Being a business owner, chef, restaurateur, mom and wife is a balancing act and a lot of work,” chef Samantha Carroll tells us.
And when she says “a lot of work,” she isn’t kidding. Right after graduating from culinary school in 2010, Sam opened Hot Tails—a restaurant in New Roads, Louisiana—with her husband, Cody. It became a favorite in the area and capitalized on Sam and Cody’s mix of Cajun and Creole creativity.
After serving their “hardcore South Louisiana” fare for five years, they opened Sac-a-Lait in the Warehouse District of New Orleans. With its innovative, daily-changing menu (think items like alligator and duck hearts), the restaurant quickly made a name for itself. The year it opened, in 2015, it was named Restaurant of the Year by New Orleans Magazine and Travel+Leisure named it the best Farm to Table Restaurant in New Orleans.
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