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2025 Players Tailgate New Orleans

The Players Tailgate is rated the #1 event to attend year after year on Super Bowl Sunday!

Doors open at 1:00 pm (Sun Feb 9th)
Players Tailgate Location is 1540 Canal Street

5 blocks from Bourbon St & 5 Blocks from Caesars Superdome

You do NOT need a Super Bowl Ticket to get into the Players Tailgate. Parking is not included with tailgate ticket.

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Sun, February 9, 2025

Players Tailgate New Orleans

THE 2025 PLAYERS TAILGATE IS WALKING DISTANCE TO CAESARS SUPERDOME AND A SUPER BOWL GAME TICKET ISNT REQUIRED FOR ENTRY

Doors open at 1:00 pm, Tailgate closes at 5:00 pm

Players Tailgate Ticket Adult

$975

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Players Tailgate Ticket Youth (15 and under)

$499

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6 person cabana

$12500

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12 person cabana

$25000

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The Event

The #1 Event to attend on Super Bowl Sunday

Bullseye Event Group’s exclusive Players Tailgate before the Super Bowl has earned the reputation as the best pre-game experience, where over 50 active NFL players, celebrities and guests eat, drink and are entertained before the big game. Described as a culinary experience in itself, The Players Tailgate is hosted by Sage Steele and features live performance by DJ Irie, open premium bars and all-you-can-eat dining with gourmet dishes prepared by Celebrity Chefs.

EMCEE: Sage Steele

Sage Steele is a renowned broadcaster and host of The Sage Steele Show on Bill Maher’s podcast network, Club Random Studios. She spent 16 years at ESPN, notably anchoring the network’s flagship show, SportsCenter.

Steele has covered major events throughout her career, including the Super Bowl, The Masters, and the NBA Finals. Additionally, she has hosted significant cultural events, from the Scripps National Spelling Bee to the Miss America Pageant.

Passionate about philanthropy, Steele serves on boards for The Boys & Girls Club of America and The V Foundation for Cancer Research.  She resides in Connecticut and Florida and is the proud mother of 3 college-age kids.

DJ Irie

OFFICIAL DJ: DJ Irie

As the first professional sports franchise DJ in the United States, DJ Irie is the official DJ of some of the most iconic brands in the world, such as Carnival Cruise Lines, the Miami Heat, Target, Mountain Dew Kickstart, Evian, Jamie Foxx and more, making himself one of the most established DJ’s in the industry. In 2018 DJ Irie was donned “The Official DJ” of the Players Tailgate and holds that title still today.

World Class Chefs =
World Class Game Day.

Marcus Samuelsson

Host Chef

Marcus Samuelsson is an award-winning Ethiopian-Swedish chef, restaurateur, and cookbook author known for his innovative approach to global cuisine. He is the owner of Red Rooster Harlem, a celebrated restaurant that highlights the rich culinary heritage of Harlem. Samuelsson became the youngest chef to receive a three-star review from The New York Times and has won multiple James Beard Awards. He is also a TV personality, appearing on shows like Top Chef Masters and Chopped, and is an advocate for food equity and diversity in the culinary world.

Marc Murphy

Host Chef

Marc has a regular role as a judge on The Food Network’s highest rated hits, CHOPPED and CHOPPED JUNIOR as well as appearances on CHOPPED AFTER HOURS, GUYS’S GROCERY GAMES, BEAT BOBBY FLAY, WORST COOKS IN AMERICA, THE KITCHEN, THE BEST THING I EVER ATE, THE RACHAEL RAY SHOW, GOOD MORNING AMERICA, THE TODAY SHOW and HSN among others. He is both a Food Council & Board Member of City Harvest, the world’s first food rescue organization. Murphy also sits on the Leadership Council for Share our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign. Marc is the author of Season with Authority: Confident Home Cooking and in June 2019 launched his hosting duties with his debut podcast, Food 360 with Marc Murphy produced by iHeartRadio.

Aaron May

Host Chef

Chef Aaron May has been part of The Players Tailgate for the last 5 years and makes his awesomeness available to you. Classically trained in Paris at the Ecole Ritz Escoffier he was inducted into the AZ Culinary Hall of Fame in 2010 as a “Chef Extraordinaire.” Featured on Food Network’s wildly popular Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives and TLC’s Best Food Ever. Given his passion for food and irrepressible creativity, he is one of the top caterers in America.

