34th World Championship Gumbo Cookoff - New Iberia 2024
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Usually held around mid-October.
Based on 5 past editions
Event Details
- Date & Time
- Saturday, October 12, 2024 and Sunday, October 13, 2024
- Price
- free
Programme
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Bouligny Plaza
Cajun Creole Foodfest with non-gumbo dishes from dozens of themed cooking-team booths; Youth Gumbo Cookoff; music by Chubby Carrier, The Bad Boys and Cajun Company.
Cajun FoodFest with non-gumbo dishes, Red Beans category (won by Cajun Swamp Shark) and Youth Gumbo Cookoff (won by Peltier Engine).
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Cajun Creole Foodfest: a variety of non-gumbo dishes from dozens of cooking teams with themed booths along Bouligny Plaza
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Youth Gumbo Cookoff
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Music: Chubby Carrier
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Music: The Bad Boys
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Music: Cajun Company
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Cajun FoodFest: a variety of non-gumbo dishes, with a Red Beans category
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Bouligny Plaza
Main gumbo competition in a variety of categories; performances by Geno Delafose and the French Rockin Boogie and by Sideshow; awards ceremony in the afternoon.
More than 70 teams cooked and served gumbo in amateur and professional categories (chicken and sausage, melange, seafood) plus booth awards for showmanship, decorations, uniqueness and humour.
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Gumbo competition: teams compete in a variety of categories
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Music: Geno Delafose and the French Rockin Boogie
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Music: Sideshow
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afternoon
Awards ceremony for the competition
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Gumbo competition: more than 70 teams cook their best gumbo recipes and serve the public
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About This Event
The 34th World Championship Gumbo Cookoff is a two-day gumbo competition and food festival held along Bouligny Plaza in New Iberia, Iberia Parish (Louisiana), on 12-13 October 2024. It is organised by the Greater Iberia Chamber of Commerce as the chamber's main fundraiser of the year, with the Cajun Creole Foodfest and a Youth Gumbo Cookoff on Saturday, the gumbo competition on Sunday, live music and an awards ceremony.
The cause
The cookoff is the Greater Iberia Chamber of Commerce's main fundraiser throughout the year.
History
This is the 34th World Championship Gumbo Cookoff. The cookoff regularly attracts cooks from outside the parish and even from outside Louisiana.
Direct Services previously won the Amateur Chicken and Sausage category in 2019, 2021 and 2023, and won again in 2024; the team has been taking part for 10 years as a family affair.
On the menu
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Gumbo, made by the competing teams in a variety of categories
Gumbo cooked by more than 70 teams; categories Chicken and Sausage, Melange and Seafood (amateur and professional)
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melange gumbo
Also served
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Red Beans
By Cajun Swamp Shark (1st place)
Red beans, a Cajun FoodFest category
Who's who
Organised by
- Greater Iberia Chamber of Commerce Organiser; the cookoff is its main fundraiser of the year
Taking part
- Cheryl Landry Team member serving dishes along the row on Fulton Street
- Patrick Valls Jr. Direct Services team; his father owns Direct Services
- Cypress Bayou, Team B Winner: 2nd place, Youth Cookoff
- Big D’s Cooking Team Winner: 3rd place, Youth Cookoff
- Cajun Swamp Shark Winner: 1st place, Red Beans
- Acadiana Hydraulic Works Winner: 2nd place, Red Beans; 2nd place, Professional Melange
- Unrouxly Krew Winner: 3rd place, Red Beans
- Cypress Bayou Casino Winner: 1st place, Booth-Showmanship; 3rd place, Professional Melange
