This weekend the Vermilion Parish town of Abbeville will hold their annual Giant Omelette Celebration. The event has been held for 33 years and was created after a group who traveled to France to attend a similar festival. Spokesperson Arlene Collee (Coal-lee) says they will use 5,033 eggs cooked in a 12-foot skillet with several different ingredients…
Collee says this celebration shares it’s heritage with seven other similar events around the world…
How does a 5,033 egg omelette taste? Collee says some ingredients make all the difference…
The festival will be held Saturday and Sunday with the omelette preparation to begin at 1pm Sunday.