Awards & Recognitions
Grand Champion
Summer Lambventures Grill-Off
- 2024
American Lamb Board
The Capital Region 500
2023 & 2024
Baton Rouge Business Report
Great Southern Chef - 2024
Books Along the Teche Literary Festival
New Iberia, Louisiana
Winner
Superchef Grudge Match - 2023
Season 2, Episode 1
Food Network
Best of 225:
Best Tacos, Gov’t Taco - 2022
Best Tacos at a Local Restaurant, Gov’t Taco - 2021
Best New Restaurant, Gov’t Taco - 2021
Best Tacos at a Local Restaurant, Gov’t Taco - 2020
Best Chef, Jay Ducote - 2020
Best Tacos at a Local Restaurant, Gov’t Taco - 2019
Best Local Blogger, Jay Ducote - 2018
Best Podcast, Bite & Booze - 2017
Best Media Personality, Jay Ducote - 2016
Best Local Celebrity, Jay Ducote - 2016
225 Magazine
LSU100
Fastest Growing Companies Led by LSU Alumni:
Jay Ducote Hospitality Group - 2022
Jay Ducote Hospitality Group - 2020
Bite & Booze - 2019
Bite & Booze - 2018
LSU One Hundred
Baton Rouge Addy Awards with elbow|room and EchoTango:
Judges’ Pick - Interior/Exterior Restaurant Signage - Gov’t Taco - 2021
Gold - Integrated Brand Identity Campaign - Gov’t Taco - 2019
Silver - Illustration Single - Iconography - Gov’t Taco - 2019
Gold - Sales Promotion Single Unit - Jay D’s Louisiana Barbecue Sauce - 2015
Gold - Elements of Advertising Visual/Logo - Bite & Booze - 2014
American Advertising Federation
The Louisiana Hot List - 2021
Top 15 Cajun & Creole Products - Jay D’s Louisiana Molasses Mustard
Louisiana Cookin’ Magazine
Winner
Beat Bobby Flay - 2019
Season 21, Episode 4
Food Network
Featured Chef - ESPN College GameDay:
LSU vs Florida - October 12, 2019
LSU vs Alabama - November 3, 2018
ESPN College GameDay
Food Diplomacy - A Recipe for Entrepreneurship - 2019
Appreciation Award - Kolkata, India
Indo American Center, US Consulate
LA31 Food & Travel Awards - 2019
Local Flavor - Jay D’s Louisiana Molasses Mustard
Louisiana Cookin’ Magazine
James Beard Foundation's Chefs & Champagne, The Hamptons, 2016
Featured Chef, James Beard House
Outstanding Contribution to the Foundation
March 14, 2018
July 21, 2016
Chefs & Champagne Participant
July 23, 2016
James Beard Foundation
Baton Rouge Area’s Greatest:
Greatest Local Celebrity - 2018
Greatest Radio Personality - 2017
DIG Magazine
Summer Commencement Speaker - 2017
Louisiana State University
The TASTE Hall of Fame: 5th Class - 2017
Bite & Booze Radio Show + Jay Ducote
http://www.thetasteawards.com/inductees
The Taste Awards
The Best Chefs of Louisiana - 2017
American Culinary Federation New Orleans
Southern Living Food Awards - 2016
Jay D’s Louisiana Molasses Mustard
Southern Living Magazine
May Commencement Speaker - 2016
Louisiana Culinary Institute
People to Watch in the Capital Region - 2016
225 Magazine
Runner-up Food Network Star Season 11 - 2015
Food Network
Louisiana Pick Your Passion: Food Award - 2015
Lt. Governor Jay Dardenne
Communicator of the Year - 2015
Public Relations Association of Louisiana
Uniquely Louisiana - Radio - 2015
Bite & Booze Radio Show
Louisiana Association of Broadcasters Prestige Awards
Excellence in Sales and Marketing Award - 2014
SME Baton Rouge
Best Food or Drink Radio Broadcast in the Country - 2014
Bite & Booze Radio Show
The Taste Awards
MLB FanCave 30 - 2013
Major League Baseball
Forty Under 40 - 2011
Baton Rouge Business Report
Top 100 Amateur Chef in the Country - 2011
Season 2: MasterChef of FOX
John W. Barton Sr. Leadership Program - 2011
Forum 225
Winner - Tony Chachere’s Tailgating Cookoff - 2010
Comcast Sports South