Raised in New Orleans, a progeny of immigrant farmers, humble grocers, and determined hot sauce makers, Scotty Peppers took a bite into Big Apple dreams. Bayou Gotham® is an exquisite new product line of show-stopping hot sauces — blending his Louisiana roots with fiery flavors from the New York City neighborhoods he now calls home. Bayou Gotham is much more than a tale of two cities. It’s a culinary quest filled with Heat ‘n’ Soul. The cuisines of Louisiana and of New York City are global cuisines. Viet-Cajun. Creole-Italian. Caribbean-Soul. Indo-Chinese. One doesn’t need a lesson in American history to know that New Orleans and New York City are among the oldest, most ethnically diverse cities in the United States. A lot of blood was shed to get us where we are today, but our taste buds have come out on the winning end. Bayou Gotham® sauces celebrate these unique culinary fusions that only could have occurred in mashed-up societies of creed, class, and ethnicity. Bayou Gotham Hot Sauce Brand is much more than a tale of two cities. It’s a culinary journey filled with “heat and soul”. Making food for another is an extremely gratifying way of sharing one’s experiences and way of living. It’s an extension of one’s self to another. Scotty Peppers journey through handcrafting hot sauces is rooted in an unquenchable craving for spicy food and how it can be presented to others. Bayou Gotham® Hot Sauce Brand came out of a knack for creating ways to get back to his New Orleans roots, literally and figuratively, while demonstrating the pride he has for his adopted home of NYC. His goal is to share these sauces, offering people a small taste of what’s so far been a zest-filled life.