LRA Acadiana Chapter names 2017 chapter award winners

​The Louisiana Restaurant Association’s (LRA) Acadiana Chapter is pleased to announce its 2017 Chapter Awards recipients. The recognitions were presented during the Acadiana Chapter’s annual awards dinner at the Petroleum Club of Lafayette, January 15, 2018.
 
The awards are as follows:

• Active Member of the Year- Randy Daniel, Director of Operations at Double R Restaurant Group, which operates Another Broken Egg, Pour Restaurant & Bar and Romacelli Bistro e Vino. Daniel is the Acadiana Chapter’s Vice President and volunteers his time at chapter events. He is also an Industry Representative to the LRA Board of Directors.
• Associate Member of the Year- Robert Breaux, Business Development Manager at Ben E. Keith. Known to everyone as “T. Breaux,” he is a longtime LRA member who dedicates his time and efforts to the betterment of the Acadiana Chapter.
• Hall of Fame & Restaurateurs of the Year- Scott and Beth Soileau, owners of Soileau’s Dinner Club in Opelousas. The restaurant has been a family-owned business since 1937, and Scott and Beth are in their 26th year of maintaining and operating their well-known Cajun restaurant.
• Restaurateur of the Year- Gerald Judice, owner of Judice Inn in Lafayette. Judice Inn has been an LRA member for 30 years. The Judice family continues to bring the same pride and commitment to the restaurant that was started by Gerald’s father and uncle back in 1947.