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Lucas Mckinney

@coolhandluke54

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Food and Wine BNC 2026
@josephinesgulfcoast

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It’s our third edition of SUPER PIZZA FRIENDS Chef Collab, and for this round we’ve got our good friend @coolhandluke54 from @josephinesgulfcoast , hot off being named a @foodandwine Best New Chef 2026. When I called Lucas to ask what he wanted to do, he said, “You want fancy chef stuff or stoner pizza guy stuff?” and I said, “What do you think?” And boy, did he nail the assignment!

Introducing the chili cheese dog pizza with house-made hot dog-style chili, @grandecheese mozzarella, sliced weenies, red onions, and pickled jalapeños on our slow-fermented crust. Baked until perfectly crispy and then topped with shredded Tillamook cheddar, yellow mustard, and a shower of crispy Fritos. It’s like a pizza and a chili dog had a baby, and the baby was the most beautiful thing you’ve ever eaten. Spicy, but not too spicy. Filling, but not too filling. Somehow both way over the top yet also perfectly balanced. It’s available this Saturday (October 17th) for one day only while supplies last. $30, with 100% of sales going to benefit our friends at @southernsmokefoundation. taken in Shredders Pizza by @coolhandluke54

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Ain’t no party like a @southernsmokefoundation party! Finally getting a chance to recap such an incredible week! Extremely proud of our team for putting on while we hosted multiple events and tons of industry folks, donating their time for a great cause!

📸📸: @quitnguyen taken in Josephine's Gulf Coast Tradition by @coolhandluke54

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Spend enough time at @josephinesgulfcoast, and you may find 2026 F&W Best New Chef Lucas McKinney (@coolhandluke54) pulling up a chair to explain the best way to eat a hard shell blue crab 🦀. Read more about how he's celebrating Gulf Coast traditions like this one at the link in bio. #fwbnc

🎥: @hailey.ephotography, @ambernicolebuck

#bluecrabs #houstonrestaurant #gulfcoast by @coolhandluke54

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went to NYC & all I got was a (@foodandwine best new chef) FIANCÉ

big huge major week for the future mckinneys 🥹🥹🥹 taken in New York, Central Park by @coolhandluke54

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From smoked redfish dip to Viet-cajun crawfish, 2026 F&W Best New Chef Lucas McKinney’s @josephinesgulfcoast is gulf coast cooking at its best. Get to know @coolhandluke54 at the link in bio. #fwbnc

🎥📸: @hailey.ephotography, @ihatealexlau by @coolhandluke54

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@coolhandluke54 is a 2026 @foodandwine Best New Chef. A word from our guy:

What a ride it’s been! Momma, we made it!! No, but for real, what an amazing group of humans to be included with in this Class of 2026 Food & Wine BNC!

This makes me so proud of what we do and of our staff who pulls it off every day. Being able to build relationships with so many fishermen and farmers has meant the world to me, and now being able to put their work and the Gulf Coast on the big stage means even more.

I truly love serving Houston, and I’m so blessed to call it home. Let’s keep putting it down for H-Town! #FWBNC

📸 Alex Lau by @coolhandluke54

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Landlocked 10 brings together some of the best chefs, pitmasters, bartenders, shuckers, and oyster farmers for a day centered around good food, clean water, and the communities that make it possible.

Our chef, Lucas McKinney will be joining the lineup October 18 at Legacy Park in Decatur, GA, alongside an incredible group of people doing great work across the region. Every ticket helps support Southern oyster farmers and the communities connected to our waterways.

We hope to see you there. 🦪 @oystersouth_ by @coolhandluke54

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We said goodbye to our sweet, crazy, cuddly, adventurous CLYDE this past Sunday. I don’t really have the words or thoughts to sum up what it was like becoming a man with this dog by my side every step of the way. Little did I know that a late night gambling trip to Tunica, Mississippi (and a little more change in my pocket than when I walked in) would lead to the best memories and love over the next 11 years. Clyde and I were together through it all, everyday. He had so many great people help mold him into this goofy, compassionate, strong personalitied dog. He lived with seven roommates through our twenties all of which helped raise him and love him, many of which remember him being so excited for adventure he would often shit in the bed of my old Tacoma. We never minded and always made for a good laugh. To @dosbequis_xx for giving him the best last 3 years of his life after coming into ours right when we needed her most. We fished, hunted, went on boat rides and lived life to the fullest any chance we had but the thing I’ll miss most is just going for a RIDE! windows down, music up, ears flopping in the wind on a back road in Mississippi somewhere. So here’s to my Mississippi Mutt, I’ll love you forever my soul dog. And I know my grandpa is up there driving you around town slipping you table scraps. Love you forever brother Clyde by @coolhandluke54

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POSTPONED due to unforeseen circumstances.

𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗦𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗬 5/3 🦞 Come get your fix of chef @coolhandluke54’s ridiculously good crawfish. Boil starts at noon! by @coolhandluke54

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THIS SUNDAY, 4/19: we're doing another crawfish boil with chef @coolhandluke54 of @josephinesgulfcoast! Don’t miss out on some of the best crawfish in the city. by @coolhandluke54

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Join us today, as we welcome Chef Lucas McKinney (Chef @ Josephines) to the Parlor for Chef’s Cut.

A 2026 Tastemaker Chef of the Year nominee by CultureMap, Lucas brings bold, unapologetic flavor to the table with a featured flatbread topped with crispy fried shrimp, smoky bacon, and a hit of Tabasco honey.

🕕 5–10 PM
🎧 7–10 PM with DJ Seek (Robin Wong of Blood Bros BBQ)

Walk in, grab a drink, and enjoy.
Book via the link in our bio.

#dj #houston #bar #julep by @coolhandluke54

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We’ve got *the* salad of the Easter season made by Chef Lucas McKinney of Josephine’s! ⁠
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Make this delicious Shell ‘n Pea Salad (made with Blue Plate Mayonnaise, of course 😉) and watch the dish vanish before your eyes. It’s so good, we may even come over for a scoop! ⁠
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Link in bio for the recipe 💙⁠ by @coolhandluke54

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