushed the yuletide season! This is from all the way back in 2005, and to think I was at 's wedding in Spain in 2025!

That one time when we tailgated for gymnastics in with . Remember that ??
10/07/2026

That one time when we tailgated for gymnastics in with . Remember that ??

Tailgate Month THROWBACK to 2005 with and . We were babies!
10/06/2026

Tailgate Month THROWBACK to 2005 with and . We were babies!

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