Collarnary Cookoff 2018

Bishop Douglas Deshotel was an honorary judge at the 6th Annual Collarnary Cook-Off at Vermilionville. On Saturday, November 12, 2018, priests from the Diocese of Lafayette showed off their culinary expertise and prepared their own authentic gumbos in a fun competition with proceeds benefitting the St. Joseph Scholarship Fund at John Paul the Great Academy. The crowd enjoyed an evening of good company, great food, and dancing with live Cajun music by Bonsoir Catin. Father Patrick Broussard took 1st place in the People's Choice Best Gumbo Award, with the JPG Seminarians coming in at 2nd and Father Garrett McIntyre in 3rd. Other winners: Judges' Choice Best Gumbo: 1st Place Father Travis Abadie 2nd Place Father Kevin Bordelon 3rd Place Msgr. Curtis Mallet People's Choice Lagniappe Award: 1st Place Father Corey Campeaux 2nd Place Father Jim Brady 3rd Place Father Bryce Sibley Judges' Choice Lagniappe Award: 1st Place Father Bryce Sibley 2nd Place Carmelites 3rd Place Father Corey Campeaux Best Dessert: 1st Place Father Rene Pellessier 2nd Place Father Michael Champagne Most Stylish: Father Michael Champagne Plated Dish: Father Corey Campeaux Trash Talker: JPG Seminarians Classiest Kitchen: Father Garrett McIntyre