November 11th, 2009
If you follow our blogs, you already know Cindy pretty well. And lets face it, with all of the amazing things she cooks in her kitchen/office, who wouldn’t read her blogs! This is my first blog, and it has been a long time coming. I wanted to take a little time and really introduce myself to everyone and let you all know what to look forward to in my blogs or ramblings (depending on the day).
Chefs stir the omelette for Abbeville's Omelette Festival
Lets start from the beginning, I was born and raised in the small cajun city of Abbeville, LA; where everything goes a little slower than the rest of the world. We love our high school football Friday nights and look forward to the fall and the Cattle Festival and Omelette Festival (yes, a festival for an omelette, don’t believe me? check the link). Oddly enough, we were also pretty proud of the fact that Abbeville has the only WalMart in the parish (every state other than Louisiana has counties, we have parishes). I grew up with my mom working for the local radio and television stations, and I soon followed in her footsteps and worked in the same radio and television stations growing my deep roots in media and marketing, eventually leading to a Sales and Marketing Assistant position at Tony Chachere’s.
Magdalen Square, Downtown Abbeville
Growing up in the heart of “Cajun Country”, great tasting food was readily available around every turn. I never knew our seasoning cabinet without Tony Chachere’s in it (the company is 11years older than I am). It wasn’t until I came to work for the company (just over a year ago), that I realized how much Tony Chachere’s had to offer. I had no clue that there are varieties of the seasoning, or even that they make rice dinner mixes or marinades! Coming from a media background with a love for great tasting food this is my “perfect”job. I have never loved a job as much as this one (and my co-workers don’t hurt any either).
I am sad to announce that I don’t get to write about the amazing food that Cindy gets to prepare, or all of the fun stuff that Celeste gets to enjoy. I do however get the chance to introduce you all to the day to day life of the Tony Chachere’s employees, from the accounting department to production and everything in between. I look forward to showing you how much fun we have at Tony Chachere’s and how there really is no “bad” job within the company. I can’t wait to read your comments and answer your questions.
Samantha Moreau
Sales & Marketing Assistant
Tony Chachere’s
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Tags: Abbeville, Cajun, cattle festival, omlette festival
