Advocate Photo by April Buffington Cook Mike Melugin stirs the pot Sunday in the Jambalaya Festival World Champion contest at the 45th Annual Jambalaya Festival in Gonzales.

Advocate photo by April Buffington -- A pot of chicken jambalaya is cooked during the 2012 Jambalaya Festival. The new world champion will be announced Sunday after a three-day cooking contest along Irma Boulevard in Gonzales.

Advocate Photo by April Buffington Kade Lanoux, right, lets Deirdre Alexis, left, and Lois Achord, middle, taste jambalaya Sunday that was made during the Jambalaya Festival World Champion contest at the 45th Annual Jambalaya Festival in Gonzales.

Advocate Photo by April Buffington Twin sisters Rhonda Breaux-Landry, left, and Roxi Breaux-Blanchard dance Sunday to the band at the 45th Annual Jambalaya Festival.

Advocate photo by April Buffington Christy Burnett, left, helps her husband, cook Gary Burnett, right, put the jambalaya in the cooler in the final round in the Jambalaya Festival World Champion contest at the 45th Annual Jambalaya Festival held in Gonzales on Sunday.

Advocate Photo by April Buffington 2012 Jambalaya Festival World Champion Danny Robert, right gets congratulated by Byron Gautreau, far right while Mike Gonzales, far left congrats the helper Kurt Waguespack, next to at the 45th Annual Jambalaya Festival held in Gonzales on Sunday.

Advocate photo by April Buffington Danny Robert winner of the 2012 Jambalaya Festival World Champion contest holds up the trophy with Wally Tallion, right, Miss Teen Jambalaya Queen Lexie Scioneaux, center, and Layne Gautreau, left behind, at the 45th Annual Jambalaya Festival held in Gonzales on Sunday.

Advocate Photo by APRIL BUFFINGTON - Tee Wayne Abshire, right, 2011 Jambalaya Festival World Champion passes the paddle Sunday to new champion Danny Robert, left, with Wally Tallion, standing behind, and Todd Long, far right, at the 45th Annual Jambalaya Festival in Gonzales.

Advocate photo by April Buffington A small pot of jambalaya in the Mini Pot Jambalaya Cooking Contest at the 45th Annual Jambalaya Festival held in Gonzales on Saturday, Contestants cook in the quart-sized pots over an open flame.

Advocate photo by April Buffington Kim LeBlanc, left, and his helper Sheldon Delaune, right, sort through the chicken as they prepare to cook in the World Champion cooking contest at the 45th Annual Jambalaya Festival held in Gonzales on Saturday.

Advocate photo by April Buffington Cohen Parent, 10, left, stirs his mini pot of jambalaya while his dad Jeff Parent, a former World Champion, shares a few tips during the Mini-Pot Jambalaya Cooking Contest at the 45th Annual Jambalaya Festival held in Gonzales on Saturday.

Advocate photo by April Buffington James Tullier, right, and his grandson Zane Martin, 8, look at a 1956 Chevy Del Ray at the 45th Annual Jambalaya Festival Car Show held in Gonzales on Saturday.

Advocate photo by April Buffington Mary Abshire stirs her tiny pot of jambalaya while her dad, 'Tee' Wayne Abshire, looks on during the 45th Annual Jambalaya Festival held in Gonzales on Saturday.

Advocate photo by April Buffington Rafe Delatte, left, tastes Jonathon Whittington's, 10, right, jambalaya entry in the Mini Pot Jambalaya Cooking Contest Saturday.

Advocate photo by April Buffington Blair Alexis, 14, pours rice into her entry in the Mini-Pot Jambalaya Cooking Contest at the 45th Annual Jambalaya Festival in Gonzales on Saturday. Blair won two mini-pot titles over the weekend.

Advocate photo by April Buffington A pot of pork and sausage jambalaya cooked in the Champ of Champs Cooking Contest at the 45th Annual Jambalaya Festival held in Gonzales on May 24.

Advocate photo by April Buffington Cook Jeff Parent, left, and his helper Scott Duplechein, right, skim grease off the jambalaya during the Champ of Champs Cooking Contest at the 45th Annual Jambalaya Festival held in Gonzales on May 24.

Advocate photo by April Buffington Clayton Kerek, 15, stirs his mini pot of jambalaya while Cliston Guillot, far left, looks on Saturday.

Advocate photo by April Buffington Mike Braud chops onions Saturday morning in a heat at the 45th Annual Jambalaya Festival held in Gonzales.

Advocate photo by April Buffington Reese Babin, 5, take a spin on one of the rides at the 45th Annual Jambalaya Festival.

Advocate photo by April Buffington Logan Mendoza, 12, left, and his sister Lyndon Mendoza, 7, right, bungie jump Thursday at the 45th Annual Jambalaya Festival.

Advocate photo by April Buffington -- Cook Jody Elisar, left, stirs the pot while helper Brad Elisar pours the rice during the Champ of Champs Cooking Contest at the 45th annual Jambalaya Festival last year in Gonzales. The competition starts Thursday when the Champ of Champs contest kicks off.

Advocate photo by April Buffington Agnes Gautreaux, left, and Toni Spillman, right, secretary of the Jamabalaya Festival Association, prepare plates of jambalaya at the 45th Annual Jambalaya Festival.

Advocate photo by April Buffington 'Tee' Wayne Abshire picks the bad-looking rice out as he prepares his entry for the Jambalaya Festival's Champ of Champs Cooking Contest on May 24. New rules this year required cooks to remove their jambalaya from the pot and deliever the entry in an ice chest.

Advocate staff photo by Darlene Denstorff Ourso Funeral Home staffer Milton Robbins, front, and Patriot Guard Rider Capt. Larry Weaver, center, move a casket to Veterans Memorial Park during Monday's Memorial Day program.

Advocate staff photo by Darlene Denstorff Veteran Pershing Mire salutes during the Pledge of Allegiance at Monday's Memorial Day program in Gonzales.

Advocate staff photo by Darlene Denstorff Rich Jandura, left, watches as Kenneth Minvielle pours salt on a plate during a Talbe of Rememberance ceremony at Monday's Veterans Day program in Gonzales. The salt represents the tears family members shed waiting for word of their solider who was missing in action or a prisioner of war, Jack Watson, a member of the Vietnam Veterans of American Chapter 725, said.

Advocate staff photo by Darlene Denstorff Ruth Babin, president of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3693 Ladies Auxiliary, left and Charlie Bishop take part in a ceremony on Monday remembering servicemen and women.