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To keep up with Louisiana Seafood throughout the year, follow on Instagram and Twitter and at I didn’t book a room here at the Golden Nugget in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Those inspired by the chefs’ culinary creativity and looking to bring the state’s best seafood dishes to their own kitchen can visit for recipes of each competing dish. Christopher Vazquez, Executive Chef, Redfish Grill New Orleans.Chad Phares, Executive Chef, Hurricane Hole Grand Isle.Chris Motto, Executive Chef, Jubans Baton Rouge.Karlos Knott, Chef/Owner, Bayou Teche Brewery Arnaudville.Blake Jackson, Executive Chef, Drake Foods LLC – Looosiana Seafood Market, Drake Catering, Whisk Dessert Bar Shreveport.Owen Hohl, Chef, Hot Tails New Roads & Prairieville.Greg Gizzaffi, Executive Chef, Landry’s Seafood House Lake Charles.Ben Fidelak, Executive Chef/Owner, Mariner’s Restaurant Natchitoches.Stephen Coblentz, Executive Chef, Charthouse Lake Charles.

Winston Chase, The Overpass Merchant Baton Rouge.Ashley Allen, Executive Chef, Coconuts Bar and Grill Vidalia.The competitors for the 2023 Louisiana Seafood Cook-Off were: Our 2023 Louisiana Seafood Cook-Off judges included Chef Meg Bickford, Executive Chef at Commander’s Palace in New Orleans Chef Sophina Uong, Chef/Owner of Mister Mao New Orleans Larry Avery, Owner of Big Easy Foods in Lake Charles and, Jillian Corder, Assistant News Director and Anchor at KPLC-TV in Lake Charles. Some of Louisiana’s most seasoned chefs and food lovers served as judges, scrutinizing every detail of each dish. Chef Owen Hohl, Chef Ashley Allen, and Chef Blake Jackson are all first time competitors in the Louisiana Seafood Cook-Off. And, coming in third place was Chef Blake Jackson of Looosiana Seafood Market in Shreveport. Additionally, Chef Hohl will serve as a Louisiana Ambassador for seafood for the next year promoting all the great dishes in our state that will Feed Your Soul.Ĭlosely behind Chef Hohl in second place was Chef Ashley Allen of Coconuts Bar and Grill in Vidalia. The first duty for the 2023 King of Louisiana Seafood Chef Owen Hohl is to prepare to represent the state in the 19th Annual Great American Seafood Cook-Off in New Orleans on Saturday, August 5. This is going to be an exciting year for Louisiana as we showcase our fresh, Gulf seafood to the country and world.” It is such a great celebration of all our chefs do in each of their restaurants every day. This event really is about highlighting the great chefs around our state who add their own flavor to the task of bringing people to Louisiana. “I look forward to working with Chef Hohl over the next year. “What a great time we had for our first Louisiana Seafood Cook-Off in Lake Charles as we crowned our newest King of Seafood Chef Owen Hohl,” said Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser. I prepared a plantain scalloped grouper over a sweet potato and yucca puree with a coconut and crawfish foam over top,” said Chef Owen Hohl of Hot Tails Restaurant in Prairieville and 2023 King of Louisiana Seafood. I was nervous but I was excited with what I put out.

“There’s a lot of great chefs in this year’s competition. Hot Tails recently opened a second location in Prairieville. He then became executive chef at Hot Tails Restaurant in New Roads. He then went on to study at the Louisiana Culinary Institute in Baton Rouge.

Hohl graduated from Grace King High School in Metairie in 2007 with a certificate of achievement from the National and Louisiana Restaurant Associations Education Foundation in ProStart – a 2-year culinary arts and restaurant management curriculum in 60 high schools in Louisiana.