The Jambalaya Shoppe

Specialties

Fast Casual Restaurant specializing in Jambalaya, Pastalaya, Gumbo, Cajun style appetizers, entrees, and desserts.

History

Established in 2015.

The humble beginnings of a miraculous opening, and the unprecedented success of the Jambalaya Shoppe is the basis of this testimony to just how one family’s faith in God changed their lives forever.

It was the early 1990’s, Stefan and Cheryl Fontenot were struggling to raise five boys in a declining economy that led to the loss of a business venture and their savings. The family was faced with a struggle they didn’t know how to handle.

They had no food service experience and had never cooked jambalaya in anything larger than a pot on the kitchen stove. Yet she trusted this was the Lord’s plan, so she immediately set out to find a spot in their home town of Gonzales, LA. Within two weeks, the first Jambalaya Shoppe was up and running.

While there were many continued struggles ahead, and many lessons to be learned, the Lord had given her a word and a prayer, and she knew He was faithful to keep it.