Where Louisiana’s Top Chefs Rank Against Rest of America

Few things bond residents of the Bayou State quite like their shared love of all things food, whether it be Cajun cuisine or other fares entirely.

Between James Beard Award winners, like New Orleans’ Dong Phuong Bakery, Hansen’s Sno Bliz and Willie Mae’s Scotch House and Avondale’s Mosca’s, there’s no shortage of top-notch culinary fare in the state of Louisiana.

LouisianaBets.com took a lunch break from Louisiana sportsbooks and utilized Best Chefs America, which has the 5,000 best chefs in a database to establish the top culinary talent in the United States, to collect the state location for each of the top chefs. We then utilized the estimated July 1^st 2022 Census state population numbers to figure out the states with the best chefs by capita. Note this is where they are located, not where they are from.

Here's where the state’s best culinary minds rank, compared to their peers on a national level.

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States With The Best Chefs Per Capita In America

Overall Rank	State	# of Chefs on List	Chefs Per Capita
1	Vermont	46	0.000071
2	Rhode Island	49	0.000045
3	Nevada	125	0.000039
4	Hawaii	48	0.000033
5	Maine	41	0.000030
6	Wyoming	17	0.000029
7	New York	540	0.000027
8	Delaware	26	0.000026
9	Oregon	102	0.000024
10	Louisiana	106	0.000023
11	Colorado	130	0.0000222
12	Virginia	192	0.0000221
13	New Jersey	198	0.000021
14	California	796	0.000020
15	Massachusetts	116	0.0000166
16	New Hampshire	23	0.0000164
17	Connecticut	57	0.000015
18	Alaska	11	0.0000149
19	Washington	111	0.0000142
20	Montana	15	0.0000133
21	New Mexico	28	0.0000132
22	Florida	270	0.00001214
23	South Carolina	64	0.00001211
24	North Carolina	128	0.0000119
25	Idaho	23	0.0000118

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Where Louisiana’s Top Chefs Rank Nationally

Overall, top chefs finished with the 10th highest per capita ranking of top chefs nationally, at 0.000023, despite landing 106 chefs on Best Chefs America’s list.

On a national level, Louisiana’s per capita figure finished between No. 9 Oregon (0.000024) and No. 11 Colorado (0.0000222).

The state’s sheer number of top chefs ranked 11th nationally, behind others like California (796), New York (540), Florida (270), New Jersey (198), Virginia (192), Colorado (130), North Carolina (128), Nevada (125), Massachusetts (116) and Washington (111).

Conversely, the lowest number of top chefs per state was Alaska, with 11, followed by Montana (15), Wyoming (17), New Hampshire, and Idaho (23 apiece).

If you could utilize Louisiana sports betting apps to make your bet, which state would you have believed to be home the top chefs in the country?

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Christopher Boan

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Christopher Boan writes for LouisianaBets.com and has been covering sports and sports betting for more than seven years, with experience at ArizonaSports.com, the Tucson Weekly and the Green Valley News.