Tailgating madness, the weekly college football party that often draws more fans than the game itself, is only a month away, and local food processor Bruce Foods is on the hunt for the most fanatical tailgate fans. The company is aiming to identify, through submitted YouTube videos, those who celebrate team spirit with their crazy attire, decorated vehicles and tasty food. “Many of these fans consider themselves ‘professional tailgaters,’ the company writes in a press release. “Now there is a national competition to determine the best of the best.”
Two of Bruce Foods’ national brands, Cajun Injector and The Original Louisiana Hot Sauce, are searching the country for the best tailgaters. The winners will receive national corporate sponsorship and be deemed the best of the best — official “Pro Tailgaters.” Hopeful tailgater pros must submit a YouTube video showcasing their dedication and passion for college football tailgating. Cajun Injector and The Original Louisiana Hot Sauce will choose three tailgate teams with the most enthusiastic viral videos from different colleges across the U.S.
“It’s not that different from sponsoring a sports team,” says Patrick Brown, VP of marketing at Bruce Foods Corporation. “Many of these tailgating fans are at every home and away game, mastering the techniques that ensure they have the best setup for cooking and entertaining.”
The selected three winners will receive smokers, fryers, cookware, tents, cooking tables, ice chests, clothing and a weekly allowance for a selection of meats and beverages. One of the three winners will receive an Original Louisiana Hot Sauce Mascot Costume complete with an internal cooling system.
The contest runs through Aug. 31, with winners announced Sept. 1. For more info, click here.
David Calhoun and Elizabeth “EB” Brooks are the first two employees of Lafayette Central Park Inc., the nonprofit charged with turning Lafayette Consolidated Government’s 100-acre Johnston Street Horse Farm property into a passive public park. Calhoun was named executive director, and Brooks is director of planning and design.
Is it a crime for citizens to photograph, video, or take notes of a police officer in the line of duty, or a right protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution? Locally, such activity, as witnessed recently, will at the very least result in a night spent behind bars.
At Thursday's State of the Economy luncheon, LEDA President and CEO Gregg Gothreaux said PXP has already quietly hired 180 people for its Broussard expansion.
There will soon be a whole lot of shakin’ going on at Benny’s Sportshack Supplement Depot, a new concept by Opelousas native Benny Nele. Located at 2002 Johnston St., the supplement shop, smoothie bar and café, featuring hot off the press paninis and wraps, plans to open in late May.
This year’s Cool Town issue is all about people who are not native to South Louisiana but made a conscious decision to be here, to be among us, to participate in our culture and contribute to it.
A shelved ordinance transferring $200,000 from a northside drainage project to a south Lafayette development may not break any laws, but it stinks to high heaven.
An effort to restore a shuttered dancehall and document other vacant or razed honky-tonks could serve as a model for saving an endangered species of entertainment.
Lafayette’s gene pool has been host to a long line of eccentric characters who have blurred the lines between crazy, genius, disturbed and curiously entertaining.
Tailgating madness, the weekly college football party that often draws more fans than the game itself, is only a month away, and local food processor Bruce Foods is on the hunt for the most fanatical tailgate fans. The company is aiming to identify, through submitted YouTube videos, those who celebrate team spirit with their crazy attire, decorated vehicles and tasty food. “Many of these fans consider themselves ‘professional tailgaters,’ the company writes in a press release. “Now there is a national competition to determine the best of the best.”
Subscribe to this comment's feed