The perfect main course designed by Parker :
If preparing the meal of his choice for a diner , he said he ' d choose a surf-n-turf style main course of seafood and Kobe beef .
" I love seafood and really good beef , so maybe a really nice piece of wagyu or kobe , which are super high grades . It ' s beef that ' s been massaged ; they have the cattle and massage it their whole life so the super meat ' s tender ," Parker said . " With it , maybe a lobster tail or lump crab cake with a marinade sauce or reduced red wine and mushroom sauce ."
For a side item , he ' d make a Brussels sprout dish with bacon and almonds . The ideal pairing for the meal , he said , would either be a red wine , such as malbec or pinot noir .
The intensive training at the Chef John Folse Culinary Institute has prepared Parker to cater to the taste of any palate .
The Chef John Folse Culinary Institute is rare , Parker said , because it is a four-year degree program instead of the typical two-year certification at many other culinary schools . Parker also minored in business , which will be beneficial to his future as a professional . He ' d like to one day have a television cooking show and was able to test the waters as a guest cook on Folse ' s cooking show filmed in Baton Rouge .
A former employer directed Parker to consider Denver in his post-graduate job search , as it was where she ' d once attended culinary school .
" It ' ll be a good place for me to start off and get my career going ," Parker said . " There ' s not very much of Louisiana food in general so I feel like I can definitely bring a thing or two there ."
Parker is available for catering events at ( 318 ) 376-9094 . About Logan Parker : - Externship at the prestigious Westchester Country Club in Rye , New York ; - Winner of a six-week culinary cook-off at the Dansereau House bed and breakfast in Thibodaux ;
- Attended the Institut Paul Bocuse in Lyon , France , from May through September 2015 where he was the only U . S . representative among 15 international schools / organizations to attend the program , which allows culinary students to sharpen their culinary skills , experience French culture , and share their own culture and culinary palate with peers from around the globe .