CajunInABox — Authentic Small-Batch Cajun Food, Delivered to Your Door
CajunInABox
Authentic Small-Batch Cajun Food, Made to Order, Delivered to Your Door.
By Big Mamou Enterprises | Lake Charles, Louisiana
You Can't Find This at the Grocery Store.
You've had Cajun food. But you've never had this Cajun food.
Not the mass-produced, shelf-stable, watered-down version. The real thing — made fresh, made to order, made the way Louisiana families have been making it for generations. Pickled crab claws with your heat level. Gumbo for two, the right way. A private kitchen experience you'll talk about for years.
CajunInABox brings the bayou to your table. Wherever your table is.
What Is CajunInABox?
CajunInABox is the authentic Cajun food brand of Big Mamou Enterprises, founded by Melanie Gotreau in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Every product is small-batch, made to order, and rooted in the living food traditions of Southwest Louisiana's Cadien people. Nothing sits on a shelf. Nothing is mass-produced. Everything is made with real ingredients, real recipes, and real Louisiana roots.
What We Make
- 🦐 Pickled Crab Claws — custom heat, spice, citrus & brine. Made to your order. Order now →
- 🦐 Cajun Pickled Shrimp — small-batch, heritage recipe, ships nationwide. Shop the collection →
- 🍲 Gumbo for Two — authentic dark-roux gumbo guide, scaled for two. Get the guide →
- 🍽️ Private Kitchen Experience — one table, one cook, one unforgettable night. Reserve your seat →
- 🥘 Maw-Maw's Croquignoles — Cajun fried sweet dough, made to order. Shop all →
Why Small-Batch?
Before large food companies dominated grocery shelves, Cajun families preserved their own seafood, made their own bread, and cooked their own gumbo — one small batch at a time. CajunInABox honors that lineage. Every jar, every guide, every experience is made with patience, pride, and a steady hand.
You choose the heat. You choose the spice. We make it fresh. That's the CajunInABox promise.
Ships Nationwide
You don't have to live in Louisiana to eat like you do. CajunInABox ships authentic Cajun food products nationwide across the United States — from Bayou Self, Lake Charles, Louisiana, straight to your door.
About the Maker
Melanie Gotreau is a Louisiana-born Cajun cook, cultural documentarian, and founder of Big Mamou Enterprises. Every CajunInABox product is made by Melanie herself, drawing on family recipes, seasonal ingredients, and the deep foodways of Southwest Louisiana's Cadien people. Not mass-produced. Not shelf-stable. Made the way it was always meant to be made.
Ready to taste the real thing?