{"id":857349,"date":"2026-04-06T18:40:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/857349\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T18:40:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:40:18","slug":"saints-team-up-with-cox-to-host-2026-nfl-draft-crawfish-cook-off-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/857349\/","title":{"rendered":"Saints team up with Cox to host 2026 NFL Draft Crawfish Cook-Off Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The New Orleans Saints are teaming up with Cox to host the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neworleanssaints.com\/tickets\/draft-cookoff\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 Saints Draft Crawfish Cook-off<\/a> on Saturday, April 25, 2026, from 11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Ochsner Sports Performance Center in Metairie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The competition will feature a lineup of local restaurants, caterers, and cooking teams vying for the title of Best Crawfish. Fans attending the event will have the opportunity to sample crawfish from multiple vendors and vote for their favorite. Guests will also be able to enjoy live coverage of the 2026 NFL Draft throughout the event, as the Saints currently hold four selections on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">In celebration of Autism Awareness Month, this event will place a special emphasis on supporting individuals in our community with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Beyond providing a donation to Magnolia Community Services, we are proud to include members of the Autism community as active participants\u2014welcoming guests and helping create a warm, uplifting atmosphere throughout our booths while raising awareness for this important cause.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">New Orleans Saints President Dennis Lauscha said, \u201cThe Saints Draft event is something we look forward to hosting each year, and we are thrilled to partner with our friends at Cox once again in 2026. The crawfish competition adds a fun, interactive element for our fans, and we are proud to support and bring awareness to our Autism community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Ticket for the event will go on sale today for season ticket holders. General admission tickets will go on sale starting Tuesday, April 7.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Adult tickets are $25 per person and children ages 12 and under are $15 (limit of eight per account). Admission includes crawfish.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The 2026 Saints Draft Crawfish Cook-off will feature appearances by both current and former Saints players, Saints mascots, and the Saints Cheer Krewe. Tickets can be purchased at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neworleanssaints.com\/tickets\/draft-cookoff\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.NewOrleansSaints.com<\/a> or by calling the Saints ticket office at (504) 731-1700.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New Orleans Saints are teaming up with Cox to host the 2026 Saints Draft Crawfish Cook-off on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":857350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2076],"tags":[7,896,55,86377,401,2572,2571,6,397],"class_list":{"0":"post-857349","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-orleans-saints","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-new-orleans","10":"tag-new-orleans-saints","11":"tag-new-orleans-saints-community-events","12":"tag-new-orleans-saints-news","13":"tag-neworleans","14":"tag-neworleanssaints","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-saints"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116359228846569244","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=857349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/857350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=857349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=857349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}