Interview: Local Gamesville Chef Lucylulu357

Gamesviller Lucylulu357 of Marshall, TX, recently won $410 while playing CatchUp CoverAll, and took a few minutes out of her schedule to talk with us about her win in a previous interview.

Since she mentioned writing several cook books over the years we wanted to follow up with her about her culinary career.

How did she get her start in culinary? What cuisine does her company create? What's included her her two books? Find out below…

Gamesville: How did you begin working in culinary?
I started learning to cook when I was twelve years-old. My dad had gotten hurt on the job, so my mom had to go to work. The job of cooking for my dad and three older brothers was given to me.

What other kind of work have you done in culinary besides the catering business?
I make my own homemade Hot Sauce, called B.J.'s Fire In The Hole Hot Sauce. I've also created homemade Hot Tamales which I have sold a ton of. I would love to be able to be able to get my hot sauce on the shelves of every grocery store in the country. If you are going to dream might as well dream big.

What kind of food does your company prepare?
I specialize in home cooking and I also do a lot of party trays for weddings and other events. I also cook large private orders of food for families who work and would rather buy home cooked meals from me.

What's your work schedule like?
My work schedule varies, I have worked as long as 15 months on a job location serving hot lunches to the workers every day.

What kind of food do you personally love to make?
My favorite food to make is Mexican. Especially my chicken enchiladas.

Tell us a little about your two books.
My first cookbook is titled B.J.'s Not So Gourmet Cooking, it's all good country home cooking that I was raised on. The second is Hoochie Coochie Mamas South of the Border Cuisine, all about my mexican recipes. A lot of recipes were given to me through family and friends.

Thanks again to Lucylulu357 for sharing, and stay tuned for her favorite chicken enchiladas recipe.