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Availability: Every Thursday & Friday
Duration: 3.5 hours
The world comes to New Orleans to eat. And eat, we shall! Restaurants from award-winning chefs Emeril Lagasse, Susan Spicer, Slade Rushing, and more are all on your menu, making this walking tour a truly one-of-a-kind dining experience!
This easy stroll in the French Quarter begins with some insight into the Creole and Cajun cuisines before dining at our first restaurant. During this progressive-style dinner at four of the most notable restaurants in New Orleans, we learn about each chef while tasting their creations. We finish our memorable tour of the best chefs in New Orleans with a delectable dessert and coffee.
Seating is extremely limited at just eight guests per tour. Price includes all food and restaurant costs, coffee with dessert, and tour commentary regarding the chefs, foods, and culinary history of New Orleans. You will also receive a colorful program as a memento of this experience with chef bios, restaurant information, recipes, and more.
Dress code: No cut-off jeans or flip-flops. No sleeveless shirts/tank tops or sandals for men.
While tour guests may not always be able to meet these popular chefs in person during the tour, they are treated to VIP service at each restaurant and will eat foods skillfully invented by each namesake chef.
This is a walking tour (about 0.8 miles total) on uneven sidewalks, so wear comfortable shoes and prepare for the weather (sun, cold, or rain, depending on the season). This tour does not accommodate vegan, fully vegetarian, gluten-free, dairy- or egg-free, or reduced-sodium dietary restrictions. This tour may not be a good fit for diets which prohibit both seafood and pork since many dishes contain one or the other. At least two people are needed to run this tour (may be booked separately).
We’ll meet at the New Orleans Secrets box office at 519 Wilkinson Street (Suite 105) in the French Quarter, just a block from Jackson Square.
While we can offer substitutions for most dishes to pescatarians, we cannot accommodate vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, kosher, or low salt diets.
On this tour, you will walk approximately half a mile.
We can offer substitutions for most dishes to those with shellfish allergies. Please be sure to mention this when booking your tickets.
This tour is not suitable for children under six years old. In addition, there are restaurants which can be quite packed and difficult for a stroller. Depending on the preferred tour date, we may be able to accommodate younger children and strollers on a private tour (please contact us for details).
Not at all! This isn’t a “tasting” tour; it’s an “eating” tour! You will have an entire meal by the time the tour is done.
Alcoholic beverages are not included at the stops, although we will make recommendations if you’d like to purchase additional drinks on your own! Ice water will be provided at each stop.
Our tours run rain or shine; please bring an umbrella or poncho in order to stay dry during the tour. If the weather is severe enough that it poses a danger, we will call you to explain our decision and discuss alternatives (this is why it’s very important to list a good cell phone number when booking online!). If we cancel a tour because of severe weather, all guests will be given a full refund.
The typical menu will consist of a variety of foods including meat, poultry, dairy, seafood/shellfish, and vegetables. Because we love anticipation (and because the tour may change on a given day because of restaurant closures/changes), we don’t release where we go or what we eat –– except to say that it’s all wonderful!
This tour will max out at 8 guests. We pride ourselves on small group sizes so you’ll never be a part of one of those massive tour groups!
Children 12 and under who share portions with their parents will be $35. If your child is a big eater, then you may want to consider buying a full-priced ticket.
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