Acadiana Profile - October-November 2017

Catch her if you can

The need for speed sprouted in Lafayette race car driver Sarah Montgomery at an early age

Best Chefs

There was a time when visitors from around the world were drawn to Acadiana for its unique Cajun culinary specialties. That fact remains true, but today what Acadiana’s chefs offer is more a mix of the traditional, the innovative and the international. For the 2017 installment of our Best Chefs feature, we spotlight three chefs who learned the culinary arts in their communities at the elbows of family members and two who bring a special style from abroad. Some obtained their education from formal institutions and others by simply doing. It’s a mixture that still makes Acadiana a unique culinary hub that attracts visitors to our region year after year.

Get Started

Acadiana-born companies thrive and grow in business-friendly, low-cost, nurturing environment

Whip it good

Enjoy a sweet, smooth, syrup-laced cocktail with holiday spices on the water’s edge

seasonal shift

Welcoming autumn with soothing soups, stews, gumbos and oysters at their peak

2017 TOPS OF ACADIANA

Person of the Year Nic Hunter The night before Nic Hunter was sworn in as Lake Charles’ first new mayor in 17 years, he and his wife stayed in and play board games. Monopoly and Scattergories, specifically. Nic got crushed…

a tale of two farms

An architectural restoration in Opelousas harkens back to region’s early settlers