Chef de la Krewe

The Chef de la Krewe competition involves four unique cooking teams (PODs) with five members each. Each POD prepares a full five course meal (appetizer, salad, soup, entree and desert) of their own unique epicurean entries which are based upon their PODs unique theme. Each of their meal course entries will be judged head to head against the other competing teams entries be judged by four of the area's most noted chefs – as well as their Krewe mates and friends.

The winners of each of the course category are recognized at the conclusion of the event for their submissions. However, there can be only one over all winner of the event, and that honor is bestowed upon the member's entry that is judged by the professional chefs to be the “Best of the Best” – and thus Ye Mystic Krewe has found their next "Chef de la Krewe".

The winner of the “Chef de la Krewe” event is never announced until the Coronation Ball held in November, when the Krewe’s new Chef is announced and receives the Krewe’s coveted Chef Jacket from the Krewe's King.

The following is a list of all of the Krewe's former Chefs de la Krewe.

The History of Chef de la Krewe

At the command of the King, each year in the fall Ye Mystic Krewe of Neptune hosts the famous “Chef de la Krewe” event. The coveted “Chef” award is highly sought after each year as members vie in serious competition to be selected as the Krewe's best chef for his individual meal course entry.