Around 20 teams are lined up to compete in this weekend’s second annual Red Stick Roux Rally.
As 225 Dine reports, Tin Roof will host the gumbo cook-off on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door. Gumbo tasting begins at 1 p.m. Charlie Hugg and The Chase Tyler Band will provide music.
This year’s celebrity judges include Kelley McCann of Galatoire’s Bistro, LSU Women’s Gymnastics head coach D-D Breaux and baseball star Ryan Theriot. Attendees will also have a chance to vote on their favorite gumbo for a people’s choice award. All proceeds from the event will benefit Youth Oasis, a children’s shelter located on South Acadian Thruway that provides transitional living for youths.
Red Stick Roux Rally organizer Jon Thorning says this year’s event will see a lot of chicken and sausage entries from Baton Rouge teams, and even a few gumbos from Gonzales.
“We had a great time last year,” he says. “This year, we’re picking up from where we left off. We’ve added more people to our [Roux Rally] group to broaden our outreach, and it has [grown] into what we have right now.”
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