2025 Players Tailgate Chef Lineup

Esther Choi

Esther Choi is the chef and owner of mŏkbar, a Brooklyn-based restaurant that introduces patrons to the flavors of Korean culture by combining traditional and modern influences with fresh, seasonal ingredients.

Alon Shaya

Alon Shaya is an award-winning chef and restaurateur, originally from Israel, who has made significant contributions to the culinary scene in New Orleans.

Damaris Phillips

Damaris Phillips is a celebrity chef who can currently be seen on the Food Network co-hosting Southern & Hungry with Rutledge Wood and The Bobby and Damaris Show with Bobby Flay. She is also the 2013 winner of Food Network Star, where she impressed judges with her fresh take on Southern cuisine, and won over the audience with her impeccable charm. She then went on to host her own show, Southern at Heart, for five seasons. Damaris can also be seen on several other shows on the network, including Guy's Grocery Games, Cooks vs. Cons, Bakers vs. Fakers, Celebrity Food Fight, and others.

Aarti Sequeira

Aarti Sequeira is a cooking show host, cookbook author, and former news and documentary producer, known for her multicultural culinary perspective and her work on the Food Network.

Gerald Sombright

Not just a Michelin Star winner, Gerald was the 1st Black Chef in America to earn the most prestigious award. With over twenty years of culinary experience in creativity and leadership. Gerald has can be seen on Tournament of Champions & top chef, featured at culinary festivals in America such as Aspen, Pebble Beach, Charleston.

Kelsey Murphy

Winner of Fox's MasterChef: Legends. With her culinary know-how, ability to expertly blend flavors, and elegant and inventive plating styles, she continually impressed judges Gordon Ramsay, Aarón Sánchez, and Joe Bastianich making her an early standout and season-long frontrunner. Kelsey specializes in Modern American Cuisine inspired by her background growing up in an Italian and Polish family where food was always a focus and large Sunday dinners were a tradition never to be missed. Through the years she has continued to teach herself new techniques and experiment with flavors for her family. She focuses on respecting ingredients for what they are, letting each component shine on the plate, and bringing together flavors from the many cultures that make up the American landscape.

Leah Cohen

Leah Cohen is the chef and owner of Pig & Khao, a popular Lower East Side restaurant serving Southeast Asian cuisine influenced by her Filipino upbringing and annual expeditions to the region.

Ilan Hall

Ilan hall is an award winning chef television host, producer and restauranteur. Top Chef winner, host and producer of Knife Fight on Esquire & Food to Get You Laid on Logo. His trailblazing restaurant, The Gorbals, helped to ignite the DTLA food scene in 2009. He went on to open The Gorbals Brooklyn, Esh, & Ramen Hood in LA's historic Grand Central Market. Ilan got sick of winning so much that he currently has an unbroken losing streak on every single Food Network competition that he has participated in since 2022.

Catherine McCord

Catherine McCord is a chef, TV host, cookbook author, and entrepreneur, dedicated to providing simple, nutritious, and delicious recipes for families through her platform, Weelicious.

Burt Bakman

It begins deep in the heart of Texas, where Burt Bakman, an Israeli immigrant, found his calling to be a pitmaster. A quick business trip to the Lone Star State instead turned into a chance exploration of barbecue at its source, fostering a lifelong obsession in him to perfect the craft. Not a man to settle for second-best, Bakman determined to become one of the “greats” at smoking meat. When you sit down at SLAB and taste the marbled brisket for the first time or strike up a conversation over a shared plate of food, you’ll know this experience has been worth the wait.

Eric Greenspan

Eric has been profiled by such publications as The New York Times,Wine Spectator, Art Culinaire, Los Angeles Confidential, Angeleno, and Los Angeles Magazine. Named 944 Magazine’s “Most Buzzworthy Chef in America.” He also won the 2008 Grilled Cheese Invitational.Eric has hosted, judged, competed or appeared on countless TV shows, including on Food Network, A&E, National Geographic, NBC, Fox, Travel Channel, FYI, Tasted, Tastemade, Facebook Watch, and many others.

