I EAT. I DRINK. I WRITE. I TALK.

Bite and Booze is a website that chronicles the culinary and indulgent cultural experiences of the author, Jay D. Ducote. The blog tells the story about everything that Jay eats and drinks throughout his life in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and his travels around the United States and the world.

Bite and Booze / Jay Ducote in the Media

Food Louisiana, Episode 1, Cox Channel 4 (January 2012)
"Broken City" - Feature Film (Release Date January 2013)
Eat St. on Cooking Channel and Canada's Food Network (November 2011)

Delta Destinations ~2:56 (July 2011)
MasterChef Season 2 on FOX (June 2011)

Meanwhile Back at Cafe du Monde..., Red Carpet Interviews (May 2011)

WAFB 9Chefs - Judge (March 2, 2011)

Visit Baton Rouge: Mystic Krewe of Mutts Parade (February 2011)

Bite and Booze/Visit Baton Rouge Bite Club Round 1: KingCakeBR (February 2011)

Purple Gold (The Tiger in Me) Music Video (December 2010)

"Meanwhile Back at Cafe du Monde..." Television Pilot (Fall 2010)
Tony Chachere's Tailgating Cookoff - Comcast Sport South (November 2010)
Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers Grand Opening (November 2010)
LSU Football On Campus Tailgating Series (Fall 2010, 2011)

Ninja Snowballs/Bite and Booze Submit a Flavor Contest (Fall 2010)

Cooking/Food Competition Participating and Judging:

Virtual Potluck (November 2011 Participant)
BREADA's Tailgating Throwdown at the Red Stick Farmers Market (November 2011 Judge)
Emeril's One-Pot Blogger Cooking Party (September 2011 Contestant)
Dow Louisiana Operations Jambalaya Throwdown (September 2011 Judge)
ESPN 104.5/Times Grill Build Your Own Burger Throwdown (September 2011 Chef)
Canstruction, AAIA and Baton Rouge Food Bank (September 2011 Judge)
Baton Rouge Beer Festival, Home Brew Competition (July 2011 Judge)
Eunice IBCA BBQ Championship (June 2011 Judge)
Lemonade Day, Raising Cane's Lemonade Contest (May 2011 Judge)
YTAC Kiss My Grits (April 2011 Judge)

New Orleans Brunch Experiment - The Food Experiments (April 2011 Chef)
Hammond Smokin' Blues and BBQ Festival (March 2011, 2011 KCBS Contest Chef)
Louisiana Culinary Institute's Race to Cannes (February-April 2011 Judge)
WAFB's 9Chefs (March 2011 Judge)

Tony Chachere's Tailgating Cookoff (Fall 2010 Contest Winner)

CAUW Jambalaya Jam (September 2010 Judge)

Honeysuckle White and Shadybrook Farms Turkey BBQ Contest (Summer 2010 Contest Participant)

Project Food Blog (Fall 2010 Contest Participant)

FoodieBlogroll and Marx Foods Iron Foodie (Fall 2010 Project Finalist)
Ninja Snowballs/Bite and Booze Submit a Flavor Contest (Fall 2010)

Hammond Smokin' Blues and BBQ Festival (March 2010, 2011 KCBS Contest Chef)

Speaking Engagements:

Food Blog South, Incorporating Video into Food Blogs (January 2012)
"Meanwhile, Back at Cafe du Monde..." Food Monologue Show Emcee (October 2011)
International Food Blogger Conference, New Orleans, Panel Member: Writing about Food and Culture (August 2011)
Destructo Tour, Louisiana Culture in Social Media, Panel Member (June 2011)

Celebrity Bar Bouncer, Downtown Baton Rouge (May 2011)
PRSA Baton Rouge, Special Guest Speaker (March 2011)
"Meanwhile Back at Cafe du Monde..." Food Monologue Series (Multiple Headliner Appearances in 2010)

NPR, Radio Story Interview (December 2010)

LSU Communication Across the Curriculum, Special Guest Speaker (November 2010)

Northgate Festival, Emcee (October 2010)

Coastal Social, Host (September 2010)

Successful Eating Challenge Attempts:
Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest, Winner, Frankie's Dawg House (July 2011)
OMG Burger Challenge, Tied for most eaten, Uncle E's Wings and Things (June 2011)
Kodiak Arrest Challenge, Fifth person to ever complete, Humpy's Great Alaskan Alehouse (May 2010)

Publications other than BiteandBooze.com:
Country Roads Magazine, (1) 2012 Favorite Things, October 2011
Off Beat Magazine New Orleans, (1), September 2011
225 Magazine (5), May, July, August 2011
Town Favorites Magazine (12), March 2010 - February 2011
Dine and Cook (3), June-August 2010
Louisiana Travel (1), August 2010
1012 Corridor (1), February 2010