- Fuller Glass Company Winner: 2nd place, Booth-Showmanship
- Metal Shark Winner: 3rd place, Booth-Showmanship
- Global Riser Winner: 1st place, Booth-Decorations; 1st place, Amateur Melange
- Sixteen Cracklins Winner: 2nd place, Booth-Decorations
- Brown & Brown Winner: 3rd place, Booth-Decorations
- Jeff Guidry Winner: 1st place, Booth-Uniqueness
- Highland Baptist Church Winner: 2nd place, Booth-Uniqueness
- Iberia 4-H Winner: 3rd place, Booth-Uniqueness
- Maison Teche Nursing Home Winner: 1st place, Booth-Humorous
- Supreme Services Winner: 2nd place, Booth-Humorous; 1st place, Professional Melange
- Garden View Assisted Living Winner: 3rd place, Booth-Humorous
- Direct Services Winner: 1st place, Amateur Chicken and Sausage
- Berard Transportation Winner: 2nd place, Amateur Chicken and Sausage
- Iberia Rental Services Winner: 3rd place, Amateur Chicken and Sausage
- Cajun Swamp Shack Winner: 2nd place, Amateur Melange
- Kaleb Freyou Agency Winner: 3rd place, Amateur Melange
- Super One Foods Winner: 1st place, Amateur Seafood
- Peltier Engine Services Winner: 2nd place, Amateur Seafood
- Southern Force Heating and Cooling Winner: 3rd place, Amateur Seafood
- Lydia Food Store Winner: 1st place, Professional Seafood; listed after the winner in Professional Chicken and Sausage (place not printed)
- Stabil Drill/Axis Newco Winner: 2nd place, Professional Seafood
- Team Tabasco Winner: 3rd place, Professional Seafood; 1st place, Professional Chicken and Sausage
- Team Thibodeaux Winner: listed after the winner in Professional Chicken and Sausage (place not printed)
On stage
- Chubby Carrier Music, 12 October
- The Bad Boys Music, 12 October
- Cajun Company Music, 12 October
- Geno Delafose and the French Rockin Boogie Music, 13 October
- Sideshow Music, 13 October
Good to know
- The event is the Greater Iberia Chamber of Commerce's main fundraiser of the year.
- Cooks from outside the parish and outside Louisiana regularly compete.
- Gumbo is served at the booths in exchange for tickets.
- 2024 winners – Youth Cookoff: 1st Peltier Engine, 2nd Cypress Bayou, Team B, 3rd Big D’s Cooking Team
- 2024 winners – Red Beans: 1st Cajun Swamp Shark, 2nd Acadiana Hydraulic Works, 3rd Unrouxly Krew
- 2024 winners – Booth-Showmanship: 1st Cypress Bayou Casino, 2nd Fuller Glass Company, 3rd Metal Shark
- 2024 winners – Booth-Decorations: 1st Global Riser, 2nd Sixteen Cracklins, 3rd Brown & Brown
- 2024 winners – Booth-Uniqueness: 1st Jeff Guidry, 2nd Highland Baptist Church, 3rd Iberia 4-H
- 2024 winners – Booth-Humorous: 1st Maison Teche Nursing Home, 2nd Supreme Services, 3rd Garden View Assisted Living
- 2024 winners – Amateur Chicken and Sausage: 1st Direct Services, 2nd Berard Transportation, 3rd Iberia Rental Services
- 2024 winners – Amateur Melange: 1st Global Riser, 2nd Cajun Swamp Shack, 3rd Kaleb Freyou Agency
- 2024 winners – Amateur Seafood: 1st Super One Foods, 2nd Peltier Engine Services, 3rd Southern Force Heating and Cooling
- 2024 winners – Professional Melange: 1st Supreme Services, 2nd Acadiana Hydraulic Works, 3rd Cypress Bayou Casino
- 2024 winners – Professional Seafood: 1st Lydia Food Store, 2nd Stabil Drill/Axis Newco, 3rd Team Tabasco
- 2024 winners – Professional Chicken and Sausage: 1st Team Tabasco; also listed: Lydia Food Store, Team Thibodeaux
- Ongoing construction to expand the Steamboat Warehouse Pavilion during the event.
- Booths ran in rows across Bouligny Plaza, including along Fulton Street.
Everything the announcement says
Every detail, as the festival announced it.
World Championship Gumbo Cookoff returns (The Daily Iberian, published Tuesday, October 8, 2024, by Corey Vaughn).
Gumbo season is here in Iberia Parish once again as the 34th World Championship Gumbo Cookoff plans to bring a weekend of food and entertainment to the area.
The two-day event begins Oct. 12 with the Cajun Creole Foodfest, which brings a variety of non-gumbo dishes for event-goers. Dozens of cooking teams will be set up all along Bouligny Plaza, and many booths will have their own themes displayed along with the food.
The Youth Gumbo Cookoff is also slated for Oct. 12, and musical performances will include Chubby Carrier, The Bad Boys and Cajun Company.