Josh Capon

Chef Capon has made regular appearances on Good Morning America, TODAY Show, Rachael Ray, as well as guest judge appearances on "Beat Bobby Flay" and "Chopped.”

Leonard Botello

Leonard Botello IV is the owner and pitmaster behind critically acclaimed TRUTH BBQ. Botello opened the original TRUTH BBQ Brenham in a small shack off a rural highway that runs between Austin and Houston in the summer of 2015. Armed with a used Klose pit, and as a complete unknown in the BBQ world, Botello surprised the industry in 2017 when TRUTH BBQ landed the number tenspot on the coveted Texas Monthly’s Top 50 Texas BBQ Joints list. An expert in the art of live fire cooking, Botello is known for his authentic Central Texas-style barbecue and his relentless attention to detail. Obsessed with the perfect cook, Botello spent years sleeping next to his smokers before heading inside the restaurant to serve the line that had queued outside. Botello puts his own twist on traditional recipes, creating dishes that are seemingly simple but unexpectedly delicious to guests.

Ken Oringer

Ken Oringer is the James Beard Award-winning chef and founder of JK Food Group. Oringer owns and operates highly acclaimed restaurants around Boston including Italian-style enoteca Coppa [a three-star reviewed restaurant from The Boston Globe and named a “Best New Restaurant” by Esquire], Spanish tapas restaurant Toro, the global-inspired small plates restaurant and raw bar Little Donkey, the coastal Italian restaurant Faccia a Faccia, and Bar Pallino, a natural wine bar located downstairs from Faccia a Faccia. Prior to starting JK Food Group, Oringer opened Clio in Boston (now called Uni), which was named one of “America’s Best New Restaurants” by Esquire, one of the “Top 50 Restaurants in America” by Gourmet magazine, and continues to be one of the most notable restaurants in Boston. Oringer has received numerous awards and recognition for his work, including garnering the StarChefs Rising Stars Mentor Award in 2010 for his dedication to teaching and inspiring the next generation of chefs. When not working, Oringer enjoys spending time at home with his wife Celine and children Verveine and Luca.

Stan Hays

Stan Hays is the CEO and co-founder of Operation BBQ Relief. A seasoned and accomplished competitor on the barbecue circuit, Hays and fellow cofounder Will Cleaver launched Operation BBQ Relief when a tornado swept through Joplin, Missouri, in 2011. Hays’s passion for barbecue and assisting those in distress culminated in creating Operation BBQ Relief, which has provided approximately 13 million meals in 42 states plus the Bahamas. In 2017, Hays was recognized as a “CNN Hero” for his work with Operation BBQ Relief. OBR has also started their non-disaster programs around first responders, veterans, military members and their families using culinary therapy to hell them cope and give them life skills and bringing them together. In 2023 they launched Camp OBR, a camp serving first responders, veterans, military members and their families that are struggling from the service members' physical and emotional injuries. Hays has participated in more than 35 sanctioned barbecue contests, with two grand champion awards, four reserve champions, and several top 10 finishes. He was runner-up in the 2015 season of Chopped: Grill Masters on Food Network and in 2019 won Food Network Canada’s Firemasters. Hays is also a cookbook author. He co-authored tel cookbooks the first called Operation BBQ in 2019 and has a new cookbook he co-authored with Mike Golic, Sr called "Grilling with Golic and Hays" that will be released in mid May 2022.

Past Chefs

Bobby Flay

Chef Flay is a culinary icon and Emmy award-winning host of many cooking programs. Bobby currently stars in Beat Bobby Flay, Bobby’s Triple Threat, and BBQ Brawl on Food Network. You can also find his shows on discovery+ and Cooking Channel. Flay has also been honored with five Daytime Emmy Awards, and was the first chef to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Bullseye welcomes back Bobby for the 2024 Players Tailgate.

