From Click2Houston
The Houston Health Department (HHD) has confirmed that ‘Mama Tina’s Gumbo’ was temporarily shut down at the Houston rodeo.
Tina Knowles, also known as Mama Tina and the mother of Beyonce, debuted her Creole gumbo at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.
The gumbo, which is a cherished family recipe that Knowles said she has perfected over decades, created a buzz for many wanting to try a home dish loved by Beyonce.
The HHD said the booth was shut down on Monday and has since reopened on Wednesday.
The rodeo stated “clerical issues” as the reasons why Mama Tina’s Gumbo was closed for two days.
But, shortly before 5 p.m., the Houston Health Department released a statement, stating the reasons for the temporary closure was due to “a result of a complaint investigation.”
To our knowledge, Mama Tina’s has been cooperative with the City of Houston Health Department and has worked closely with them to address the identified clerical issues. Mama Tina’s has since reopened under the guidance of the Houston Health Department.
On Monday, March 16, 2026, the Houston Health Department issued a temporary closure of Mama Tina’s Gumbo booth at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo as a result of a complaint investigation. The vendor was cooperative with the department’s recommendations and passed a subsequent inspection. It was authorized to reopen on Tuesday, March 17, 2026.
@ericamenace The only reason why I tried mama Tina’s gumbo is because my mom wanted to argue that we are related on my dad side and anyone from Louisiana knows how to cook gumbo so I paid $27 after taxes upon receiving it it was watering and soupy. It did not taste like gumbo. I ate the meat out of it because I had already spent my money. I ended up throwing up in the car and having to pull over and threw up blood. 0/10 I would never recommend and this is coming from someone who loves Beyoncé and according to my family, we are related. Clearly, it was spoiled, and I will be reporting it to the health department tomorrow, as well as reporting it to the Houston livestock and rodeo webpage.
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@ericamenace It is day four and I am still sick so I am about to go to the hospital and get a stool sample to see exactly what pathogen it was that made me sick, which is what the inspector told me to do. He also stated that things that were supposed to be frozen or not. They prepared it in an unlicensed place transferred it to another unlicensed place then transferred it to the rodeo went on their permit. They stated that they would be preparing it in a licensed restaurant nearby then transferring it directly to the rodeo, which is not what happened. Mama Tina’s gumbo staying has since been closed and the inspector I spoke to which is just said that he personally will be going out checking everything before anything is open if it is open for this last week of the rodeo.
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@ericamenace The complaint id that I filed with the health department is932691 they ultimately shut them down due to improper food handling you can search this up it is public record with the Houston health department
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8 comments:
Gumbo can turn on you real quick.
Kinda late on this one Snitch ~ the story is so old her place is back open.
Tina not clean
Ms. Tina and her family needs to be stopped and dat include the daddy. Dem is always selling something a storyline hair food, shoes cologne, shampoo, clothes purses pipe dreams , lies always hustling the mass. Go be a damn grandma to Beyonce kids it looks like they gone need you , more than u need the money.
It literally takes 24 hours for symptoms of food poisoning to show up. You need to report your mama’s kitchen 😑
^^^Not true. Food poisoning can cause an immediate reaction.
1 person out of hundreds got food poisoning and yall blame this woman. That boy don't know where/how/why he was sick
Sea food dont play when it comes to spoiling. Let Mama Tina alone. The K's sell everything including $ex and you buy it. LOLO
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