State Rep. Beau Beaullieu has won two elections to the state House from New Iberia and now chairs one of the most important legislative committees.

But nowadays he’d rather talk gumbo.

Beaullieu’s team won its category in the World Gumbo Championship last Sunday in New Iberia.

It was Beaullieu’s fourth victory in six years.

The 35th annual cook-off filled Bouligny Plaza in downtown New Iberia in an event sponsored by the Greater Iberia Chamber of Commerce.

About 100 teams competed in five different categories: amateur seafood, amateur chicken and sausage, amateur Melange (meaning they cook other combinations), professional seafood and professional non-seafood. Beaullieu’s team – all are members of the local Kiwanis Club – competed in the Melange category. They made turkey and andouill

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