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Michael Symon

Chef Michael Symon, deeply influenced by his Greek and Sicilian heritage and Cleveland upbringing, infuses his dishes with bold flavors and soul. His culinary mastery can be experienced at his restaurants Mabel’s BBQ, Bar Symon, and Angeline. Beyond the kitchen, Michael's creative yet approachable cooking style shines through on his shows Symon’s Dinners & BBQ USA, both on Food Network. His illustrious career includes being named Food & Wine magazine's Best New Chef in 1998 and receiving The James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef Great Lakes in 2009. With eight cookbooks to his name, including newly released "Simply Symon’s Suppers”, Michael continues his passion of sharing his culinary wisdom with his ever growing audience. When he’s not working, Michael enjoys golf, gardening, and cherished moments with his family, including wife Liz, granddaughter Emmy, grandson Butch, and English staffy, Norman.

Todd English

Todd English is a renowned chef/restaurateur. He is a four-time James Beard Award winner and inductee into the James Beard Foundation’s “Who’s Who in Food and Beverage in America.” Todd has authored six critically acclaimed cookbooks, created the record-breaking housewares line, The Todd English Collection, and hosted the Emmy-nominated and James Beard award winning series Food Trip with Todd English. Todd English Enterprises includes over twenty innovative restaurants spanning the country and abroad, opening the first restaurant, Olives, in 1989. Other concepts include Figs, Todd English Food Hall, Tuscany, Bonfire, Todd English P.U.B, bluezoo, MXDC, and Todd’s in Palm Beach.

Rocco DiSpirito

Rocco is a healthy lifestyle crusader, James Beard award-winning chef, and highly acclaimed author of thirteen books, including five New York Times bestsellers. By the time he turned 20 years old, he was working in the kitchens of legendary chefs around the globe. His 3-Star restaurant Union Pacific was a New York City culinary landmark for many years.

Maneet Chauhan

Chef Maneet is known for her work on Food Network’s “Chopped” where she sits on the permanent panel of judges and is a James Beard Award for Excellence recipient. As a Culinary Institute of America graduate, Chef Chauhan has worked in some of the finest hotels and restaurants in her home country of India and in America and has been heavily lauded in the media from Food & Wine and Parade to The New York Times and the Today show. Currently residing in Franklin, Tennessee with her husband and two children, Maneet is committed to her new Southern home, forming Nashville-based Morph Hospitality Group in 2016. The group includes award-winning restaurants Chauhan Ale & Masala House, Tansuo, The Mockingbird and Chaatable. She is also a partner in Life is Brewing which includes Mantra Artisan Ales, Steel Barrel Brewing, Humulus Project and Hop Springs Beer Park.

Steph Izard

Stephanie Izard, recipient of James Beard Best Chef: Great Lakes and Food & Wine Best New Chef, is the Executive Chef and Owner of Girl & the Goat, Little Goat Diner, Duck Duck Goat, and Cabra in Chicago, along with Girl & the Goat and Cabra in Los Angeles. Izard also won the coveted title of Iron Chef in 2017 and was the 4th winner of Bravo’s Top Chef. In addition to her 2023 Tastemade television series, The Curious Chef, she has made numerous appearances, as both a competitor and a judge, on shows including Tournament of Champions, Hell’s Kitchen, Guy’s Grocery Games, Chopped, and more. Her vibrant product line, This Little Goat, features a variety of globally inspired, flavor-packed sauces, spices, and crunches and Izard has written two cookbooks: Girl in the Kitchen and Gather & Graze. More information can be found at www.stephanieizard.com or follow her at @stephanieizard.
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The Food

The 2025 Menu

Top Celebrity Chefs from around the country that you see on TV will be preparing amazing dishes to get your Super Bowl Sunday started right!

The 2025 Menu

Marcus Samuelsson:
M's Miso Chicken & Caviar

Marc Murphy:
"Ditch" Dog with Brave Sauce Co.

Ilan Hall:
New School Chopped Cheese Pani Puri, Japanese Curry Special Sauce

Eric Greenspan:
New School American Grilled Cheese on Japanese Milk Bread

Ken Oringer:
BBQ Oysters with La Belle Farms Foie Gras and Kabayaki

Damaris Phillips & Aarti Sequeira:
South Meets South Muffuletta

Alon Shaya:
Lamb Ragu with Hummus and Pita

Josh Capon:
Classic New England Lobster Roll with Main Lobster, Buttered Bun, Tarragon and Lemon

Esther Choi:
Bulgogi Steamed Buns with Cucumber Kimchi

Burt Bakman & Yeastie Boys:
Yeastie Boys Bagel with Smoked Pastrami and Cajun 1000 Island Dressing

