500 New Yorkers Tried Louisiana Cuisine at Taste Louisiana

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Alyssa Schiaffino,

For the first time, Taste Louisiana brought 11 renowned chefs to Chelsea Market in New York City for a one-night-only media and consumer tasting event.

Tickets for the “Taste Louisiana in New York City” event, hosted on Oct. 28, sold out weeks in advance, with over 500 New Yorkers in attendance.

“Taste Louisiana is a Marketing & PR campaign started by the Louisiana Travel Association over 16 years ago to bring our chefs and destinations to a different U.S. city each year, to position Louisiana as a culinary destination,” said President and CEO of the Louisiana Travel Association Chris Landry.

“The program has evolved through the years and was recently rebranded,” said Landry. “It was formerly known as Louisiana Culinary Trails, and a media-only event was held in NYC once before several years ago.”

So, what did those 500 New Yorkers experience this year? Organizers of the event shared the full menu:

Amba Pickled Shrimp with Green Chile Zhoug by Alon Shaya from New Orleans
Chocolate Croissant Bread Pudding by Maggie Scales from New Orleans
Gulf Shrimp Remoulade with Green Tomato & Tasso Maque Choux by Russell Davis from Baton Rouge
Seafood Gumbo by Nadia Burrell from Houma
Seafood Maque Choux with Pepper Jelly Glazed Shrimp by Kim Nuzum from St. Martin Parish
Blackened Ahi Tuna and Blue Crab Nachos by Lyle Broussard from Lake Charles
Oxtail & Greens served on Grit Cake by Niema DiGrazia from Shreveport-Bossier
Sauteed Shrimp, Corn Risotto, Pickled Fresno Peppers, Chive Oil by Peter Cooke from Lafayette
Lump Crabmeat & Brie Soup by Kim Kringlie from The Northshore
Maple Leaf Farms Duck Wrapped in Bacon by Chase Raley from Monroe – West Monroe
Bacon-Wrapped Boudin-Stuffed Gulf Shrimp with Blackberry Pepper Jelly by Wille Gaspard from Cajun Coast
Strawberry King Cake from Tangipahoa

Did New Yorkers love the food enough to make their way down to the Bayou State? With 500 New Yorkers in attendance and 300 million impressions on the campaign’s earned and paid media metrics, Taste Louisiana sure hopes so.

Event organizers even share that there was incredible media and influencer attendance, with one influencer sharing that “Taste Louisiana in New York City” was the best foodie event they’ve been to in NYC.