Baton Rouge got a taste of Flavortown on Thursday night when celebrity chef and Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives host Guy Fieri made an appearance at Total Wine & More.

The Emmy Award-winning chef greeted fans, posed for photos and signed bottles of Santo Tequila, his spirits collaboration with rock legend Sammy Hagar. The event ran from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., with Fieri enthusiastically meeting fans, snapping selfies and signing bottles of tequila. People lined up out the door for a chance to meet him.

Total Wine also offered samples of cocktails made with Santo Tequila during the event. Fieri’s tequila comes in three varieties—blanco, reposado and añejo—priced between $49.99 and $74.99 per bottle.

“He’s actually my favorite celebrity,” Amber Rovillard said, one of the many excited attendees. “I did not know until this morning that he was going to be in town, so we made it a priority to stop by and get some of his tequila.”Rovillard and Patrick Volker purchased a signed bottle of Santo Tequila to commemorate the occasion.
“We’ll probably keep this bottle sealed up. It’s going to be a prized possession of ours,” Volker said.
When asked what brought him to Baton Rouge, Fieri shared that he’s currently filming new episodes of his hit show Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.
“I’m on my way to the Super Bowl on Sunday, and I figured, since I’ve been to New Orleans a bunch of times for Triple D, I had to stop by Baton Rouge,” Fieri said. “I’ve heard good things about the city, and with it being so close to LSU, I couldn’t miss it.”
With fans leaving the event buzzing about their brush with one of Food Network’s biggest stars, it’s clear that Fieri brought more than tequila to Baton Rouge—he brought a little piece of Flavortown.

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