Record breaker!

2008 Crawfish Festival defies the weather

Posted May 4th, 2008 by Ken Grissom
Crawfish King C.J. LeBlanc and
Queen Nonnie Berard with 1st
place etouffee cooks Luke Huval
and Craig Olivier.
Photo by: Ken Grissom

It could've been a total disaster. There was even a tornado watch up for a while.
Instead, the 2008 Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival will probably set a record for a Saturday crowd when all the tallies are in. And the weather turned beautiful for the Sunday finale.
The big event Sunday was the etouffee cooking contest, which was won by the team of Luke Huval and Craig Olivier. Second place was the Carriker family team of Lafayette. And in third place, Adam Latiolais and Richard Guidry. There were 28 teams entered this year -- probably another record.