
32nd Annual World Championship Gumbo CookOff: October 8th & 9th, 2022

Congratulations to our 2021 World Champions:

Professional Non-Seafood
1st Place - Bayou Boys Poboys
2nd Place - Action Specialties
3rd Place - Bourbon Hall

Fan Favorite
Fuller Glass

Professional Seafood
1st Place - Cypress Bayou Casino
2nd Place - Stabil Drill Team
3rd Place - Krewe of Lou

Amateur Seafood
1st Place - Direct Services
2nd Place - Jenz Trenz / Clinical Medical
3rd Place - Cooking Cousins

Amateur Mélange
1st Place - New Iberia Kiwanis Club
2nd Place - All Coast Supply
3rd Place - M&A Safety Services

Amateur Chicken and Sausage
1st Place - Direct Services
2nd Place - New Iberia Optimist Club
3rd Place - Lassalle Gas Company

Youth Gumbo CookOff
1st Place - Jenz Trenz
2nd Place - Super One Foods
3rd Place - Fuller Glass/Leaning Oak Farms

Meanest Beans CookOff
1st Place - Jenz Trenz
2nd Place - Leaning Oak Farms
3rd Place - M&A Safety Services

Best Decorated Booth
1st Place - Cypress Bayou Casino
2nd Place - Family Secrets
3rd Place - Fuller Glass
And last but not least, every year teams are encouraged to prepare and perform a skit that pays homage to that year's theme. This year's champions are:

Best Showmanship
1st Place - Cypress Bayou Casino
2nd Place - Jeff's Upholstery
3rd Place - Clark Integrated Medical Clinics

Most Unique
1st Place - Family Secrets
2nd Place - Fuller Glass
3rd Place - Strive Fitness

Most Humorous
1st Place - Jeff's Upholstery
2nd Place - Clark Integrated Medical Clinics
3rd Place - Strive Fitness
The World Championship Gumbo CookOff is a free two-day event that takes place every second weekend in October, in New Iberia, Louisiana. Also known as the "Superbowl of Gumbo", every year dozens of cooking teams and thousands of enthusiasts take over Bouligny Plaza to see who will take home trophies for each category, and earn ultimate bragging rights.
Over 30 years ago, the Greater Iberia Chamber of Commerce set out on a history-changing journey to generate revenue for the chamber, but also celebrate something that we do better than anyone else- cook a wicked gumbo! With less than a dozen chefs serving gumbo off their truck beds in 1989, the event quickly turned into a serious one, with more and more chefs joining the competition every year to show off their culinary skills. Today the event boasts around 100 teams, 30,000 visitors, free live music, and over 100 different gumbos to try!
Categories include Amateur chicken and sausage, Amateur seafood, Amateur Mélange, Professional seafood, and Professional non-seafood.
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