Jay Ducote

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📕 Louisiana Outdoor Cooking

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

This weekend Kevin M. Burke brought me fresh tuna straight out the Gulf. I decided to put it on the menu for EAT THE BOO...
06/19/2026

This weekend Kevin M. Burke brought me fresh tuna straight out the Gulf. I decided to put it on the menu for EAT THE BOOT PODCAST: gulf tostada, Hardcore Carnivore® black, kimchi aioli, radish, cilantro, sesame seeds, soy ginger glaze

These little pillows of decadence aired 11 years ago today.
06/18/2026

These little pillows of decadence aired 11 years ago today.

Happy National Day! I’m excited to continue my partnership with Miller's RV next week to take a road trip with EAT THE...
06/13/2026

Happy National Day! I’m excited to continue my partnership with Miller's RV next week to take a road trip with EAT THE BOOT PODCAST to Discover Monroe-West Monroe for stops at Sushi KōKō Parish Restaurant and ⚡️Flying Tiger Brewery⚡️. That will be followed by Bad Wolf BBQ in Experience Ruston then a trip to Shreveport-Bossier, Louisiana for hangs with our friends at Great Raft Brewing The Seventh Tap Ki Mexico and Fat Calf Brasserie. Where else should we go on our journey?? Charles Pierce The ABV Podcast Joey Checkmarks I Joey Cavalier Kiki Bjorn Go RVing 🚐

Quoted in Yahoo Shopping. 1997 called, they want their grilling tips back.
06/11/2026

Quoted in Yahoo Shopping. 1997 called, they want their grilling tips back.

Flaky fish? Thin-cut steaks? The experts say to keep them off your grates.

The full feast at .dublin. , carpaccio 🐙, asparagus , spaghetti 🦞, lemon meringue
06/09/2026

The full feast at .dublin. , carpaccio 🐙, asparagus , spaghetti 🦞, lemon meringue

Spicing up my with a little help from pepper sauce! Thanks to for the to cook for 40. This batch really slappe...
06/05/2026

Spicing up my with a little help from pepper sauce! Thanks to for the to cook for 40. This batch really slapped!

Drinks in
06/02/2026

Drinks in

Ready to throw down at !
05/30/2026

Ready to throw down at !

A beautiful meal at in . 10/10 would go back.
05/29/2026

A beautiful meal at in . 10/10 would go back.

Northshore peeps (or whoever wants to make the trip), join me at Wild Bush Farm + Vineyard on Saturday!
05/28/2026

Northshore peeps (or whoever wants to make the trip), join me at Wild Bush Farm + Vineyard on Saturday!

We’re punks and we’re feelin’ lucky! Join us Saturday for some cool bluegrass from The Tanglers! Here’s what’s cookin’ from chef . Oh, also, today I simmered up a new syrup for our wine slushies- and I’m calling it the One Wish Willow Wine’quiri’ because my one wish is that we have a rain free Saturday night! Ticket link in bio and our webbers.

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