For exquisite food and first-class service, reserve your seat at the Chef John Folse Culinary Institute’s Bistro Ruth. The completely student-run restaurant — located in the new Lanny D. Ledet Building at the intersection of Highway 1 and Bowie Road in Thibodaux — allows advanced culinary students to create and execute a menu, greet and service customers, and perfect their skills in a restaurant setting. Students are exposed to all facets of a restaurant: the front of the house with setting and servicing tables, interacting with customers and providing an atmosphere for a memorable meal.  In the back of the house, students  serve in a variety of positions, anywhere from dishwasher to executive chef.