Thsoa Se Chapter 2026 Gumbo Rumble

About this event

WEATHER IS STARTING TO COOL DOWN LET’S GET READY TO GUMBO

Do you think you make the best gumbo around? Do your friends and family endlessly rave about it?

Well now is your chance to put your roux where your mouth is!!

Come join us for the Southeast Chapter’s Gumbo Rumble Thursday November 12, 2026 The Petroleum Club of Lafayette 111 Heymann Blvd Lafayette, LA (You will be able to setup tents in the courtyard)

Come and eat some great tasting gumbo and support our scholarship fund. Enter your team…All gumbo will be cooked on site with roux made from scratch or you can use store bought. Each team should be prepared to provide their own ingredients, pot, propane and burner and prepare enough gumbo for 50-70 taster bowls (Table decorations and giveaways are encouraged). The chapter will provide the rice, bread pudding, potato salad, bowls and utensils.

Contact Mike Nitska @ mike.nitska@hydroterratec.com or Kim Dailey @ kim@ses-services .com to enter your team and for additional information. This year there will be three categories– Surf Gumbo (Seafood), Turf Gumbo (Chicken, duck, turkey, sausage) and Mystery Swamp Monster Gumbo. Awards will be given for 1st place and runner up in each category and the Mystery Swamp Monster (Most unique presentation or ingredient), plus the Fan Favorite.

All proceeds from this event will go toward funding the Southeast Chapter’s Student Scholarship Awards program. To date the SE Chapter has awarded over $ 130,000 in Student Scholarships!

To enter a team, attend, or for sponsorship opportunities or to donate a door prize please contact Mike Nitska @ mike.nitska@hydroterratec.com or Kim Dailey @ kim@ses-services.com

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

General Event Sponsorship $350.00 (Includes 2 Tasting Tickets)

Drink Sponsorship $500.00 (3 Available)

Food Sponsorship (Rice, Potato Salad, Bread Pudding, $500.00

Setup and Cooking Begins: 12:00 p.m. Official Judging: 5:30 - 6:00 p.m. Gumbo Tasting: 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Fan Favorite Voting: 7:30 - 8:00 p.m. Award Presentations: 8:00 - 8:30 p.m.

For only $40, you get to sample the gumbo and fixin’s and vote for the Fan Favorite.

From Mike Nitska