Primo Cajun Crate

Our Cajun Creole heritage in south Louisiana is famous all over
the world. People come here for food, music, and historic
architecture they can t get anywhere else. And for those who
can't get here, or who want a taste of Louisiana once they get
back home, we have some crafty entrepreneurs who have figured out
how to capture our local culture, bottle it or box it and export
it to folks outside Louisiana.


Primo


Troy Primeaux is the co owner of Primo's Peppers. It's a company
that grows several varieties of organic hot peppers which it then
sells to specialty food manufacturers not only in south Louisiana
but across the country for use in products like hot sauces, spice
blends and even coffees. Primo also uses its peppers in its own
line, Farmer's Daughter pepper jellies, made by Troy s wife and
business partner, Kara Farmer.


If you're a part of the international cult of pepper-heads, which
is quite a sizeable group, you will recognize Troy, or at least
his name, as the grower of The Primo, the world's hottest pepper.
A pepper's heat is measured in "Scovilles." A jalapeno pepper is
around 5,000 Scovilles. Troy's Primo Pepper is  a
mind-blowing, record-busting1.5m Scovilles. Yes, that's right,
300 times hotter than a jalapeno,


Cajun Crate


Tara Guidry is another entrepreneur who is turning up the Cajun
heat and has figured out how to capitalize on Louisiana culture.
Tara Guidry is owner of Cajun Crate.


Cajun Crate is a monthly subscription that delivers specially
curated boxes filled with Louisiana made products. Each box
contains a different array of homegrown Cajun products like
coffee, beignet mix, jambalaya, etouffe sauce, and much more.
(And go ahead and click on these links: even if you're born and
raised in Louisiana you're going to discover some gems you didn't
know about.)


Cajun Crate partners with chefs and tastemakers from Louisiana to
find the best products from around the state that to deliver to
subscribers. There are hyper-local gems known only to inhabitants
of small Louisiana towns who are getting a break into a national
market thanks to being included in Tara's Cajun Crate.


Out to Lunch Baton Rouge is recorded live over lunch at Mansurs
on the Boulevard. You  can see photos from this show by Ken
Stewart at our website. And meet another Lafayette entrepreneur
who's making waves, Lauren Bercier.


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