The gumbo competition begins in earnest Oct. 13, with teams competing to put their gumbo at top place in a variety of categories.
Geno Delafose and the French Rockin Boogie as well as Sideshow are both slated to perform on Oct. 13, and the awards ceremony for the competition will begin in the afternoon.
The Gumbo Cookoff is put on by the Greater Iberia Chamber of Commerce and serves as the chamber's main fundraiser throughout the year. The cookoff regularly attracts cooks from outside the parish and even Louisiana to participate in the competition.
Thousands enjoy the tastes of the Teche at World Championship Gumbo Cookoff (The Daily Iberian, published Tuesday, October 15, 2024, by Corey Vaughn).
Another gumbo season closed out this weekend as the World Championship Gumbo Cookoff brought thousands to downtown New Iberia, where more than 70 teams competed in several categories for a chance to win the Teche Area title of "Best Gumbo."
Despite ongoing construction to expand the Steamboat Warehouse Pavilion, Bouligny Plaza was filled with rows of booths featuring teams from Iberia Parish, Acadiana and beyond who spent Sunday cooking their best gumbo recipes and serving the thousands of people who walked through the festival.
"We've been here all day," said Cheryl Landry, a team member working along the row on Fulton Street, busy serving dishes to those turning in their tickets.
Despite the large number of teams, this year's winners included some familiar faces.
In the Amateur Chicken and Sausage category, Direct Services won, with Berard Transportation second and Iberia Rental Services third. The team previously won the category in 2019, 2021, 2023 and now 2024, with a recipe that Patrick Valls Jr. said was dished up to cater to the palate of the judges.
"We've been doing this for 10 years and it's a family affair," said Valls, whose father is the owner of Direct Services. "We do this to get together and have a good time."
Other winners included Global Riser in Amateur Melange, Team Tabasco in Professional Chicken and Sausage and Lydia Food Store in Professional Seafood.
Apart from the gumbo, Saturday featured the Cajun FoodFest with a variety of non-gumbo dishes. Cajun Swamp Shark took first place in the Red Beans category and Peltier Engine finished first in the Youth Gumbo Cookoff.
2024 Gumbo Cookoff Winners:
Youth Cookoff: 1st Peltier Engine; 2nd Cypress Bayou, Team B; 3rd Big D’s Cooking Team
Red Beans: 1st Cajun Swamp Shark; 2nd Acadiana Hydraulic Works; 3rd Unrouxly Krew
Booth-Showmanship: 1st Cypress Bayou Casino; 2nd Fuller Glass Company; 3rd Metal Shark
Booth-Decorations: 1st Global Riser; 2nd Sixteen Cracklins; 3rd Brown & Brown
Booth-Uniqueness: 1st Jeff Guidry; 2nd Highland Baptist Church; 3rd Iberia 4-H
Booth-Humorous: 1st Maison Teche Nursing Home; 2nd Supreme Services; 3rd Garden View Assisted Living
Amateur Chicken and Sausage: 1st Direct Services; 2nd Berard Transportation; 3rd Iberia Rental Services
Amateur Melange: 1st Global Riser; 2nd Cajun Swamp Shack; 3rd Kaleb Freyou Agency
Amateur Seafood: 1st Super One Foods; 2nd Peltier Engine Services; 3rd Southern Force Heating and Cooling
Professional Melange: 1st Supreme Services; 2nd Acadiana Hydraulic Works; 3rd Cypress Bayou Casino
Professional Seafood: 1st Lydia Food Store; 2nd Stabil Drill/Axis Newco; 3rd Team Tabasco
Professional Chicken and Sausage: 1st Team Tabasco; then Lydia Food Store; Team Thibodeaux
The 34th edition began on 12 October with the Cajun Creole Foodfest of non-gumbo dishes and the Youth Gumbo Cookoff, with music by Chubby Carrier, The Bad Boys and Cajun Company. The gumbo competition ran on 13 October with Geno Delafose and the French Rockin Boogie and Sideshow. More than 70 teams competed; the Amateur Chicken and Sausage category was won by Direct Services. The event is the chamber's main fundraiser.
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Location
Bouligny Plaza, 128 W Main St, New Iberia, LA 70560, Louisiana, United States
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- Dishes were served to those turning in their tickets.
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