Du Jour: Scott Callais, Juban’s general manager, founding member of Baton Rouge Epicurean Society

Restaurant industry veteran Scott Callais and a handful of local colleagues came to an important conclusion in 2006: Baton Rouge needed a nonprofit that would promote its culinary accomplishments and help the restaurant industry give back to the community. Callais, then general manager of Ruth’s Chris Steak House, along with Justin McDonald of Mansur’s, Kevin Kimball of the Camelot Club, wine distributor Jason Johnson and local wine experts Dori Murvin and Jimmy Ward helped create and found the Baton Rouge Epicurean Society. The organization celebrates its fifth anniversary this year with the annual event, Fęte Rouge, where Chef John Folse will receive a lifetime achievement award. Click here to read more about this Baton Rouge restaurateur.