What is the name of the popular Cajun seasoning blend created by Tony Chachere?

The popular Cajun seasoning blend created by Tony Chachere is Tony Chachere's Creole Seasoning. Its original product is more precisely marketed as Tony Chachere's Original Creole Seasoning.

Tony Chachere developed the blend in Louisiana and published the recipe in his 1972 cookbook, Cajun Country Cookbook. The positive response helped launch Tony Chachere's Creole Foods, a company that later expanded into sauces, marinades, dinner mixes, batters, and other ingredients. The seasoning became widely associated with Louisiana-style cooking.

Despite the quiz's Cajun category, the product's official name uses “Creole,” reflecting Louisiana's overlapping Cajun and Creole culinary traditions. It is commonly sprinkled on seafood, chicken, pork, vegetables, rice, eggs, and popcorn. The blend is savory and salty with peppery heat, so cooks often reduce additional salt when using it.

Tony Chachere was born in Opelousas, Louisiana, a city in the heart of Acadiana. Adobo, Lawry's, and Old Bay are also recognizable seasoning brands, but none is the blend created by Chachere.