Shared Tables

Shared Tables is a family business in Scott, Louisiana that ships Cajun and Creole meal kits you cook yourself: raw meats, vegetables, seasonings, rice and a recipe, not dishes that arrive ready to reheat. Each kit is built for a crowd of 8 to 15 people, so this is a box for a gathering rather than a quiet weeknight dinner for a couple.

The site says Shared Tables was founded by the Markerson family, "with a mission to bring Cajun food and our unique culture to people everywhere." The home page calls each box "a celebration of Louisiana culture" and says it comes with "Cajun playlists, cultural guides, and more." Every kit, the company says, is "proudly Certified Louisiana," made with ingredients from local producers.

How ordering works

There is no subscription. Shared Tables runs as a small online shop: you pick a kit from the Cajun Meals page, choose any add-ons, and check out once. Nothing recurs, so there is nothing to skip, pause or cancel, and no weekly menu rotation to track.

The home page shows these kits:

• Chicken & Sausage Gumbo Kit, serves 12-15
• Boudin & Cheese Dip, serves 8-10
• Red Beans and Rice, serves 12-15
• Crawfish Pie, serves 8-10

The 2 main-dish product pages for Red Beans and Rice and Crawfish Pie carry an "Appetizer" selector with 3 choices: Cajun Ceviche, Boudin & Cheese Dip, or None. That is the only customisation the site shows. You can't swap proteins or build a box from parts, and the recipes are fixed.

New customers get 10% off the first order with the code BonAppetit10, which the home page advertises. Orders go out Monday through Thursday only, and the shipping policy says orders placed after 3pm (CT) ship the following day. Plan around that if the kit is for a Saturday party.

What it costs

Prices are per kit, and every box ships free. The home page lists these starting prices:

• Chicken & Sausage Gumbo Kit, from $170.00
• Boudin & Cheese Dip, $75.00
• Red Beans and Rice, from $153.00
• Crawfish Pie, from $181.00

The individual product pages show higher figures with the appetizer selector in play: $168.00 on the Red Beans and Rice page and $196.00 on the Crawfish Pie page. So the "from" price is the floor, and adding an appetizer takes you up toward the product-page figure. The site doesn't break out the appetizer surcharge line by line.

The site doesn't publish a per-serving price, but because every kit is sized for 8-10 or 12-15 people, the cost per plate lands well below the sticker. The 10% first-order code is the only promotion on the site; there is no separate introductory rate, and the listed prices are the ongoing ones.

Shipping is where the site is most generous. The FAQ says "All Shared Tables boxes include free 2-day shipping. No minimums. No promo code needed." A product page puts it as "No surprise at checkout - Every Shared Tables Box Ships Free!"

The food itself

This is south Louisiana home cooking, and the product pages explain each dish with some history. Red beans and rice, the site says, is "commonly thought to have originated in New Orleans" but is "most definitely a Cajun tradition, as well," and the kit "Includes smoked pork sausage and smoked pork tasso." The crawfish pie uses a roux base, the Cajun trinity of onion, bell pepper and celery, Louisiana crawfish and Cajun spices in a pie crust. The page is keen to point out that this is no apple pie.

The Boudin & Cheese Dip is made "with pepper jelly cream cheese and pork boudin from Scott, Louisiana - the Boudin Capital of the World."

Cooking takes real time. The site lists a cook time of 2 Hrs 30 Min for the crawfish pie and 3 Hrs for the red beans and rice. These are afternoon projects.

On sourcing, the FAQ says meat comes from the Acadiana area of south Louisiana through "trusted butchers," with produce from local markets, and that "All of our meat is USDA inspected." The About page adds smoked meats from Acadiana and "fresh Gulf of Mexico seafood."

Allergen lists are on each product page. The crawfish pie lists shellfish, and wheat, dairy and soy in the crust. The red beans and rice lists "No major allergens (gluten-free, dairy-free, soy-free, & nut-free)," with a note that seasoning blends may include soy, mustard and celery. The appetizers carry their own lists: milk in the cream cheese and wheat and soy in the crackers for the dip, shellfish and corn for the ceviche. None of the kits is vegetarian.

Who it reaches

The FAQ is plain: "We deliver anywhere in the United States, except Alaska and Hawaii." The shipping policy adds that orders cannot go to P.O. boxes.

Meat ships "fully frozen in an insulated box with dry ice," according to the FAQ, while the produce is fresh. When the box arrives you are told to put it in the freezer or fridge as soon as possible. The shipping policy warns that "A small amount of thawing may occur" and that drivers leave the package at the doorstep, so someone should be home. Each order gets a tracking number, and if the package misses what the company calls its "freshness window," the policy says to contact support "for a refund or replacement order."

The FAQ says the packaging is "100% recyclable and compostable," and that the insulating foam dissolves in water "in under 60 seconds."

What the site leaves open, and who it suits

The site doesn't say how many people a kit feeds as a main course versus a party spread, and "serves 12-15" is a wide range. It gives no nutrition figures, and no guidance on how long a kit keeps in the freezer before cooking. The appetizer pricing has to be worked out in the cart, and the difference between the "from" prices and the product-page prices will surprise anyone who reads only the home page. There is no smaller kit for a household of a few people.

Shared Tables suits a host who wants to cook a proper gumbo or crawfish pie for a group and would rather have Acadiana sausage and tasso than whatever the local supermarket stocks. It suits Louisianans living elsewhere, too: a customer review on the home page, from Jori B., says "Being from Louisiana, I have made gumbo a hundred times over, and this recipe is the best one I have ever made!" The company was featured in the April 2025 issue of Acadiana Lifestyle and on The Tea Podcast, according to its home page.

It doesn't suit someone who wants dinner on the table fast, a vegetarian household, or a solo cook with a small freezer. For a birthday, a game day or a family reunion outside Louisiana, it is one of the more specific boxes on this list.