Catherine McCord:
Chicken Parmesan Meatballs

Leah Cohen:
Chicken Satay Roti with Peanut Sauce and Pickles

10/10 Burger:
The 10/10 Burger with Smashed Patty, Toasted Potato Bun, Pickles, Grilled Onions, American Cheese and 10/10 Sauce

Kelsey Murphy:
Ortega Al Pastor Taco

Leonard Botello & Heavy Handed:
Bacon-wrapped Truth Pepper Jack Link with Grilled Onions and Serrano

Stan Hays & Operation BBQ Relief:
KC Style Pork Ribs with Cheese Corn

Gerald Sombright:
"Toasted" Ravioli, Parmesan, Provolone, Smoke, Truffle

Oyster XO:
Fresh Shucked Oysters with Traditional Accoutrement

ATTENDEES

Meet The Players Who Make The Plays

The players Tailgate is a whos-who of current and previous players. Rub shoulders with heros of football's past and present at the Bullseye Event Group's Players Tailgate.

2025 Confirmed Players Tailgate Attendees:

Cam Jordan

Tyreek Hill

Trey McBride

Quentin Johnston

Alexander Mattison

Deebo Samuel

Drake Maye

Jaxon Smith-Njigba

Josh Downs

Brian Robinson

Jerry Tillery

Jha’Quan Jackson

Jaylan Ford

Kendre Miller

Brian Asamoah

Alexander Mattison

Chase Brown

Eric Kendricks

Najee Harris

Rashid Shaheed

Kevin Austin Jr

Keyshawn Boutte

Bobby Okereke

Kenny Moore II

Bub Means

Rico Payton III

Khalen Saunders

Andre Reed

Rick DeMulling

Shaquem Griffin

Shaquill Griffin

Jamre Kromah

VIP CABANAS

Reserve a VIP Cabana For Your Group

The 2025 Players Tailgate will feature limited inventory of reserved VIP Cabanas for parties of 6 or 12.

Buy 6 Person Cabana
Buy 12 Person Cabana

Why a Cabana?

Cabanas are located around the perimeter of the tailgate and elevated 3-4 feet above the main floor – for a great view of the event and the stages.

You will have your own private space, hostess, bottle service, and luxe lounge seating. You can even order any additional alcohol you want in advance – we’ll have it waiting for you. Your hostess will also provide hors d’ouvres when you arrive.

VIP Reserved Cabana includes:

  • Six (6) or Twelve (12) Players Tailgate tickets with VIP Reserved Cabana Access
  • Lounge Seating
  • Hors D’ouvres
  • Dedicated bottle service with liquor upgrades available of your choice.
  • VIP Hostess for Cabana

Charitable Partners

Irie Foundation

Irie Foundation

Irie Foundation works year-round to improve and create a positive impact on the lives of South Florida’s at-risk youth. Through a number of proactive initiatives, we are committed to helping kids get on the right track and strive for successful futures. Currently in the process of building the all new Irie Rhythms Academy, a state-of-the-art music and technology center where children will have the opportunity to take part in music lessons, learn the art of photography, radio broadcasting, film, and the structure and processes of a professional recording studio at no cost to them.

Operation BBQ Relief

Operation BBQ Relief

Operation BBQ Relief is a much- loved nonprofit founded by a handful of Kansas City pitmasters dedicated to giving back. Known for feeding communities after disasters, they’ve provided nearly 13 million meals across the country—bringing comfort, hope, and a sense of home to those who need it most.
Every day, they enrich lives of heroes and their families through culinary therapy, proving that BBQ isn’t just food—it’s love on a plate.
Learn more about Camp OBR at campobr.org. This is how we support our first responders, veterans, active military, their families and families of the fallen.
Food Recovery Network

Food Recovery Network

Food Recovery Network (FRN) is a national nonprofit that mobilizes 4,000 students and stakeholders at colleges and universities to fight climate change and hunger by recovering perishable food that would otherwise go to waste and donating it to individuals and families experiencing hunger. Since 2011, FRN has recovered 10.9 million pounds of surplus food, equivalent to 9 million meals donated and over 4792 Metric Tons of CO2 emissions prevented.

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