Professional Memberships/Community Involvement:
Breada's Tailgating Throwdown Committee
Capital Area United Way's Jambalaya Jam Committee
Foodie Blog Roll Publisher
Association of Food Bloggers
Foodbuzz Featured Publisher
Southern Food and Beverage Museum
Southern Foodways Alliance
Baton Rouge Social Media Association
Forum 35

Media Passes for Event Coverage or Promotion:
BREADA's Tailgating Throwdown at the Red Stick Farmers Market - Official Media Sponsor, November 2011
Capital Area United Way's Jambalaya Jam - Official Media Sponsor, October 2011
Celebrating Louisiana's Bounty Dinner at Antoine's, July 2011
Tales of the Cocktail, July 2011
Eat for the Arts, June 2011
New Orleans Food and Wine Experience, May 2011
Galatoire's Bistro Abita Beer Dinner, May 2011
Top of the Hops Beer Festival, April 2011
The Londoner Samuel Smith's Beer Dinner, April 2011
Ruffino's Oscar Night Wine Dinner, February 2011
Baton Rouge Uncorked (3)
Swine Palace Wine Tasting Presented by Maxwell's Market
Meanwhile, Back at Cafe Du Monde...
Best Buddies Moveable Feast
ISAW Wine Tasting
Baton Rouge Blues Festival
Galatoire's Bistro Wine Dinner
Niche Bar and Grill Beer Dinner, Wine Dinner
Best Buddies of Louisiana Moveable Feast, 2010
Baton Rouge Culinary Classic, 2010

Relevant Events/Conferences:
International Food Blogger Conference, New Orleans, 2011

Tales of the Cocktail, New Orleans, 2011
New Orleans Food and Wine Experience, New Orleans, 2011
FoodBlogSouth, Birmingham, 2011
Fete Rouge, Baton Rouge, 2010
Coastal Social, Baton Rouge, 2010
Foodbuzz Food Blogger's Festival, San Francisco, 2009

Awards/Nominations/Recognition

"Speaking of local celebrities, I finally got to meet local celebrity chef Jay Ducote which was pretty much awesome. I’ve been following Jay’s blog, Bite and Booze ever since I moved down South and I really admire the guy for livin’ the dream. I mean, it’s his J.O.B. to eat, drink, and then write about it…sounds like a dream, right? Anyway, he was super cool and an all-around nice guy…he even offered to contribute to a little Southern cookbook I’m working on!" - Pixelpunk, Baton Rouge Living, January 2012
"He's arguably the most visible food blogger in south Louisiana, with one of the most popular blogs on the web." - Nils Breckoff, Food Louisiana, January 2012

"Basically, people love this guy." - Rivers Hughey, Finding the Purpose, January 2012

"You gotta love Ducote, whose 2-year-old blog, biteandbooze.com, has earned him appearances on national TV, write-ups in local publications and his own talk radio show. He’s a big teddy bear of a guy with a boyish exuberance and an entrepreneurial spirit, twin characteristics that enable him to shamelessly self-promote in a way that is endearing and even a bit inspirational, without being offensive." - Stephanie Riegel, The Advocate, December 2011

"Top Forty Under 40" - Baton Rouge Business Report, November 2011

"I continue to be impressed by Ducote and other 20-somethings of his generation who are passionate advocates of local food, local cooking traditions and local restaurants. They are some of our greatest ambassadors, and it speaks volumes about his credibility as a blogger that he has been asked to participate in a panel discussion at the conference." - Stephanie Riegel, The Advocate, August 2011

"Top 100 Amateur Chefs in America" - MasterChef on FOX, Season 2, June 2011

"If there is a king of the local food-blogging community, it is Ducote, who in just 18 months has established as one of the leaders of the local social media movement, and one of the bigger names in the national food blogging community." - Stephanie Riegel, The Advocate, May 2011

"Without Facebook, Jay Ducote would not exist. Sure the former math teacher, the son, the brother, the chill guy you want to have a beer with would remain; but take away his active presence on the Internet’s most trafficked site, and the Jay Ducote that produces the suddenly social food blog Bite and Booze, the Jay Ducote who stars in popular tailgating videos for LSU, and the Jay Ducote with thousands of fans across the country who have come to know him so well so fast in the course of a year seems a lot less likely." - Jeff Roedel, 225 Magazine, February 2011

Winner - 2010 Tony Chachere's Tailgating Cookoff

Nominated for "Best Blogger/Columnist" and "Most Eligible Bachelor" for Best of 225, 2010

The Secret Ingredient's Blogger of the Week 9/29/11
Foodie Blogroll Featured Blog of the Week 11/4/11